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Rev Jane Spahr leads silent witness at General Assembly Presbyterians reject rumlteUbate gigy pastors

By Susan Jo rdan Over 1000 people followed the lar ge cross as it was carried through the church in silence to mark the pain of lesbian gay and bisexua Presbyterishyans ac the churchs exclusion ofgays from ordination

The governing body of the Presshybyterian Church (USA) approved a policy on July 8 which would ban non-calitete gays and lesbians f rom being ordained as ministers The Reverend Jane Adams Spahr and two od)er openly gay ministers led a Silent Witness at the General A$-semtgtly in pnotttst of the decision and wlaquore lokned by around IOOO conference partidpants

The policy staces that gay men and lesbians can be ordained rf they reshymain celibate and disavow their sexushyality Unnun ied heterosexual passhytors were also forbidden to have sexual relations they however can marry l^aHy to meet the churchs requirements The Gerteral Assemshybly voted 313-236 to pass the meashysure last month in Albuquerque NM

The Rev Janie Spahr who was prevented f rom becoming co-passhy

tor at Downtown United Presbyteshyrian Church because of her lesbian identity and is now an evangelist with a ministry called That All May Freely Serve totd the Empty Otisa^ Of course youre saddened An overture was passed talking about chastity and how maniage is beshytween one man and one woman IHowever this still has to be passed by a majority of presbyteries across die country W e will do everything we can to have it not pass If it passes i t goes into the Book of

Order and that wouldnt be good^l dont know what wiil happen

Spahr saM chat noc everxthing about the Assembly was negative We got 43 percent of the votes a good increase of seven percent or more I believe we were very well-organized PFLAG More Light That All May Freely Serve and all kinds of groups came together v^^hlch is quite wonderful

W e met wi th the Moderator and asked ^ time to express our paki W e had a Silaquont Wkness In whkh Ho^A^rd Warren Lisa Lar ees and I led a procession of our people and supportars and canied a hufe cross

Rev Janie Spahr at a DUPC service in 1993

AIDS Rochester plans housing unit in Broadway area By Susan Jotdan AIDS Rochester hsu fbund a new site to build a snriall housing complex for people Ih^ng vyith AIDSHIV

The sbc-unit comptex would be located at 431-449 Broadway In a rgteighborhood which is zoned for multi-family residence Last year the agency was tunned down at a zoning hearing to buitd a 12-unit apartment complex on Merchants Road after many area resklents exshypressed opposition to the complex

JefF Kost of ARI told the i i t ) ^ Closet i t does look like already we have a great deal of support In the Broadway neighborhood WeVe lookirig forward to the ampct that its sorted appropriataly and w t donNt have t o go through a aoning proshycess

Kost said that most of the apart-nrtents wW blaquo one-bodroom but there wHI be somlaquo two-bodroom units Tha building wM b t sitod on vacartt lots next to a townhouse complex along Rt t 490 Each unit witt have a private tn t ra iK t aiMl

will be witaekhalr-accessible The compksx wHI be onty theseconu housing project In the area for PWAs the other one being a two-family house owned by ARI There are t250 people in the nirMS-courtty ip-eater Rochester area who have been (fia^osed with HIV since 1981

Kost saki that ARI wW submit Its proposal to the State this M i and carmot expect to itear about hinding until early in 1997

If the housing conr^gtlex is a sucshycess ARI may consider fu ture projects Were trying to offer as many dWiarau options as possiMe Kost said This wont solve the problem for everybody

^ t f t o f the problem last October when the MerdwKs Road sita was tumed dovMi was die residencs lack of knowledf t about HIV and AflDS

T h e B r o a d w a y W a d s w o r t h Square n e ^ ^ o r h o o d is py-fr iendiy afid Is home t o many g^f people ^ far we Ve been very encourlaquoftd by the support weve recehmd from the ne^hborhood Jeff Kost said-

with small ribbon-like stoles hanging from it W e gave these stoles to people who joined the march and over 1000 people joined us W e walked siiendy around the church and as we left we sang We Are Marching in the Light of Gdd as hundreds of people come out Mto the kgtbby

Spahr commented tt was amazshying and theres an amadrgtggrassroots effort across the country mdash its not just DUPC Its been an irtcredlbie witrtess Now we can begin to work on new overtures fbr next year and meanwhile we have to defeat this overture A movennent for justice and indusiveness just keeps moving forward

The Rev Gall Ricciuti a co-pastor at D U P C saklMorale-wise everyshyone here b ^hear tened about the dedskHi ahhough thte tfrne we had 43 percent approval But in one ^ ^ ^ It remairu to lie seen The overture needs approval from 51 percentof the presbyteries W e hope they wfll

see the hypocrisy of the way it is written Its purpose was to exshyclude lesbians and gays but it purshyports atso to apply to heterosexushy

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Riccklaquoti said that deciskgtns afshyfecting Rev Spahrs role will be coming up this faJt probably by November The process is unshyderway within the congregition to work toward what we do next The congregation feels very posishytive about what weve done arnl toward Janie so titere are rto secshyond thoughts Its a pro-active deshycision about wiiere the program (That All May Freely Serve) wfll go in future years Her current conshytract runs through December so i fs timeiy t o decide wfiat the next stage wfll be W e are t ry i r^ t o tii ink creatively

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Ithacas Hrebrand Books wins aEward Nancy K Bereano of Ithacas Rre-lgtrand Books received the Lambda Uterary Publishers Service Award at the eighth annual 1-ammy awards dinner on June 26 in Chicago

Deacon Maccubbin creator ofthe Lambda Uterary Awards said She has been at the fbrefront of leskgtian and smatt press publishing for over to years

Firebrand author Kitty Tsui won the first FAB Award (Rrecracker Aitemative Book Award) in the Sex category for fireothless her volume of erotica

V ^ t h over 80 tides in print Fireshybrand has published tStm work of many o f the best-lcnown lcsfgtian writers n the country indudirig Dorothy Allison Cfii^^TfOaHce Leslie Feinberg Jewelle Gomez Audre Lorde Ruthann Rolgtson and Minnie Bruce Pratt

GAGV picnic was smasliing success The Gay Aiiiances annual picnic raised around $16000 which wM Iielp to keep die non-proAtg^y comshymunity group operatir^ for another year

Thc picnk heki on June 23 at Genesee Vafley Park has been the GAGVs largest fundraiser since i t iMgan In I97S This year It drew an estimated4000peopie Prof lu i iu in the picnic wfll support GAGV proshygrams v i d services such as the Youdi Group Speakers Bureau GAGV vtfori^hops and forums etc

American Express Rnandal Ad shyvisors was proud to be a co-sponsor of the picnic said Matt Gritman marketir^coordinator for the Rodv ester offke of American Express Financial Advisors W e took forshyward to continuing to work wi th and serve the community

Pride Agenda staHs NY bill The Empire State Pride Afenda has led a bbbying and mobfllzation cam-

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The N Y bUI imroduced by Sen Sefpfwi Maltese and Repw Seminerio would ben same-sex marriages pershyformed In this scateand recoyi i t ion of such marriages performed legaNy eisewiiere The 96 session ended wMiout ictfcMi on 9hlaquo bflL

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Tie Defense o f Marriage A c t is hxirtl ing t h r o u g h C o n g r e s s a t a ra t e

u n p a r a l l e d b y legis la t ion d e a l i n g w i t h frivolous trivial i ssues like t h e

federal b u d g ^ poverty heal thcare etc I t just g o e s t o s h o w y o u s ^ t oi ir f b ^

Jawmakers can d o w h e n fiiced wi th a really u i g e n t situation^ like an d e c t i o n year

Of course Hawaiis Si^gtrcinc Court hasnt yet ruled on the constitutionality of same sex manure and may not do so until 1997 But ats Lincoln or Nixon or somebody remarked better safe than sorry And it seems that heterosexuals would be very sorry indeed if lesbians and gays were able co marry legally even in dvil ceremonies Tliat would apparently devalue the Institudon of Marriage itself and cause heterosexxjal couples to abandon white gowns and tuxes and start living in sin There goes the nei^borhood

This kind ofVacdne legislation may catch on Pass your bills now before conditions arise that may make them necessary Speaking of vaccines its too bad that the Congress of 1982 or thereshyabouts didnt have the foresight to mandate masshysive research and education on HIVAIDS just in case that pesky virus started a nationwide epidemic that would cost hundreds of thousands of lives

But hey its not easy being a visiotiAry Some things are a lot cosier to predict than others For instance its quite easy to predict that Bob Dole and Republican legislators sponsors of DOMA will be eager to get dected and le-dected this fall Nor is it a major psychic feat to Mraquoiict dwit Bill CUnton will do just about anything he can to get rc-

Pcrhaps partof the (Moblem is that we ate still seen as incapable oflove and ccHnmitment wc are StiU defined by our genital sexuality alone Homosexuality = immorality Loving a person ofthe same sex is obscene How can love be obscene When ic occurs between two peoj^c who have been de-humanized by bigotry to thc point that they are seen as their genitals and nothis^ nKgtre

Straight sodety seems to see all gay men as itisatiable cruisers and all lesbians as bacchantes Censorship of our voices and lives makes it hard to get our message across that we are as diverse as any other random segment ofthe pc^gtulation and that most of us are striving fbr stability commitment and emotional as well as physical indmacy in our lives (not lifestyles)

Another part of thc problem is that legally married gays might well change the insdtudon to some extent making it more alicanan less rigid in regard to gender roles and less of a male-suptemadst control mechanism Red alerd

TTic gay communit as such never asked for this debate It haj^sened because three Hawaiian couples wanted equal r i ^ t s and refisscd to give up and because die Hawaii Si^jreme Coun is

elected It would lgte easier to accept his signing of objecdve enough to look at this as a dvil r ^ t s DOMA as a cynical dccdon-year move rather than accept diat he has genuine convictions diat same-sex marriage is wrong

Why are heterosexuals playing Dog in die Manshyger or Sacred Cow in the Manger Why do thcy exalt the institudon of maniage and then forbid it to us Why do thcy labd us as prcmiiscuous and simultaneously deny us the r i^u to live the stable morallives that manied heterosexualsiead (Umm hold on a minute there)

Maybe one reason as Rep Bamey Frank sv^-gested in last months EC is diat heterosexuals are troubled about their threatened institution and ready to take any action to preserve it however ptundcss and illogical

A dtscusskxi of what mardage is and does and whether or not it is endangered wodd take up pages and volumes Certainly it seems teasonable to assutne diat Gctcndif^ 1 ^ macdage lights to queers would sue i^ ien the institution since it wodd dvTw that mattis^ is stffl vsabie atid m c a n k ^ ^ even to us padahs But Mihen wc do ir we spoiP it for tivm Gcailyhafnophoiibis atwodchete bmhowexacdy

issue Whether we as individuals approve of maniage and want it for ourselves or not wc should be able to dioose to marry legally just as we should be able to serve in thc armed forces if we are otherwise cpialified to do so Anything else is discrimination

We are more than our genitals We are complctB human beings mdash human b d i ^ who have a kx^ histocy ofsufifeiing an extreme foon of oppression And wc are maldngprogpess A poD taken in June by K R Survey Resesttch Gioqp of Media Pa fbc A s OMte showed diat thar nx)StAiiiet3caiis oppose anti-gay discnminatkxiin die wodcplaoe^Spetcem tolOpercent)whiksdHopposit^kgalnianis^for gtysp7peioentto30pcrocntraquo widi mote men being opposed dian wotnen) We must continue to wodc CO ^low society diat u ^ are real peofsfe with rod h m A s and real bve fbr eadi odxr As aaiampides diange laws will change

Meamiiiile politidans will continue to do dieir stiallow self-senKi^ thix^ j^ppealif^ to fear prejudice and ignorance in cMder to stay in power Some things tiever change

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The committee that otganized Rochesters 1996 Gay Pnde Parade and Cultural Festival would like to extend our apfwcciation to a nuno-ber ofpeoplc and organizations that made this years event so spectacular Etxxployces of the City ofRochester and the Riverside Convention Center conducted business with us in a veay professiotial manner as we secured prc^gter per mits pbnned the parade route negotiated sershyvices for the festival at High FaUs and even arranged for a huge pink laser light triangle to adorn the gotge wall alotig thc Genesee River

Captain Ray Mosher of thc Rochester Pt^ce Depamnent and all thc other patrols and officers that facilitated die march down Main Street feom liberty Pc^c Way to Browns Race deserve spedal cotnmendation Rochester is fortunate to have such a talented and dedicated ixgtlicc force

All of the gay-owned and gay-directed busishynesses that parddpatcd in the parade and fesdval arc to be acknowledged for their ability to put aside thc usual competitive aspects of rurming a business to unite in a wonderful dis^^y of comshymunity and pride

Tlie parade floats prepared and presented by tfae gay bars provided a spectacular ctispUy o f cxAcft and nieninient Ac tibe poundsMraquoVBilraquo xttstccjwma evcngrcatcrdispJayof unity as thc showgi2feof Chib IvlarccUa danced on the Hig^ Falls cacwalk to music provided by Qub Atlantis Common Ground provided the parade judging stand and adorned their buiiding with a gigantic IS-fbot rainbow flag as backdrop I h c five parade judges a terrific mix ofgay and non-gay individuab are comfdimented ibr dieir fine jjerformance of seshylecting award winners from a fidd of great conshytenders

Casey and Mary Ellen Lopata ofParcnts Famshyily and Ftiends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) were outstanding as the parade grand marshals TTiis years event was gready enhanced by all of thc hard work and visibility ofthe PFLAG memshybers This is an outstanding otganization that btings a tremendous amount oflove and si^)pon to the gay community and our famifies

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The Pride Parade June 221996 was a joyous

d is |^y of the diversity that strengthens Our Community Our FamiHes and Ourselves We were proud and honored to be Grand Marshals Parents fiunilies fiiends and the entire commushynity need to hear and see the goodness of our ^ y lesbian bisexual and transgender dtizens Marchshying with pdde underscores the uniqueness of eadi person and at the same time emphasizes our soiidanty as wc wotk fbr equality and justice

Thank you to the Greater Rochester Gay and Lesbian Business Forum and thc Gay Alliance of thc Genesee Vafiey for the oj^x^rtunity to be a living fidnbowmdash a symbol ofhope

And thank you forghring us die honoroflcading die parade a memory wc will cherish always

Sincerely Mary EHen St Casey Lopata

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I love your new format It looks great and is easier to read It was always frustrating to have artides chopped i^ Many times Laurie Twilights column wodd have pieces missing and that is one of my favorites alongwith Erics column

I really enjoyed the pride parade this year marchshying in the band It was great to march down the middle of Main St and into the big crowd at Bw^wns Race Last years was bliaiering heat with what seetned like 20 people a dog and annoyed people stuck in traffic watching

At thc gathering afterwards itwas neat to see thc variety in our community under one roof The price was r i g ^ free Parking and bus transportashytion were readily available I read thc two letters in d^]uiy Empty Closet I think it was very wise to not confiict with the LPGA finals Good grief Talk about visibility for lesbians in publicl It is a reality that a lot oflesbians plan to attend thc LPGA in advance I h o i ^ golf is not my sport Im gtad the women get dicir day in die sun Would it be wise to have the parade the same time as die Worid Ciqgt Drs^ Show finak (If there were such a thing)

This is not a perfect worid Next vcar pcc^)k should make arrangements for a format to present thcirviews As our cotnmunity has matured we will havemoredrvetsepclidcalviewslhe fiunily theme was an a t te t t^ to indude everyone B ^ projects wifl have room ftgtr improement New ideas will always be diallcr^ed Hats off to die people on the pbnni i^ committee figtr taking chances and thek time

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Bamey Frank hosts fundraiser fbr Louise Slaughter supporter of gay coinmunity By NicUJaaksati In an election year when lesbimtt and gay issues are just as prominent as they were fbur years ago and politicians are straddling the issues one local politician has again pledged her support t o our community Congresswoman Louise Slaughter who reshycendy and courageously voted against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is running for her sixth te rm in the US Congress

On July 19 a fundraising reception was held In her honor at a private home in C o m HiU with Congressman Bamey Frank (D-Mass) as the guest speaker Congressnrtan Frank was the first openly gay member of Congress and has been on the front lines of the ffght against the Defense of Marriage Acc (See Newsfronts page 4)

While speaking at the fundraiser Frank made it a point t o mention the dedtcatkgtn that Slaughter has shown t o the gay lesbian and bisexual community while serving on the HiH With aH che people w e have working in

Waxhfnfcon ir is ttegtegtd t o Unoy^ that VMS have skti adfy itt ttiis woman Fr^nk said

Approximateiy 70 people at tended the reception

Rep Frank says that after C o n f e s s returns from its break work will begin on getting the Employment Non-Discriminashytion Amendment passed Opponents of DOMA hope to add the amendment which has a broad base of support including that of Preskient Qinton t o DOMA

I have no doubt that it (The Defense of Marriage Act) will pass and be signed Frank saki We have t o make sure t h a t w e get the anti-discrimination amendment attached so that we will be treated no t as special individuals but fwfy in the many venues through life

The Defense of Marriage Act passed the House of Representatives last month and Preskient Ointon has said he will sign the measure which wouid ban recopiition of same sex marriages and declare that legal nuuTiage is fbr heterosexuals only

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House passes D O M A 342 to 67 The House of Representatives passed the Defense of Marriage (DOMA) bill on July 12 Opponents called the bill unnecessary and an election-year ploy while supporters clamed that homosexualit is immoral and the bill Is needed to defend heterosexual marriage if and when the Hawaii Supreme Court rules t fu t Hawaiis denial ofthe r ^ t to same sex marriage is unconstitutional

The bill (HR 3396) would tell states that they can ignore the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the US Constitution and refuse recognition of same sex marriages pershyformed legally in other states t would also define marriage under federal law as a union between one male and one female

The House vote was 342-67 and many traditional supporters of gay rights voted against the measure

The House debate saw Rep Barney Frank (D-Mass) angrily demanding ofa Republican opponent just how Franks relationship with a man threatens the Republicans marriage Rep Steven Gunderson (R-Wisc) asked Why are we so mean Both men are openly gay

Kevin Cathcart of the Lambda Legal Deshyfense and Education Fund said The so-

called Defense of MarriageAct is retro legisshylation This bill would take us back to the ugly days just 30 years ago when similar laws said you could not marry someone of the wrong race Now Congress would have the governshyment tell us you cannot marry someone of che wrong sex

Elizabeth Burch director of the Human Rights Campaign said The House commitshyted an ugly cowardly and unconstitutional act by passing this bill and history v^ll remember it as such It is nothing more than gratuitous election-year gay-bashing and the Human Rights Campaign intends to hold every memshyber of Congress accountable fbr this vote

Melinda Paras director ofthe National Gay and Lesbian Task Force commented DOMA is bogus legislation It neither strengthens American femilies nor marriages between men and women Inscead ic draws a circle around gays lesbians bisexuals and transgendered individuals and proclaims that our families do not deserve recognition In the hands of the Right-wing political extremists femily serves as both a symbol and a weapon a symbol of an imaginary past when everything was fine and a weapon to divide society into good people and bad Gay lesbian bisexual and transgender femily issues are here to stay because they speak to the aspirations of same sex couples just as they do for all committed couples W e wilt not stand by siiendy and be used as

scapegoats in this election year The Senate has begun hearings on the meashy

sure A t the first hearing on July 11 Mitzi Henderson national president of Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) called the bill mean-spirited She said (l)t targets a group of people for disshycrimination and sets up a debate that misrepshyresents a community already under attack My marriage does not need to be defended My husband and 1 do not need your help to continue to cherish one another and to reshyspect our vows of more than 40 years What my femily needs is a more tolerant America

Sen Edward Kennedy (D Mass) said at the July 11 Senate hearing that he will introduce a bill to outiaw employment discrimination based on sexual orientation as an amendment to DOMA Kennedy and two other senators Sen James Jeffords (R-Vt) and Sen Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn) wrote in a letter to their colleagues Duringthe remainingweeks of this Congress the Senate should tum its attention to legislation that will enhance the lives of Americans If America is to compete in a global economy all Americans must be able to contribute The price of prejudice is too high

Administration officials told the Human Rights Campaign that President Clinton supshyports the plan to attach the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to DOMA Clinton has said he opposes same sex marriage and will sign DOMA but that he also opposes employshyment discrimination against gays

-Human Rights Campaign Nationai Gay and Lesbian Task Force Lambda Legal Deshyfense and Education Fund The Washington Post

Methodist groups vote t o welcome gays Two regional United Methodist conferences have approved resolutions to become rec-

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The conferences from Wisconsin and OregonIdaho join a list of reconciling conshyferences including CaltfbmiaNevada New York Northern Illinois and Troy Michigan

A DesertSouthwest conference rejected a similar resolution by only eight votes and conferences in New England and Califbmia Pacific plan to vote on similar resolutions in 1997 On June lthe North Georgia confershyence adopted a resolution backing congresshysional passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act which would ban sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace

Thc Wisconsin resolution stated in part Whereas the overwhelming perception among gay lesbian and bisexual persons is that they are not welcome in churches and only a public statement can begin to overshycome that perceived reality be it resolved that the Wisconsin Annual Conference declare itself to be a Reconciling Confershyence welcomingall people into its churches

The OregonIdaho resolution declared in part (W)e commit ourselves to honor and accept persons ofall sexual orientations as persons of sacred worth and to work toward full inclusion of United Methodists of all sexual orientations in the life and leadership of the church

-Kristina Campbell The Washmgtoti Bhde

Appeals court rul ing needed on gay acts by service personnel A federal appeals court in New York City said on July I that i t may be constitutional for the militarys policy on gays to discharge servicemembers who say that thcy are gay But the court sent the key gay military case back to district court saying tiiat the lower

court must rule on whether a ban on homoshysexual acts is constitutional befbre the court can determine whether the policy can ban speech

The case US v Able has been seen by many legal activists as a possible test case through which che Supreme Court wilt rule on the constitutionality of the dont ask dont teir policy Activists also expected the three-judge panel to uphold the lower courts deciskgtn that the policy violates First Amend-ment guarantees by discharging servicemembers who say I am gay

Legal acdvist Chai Feldblum said The remarkable legal breakthrough in this case is that this is che first court in the United States of America that has directiy questioned whether the military may indeed constitushytionally treat gay and straight sexual acththy diffierentiy

Because Abh has been sent back to the district court other military cases may beat it to the Supreme Courc

-Lisa Keen TTie Washington Biade

Iceland approves domestic partnership Icelands pariiament the Althingi voted on June 4 to allow same sex couples to register as domestic parcners and obtain joint cusshytody of each others biological children

The Icelandic law goes a step fu r ^e r than similar legislation in Denmark Sweden and Norway in that It includes second-parent adoption rights The law went into effect on June 27

Haakan Andersson the president of the Swedish federation of Gay and Lesbian fights (RFSL) said that the group hopes that Sweshyden and other countries follow Icelands example

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Republican Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York City marched in that citys parade the Empire State building was bathed in lavender and the citys gay police officer group Gay Officers Action League (GOAL) marched for the first time wearing full dress uniform along with the police departments marching band afcer a decision by the NYC police commisshysioner Giuliani marched with Deputy Mayor Fran Relter and openly gay Taxi and Umousine Commissioner Christopher Lynn

In San Francisco Democratic Mayor Willie Brown rode in a historic trolley in the citys Pride parade

In Atianta some marchers wore Mickey Mouse ears referring to the recent decision by the Southem EUptist Conference to boyshycott the Disney Corp on the grounds that i t ^ves domestic partner benefits to partners of Its gay employees holds an annual Gay Day etc Marchers shouted I love Disney

About 10000 people atcended a Pride gathshyering in Denver Colo where the theme was ofcourse che Supreme Courts ruling against Amendment 2 In Winston-Salem NC about 10000 people took part in the June 9 parade while around 12000 marched in a Family Values protest march sponsored by anti-gay hate groups

-Kristina Campbell The Washmgjtotk Blade

Idaho anti-gay amendment is ou t The feilure of Idaho anti-gay extemists to qualify a state anti-gay initiative means that this

fell there will be no such initiatives on the ballot in any state for the first time since i 992

The Human Rights Campaign announced on July 2 that the Idaho Decline to Sign campaign had helped to defeat the anti-gay ballot initiative pushed by the Idaho Citizens Alliance which has said it will abandon its drive after obtaining less than 6000 of the 40000 valid signatures needed to qualify for the ballot

This marks a political sea change and the -well-deserved death of an extremist tactic said Cathy Woolard HRCs national field manager We can now focus our resources pro-actively on electing feir-minded members of Congress and defeating our opponents

All of the five statewide ant i -^y initiatives which have appeared on election ballots since 1992 (Idaho Maine Colorado and Oregon twice) have been defeated excepc for Colorados Amendment 2 which was overshytumed by the Supreme Court in May Woolard said that anti-gay fenatics will continue their efforts in state legislatures after having been rejected by voters and by the Supreme Cour t

-Human Rights Campaign

Unitarian Universaiists back gay marr iage The Unitarian Universatist Association beshycame the first religious denomination to enshydorse same-sex marriage on June 25 when a 97 percent majority at the UUAs annual General Assembly voted in fevor of a resolushytion tided In support of the right to marry for same-sex couples

Bonita Berkson of San Diego told fellow delegates in Indianapolis that the decision makes UUA the feith of real femily values

The Unitarian Universalist Church with 1949 congregations is the first major relishygious denomination in this country to make the right to same-sex marriage part of their

official policy Thc resolution went into efshyfect immediately it is non-binding

-Gannett News Service Christopher Jones TTie Washktgton BMe

More states pass ant i shygay marriage laws Michigan Delaware and North Carolina have enacted anti-gay marriage laws bringshying ttte tool number of such laws passed to 14

Michigans Republican Gov John Engler s i ^ed two bills in June prohibiting same-sex marriages in Michigan and recognition of same sex marriages in other states Delashyware Gov Thomas Carper a Democrat signed a bill to the same effect on June 21

In North Carolina an ariti-gay mariage law was ptkssed on June 19 Louisianas state Senate refected an anti-gay marriage bill on June I I

Out of 36 states which have considered marriage legislation 19 anti-gay marriage bills are dead 14 are enacted into law one awaits action by the govemor (Missouri) one (Califbmia) passed by one chamber and one (New York) is pending the first floor vote

-Lisa Keen The Washington fiode

FBI considers bias as murder mot ive Attorney General Janet Reno assured the National Gay and LesbianTask Force on June 19 that investigators of the murder of two lesbians in Vir^nias Shenandoah Nashytional fark are taking the possibtUty of a hate crime into account which had been in doubt

Julianne Williams and Lollie Winans were found dead on June 1 Reno told the NGLTF that the FBI is pursuing all motives includshying the possibility that the crime was motishyvated by tiie sexual orientation of the vkxin^

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By Susan Jordan Christine Simons outreach education coordinashytor for the Gay Alliance during the past year ended her work for the G A G V when the grant that funded her posit ion ended o n June 30 Christy spoke iirh the Etfjpty Ctfjfabout some of her experiences and the accomplishments made possible by funding for a paid staff pgterson ro reach ou t t o the greater Rochester community-and educate about gav isshysues and lives

The grant was funded from May 1 1995 to June 30 1996 by the N e w Yoric State AIDS Institute Christ)said which gave the money to AIDS Rochester Inc which in tum shared it uith the G A G V Since the grant has run out I can no longer be tunded as outreacheduca-rion coordinator Its been a

wxjndcrtui experience and Ive made a lot of new fncnd

( hristuill now be workingat A IDS Rochester Chnst said that during the past year the AUishy

ance has been able to reach man more non-profit agencies school distncts and other groups than ever before

I offered sensidit) training workshops and presentations on gay-related issues she saj^s Beshycause the Alliance had a funded outreach educashytion coordinator we were able to more than double the numberof programs and people reached N o w

the Community Education Project uill continue at a different level I did 25 hours per week and now Center Director Tanya Smolinsky and volunteers will try to keep the Project going

Tanya Smolinsky said WeVe looking to raise 525000 through donations and foundation grants to hire another outreach education coordinator and continue thc Communit- Education Project

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types that some have about gay lesbian and bishysexual p)eople

^The most powerful thing that happened in those sessions was when a recruit who had a gay relative shared tha tu i th the class Another memoshyrable experience was when a gay pgtolice officer from Buffalo came to speak and I interviewed him in front of the class Hes a big burly macho guy and he didnt come out until midway through his interview There was an obvious reaction from recruits as far as body language facial expressions e)es popping out

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That fundamental nodon of-dgqualky is what I would like to discuss briefly here today America is united as a nation by a simple but profound creed that all people arc created equal Thcy arc endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights Among these arc life liberty and the pursuit of happiness

These are the founding values of our nadon They are simple words that speak profound truths They provide dear direcdon for us as a sodety and for you as the platform committee of a great poiidcal party mdash a party whose best tradidon has been to stand up for those Americans who have been unjustly exduded from die promise of equality

In their wisdom our Founders knew that to secure this democracy for posterity to establish jusdce and ensure domesdc tranquility that all peo^ e must be assured of dieir basic equal ri^ts Each American is to be considered of equal worth as a human being and should each be treated faidy by our government by our laws and by each other

Today more than 200 years after die signing of thc Constitution and the OcdaAtion of Indepenshydence we are still coming to grips with die difficult challenges that acccnnpany our rich human divershysity Today gay and ksbian Americans alor^ widi our families fiiends and supporters are still waitshying to see the promise of equality kept

Because today in America people arc fired firom their jobs subjected to witch hunts in the military told by die govemment whom diey can and cannot marry and even physically attacked merely for being lesbian or gay Others have paid

a price fbr standing up fbr what is i ^ ^ and speaking out against this kind of discrimination Qeady this is contrary to our natkias fundamenshytal prindpies arid is out of s t ^ widi the tenor of our times But incredibly is it stiQ pcifeuly k ^ under fedecal kw

So we would ask the platfbtm committee to make a simple but profbund statemenc that gay and lesbian people should be accorded die same rights and regponsibiHties as any odier Americans Our countrys latws public pc^ides and public insdtutions shoukl treat everyone equally regardshyless of their sexual oritsitadon

Gay and lesbian Americans simply want to dO dieir jobs pay their taxes and contribute to their communides without living in danger of discnmi-naoon and viQlefice^Fyenom you and tem bur countrys laws and public insdtudons we simply ask for equalitymdashtiodiing more and nothing less Please put the Democradc Party on the record in fiavor of full equality fbr gay and lesbian Amerishycans and call for an end to discriminadon on the basis of sexual orientadon

Anodier issue of concem to all Americans is the continuing epidemic of HIV disease and AIDS AIDS is the leading killer ofall Americans aged 25 CO 44 Hiis is not time to retreat in our nadonal batde against this disease The federal government should continue to play a leading role in research for a cure and should provide maximum support to communides struggling with die enormom costs of care for men women and children widi HIV and AIDS Until we find a cure prevention remains die most important weapon and govemshyment has a role to play in supporting realisdc prevendon strate^es aimed at populations at risk Since people with AIDS who cannot work are in darker of losing dieir Eiunily homes die federal govemment should continue to ensure housing opportunities for people with AIDS and dieir families

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Postcaixl fixNTi Tampa Tsn^M^ Florida Fildcygt July 121996 Dea r Rociiwater What a week this has been Thcy say that when all thc tegtsttadons arc counted^ the total wiH be dose to 6000raquo inaking this the latgest gay and lesfatan cultural event in the history ofthe friknet This of course is GALA V thc gathering of thc Gay and Lesbian Associadon of Choruses Maybe you saw it on TV mdash it made aU thc network news shows

Its hard to know what to pick out to tefl you T o sec gt4aya Angelou in perscraquoi mdash she gave the keynote at the opening cemnonies mdash was a h i ^ point but so was seeing Holly Near and Romanovsky and Phillips And who could forget when Harvey Fierstein (he was MC) smooched the mayor o f T a n ^ on the cheek Hie mayor had just complinicnted us on that mornings Pride Parade and how surpnscd his work crews had been because we had picked up our own crash after thc parade Rochesters own spedal contribudon to the parade besides proudly carrying our new banshyner was our purple nuns three of them on roUer blades who made the local Tampa evening TV news

But it is the singing chat has been die real star of thc week Starting Sunday evening with die host choruses and continuingmoming noon and night there will be some 109 chomses and ensembles mdash - mens womens and mixed mdash that will take part befote thc week is over AJso some of us ate in fesdval choruses that are rehearsing to sir^ comshymissioned works for the closing ceremonies Saturshyday n i ^ t

Speakingofsing^lgyburgood vibes worked for us on Monday tnomiti^ when wc presented our half-hour program Fortunately Nick ^)^]liams our director (you remember him Hie really tall g ^ with the eartitig) had requested a slot for us eatiy in the week so we werc still fresh and not distracted (Believe me there are l ^ of distrac-donsF) Anyway we got three standing ovations and people have been saying all week Oh youre poundrom Rochester I was so impressed with your concertr And then they mention something speshycific about this piece or thac so we know they arent just being polite RcaUy makes us feel gpod Hiis isnt a compeddon but we think we done you proud

Werc one of the smaller groups here though the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Salt Lake City has just one lonesome representative But some of them are huge when the mens and womens choruses from Dallas sang some numbers toshygedier there werc over 200 singers on stage And

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Hie amount of ltHigitality and ingenuity is over-whdming Tliey told us there were over 50 new compositions or arrangements being performed here for thc first d m e All kinds of music in languages frxmi Japanese to Macedonianmdashopera show tunes pnde feminist love weird modem stuff sendmcncal rapliberadon funny One gtoup did a version of Old McDonalds Farm in Ladn that had us laughing so hatd we drowned out the music And then of course there vamp Iocs of music about our stones and our lives that makes us cry

Oh we must tell you about Bnan Ambrose our atdsdc interpreter He was chosen to interpret for the opening ceremonies and will do the final conshycert as well You know Brian is liandsome but you should see him like a movie star widi his face 12 feet high on the giant TV screen Wowl The Tampa newspaper even did a special ardcLe on him Made us real proud ditat he is one of our own

And then there are the people Certainly the people ofTan^a have gone out of dieir way for us But the real kick is being with so many sisters and brodiers such wonderful peo^ to talk to and make friends with from the crewmdashall lesbians by the way mdash that steers each chorus d i r o u ^ the backstage maze to die hunky guys in the hotel pool to the people standing in line at the food counter to the local volunteers mdash people just couldnt be nicer If only swe could botde up dus experience of being with thousands of Fgteople like us and bring ir home to share widi you aW

Well havent even told you about die Twin Gdes GMCs The Nutcracker (Men in Tights) or the Lavender Light Lesbian and Gay Gospel Choir or Muse the womens group from Cindnshynati or the gay night at Busch Gaidens and getting soaked on the water slides but gotta run Know this is all kinda babBly but were all giddier than geesemdashhaving a wonderful time But we miss you Wish you were here

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Prior to Maya A i ^ o u s trip to T a n ^ to be the keynote speaker at GALA Fesdval V (the latgshyest gay and lesbian cultural event in history) many dmid reporters bairaged her n^di the all-in^gtonanc quesdon Ace you N o one could seem to get those provocative words off their tongues

Finally one reporter mustered up the courage to inqudic Ate you gay Maya Ai^ckx^ widi her unique brand of humor inceO^gcnce and devcr-ness quippedYes I am gay And I am a member of die Pacific-Asian Rim Alliance and I am a Jew Yes I am a Jew and a Lesbian and a Man

Maya didnt want her tiiole sacred bdng thrust into a category diat definedVhere I be iK^o I be how I be Maya Angelous words summed up ever so beautifully whsa the next wedc was to become for the over 6000 ddc^ues from the US Canada Great Bntain France and Germany who met at the GALA (Gay and Lesbian Assodadon of Choruses) Festival from July 6-14 in Tampa Fk

Four singers from the Rochester Womens Community Chorus traveled with the Rochester Gay Mens Chorus to the festival We had preshypared musically fbr many months N o amount of practice could have truly gotten us ready for the sights and sounds which occurred over the course of e i^ tdays

Although the repertoire vaiied from classical to doo-wop induding very tradidonal choral lit-fcrature some groups chose to maintain a gay theme The Connecticut Gay Mens Chorus staged a nine-part humorous work dealing with telling a friend about being gay It induded such numbers as Hot Wheels and Taffeta I Have Somediing tDTeUYouandLoveisLovcThcDcnverGay Mens Chorus induded a professional dance en-seni le and presented a commissioned woik enshytided Seeded in the Stars which was truly lovely both to watch and listen to

Thc 120 members of the Gay Mens Chorus of Los Angeles presented Momings Innocent A Sor^ Cycle for Male Chorus It included s o i ^ using che p o e t r y ofMrritcxs s u c h as Alaty Swcgtsctn

and Adrienne Rich Harmony^ a mixed chorus from Colorado presented as part of their set an extended commissioned work inspired by the antishygay amendment passed in the state of Colorado which led to the recent Supreme Court ruling offering protection to homosexuals as a dass of people Some of thc movements from this woik were I was really naive I chose not to be active and wanted to burn down the churches

Lavender U ^ v Thc Black and People of All Cokgtts Lesbian and Gay Gospd Choir (widi whom die Rochester Womens Chorus is negotiating a joint concert) brought down the house Tiieir final number bullWorthy speaks to thc meaning in dicir existence as a chorus As gays and lesbians they do have a rightful place in die worid as well as in their church Muse thc womens chorus fiom Cincinshynati is a tnodd in innovation diversity and sound Tliey arc directed by the founder of the feminist choral movement Cathy Roma Ysaye BamweD of Sweet Honey In The Rock and Venezuelan composer and performer Jacqueline R s ^ both jcMned them on stage for an uf^ifdng set which is part ofa project of new spirituals commissioned by the choir and performed in the past with The Boys Choir of Hariem as well as others

The New York City Gay Mens Chorus pakl tribute to a couple that has been in a relationship

for 63 years Tlic two men met in 1923 and w laquo c co-grand marshals in this yearns NYC Gay Fiide Parade Both are singersongwriters and wioie a inttkad about thdr fives whkh was choeeog^aphed and performed duting thc wedc Pro Hotno Vod based in Seattle Wa docs ordinal musicals The marvelously funny work presented by this iniiDed chorus b ^ a n with die soc^ ^Biess Me Its Jesse (ofcourse referring to duu institution in the U ^ scnateJesse Hdms) A hig^i l i^of that show^was thenumberSkkUiinaniralPerverse and WrOEigf which was thc name of a k w office None of die lawyers were available to answer their phones on that particular afternoon

NaJkedMttn a full length wotk perfotmed by the 150-vodce San Frandsco Gay Mens Chonis was extraordinary The sound literally penetrated the bodies of the audience Tlie poetry was simpiy glorious An ironic aspect to the performance was the announcement ofthe Houses passage ofthe Defense of Marria^ Acc

Choruses have lost many hundreds of singers CO AIDS One ofthe most moving parts to Naked Man was thc song Dance on your grave Tlie words are T will not moum youNor will I curse the day you were b o m True to your memory I will be brave and dance on your grave

On the evening of Aug 26 1993 20-ycar-old Bobby Griffith leapt to his death frtMn a firecway overpass into the pjath of an 18-whed semi-truck Prayers for Bobby is the story of Mary Griffith Bobbys mother and her joumey from le l^ous and ligjit-wing bigotry to love and acceptance The Newjersey Gay McnsChorus flew bothofBobbs parents to Tampa and presented a fiill lex^ch work based cm his stoiy It was narrated by national gay activist Donna Redwing The experience of this performance b c g ^ when the audience walked in to sec two kxge and beautiful pottaits ofBobby set on easds on the side of the stage As Maya Angdou saidf^^Youneedto find tnthepoeorythe source and tiic resource

Odier h i^ i l i^ t s induded lush and beautiful singing by bodi die Womens Chorus of Dallas (also with 100 members) and an a capella womens g^oup from thc Boulder Colo area Wound CJrdc^ L-indsa TiJIevy a r t yck i n h o t h th^r -nror tds o f

womens music and tmditional A fricatn-American music also took to the stagjc duxing a perfonnance by the Silicon Valley Mens Chonis

I wouid be remiss and extremely negfectfui not to list as a highlight the glorious performance by our own Rochester Gay Mens Chorus as they presented sdections from their Bluc Skies conshycert hdd in Rochester in June Their sir^ingbroug^t many standing ovations from the audience Roch-esterwas cenainly proudly rcpresencedTlie women from Rochester b r o u ^ t a bi~coastal element to die spedal womens n ^ t concert as thcy joined the Portknd Lesbian Choir and members of the Seattle Womens ensemble in presenting three numbers one beit^ a commissioned wotk from thc Padfic Northwest Womens Alliance tour

GALA Festival V ended widi an evening of music a muld-media presentation and fireworks as the week of music passion and lots oflove and c o u n ^ drew to a dose

Tlie Rochester Womens Community Chorus which participated in GALA Festival V is busily fwepating fbr its 96-97 season after a frmtasdc June concert with the Rochestcr Gay Mens Choshyrus We would like to add 10-1S new singers to our ranks We are non-auditioned and open to all women r^ardlcss of musical e^qserience and trainshying If you would like to join the RWCC family pieasc caU 473-7365

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Tie Defense o f Marriage A c t is hxirtl ing t h r o u g h C o n g r e s s a t a ra t e

u n p a r a l l e d b y legis la t ion d e a l i n g w i t h frivolous trivial i ssues like t h e

federal b u d g ^ poverty heal thcare etc I t just g o e s t o s h o w y o u s ^ t oi ir f b ^

Jawmakers can d o w h e n fiiced wi th a really u i g e n t situation^ like an d e c t i o n year

Of course Hawaiis Si^gtrcinc Court hasnt yet ruled on the constitutionality of same sex manure and may not do so until 1997 But ats Lincoln or Nixon or somebody remarked better safe than sorry And it seems that heterosexuals would be very sorry indeed if lesbians and gays were able co marry legally even in dvil ceremonies Tliat would apparently devalue the Institudon of Marriage itself and cause heterosexxjal couples to abandon white gowns and tuxes and start living in sin There goes the nei^borhood

This kind ofVacdne legislation may catch on Pass your bills now before conditions arise that may make them necessary Speaking of vaccines its too bad that the Congress of 1982 or thereshyabouts didnt have the foresight to mandate masshysive research and education on HIVAIDS just in case that pesky virus started a nationwide epidemic that would cost hundreds of thousands of lives

But hey its not easy being a visiotiAry Some things are a lot cosier to predict than others For instance its quite easy to predict that Bob Dole and Republican legislators sponsors of DOMA will be eager to get dected and le-dected this fall Nor is it a major psychic feat to Mraquoiict dwit Bill CUnton will do just about anything he can to get rc-

Pcrhaps partof the (Moblem is that we ate still seen as incapable oflove and ccHnmitment wc are StiU defined by our genital sexuality alone Homosexuality = immorality Loving a person ofthe same sex is obscene How can love be obscene When ic occurs between two peoj^c who have been de-humanized by bigotry to thc point that they are seen as their genitals and nothis^ nKgtre

Straight sodety seems to see all gay men as itisatiable cruisers and all lesbians as bacchantes Censorship of our voices and lives makes it hard to get our message across that we are as diverse as any other random segment ofthe pc^gtulation and that most of us are striving fbr stability commitment and emotional as well as physical indmacy in our lives (not lifestyles)

Another part of thc problem is that legally married gays might well change the insdtudon to some extent making it more alicanan less rigid in regard to gender roles and less of a male-suptemadst control mechanism Red alerd

TTic gay communit as such never asked for this debate It haj^sened because three Hawaiian couples wanted equal r i ^ t s and refisscd to give up and because die Hawaii Si^jreme Coun is

elected It would lgte easier to accept his signing of objecdve enough to look at this as a dvil r ^ t s DOMA as a cynical dccdon-year move rather than accept diat he has genuine convictions diat same-sex marriage is wrong

Why are heterosexuals playing Dog in die Manshyger or Sacred Cow in the Manger Why do thcy exalt the institudon of maniage and then forbid it to us Why do thcy labd us as prcmiiscuous and simultaneously deny us the r i^u to live the stable morallives that manied heterosexualsiead (Umm hold on a minute there)

Maybe one reason as Rep Bamey Frank sv^-gested in last months EC is diat heterosexuals are troubled about their threatened institution and ready to take any action to preserve it however ptundcss and illogical

A dtscusskxi of what mardage is and does and whether or not it is endangered wodd take up pages and volumes Certainly it seems teasonable to assutne diat Gctcndif^ 1 ^ macdage lights to queers would sue i^ ien the institution since it wodd dvTw that mattis^ is stffl vsabie atid m c a n k ^ ^ even to us padahs But Mihen wc do ir we spoiP it for tivm Gcailyhafnophoiibis atwodchete bmhowexacdy

issue Whether we as individuals approve of maniage and want it for ourselves or not wc should be able to dioose to marry legally just as we should be able to serve in thc armed forces if we are otherwise cpialified to do so Anything else is discrimination

We are more than our genitals We are complctB human beings mdash human b d i ^ who have a kx^ histocy ofsufifeiing an extreme foon of oppression And wc are maldngprogpess A poD taken in June by K R Survey Resesttch Gioqp of Media Pa fbc A s OMte showed diat thar nx)StAiiiet3caiis oppose anti-gay discnminatkxiin die wodcplaoe^Spetcem tolOpercent)whiksdHopposit^kgalnianis^for gtysp7peioentto30pcrocntraquo widi mote men being opposed dian wotnen) We must continue to wodc CO ^low society diat u ^ are real peofsfe with rod h m A s and real bve fbr eadi odxr As aaiampides diange laws will change

Meamiiiile politidans will continue to do dieir stiallow self-senKi^ thix^ j^ppealif^ to fear prejudice and ignorance in cMder to stay in power Some things tiever change

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The committee that otganized Rochesters 1996 Gay Pnde Parade and Cultural Festival would like to extend our apfwcciation to a nuno-ber ofpeoplc and organizations that made this years event so spectacular Etxxployces of the City ofRochester and the Riverside Convention Center conducted business with us in a veay professiotial manner as we secured prc^gter per mits pbnned the parade route negotiated sershyvices for the festival at High FaUs and even arranged for a huge pink laser light triangle to adorn the gotge wall alotig thc Genesee River

Captain Ray Mosher of thc Rochester Pt^ce Depamnent and all thc other patrols and officers that facilitated die march down Main Street feom liberty Pc^c Way to Browns Race deserve spedal cotnmendation Rochester is fortunate to have such a talented and dedicated ixgtlicc force

All of the gay-owned and gay-directed busishynesses that parddpatcd in the parade and fesdval arc to be acknowledged for their ability to put aside thc usual competitive aspects of rurming a business to unite in a wonderful dis^^y of comshymunity and pride

Tlie parade floats prepared and presented by tfae gay bars provided a spectacular ctispUy o f cxAcft and nieninient Ac tibe poundsMraquoVBilraquo xttstccjwma evcngrcatcrdispJayof unity as thc showgi2feof Chib IvlarccUa danced on the Hig^ Falls cacwalk to music provided by Qub Atlantis Common Ground provided the parade judging stand and adorned their buiiding with a gigantic IS-fbot rainbow flag as backdrop I h c five parade judges a terrific mix ofgay and non-gay individuab are comfdimented ibr dieir fine jjerformance of seshylecting award winners from a fidd of great conshytenders

Casey and Mary Ellen Lopata ofParcnts Famshyily and Ftiends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) were outstanding as the parade grand marshals TTiis years event was gready enhanced by all of thc hard work and visibility ofthe PFLAG memshybers This is an outstanding otganization that btings a tremendous amount oflove and si^)pon to the gay community and our famifies

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The Pride Parade June 221996 was a joyous

d is |^y of the diversity that strengthens Our Community Our FamiHes and Ourselves We were proud and honored to be Grand Marshals Parents fiunilies fiiends and the entire commushynity need to hear and see the goodness of our ^ y lesbian bisexual and transgender dtizens Marchshying with pdde underscores the uniqueness of eadi person and at the same time emphasizes our soiidanty as wc wotk fbr equality and justice

Thank you to the Greater Rochester Gay and Lesbian Business Forum and thc Gay Alliance of thc Genesee Vafiey for the oj^x^rtunity to be a living fidnbowmdash a symbol ofhope

And thank you forghring us die honoroflcading die parade a memory wc will cherish always

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I love your new format It looks great and is easier to read It was always frustrating to have artides chopped i^ Many times Laurie Twilights column wodd have pieces missing and that is one of my favorites alongwith Erics column

I really enjoyed the pride parade this year marchshying in the band It was great to march down the middle of Main St and into the big crowd at Bw^wns Race Last years was bliaiering heat with what seetned like 20 people a dog and annoyed people stuck in traffic watching

At thc gathering afterwards itwas neat to see thc variety in our community under one roof The price was r i g ^ free Parking and bus transportashytion were readily available I read thc two letters in d^]uiy Empty Closet I think it was very wise to not confiict with the LPGA finals Good grief Talk about visibility for lesbians in publicl It is a reality that a lot oflesbians plan to attend thc LPGA in advance I h o i ^ golf is not my sport Im gtad the women get dicir day in die sun Would it be wise to have the parade the same time as die Worid Ciqgt Drs^ Show finak (If there were such a thing)

This is not a perfect worid Next vcar pcc^)k should make arrangements for a format to present thcirviews As our cotnmunity has matured we will havemoredrvetsepclidcalviewslhe fiunily theme was an a t te t t^ to indude everyone B ^ projects wifl have room ftgtr improement New ideas will always be diallcr^ed Hats off to die people on the pbnni i^ committee figtr taking chances and thek time

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Bulblo City Councilmember Barbie Kavanaugh Kep Banwy Frank Rep Louise Slau^ner and Rochester City Councilmember Tim Mains at the Slaughter fundraiser on July 19

Bamey Frank hosts fundraiser fbr Louise Slaughter supporter of gay coinmunity By NicUJaaksati In an election year when lesbimtt and gay issues are just as prominent as they were fbur years ago and politicians are straddling the issues one local politician has again pledged her support t o our community Congresswoman Louise Slaughter who reshycendy and courageously voted against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is running for her sixth te rm in the US Congress

On July 19 a fundraising reception was held In her honor at a private home in C o m HiU with Congressman Bamey Frank (D-Mass) as the guest speaker Congressnrtan Frank was the first openly gay member of Congress and has been on the front lines of the ffght against the Defense of Marriage Acc (See Newsfronts page 4)

While speaking at the fundraiser Frank made it a point t o mention the dedtcatkgtn that Slaughter has shown t o the gay lesbian and bisexual community while serving on the HiH With aH che people w e have working in

Waxhfnfcon ir is ttegtegtd t o Unoy^ that VMS have skti adfy itt ttiis woman Fr^nk said

Approximateiy 70 people at tended the reception

Rep Frank says that after C o n f e s s returns from its break work will begin on getting the Employment Non-Discriminashytion Amendment passed Opponents of DOMA hope to add the amendment which has a broad base of support including that of Preskient Qinton t o DOMA

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The Defense of Marriage Act passed the House of Representatives last month and Preskient Ointon has said he will sign the measure which wouid ban recopiition of same sex marriages and declare that legal nuuTiage is fbr heterosexuals only

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House passes D O M A 342 to 67 The House of Representatives passed the Defense of Marriage (DOMA) bill on July 12 Opponents called the bill unnecessary and an election-year ploy while supporters clamed that homosexualit is immoral and the bill Is needed to defend heterosexual marriage if and when the Hawaii Supreme Court rules t fu t Hawaiis denial ofthe r ^ t to same sex marriage is unconstitutional

The bill (HR 3396) would tell states that they can ignore the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the US Constitution and refuse recognition of same sex marriages pershyformed legally in other states t would also define marriage under federal law as a union between one male and one female

The House vote was 342-67 and many traditional supporters of gay rights voted against the measure

The House debate saw Rep Barney Frank (D-Mass) angrily demanding ofa Republican opponent just how Franks relationship with a man threatens the Republicans marriage Rep Steven Gunderson (R-Wisc) asked Why are we so mean Both men are openly gay

Kevin Cathcart of the Lambda Legal Deshyfense and Education Fund said The so-

called Defense of MarriageAct is retro legisshylation This bill would take us back to the ugly days just 30 years ago when similar laws said you could not marry someone of the wrong race Now Congress would have the governshyment tell us you cannot marry someone of che wrong sex

Elizabeth Burch director of the Human Rights Campaign said The House commitshyted an ugly cowardly and unconstitutional act by passing this bill and history v^ll remember it as such It is nothing more than gratuitous election-year gay-bashing and the Human Rights Campaign intends to hold every memshyber of Congress accountable fbr this vote

Melinda Paras director ofthe National Gay and Lesbian Task Force commented DOMA is bogus legislation It neither strengthens American femilies nor marriages between men and women Inscead ic draws a circle around gays lesbians bisexuals and transgendered individuals and proclaims that our families do not deserve recognition In the hands of the Right-wing political extremists femily serves as both a symbol and a weapon a symbol of an imaginary past when everything was fine and a weapon to divide society into good people and bad Gay lesbian bisexual and transgender femily issues are here to stay because they speak to the aspirations of same sex couples just as they do for all committed couples W e wilt not stand by siiendy and be used as

scapegoats in this election year The Senate has begun hearings on the meashy

sure A t the first hearing on July 11 Mitzi Henderson national president of Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) called the bill mean-spirited She said (l)t targets a group of people for disshycrimination and sets up a debate that misrepshyresents a community already under attack My marriage does not need to be defended My husband and 1 do not need your help to continue to cherish one another and to reshyspect our vows of more than 40 years What my femily needs is a more tolerant America

Sen Edward Kennedy (D Mass) said at the July 11 Senate hearing that he will introduce a bill to outiaw employment discrimination based on sexual orientation as an amendment to DOMA Kennedy and two other senators Sen James Jeffords (R-Vt) and Sen Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn) wrote in a letter to their colleagues Duringthe remainingweeks of this Congress the Senate should tum its attention to legislation that will enhance the lives of Americans If America is to compete in a global economy all Americans must be able to contribute The price of prejudice is too high

Administration officials told the Human Rights Campaign that President Clinton supshyports the plan to attach the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to DOMA Clinton has said he opposes same sex marriage and will sign DOMA but that he also opposes employshyment discrimination against gays

-Human Rights Campaign Nationai Gay and Lesbian Task Force Lambda Legal Deshyfense and Education Fund The Washington Post

Methodist groups vote t o welcome gays Two regional United Methodist conferences have approved resolutions to become rec-

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The conferences from Wisconsin and OregonIdaho join a list of reconciling conshyferences including CaltfbmiaNevada New York Northern Illinois and Troy Michigan

A DesertSouthwest conference rejected a similar resolution by only eight votes and conferences in New England and Califbmia Pacific plan to vote on similar resolutions in 1997 On June lthe North Georgia confershyence adopted a resolution backing congresshysional passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act which would ban sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace

Thc Wisconsin resolution stated in part Whereas the overwhelming perception among gay lesbian and bisexual persons is that they are not welcome in churches and only a public statement can begin to overshycome that perceived reality be it resolved that the Wisconsin Annual Conference declare itself to be a Reconciling Confershyence welcomingall people into its churches

The OregonIdaho resolution declared in part (W)e commit ourselves to honor and accept persons ofall sexual orientations as persons of sacred worth and to work toward full inclusion of United Methodists of all sexual orientations in the life and leadership of the church

-Kristina Campbell The Washmgtoti Bhde

Appeals court rul ing needed on gay acts by service personnel A federal appeals court in New York City said on July I that i t may be constitutional for the militarys policy on gays to discharge servicemembers who say that thcy are gay But the court sent the key gay military case back to district court saying tiiat the lower

court must rule on whether a ban on homoshysexual acts is constitutional befbre the court can determine whether the policy can ban speech

The case US v Able has been seen by many legal activists as a possible test case through which che Supreme Court wilt rule on the constitutionality of the dont ask dont teir policy Activists also expected the three-judge panel to uphold the lower courts deciskgtn that the policy violates First Amend-ment guarantees by discharging servicemembers who say I am gay

Legal acdvist Chai Feldblum said The remarkable legal breakthrough in this case is that this is che first court in the United States of America that has directiy questioned whether the military may indeed constitushytionally treat gay and straight sexual acththy diffierentiy

Because Abh has been sent back to the district court other military cases may beat it to the Supreme Courc

-Lisa Keen TTie Washington Biade

Iceland approves domestic partnership Icelands pariiament the Althingi voted on June 4 to allow same sex couples to register as domestic parcners and obtain joint cusshytody of each others biological children

The Icelandic law goes a step fu r ^e r than similar legislation in Denmark Sweden and Norway in that It includes second-parent adoption rights The law went into effect on June 27

Haakan Andersson the president of the Swedish federation of Gay and Lesbian fights (RFSL) said that the group hopes that Sweshyden and other countries follow Icelands example

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Republican Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York City marched in that citys parade the Empire State building was bathed in lavender and the citys gay police officer group Gay Officers Action League (GOAL) marched for the first time wearing full dress uniform along with the police departments marching band afcer a decision by the NYC police commisshysioner Giuliani marched with Deputy Mayor Fran Relter and openly gay Taxi and Umousine Commissioner Christopher Lynn

In San Francisco Democratic Mayor Willie Brown rode in a historic trolley in the citys Pride parade

In Atianta some marchers wore Mickey Mouse ears referring to the recent decision by the Southem EUptist Conference to boyshycott the Disney Corp on the grounds that i t ^ves domestic partner benefits to partners of Its gay employees holds an annual Gay Day etc Marchers shouted I love Disney

About 10000 people atcended a Pride gathshyering in Denver Colo where the theme was ofcourse che Supreme Courts ruling against Amendment 2 In Winston-Salem NC about 10000 people took part in the June 9 parade while around 12000 marched in a Family Values protest march sponsored by anti-gay hate groups

-Kristina Campbell The Washmgjtotk Blade

Idaho anti-gay amendment is ou t The feilure of Idaho anti-gay extemists to qualify a state anti-gay initiative means that this

fell there will be no such initiatives on the ballot in any state for the first time since i 992

The Human Rights Campaign announced on July 2 that the Idaho Decline to Sign campaign had helped to defeat the anti-gay ballot initiative pushed by the Idaho Citizens Alliance which has said it will abandon its drive after obtaining less than 6000 of the 40000 valid signatures needed to qualify for the ballot

This marks a political sea change and the -well-deserved death of an extremist tactic said Cathy Woolard HRCs national field manager We can now focus our resources pro-actively on electing feir-minded members of Congress and defeating our opponents

All of the five statewide ant i -^y initiatives which have appeared on election ballots since 1992 (Idaho Maine Colorado and Oregon twice) have been defeated excepc for Colorados Amendment 2 which was overshytumed by the Supreme Court in May Woolard said that anti-gay fenatics will continue their efforts in state legislatures after having been rejected by voters and by the Supreme Cour t

-Human Rights Campaign

Unitarian Universaiists back gay marr iage The Unitarian Universatist Association beshycame the first religious denomination to enshydorse same-sex marriage on June 25 when a 97 percent majority at the UUAs annual General Assembly voted in fevor of a resolushytion tided In support of the right to marry for same-sex couples

Bonita Berkson of San Diego told fellow delegates in Indianapolis that the decision makes UUA the feith of real femily values

The Unitarian Universalist Church with 1949 congregations is the first major relishygious denomination in this country to make the right to same-sex marriage part of their

official policy Thc resolution went into efshyfect immediately it is non-binding

-Gannett News Service Christopher Jones TTie Washktgton BMe

More states pass ant i shygay marriage laws Michigan Delaware and North Carolina have enacted anti-gay marriage laws bringshying ttte tool number of such laws passed to 14

Michigans Republican Gov John Engler s i ^ed two bills in June prohibiting same-sex marriages in Michigan and recognition of same sex marriages in other states Delashyware Gov Thomas Carper a Democrat signed a bill to the same effect on June 21

In North Carolina an ariti-gay mariage law was ptkssed on June 19 Louisianas state Senate refected an anti-gay marriage bill on June I I

Out of 36 states which have considered marriage legislation 19 anti-gay marriage bills are dead 14 are enacted into law one awaits action by the govemor (Missouri) one (Califbmia) passed by one chamber and one (New York) is pending the first floor vote

-Lisa Keen The Washington fiode

FBI considers bias as murder mot ive Attorney General Janet Reno assured the National Gay and LesbianTask Force on June 19 that investigators of the murder of two lesbians in Vir^nias Shenandoah Nashytional fark are taking the possibtUty of a hate crime into account which had been in doubt

Julianne Williams and Lollie Winans were found dead on June 1 Reno told the NGLTF that the FBI is pursuing all motives includshying the possibility that the crime was motishyvated by tiie sexual orientation of the vkxin^

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The grant was funded from May 1 1995 to June 30 1996 by the N e w Yoric State AIDS Institute Christ)said which gave the money to AIDS Rochester Inc which in tum shared it uith the G A G V Since the grant has run out I can no longer be tunded as outreacheduca-rion coordinator Its been a

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( hristuill now be workingat A IDS Rochester Chnst said that during the past year the AUishy

ance has been able to reach man more non-profit agencies school distncts and other groups than ever before

I offered sensidit) training workshops and presentations on gay-related issues she saj^s Beshycause the Alliance had a funded outreach educashytion coordinator we were able to more than double the numberof programs and people reached N o w

the Community Education Project uill continue at a different level I did 25 hours per week and now Center Director Tanya Smolinsky and volunteers will try to keep the Project going

Tanya Smolinsky said WeVe looking to raise 525000 through donations and foundation grants to hire another outreach education coordinator and continue thc Communit- Education Project

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types that some have about gay lesbian and bishysexual p)eople

^The most powerful thing that happened in those sessions was when a recruit who had a gay relative shared tha tu i th the class Another memoshyrable experience was when a gay pgtolice officer from Buffalo came to speak and I interviewed him in front of the class Hes a big burly macho guy and he didnt come out until midway through his interview There was an obvious reaction from recruits as far as body language facial expressions e)es popping out

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That fundamental nodon of-dgqualky is what I would like to discuss briefly here today America is united as a nation by a simple but profound creed that all people arc created equal Thcy arc endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights Among these arc life liberty and the pursuit of happiness

These are the founding values of our nadon They are simple words that speak profound truths They provide dear direcdon for us as a sodety and for you as the platform committee of a great poiidcal party mdash a party whose best tradidon has been to stand up for those Americans who have been unjustly exduded from die promise of equality

In their wisdom our Founders knew that to secure this democracy for posterity to establish jusdce and ensure domesdc tranquility that all peo^ e must be assured of dieir basic equal ri^ts Each American is to be considered of equal worth as a human being and should each be treated faidy by our government by our laws and by each other

Today more than 200 years after die signing of thc Constitution and the OcdaAtion of Indepenshydence we are still coming to grips with die difficult challenges that acccnnpany our rich human divershysity Today gay and ksbian Americans alor^ widi our families fiiends and supporters are still waitshying to see the promise of equality kept

Because today in America people arc fired firom their jobs subjected to witch hunts in the military told by die govemment whom diey can and cannot marry and even physically attacked merely for being lesbian or gay Others have paid

a price fbr standing up fbr what is i ^ ^ and speaking out against this kind of discrimination Qeady this is contrary to our natkias fundamenshytal prindpies arid is out of s t ^ widi the tenor of our times But incredibly is it stiQ pcifeuly k ^ under fedecal kw

So we would ask the platfbtm committee to make a simple but profbund statemenc that gay and lesbian people should be accorded die same rights and regponsibiHties as any odier Americans Our countrys latws public pc^ides and public insdtutions shoukl treat everyone equally regardshyless of their sexual oritsitadon

Gay and lesbian Americans simply want to dO dieir jobs pay their taxes and contribute to their communides without living in danger of discnmi-naoon and viQlefice^Fyenom you and tem bur countrys laws and public insdtudons we simply ask for equalitymdashtiodiing more and nothing less Please put the Democradc Party on the record in fiavor of full equality fbr gay and lesbian Amerishycans and call for an end to discriminadon on the basis of sexual orientadon

Anodier issue of concem to all Americans is the continuing epidemic of HIV disease and AIDS AIDS is the leading killer ofall Americans aged 25 CO 44 Hiis is not time to retreat in our nadonal batde against this disease The federal government should continue to play a leading role in research for a cure and should provide maximum support to communides struggling with die enormom costs of care for men women and children widi HIV and AIDS Until we find a cure prevention remains die most important weapon and govemshyment has a role to play in supporting realisdc prevendon strate^es aimed at populations at risk Since people with AIDS who cannot work are in darker of losing dieir Eiunily homes die federal govemment should continue to ensure housing opportunities for people with AIDS and dieir families

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Its hard to know what to pick out to tefl you T o sec gt4aya Angelou in perscraquoi mdash she gave the keynote at the opening cemnonies mdash was a h i ^ point but so was seeing Holly Near and Romanovsky and Phillips And who could forget when Harvey Fierstein (he was MC) smooched the mayor o f T a n ^ on the cheek Hie mayor had just complinicnted us on that mornings Pride Parade and how surpnscd his work crews had been because we had picked up our own crash after thc parade Rochesters own spedal contribudon to the parade besides proudly carrying our new banshyner was our purple nuns three of them on roUer blades who made the local Tampa evening TV news

But it is the singing chat has been die real star of thc week Starting Sunday evening with die host choruses and continuingmoming noon and night there will be some 109 chomses and ensembles mdash - mens womens and mixed mdash that will take part befote thc week is over AJso some of us ate in fesdval choruses that are rehearsing to sir^ comshymissioned works for the closing ceremonies Saturshyday n i ^ t

Speakingofsing^lgyburgood vibes worked for us on Monday tnomiti^ when wc presented our half-hour program Fortunately Nick ^)^]liams our director (you remember him Hie really tall g ^ with the eartitig) had requested a slot for us eatiy in the week so we werc still fresh and not distracted (Believe me there are l ^ of distrac-donsF) Anyway we got three standing ovations and people have been saying all week Oh youre poundrom Rochester I was so impressed with your concertr And then they mention something speshycific about this piece or thac so we know they arent just being polite RcaUy makes us feel gpod Hiis isnt a compeddon but we think we done you proud

Werc one of the smaller groups here though the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Salt Lake City has just one lonesome representative But some of them are huge when the mens and womens choruses from Dallas sang some numbers toshygedier there werc over 200 singers on stage And

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Hie amount of ltHigitality and ingenuity is over-whdming Tliey told us there were over 50 new compositions or arrangements being performed here for thc first d m e All kinds of music in languages frxmi Japanese to Macedonianmdashopera show tunes pnde feminist love weird modem stuff sendmcncal rapliberadon funny One gtoup did a version of Old McDonalds Farm in Ladn that had us laughing so hatd we drowned out the music And then of course there vamp Iocs of music about our stones and our lives that makes us cry

Oh we must tell you about Bnan Ambrose our atdsdc interpreter He was chosen to interpret for the opening ceremonies and will do the final conshycert as well You know Brian is liandsome but you should see him like a movie star widi his face 12 feet high on the giant TV screen Wowl The Tampa newspaper even did a special ardcLe on him Made us real proud ditat he is one of our own

And then there are the people Certainly the people ofTan^a have gone out of dieir way for us But the real kick is being with so many sisters and brodiers such wonderful peo^ to talk to and make friends with from the crewmdashall lesbians by the way mdash that steers each chorus d i r o u ^ the backstage maze to die hunky guys in the hotel pool to the people standing in line at the food counter to the local volunteers mdash people just couldnt be nicer If only swe could botde up dus experience of being with thousands of Fgteople like us and bring ir home to share widi you aW

Well havent even told you about die Twin Gdes GMCs The Nutcracker (Men in Tights) or the Lavender Light Lesbian and Gay Gospel Choir or Muse the womens group from Cindnshynati or the gay night at Busch Gaidens and getting soaked on the water slides but gotta run Know this is all kinda babBly but were all giddier than geesemdashhaving a wonderful time But we miss you Wish you were here

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Prior to Maya A i ^ o u s trip to T a n ^ to be the keynote speaker at GALA Fesdval V (the latgshyest gay and lesbian cultural event in history) many dmid reporters bairaged her n^di the all-in^gtonanc quesdon Ace you N o one could seem to get those provocative words off their tongues

Finally one reporter mustered up the courage to inqudic Ate you gay Maya Ai^ckx^ widi her unique brand of humor inceO^gcnce and devcr-ness quippedYes I am gay And I am a member of die Pacific-Asian Rim Alliance and I am a Jew Yes I am a Jew and a Lesbian and a Man

Maya didnt want her tiiole sacred bdng thrust into a category diat definedVhere I be iK^o I be how I be Maya Angelous words summed up ever so beautifully whsa the next wedc was to become for the over 6000 ddc^ues from the US Canada Great Bntain France and Germany who met at the GALA (Gay and Lesbian Assodadon of Choruses) Festival from July 6-14 in Tampa Fk

Four singers from the Rochester Womens Community Chorus traveled with the Rochester Gay Mens Chorus to the festival We had preshypared musically fbr many months N o amount of practice could have truly gotten us ready for the sights and sounds which occurred over the course of e i^ tdays

Although the repertoire vaiied from classical to doo-wop induding very tradidonal choral lit-fcrature some groups chose to maintain a gay theme The Connecticut Gay Mens Chorus staged a nine-part humorous work dealing with telling a friend about being gay It induded such numbers as Hot Wheels and Taffeta I Have Somediing tDTeUYouandLoveisLovcThcDcnverGay Mens Chorus induded a professional dance en-seni le and presented a commissioned woik enshytided Seeded in the Stars which was truly lovely both to watch and listen to

Thc 120 members of the Gay Mens Chorus of Los Angeles presented Momings Innocent A Sor^ Cycle for Male Chorus It included s o i ^ using che p o e t r y ofMrritcxs s u c h as Alaty Swcgtsctn

and Adrienne Rich Harmony^ a mixed chorus from Colorado presented as part of their set an extended commissioned work inspired by the antishygay amendment passed in the state of Colorado which led to the recent Supreme Court ruling offering protection to homosexuals as a dass of people Some of thc movements from this woik were I was really naive I chose not to be active and wanted to burn down the churches

Lavender U ^ v Thc Black and People of All Cokgtts Lesbian and Gay Gospd Choir (widi whom die Rochester Womens Chorus is negotiating a joint concert) brought down the house Tiieir final number bullWorthy speaks to thc meaning in dicir existence as a chorus As gays and lesbians they do have a rightful place in die worid as well as in their church Muse thc womens chorus fiom Cincinshynati is a tnodd in innovation diversity and sound Tliey arc directed by the founder of the feminist choral movement Cathy Roma Ysaye BamweD of Sweet Honey In The Rock and Venezuelan composer and performer Jacqueline R s ^ both jcMned them on stage for an uf^ifdng set which is part ofa project of new spirituals commissioned by the choir and performed in the past with The Boys Choir of Hariem as well as others

The New York City Gay Mens Chorus pakl tribute to a couple that has been in a relationship

for 63 years Tlic two men met in 1923 and w laquo c co-grand marshals in this yearns NYC Gay Fiide Parade Both are singersongwriters and wioie a inttkad about thdr fives whkh was choeeog^aphed and performed duting thc wedc Pro Hotno Vod based in Seattle Wa docs ordinal musicals The marvelously funny work presented by this iniiDed chorus b ^ a n with die soc^ ^Biess Me Its Jesse (ofcourse referring to duu institution in the U ^ scnateJesse Hdms) A hig^i l i^of that show^was thenumberSkkUiinaniralPerverse and WrOEigf which was thc name of a k w office None of die lawyers were available to answer their phones on that particular afternoon

NaJkedMttn a full length wotk perfotmed by the 150-vodce San Frandsco Gay Mens Chonis was extraordinary The sound literally penetrated the bodies of the audience Tlie poetry was simpiy glorious An ironic aspect to the performance was the announcement ofthe Houses passage ofthe Defense of Marria^ Acc

Choruses have lost many hundreds of singers CO AIDS One ofthe most moving parts to Naked Man was thc song Dance on your grave Tlie words are T will not moum youNor will I curse the day you were b o m True to your memory I will be brave and dance on your grave

On the evening of Aug 26 1993 20-ycar-old Bobby Griffith leapt to his death frtMn a firecway overpass into the pjath of an 18-whed semi-truck Prayers for Bobby is the story of Mary Griffith Bobbys mother and her joumey from le l^ous and ligjit-wing bigotry to love and acceptance The Newjersey Gay McnsChorus flew bothofBobbs parents to Tampa and presented a fiill lex^ch work based cm his stoiy It was narrated by national gay activist Donna Redwing The experience of this performance b c g ^ when the audience walked in to sec two kxge and beautiful pottaits ofBobby set on easds on the side of the stage As Maya Angdou saidf^^Youneedto find tnthepoeorythe source and tiic resource

Odier h i^ i l i^ t s induded lush and beautiful singing by bodi die Womens Chorus of Dallas (also with 100 members) and an a capella womens g^oup from thc Boulder Colo area Wound CJrdc^ L-indsa TiJIevy a r t yck i n h o t h th^r -nror tds o f

womens music and tmditional A fricatn-American music also took to the stagjc duxing a perfonnance by the Silicon Valley Mens Chonis

I wouid be remiss and extremely negfectfui not to list as a highlight the glorious performance by our own Rochester Gay Mens Chorus as they presented sdections from their Bluc Skies conshycert hdd in Rochester in June Their sir^ingbroug^t many standing ovations from the audience Roch-esterwas cenainly proudly rcpresencedTlie women from Rochester b r o u ^ t a bi~coastal element to die spedal womens n ^ t concert as thcy joined the Portknd Lesbian Choir and members of the Seattle Womens ensemble in presenting three numbers one beit^ a commissioned wotk from thc Padfic Northwest Womens Alliance tour

GALA Festival V ended widi an evening of music a muld-media presentation and fireworks as the week of music passion and lots oflove and c o u n ^ drew to a dose

Tlie Rochester Womens Community Chorus which participated in GALA Festival V is busily fwepating fbr its 96-97 season after a frmtasdc June concert with the Rochestcr Gay Mens Choshyrus We would like to add 10-1S new singers to our ranks We are non-auditioned and open to all women r^ardlcss of musical e^qserience and trainshying If you would like to join the RWCC family pieasc caU 473-7365

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House passes D O M A 342 to 67 The House of Representatives passed the Defense of Marriage (DOMA) bill on July 12 Opponents called the bill unnecessary and an election-year ploy while supporters clamed that homosexualit is immoral and the bill Is needed to defend heterosexual marriage if and when the Hawaii Supreme Court rules t fu t Hawaiis denial ofthe r ^ t to same sex marriage is unconstitutional

The bill (HR 3396) would tell states that they can ignore the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the US Constitution and refuse recognition of same sex marriages pershyformed legally in other states t would also define marriage under federal law as a union between one male and one female

The House vote was 342-67 and many traditional supporters of gay rights voted against the measure

The House debate saw Rep Barney Frank (D-Mass) angrily demanding ofa Republican opponent just how Franks relationship with a man threatens the Republicans marriage Rep Steven Gunderson (R-Wisc) asked Why are we so mean Both men are openly gay

Kevin Cathcart of the Lambda Legal Deshyfense and Education Fund said The so-

called Defense of MarriageAct is retro legisshylation This bill would take us back to the ugly days just 30 years ago when similar laws said you could not marry someone of the wrong race Now Congress would have the governshyment tell us you cannot marry someone of che wrong sex

Elizabeth Burch director of the Human Rights Campaign said The House commitshyted an ugly cowardly and unconstitutional act by passing this bill and history v^ll remember it as such It is nothing more than gratuitous election-year gay-bashing and the Human Rights Campaign intends to hold every memshyber of Congress accountable fbr this vote

Melinda Paras director ofthe National Gay and Lesbian Task Force commented DOMA is bogus legislation It neither strengthens American femilies nor marriages between men and women Inscead ic draws a circle around gays lesbians bisexuals and transgendered individuals and proclaims that our families do not deserve recognition In the hands of the Right-wing political extremists femily serves as both a symbol and a weapon a symbol of an imaginary past when everything was fine and a weapon to divide society into good people and bad Gay lesbian bisexual and transgender femily issues are here to stay because they speak to the aspirations of same sex couples just as they do for all committed couples W e wilt not stand by siiendy and be used as

scapegoats in this election year The Senate has begun hearings on the meashy

sure A t the first hearing on July 11 Mitzi Henderson national president of Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) called the bill mean-spirited She said (l)t targets a group of people for disshycrimination and sets up a debate that misrepshyresents a community already under attack My marriage does not need to be defended My husband and 1 do not need your help to continue to cherish one another and to reshyspect our vows of more than 40 years What my femily needs is a more tolerant America

Sen Edward Kennedy (D Mass) said at the July 11 Senate hearing that he will introduce a bill to outiaw employment discrimination based on sexual orientation as an amendment to DOMA Kennedy and two other senators Sen James Jeffords (R-Vt) and Sen Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn) wrote in a letter to their colleagues Duringthe remainingweeks of this Congress the Senate should tum its attention to legislation that will enhance the lives of Americans If America is to compete in a global economy all Americans must be able to contribute The price of prejudice is too high

Administration officials told the Human Rights Campaign that President Clinton supshyports the plan to attach the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to DOMA Clinton has said he opposes same sex marriage and will sign DOMA but that he also opposes employshyment discrimination against gays

-Human Rights Campaign Nationai Gay and Lesbian Task Force Lambda Legal Deshyfense and Education Fund The Washington Post

Methodist groups vote t o welcome gays Two regional United Methodist conferences have approved resolutions to become rec-

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oncilingconferences which welcome memshybership and participation by gay and lesbian people

The conferences from Wisconsin and OregonIdaho join a list of reconciling conshyferences including CaltfbmiaNevada New York Northern Illinois and Troy Michigan

A DesertSouthwest conference rejected a similar resolution by only eight votes and conferences in New England and Califbmia Pacific plan to vote on similar resolutions in 1997 On June lthe North Georgia confershyence adopted a resolution backing congresshysional passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act which would ban sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace

Thc Wisconsin resolution stated in part Whereas the overwhelming perception among gay lesbian and bisexual persons is that they are not welcome in churches and only a public statement can begin to overshycome that perceived reality be it resolved that the Wisconsin Annual Conference declare itself to be a Reconciling Confershyence welcomingall people into its churches

The OregonIdaho resolution declared in part (W)e commit ourselves to honor and accept persons ofall sexual orientations as persons of sacred worth and to work toward full inclusion of United Methodists of all sexual orientations in the life and leadership of the church

-Kristina Campbell The Washmgtoti Bhde

Appeals court rul ing needed on gay acts by service personnel A federal appeals court in New York City said on July I that i t may be constitutional for the militarys policy on gays to discharge servicemembers who say that thcy are gay But the court sent the key gay military case back to district court saying tiiat the lower

court must rule on whether a ban on homoshysexual acts is constitutional befbre the court can determine whether the policy can ban speech

The case US v Able has been seen by many legal activists as a possible test case through which che Supreme Court wilt rule on the constitutionality of the dont ask dont teir policy Activists also expected the three-judge panel to uphold the lower courts deciskgtn that the policy violates First Amend-ment guarantees by discharging servicemembers who say I am gay

Legal acdvist Chai Feldblum said The remarkable legal breakthrough in this case is that this is che first court in the United States of America that has directiy questioned whether the military may indeed constitushytionally treat gay and straight sexual acththy diffierentiy

Because Abh has been sent back to the district court other military cases may beat it to the Supreme Courc

-Lisa Keen TTie Washington Biade

Iceland approves domestic partnership Icelands pariiament the Althingi voted on June 4 to allow same sex couples to register as domestic parcners and obtain joint cusshytody of each others biological children

The Icelandic law goes a step fu r ^e r than similar legislation in Denmark Sweden and Norway in that It includes second-parent adoption rights The law went into effect on June 27

Haakan Andersson the president of the Swedish federation of Gay and Lesbian fights (RFSL) said that the group hopes that Sweshyden and other countries follow Icelands example

-Christopher Jones The Washington Blade

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Gay Pride parades drsE^ thousands N Y C g ^ police in Gay Pride month saw celebrations and pashyrades throughout the country involving thoushysands of people

Republican Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York City marched in that citys parade the Empire State building was bathed in lavender and the citys gay police officer group Gay Officers Action League (GOAL) marched for the first time wearing full dress uniform along with the police departments marching band afcer a decision by the NYC police commisshysioner Giuliani marched with Deputy Mayor Fran Relter and openly gay Taxi and Umousine Commissioner Christopher Lynn

In San Francisco Democratic Mayor Willie Brown rode in a historic trolley in the citys Pride parade

In Atianta some marchers wore Mickey Mouse ears referring to the recent decision by the Southem EUptist Conference to boyshycott the Disney Corp on the grounds that i t ^ves domestic partner benefits to partners of Its gay employees holds an annual Gay Day etc Marchers shouted I love Disney

About 10000 people atcended a Pride gathshyering in Denver Colo where the theme was ofcourse che Supreme Courts ruling against Amendment 2 In Winston-Salem NC about 10000 people took part in the June 9 parade while around 12000 marched in a Family Values protest march sponsored by anti-gay hate groups

-Kristina Campbell The Washmgjtotk Blade

Idaho anti-gay amendment is ou t The feilure of Idaho anti-gay extemists to qualify a state anti-gay initiative means that this

fell there will be no such initiatives on the ballot in any state for the first time since i 992

The Human Rights Campaign announced on July 2 that the Idaho Decline to Sign campaign had helped to defeat the anti-gay ballot initiative pushed by the Idaho Citizens Alliance which has said it will abandon its drive after obtaining less than 6000 of the 40000 valid signatures needed to qualify for the ballot

This marks a political sea change and the -well-deserved death of an extremist tactic said Cathy Woolard HRCs national field manager We can now focus our resources pro-actively on electing feir-minded members of Congress and defeating our opponents

All of the five statewide ant i -^y initiatives which have appeared on election ballots since 1992 (Idaho Maine Colorado and Oregon twice) have been defeated excepc for Colorados Amendment 2 which was overshytumed by the Supreme Court in May Woolard said that anti-gay fenatics will continue their efforts in state legislatures after having been rejected by voters and by the Supreme Cour t

-Human Rights Campaign

Unitarian Universaiists back gay marr iage The Unitarian Universatist Association beshycame the first religious denomination to enshydorse same-sex marriage on June 25 when a 97 percent majority at the UUAs annual General Assembly voted in fevor of a resolushytion tided In support of the right to marry for same-sex couples

Bonita Berkson of San Diego told fellow delegates in Indianapolis that the decision makes UUA the feith of real femily values

The Unitarian Universalist Church with 1949 congregations is the first major relishygious denomination in this country to make the right to same-sex marriage part of their

official policy Thc resolution went into efshyfect immediately it is non-binding

-Gannett News Service Christopher Jones TTie Washktgton BMe

More states pass ant i shygay marriage laws Michigan Delaware and North Carolina have enacted anti-gay marriage laws bringshying ttte tool number of such laws passed to 14

Michigans Republican Gov John Engler s i ^ed two bills in June prohibiting same-sex marriages in Michigan and recognition of same sex marriages in other states Delashyware Gov Thomas Carper a Democrat signed a bill to the same effect on June 21

In North Carolina an ariti-gay mariage law was ptkssed on June 19 Louisianas state Senate refected an anti-gay marriage bill on June I I

Out of 36 states which have considered marriage legislation 19 anti-gay marriage bills are dead 14 are enacted into law one awaits action by the govemor (Missouri) one (Califbmia) passed by one chamber and one (New York) is pending the first floor vote

-Lisa Keen The Washington fiode

FBI considers bias as murder mot ive Attorney General Janet Reno assured the National Gay and LesbianTask Force on June 19 that investigators of the murder of two lesbians in Vir^nias Shenandoah Nashytional fark are taking the possibtUty of a hate crime into account which had been in doubt

Julianne Williams and Lollie Winans were found dead on June 1 Reno told the NGLTF that the FBI is pursuing all motives includshying the possibility that the crime was motishyvated by tiie sexual orientation of the vkxin^

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By Susan Jordan Christine Simons outreach education coordinashytor for the Gay Alliance during the past year ended her work for the G A G V when the grant that funded her posit ion ended o n June 30 Christy spoke iirh the Etfjpty Ctfjfabout some of her experiences and the accomplishments made possible by funding for a paid staff pgterson ro reach ou t t o the greater Rochester community-and educate about gav isshysues and lives

The grant was funded from May 1 1995 to June 30 1996 by the N e w Yoric State AIDS Institute Christ)said which gave the money to AIDS Rochester Inc which in tum shared it uith the G A G V Since the grant has run out I can no longer be tunded as outreacheduca-rion coordinator Its been a

wxjndcrtui experience and Ive made a lot of new fncnd

( hristuill now be workingat A IDS Rochester Chnst said that during the past year the AUishy

ance has been able to reach man more non-profit agencies school distncts and other groups than ever before

I offered sensidit) training workshops and presentations on gay-related issues she saj^s Beshycause the Alliance had a funded outreach educashytion coordinator we were able to more than double the numberof programs and people reached N o w

the Community Education Project uill continue at a different level I did 25 hours per week and now Center Director Tanya Smolinsky and volunteers will try to keep the Project going

Tanya Smolinsky said WeVe looking to raise 525000 through donations and foundation grants to hire another outreach education coordinator and continue thc Communit- Education Project

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types that some have about gay lesbian and bishysexual p)eople

^The most powerful thing that happened in those sessions was when a recruit who had a gay relative shared tha tu i th the class Another memoshyrable experience was when a gay pgtolice officer from Buffalo came to speak and I interviewed him in front of the class Hes a big burly macho guy and he didnt come out until midway through his interview There was an obvious reaction from recruits as far as body language facial expressions e)es popping out

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The good news Christ)- continued is that Bureau will continue to operate she said The Assistant Chief Duffy told me that hes interested G A G V hopes to accomodate peoples needs If

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Christy will continue to serve as a volunteer on welcome volunteers from diverse backgrounds to the G A G V Speakers Bureau which sends trained help us diversif) thc face o f the Speakers Bureau gay lesbian and bi speakers to local groups The and of thc ga communit)^ which we represent

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Mr Chainnan and mbmbets Qpound tKe platfltmn cofnmtnec Thank you for this oppommity to speak on b^ialf of die Human R i^ t s Campaign and secti3t diose gay and lesbian Amedcans our fidends fsunilies and su^spcmns t ^ jcMn us in our vision fbrAnicdcaWeraquovimcxi ail Amcika where ^ y jtfid lesbian pcof^ are ensured of dieir bask equal r i g ^

That fundamental nodon of-dgqualky is what I would like to discuss briefly here today America is united as a nation by a simple but profound creed that all people arc created equal Thcy arc endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights Among these arc life liberty and the pursuit of happiness

These are the founding values of our nadon They are simple words that speak profound truths They provide dear direcdon for us as a sodety and for you as the platform committee of a great poiidcal party mdash a party whose best tradidon has been to stand up for those Americans who have been unjustly exduded from die promise of equality

In their wisdom our Founders knew that to secure this democracy for posterity to establish jusdce and ensure domesdc tranquility that all peo^ e must be assured of dieir basic equal ri^ts Each American is to be considered of equal worth as a human being and should each be treated faidy by our government by our laws and by each other

Today more than 200 years after die signing of thc Constitution and the OcdaAtion of Indepenshydence we are still coming to grips with die difficult challenges that acccnnpany our rich human divershysity Today gay and ksbian Americans alor^ widi our families fiiends and supporters are still waitshying to see the promise of equality kept

Because today in America people arc fired firom their jobs subjected to witch hunts in the military told by die govemment whom diey can and cannot marry and even physically attacked merely for being lesbian or gay Others have paid

a price fbr standing up fbr what is i ^ ^ and speaking out against this kind of discrimination Qeady this is contrary to our natkias fundamenshytal prindpies arid is out of s t ^ widi the tenor of our times But incredibly is it stiQ pcifeuly k ^ under fedecal kw

So we would ask the platfbtm committee to make a simple but profbund statemenc that gay and lesbian people should be accorded die same rights and regponsibiHties as any odier Americans Our countrys latws public pc^ides and public insdtutions shoukl treat everyone equally regardshyless of their sexual oritsitadon

Gay and lesbian Americans simply want to dO dieir jobs pay their taxes and contribute to their communides without living in danger of discnmi-naoon and viQlefice^Fyenom you and tem bur countrys laws and public insdtudons we simply ask for equalitymdashtiodiing more and nothing less Please put the Democradc Party on the record in fiavor of full equality fbr gay and lesbian Amerishycans and call for an end to discriminadon on the basis of sexual orientadon

Anodier issue of concem to all Americans is the continuing epidemic of HIV disease and AIDS AIDS is the leading killer ofall Americans aged 25 CO 44 Hiis is not time to retreat in our nadonal batde against this disease The federal government should continue to play a leading role in research for a cure and should provide maximum support to communides struggling with die enormom costs of care for men women and children widi HIV and AIDS Until we find a cure prevention remains die most important weapon and govemshyment has a role to play in supporting realisdc prevendon strate^es aimed at populations at risk Since people with AIDS who cannot work are in darker of losing dieir Eiunily homes die federal govemment should continue to ensure housing opportunities for people with AIDS and dieir families

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Postcaixl fixNTi Tampa Tsn^M^ Florida Fildcygt July 121996 Dea r Rociiwater What a week this has been Thcy say that when all thc tegtsttadons arc counted^ the total wiH be dose to 6000raquo inaking this the latgest gay and lesfatan cultural event in the history ofthe friknet This of course is GALA V thc gathering of thc Gay and Lesbian Associadon of Choruses Maybe you saw it on TV mdash it made aU thc network news shows

Its hard to know what to pick out to tefl you T o sec gt4aya Angelou in perscraquoi mdash she gave the keynote at the opening cemnonies mdash was a h i ^ point but so was seeing Holly Near and Romanovsky and Phillips And who could forget when Harvey Fierstein (he was MC) smooched the mayor o f T a n ^ on the cheek Hie mayor had just complinicnted us on that mornings Pride Parade and how surpnscd his work crews had been because we had picked up our own crash after thc parade Rochesters own spedal contribudon to the parade besides proudly carrying our new banshyner was our purple nuns three of them on roUer blades who made the local Tampa evening TV news

But it is the singing chat has been die real star of thc week Starting Sunday evening with die host choruses and continuingmoming noon and night there will be some 109 chomses and ensembles mdash - mens womens and mixed mdash that will take part befote thc week is over AJso some of us ate in fesdval choruses that are rehearsing to sir^ comshymissioned works for the closing ceremonies Saturshyday n i ^ t

Speakingofsing^lgyburgood vibes worked for us on Monday tnomiti^ when wc presented our half-hour program Fortunately Nick ^)^]liams our director (you remember him Hie really tall g ^ with the eartitig) had requested a slot for us eatiy in the week so we werc still fresh and not distracted (Believe me there are l ^ of distrac-donsF) Anyway we got three standing ovations and people have been saying all week Oh youre poundrom Rochester I was so impressed with your concertr And then they mention something speshycific about this piece or thac so we know they arent just being polite RcaUy makes us feel gpod Hiis isnt a compeddon but we think we done you proud

Werc one of the smaller groups here though the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Salt Lake City has just one lonesome representative But some of them are huge when the mens and womens choruses from Dallas sang some numbers toshygedier there werc over 200 singers on stage And

RGHC marchtt In Tampers Prfete hrade

someeveahaveoccbesctasaaddflbocatechoceog^ nyhy The Mens Chorus from IndianayoHs did a dance routine widi ruby-sltppcr hatxl pt9)petii diat was spectacular

Hie amount of ltHigitality and ingenuity is over-whdming Tliey told us there were over 50 new compositions or arrangements being performed here for thc first d m e All kinds of music in languages frxmi Japanese to Macedonianmdashopera show tunes pnde feminist love weird modem stuff sendmcncal rapliberadon funny One gtoup did a version of Old McDonalds Farm in Ladn that had us laughing so hatd we drowned out the music And then of course there vamp Iocs of music about our stones and our lives that makes us cry

Oh we must tell you about Bnan Ambrose our atdsdc interpreter He was chosen to interpret for the opening ceremonies and will do the final conshycert as well You know Brian is liandsome but you should see him like a movie star widi his face 12 feet high on the giant TV screen Wowl The Tampa newspaper even did a special ardcLe on him Made us real proud ditat he is one of our own

And then there are the people Certainly the people ofTan^a have gone out of dieir way for us But the real kick is being with so many sisters and brodiers such wonderful peo^ to talk to and make friends with from the crewmdashall lesbians by the way mdash that steers each chorus d i r o u ^ the backstage maze to die hunky guys in the hotel pool to the people standing in line at the food counter to the local volunteers mdash people just couldnt be nicer If only swe could botde up dus experience of being with thousands of Fgteople like us and bring ir home to share widi you aW

Well havent even told you about die Twin Gdes GMCs The Nutcracker (Men in Tights) or the Lavender Light Lesbian and Gay Gospel Choir or Muse the womens group from Cindnshynati or the gay night at Busch Gaidens and getting soaked on the water slides but gotta run Know this is all kinda babBly but were all giddier than geesemdashhaving a wonderful time But we miss you Wish you were here

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Prior to Maya A i ^ o u s trip to T a n ^ to be the keynote speaker at GALA Fesdval V (the latgshyest gay and lesbian cultural event in history) many dmid reporters bairaged her n^di the all-in^gtonanc quesdon Ace you N o one could seem to get those provocative words off their tongues

Finally one reporter mustered up the courage to inqudic Ate you gay Maya Ai^ckx^ widi her unique brand of humor inceO^gcnce and devcr-ness quippedYes I am gay And I am a member of die Pacific-Asian Rim Alliance and I am a Jew Yes I am a Jew and a Lesbian and a Man

Maya didnt want her tiiole sacred bdng thrust into a category diat definedVhere I be iK^o I be how I be Maya Angelous words summed up ever so beautifully whsa the next wedc was to become for the over 6000 ddc^ues from the US Canada Great Bntain France and Germany who met at the GALA (Gay and Lesbian Assodadon of Choruses) Festival from July 6-14 in Tampa Fk

Four singers from the Rochester Womens Community Chorus traveled with the Rochester Gay Mens Chorus to the festival We had preshypared musically fbr many months N o amount of practice could have truly gotten us ready for the sights and sounds which occurred over the course of e i^ tdays

Although the repertoire vaiied from classical to doo-wop induding very tradidonal choral lit-fcrature some groups chose to maintain a gay theme The Connecticut Gay Mens Chorus staged a nine-part humorous work dealing with telling a friend about being gay It induded such numbers as Hot Wheels and Taffeta I Have Somediing tDTeUYouandLoveisLovcThcDcnverGay Mens Chorus induded a professional dance en-seni le and presented a commissioned woik enshytided Seeded in the Stars which was truly lovely both to watch and listen to

Thc 120 members of the Gay Mens Chorus of Los Angeles presented Momings Innocent A Sor^ Cycle for Male Chorus It included s o i ^ using che p o e t r y ofMrritcxs s u c h as Alaty Swcgtsctn

and Adrienne Rich Harmony^ a mixed chorus from Colorado presented as part of their set an extended commissioned work inspired by the antishygay amendment passed in the state of Colorado which led to the recent Supreme Court ruling offering protection to homosexuals as a dass of people Some of thc movements from this woik were I was really naive I chose not to be active and wanted to burn down the churches

Lavender U ^ v Thc Black and People of All Cokgtts Lesbian and Gay Gospd Choir (widi whom die Rochester Womens Chorus is negotiating a joint concert) brought down the house Tiieir final number bullWorthy speaks to thc meaning in dicir existence as a chorus As gays and lesbians they do have a rightful place in die worid as well as in their church Muse thc womens chorus fiom Cincinshynati is a tnodd in innovation diversity and sound Tliey arc directed by the founder of the feminist choral movement Cathy Roma Ysaye BamweD of Sweet Honey In The Rock and Venezuelan composer and performer Jacqueline R s ^ both jcMned them on stage for an uf^ifdng set which is part ofa project of new spirituals commissioned by the choir and performed in the past with The Boys Choir of Hariem as well as others

The New York City Gay Mens Chorus pakl tribute to a couple that has been in a relationship

for 63 years Tlic two men met in 1923 and w laquo c co-grand marshals in this yearns NYC Gay Fiide Parade Both are singersongwriters and wioie a inttkad about thdr fives whkh was choeeog^aphed and performed duting thc wedc Pro Hotno Vod based in Seattle Wa docs ordinal musicals The marvelously funny work presented by this iniiDed chorus b ^ a n with die soc^ ^Biess Me Its Jesse (ofcourse referring to duu institution in the U ^ scnateJesse Hdms) A hig^i l i^of that show^was thenumberSkkUiinaniralPerverse and WrOEigf which was thc name of a k w office None of die lawyers were available to answer their phones on that particular afternoon

NaJkedMttn a full length wotk perfotmed by the 150-vodce San Frandsco Gay Mens Chonis was extraordinary The sound literally penetrated the bodies of the audience Tlie poetry was simpiy glorious An ironic aspect to the performance was the announcement ofthe Houses passage ofthe Defense of Marria^ Acc

Choruses have lost many hundreds of singers CO AIDS One ofthe most moving parts to Naked Man was thc song Dance on your grave Tlie words are T will not moum youNor will I curse the day you were b o m True to your memory I will be brave and dance on your grave

On the evening of Aug 26 1993 20-ycar-old Bobby Griffith leapt to his death frtMn a firecway overpass into the pjath of an 18-whed semi-truck Prayers for Bobby is the story of Mary Griffith Bobbys mother and her joumey from le l^ous and ligjit-wing bigotry to love and acceptance The Newjersey Gay McnsChorus flew bothofBobbs parents to Tampa and presented a fiill lex^ch work based cm his stoiy It was narrated by national gay activist Donna Redwing The experience of this performance b c g ^ when the audience walked in to sec two kxge and beautiful pottaits ofBobby set on easds on the side of the stage As Maya Angdou saidf^^Youneedto find tnthepoeorythe source and tiic resource

Odier h i^ i l i^ t s induded lush and beautiful singing by bodi die Womens Chorus of Dallas (also with 100 members) and an a capella womens g^oup from thc Boulder Colo area Wound CJrdc^ L-indsa TiJIevy a r t yck i n h o t h th^r -nror tds o f

womens music and tmditional A fricatn-American music also took to the stagjc duxing a perfonnance by the Silicon Valley Mens Chonis

I wouid be remiss and extremely negfectfui not to list as a highlight the glorious performance by our own Rochester Gay Mens Chorus as they presented sdections from their Bluc Skies conshycert hdd in Rochester in June Their sir^ingbroug^t many standing ovations from the audience Roch-esterwas cenainly proudly rcpresencedTlie women from Rochester b r o u ^ t a bi~coastal element to die spedal womens n ^ t concert as thcy joined the Portknd Lesbian Choir and members of the Seattle Womens ensemble in presenting three numbers one beit^ a commissioned wotk from thc Padfic Northwest Womens Alliance tour

GALA Festival V ended widi an evening of music a muld-media presentation and fireworks as the week of music passion and lots oflove and c o u n ^ drew to a dose

Tlie Rochester Womens Community Chorus which participated in GALA Festival V is busily fwepating fbr its 96-97 season after a frmtasdc June concert with the Rochestcr Gay Mens Choshyrus We would like to add 10-1S new singers to our ranks We are non-auditioned and open to all women r^ardlcss of musical e^qserience and trainshying If you would like to join the RWCC family pieasc caU 473-7365

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By Susan Jordan Christine Simons outreach education coordinashytor for the Gay Alliance during the past year ended her work for the G A G V when the grant that funded her posit ion ended o n June 30 Christy spoke iirh the Etfjpty Ctfjfabout some of her experiences and the accomplishments made possible by funding for a paid staff pgterson ro reach ou t t o the greater Rochester community-and educate about gav isshysues and lives

The grant was funded from May 1 1995 to June 30 1996 by the N e w Yoric State AIDS Institute Christ)said which gave the money to AIDS Rochester Inc which in tum shared it uith the G A G V Since the grant has run out I can no longer be tunded as outreacheduca-rion coordinator Its been a

wxjndcrtui experience and Ive made a lot of new fncnd

( hristuill now be workingat A IDS Rochester Chnst said that during the past year the AUishy

ance has been able to reach man more non-profit agencies school distncts and other groups than ever before

I offered sensidit) training workshops and presentations on gay-related issues she saj^s Beshycause the Alliance had a funded outreach educashytion coordinator we were able to more than double the numberof programs and people reached N o w

the Community Education Project uill continue at a different level I did 25 hours per week and now Center Director Tanya Smolinsky and volunteers will try to keep the Project going

Tanya Smolinsky said WeVe looking to raise 525000 through donations and foundation grants to hire another outreach education coordinator and continue thc Communit- Education Project

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types that some have about gay lesbian and bishysexual p)eople

^The most powerful thing that happened in those sessions was when a recruit who had a gay relative shared tha tu i th the class Another memoshyrable experience was when a gay pgtolice officer from Buffalo came to speak and I interviewed him in front of the class Hes a big burly macho guy and he didnt come out until midway through his interview There was an obvious reaction from recruits as far as body language facial expressions e)es popping out

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The good news Christ)- continued is that Bureau will continue to operate she said The Assistant Chief Duffy told me that hes interested G A G V hopes to accomodate peoples needs If

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Mr Chainnan and mbmbets Qpound tKe platfltmn cofnmtnec Thank you for this oppommity to speak on b^ialf of die Human R i^ t s Campaign and secti3t diose gay and lesbian Amedcans our fidends fsunilies and su^spcmns t ^ jcMn us in our vision fbrAnicdcaWeraquovimcxi ail Amcika where ^ y jtfid lesbian pcof^ are ensured of dieir bask equal r i g ^

That fundamental nodon of-dgqualky is what I would like to discuss briefly here today America is united as a nation by a simple but profound creed that all people arc created equal Thcy arc endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights Among these arc life liberty and the pursuit of happiness

These are the founding values of our nadon They are simple words that speak profound truths They provide dear direcdon for us as a sodety and for you as the platform committee of a great poiidcal party mdash a party whose best tradidon has been to stand up for those Americans who have been unjustly exduded from die promise of equality

In their wisdom our Founders knew that to secure this democracy for posterity to establish jusdce and ensure domesdc tranquility that all peo^ e must be assured of dieir basic equal ri^ts Each American is to be considered of equal worth as a human being and should each be treated faidy by our government by our laws and by each other

Today more than 200 years after die signing of thc Constitution and the OcdaAtion of Indepenshydence we are still coming to grips with die difficult challenges that acccnnpany our rich human divershysity Today gay and ksbian Americans alor^ widi our families fiiends and supporters are still waitshying to see the promise of equality kept

Because today in America people arc fired firom their jobs subjected to witch hunts in the military told by die govemment whom diey can and cannot marry and even physically attacked merely for being lesbian or gay Others have paid

a price fbr standing up fbr what is i ^ ^ and speaking out against this kind of discrimination Qeady this is contrary to our natkias fundamenshytal prindpies arid is out of s t ^ widi the tenor of our times But incredibly is it stiQ pcifeuly k ^ under fedecal kw

So we would ask the platfbtm committee to make a simple but profbund statemenc that gay and lesbian people should be accorded die same rights and regponsibiHties as any odier Americans Our countrys latws public pc^ides and public insdtutions shoukl treat everyone equally regardshyless of their sexual oritsitadon

Gay and lesbian Americans simply want to dO dieir jobs pay their taxes and contribute to their communides without living in danger of discnmi-naoon and viQlefice^Fyenom you and tem bur countrys laws and public insdtudons we simply ask for equalitymdashtiodiing more and nothing less Please put the Democradc Party on the record in fiavor of full equality fbr gay and lesbian Amerishycans and call for an end to discriminadon on the basis of sexual orientadon

Anodier issue of concem to all Americans is the continuing epidemic of HIV disease and AIDS AIDS is the leading killer ofall Americans aged 25 CO 44 Hiis is not time to retreat in our nadonal batde against this disease The federal government should continue to play a leading role in research for a cure and should provide maximum support to communides struggling with die enormom costs of care for men women and children widi HIV and AIDS Until we find a cure prevention remains die most important weapon and govemshyment has a role to play in supporting realisdc prevendon strate^es aimed at populations at risk Since people with AIDS who cannot work are in darker of losing dieir Eiunily homes die federal govemment should continue to ensure housing opportunities for people with AIDS and dieir families

Thank you

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Postcaixl fixNTi Tampa Tsn^M^ Florida Fildcygt July 121996 Dea r Rociiwater What a week this has been Thcy say that when all thc tegtsttadons arc counted^ the total wiH be dose to 6000raquo inaking this the latgest gay and lesfatan cultural event in the history ofthe friknet This of course is GALA V thc gathering of thc Gay and Lesbian Associadon of Choruses Maybe you saw it on TV mdash it made aU thc network news shows

Its hard to know what to pick out to tefl you T o sec gt4aya Angelou in perscraquoi mdash she gave the keynote at the opening cemnonies mdash was a h i ^ point but so was seeing Holly Near and Romanovsky and Phillips And who could forget when Harvey Fierstein (he was MC) smooched the mayor o f T a n ^ on the cheek Hie mayor had just complinicnted us on that mornings Pride Parade and how surpnscd his work crews had been because we had picked up our own crash after thc parade Rochesters own spedal contribudon to the parade besides proudly carrying our new banshyner was our purple nuns three of them on roUer blades who made the local Tampa evening TV news

But it is the singing chat has been die real star of thc week Starting Sunday evening with die host choruses and continuingmoming noon and night there will be some 109 chomses and ensembles mdash - mens womens and mixed mdash that will take part befote thc week is over AJso some of us ate in fesdval choruses that are rehearsing to sir^ comshymissioned works for the closing ceremonies Saturshyday n i ^ t

Speakingofsing^lgyburgood vibes worked for us on Monday tnomiti^ when wc presented our half-hour program Fortunately Nick ^)^]liams our director (you remember him Hie really tall g ^ with the eartitig) had requested a slot for us eatiy in the week so we werc still fresh and not distracted (Believe me there are l ^ of distrac-donsF) Anyway we got three standing ovations and people have been saying all week Oh youre poundrom Rochester I was so impressed with your concertr And then they mention something speshycific about this piece or thac so we know they arent just being polite RcaUy makes us feel gpod Hiis isnt a compeddon but we think we done you proud

Werc one of the smaller groups here though the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Salt Lake City has just one lonesome representative But some of them are huge when the mens and womens choruses from Dallas sang some numbers toshygedier there werc over 200 singers on stage And

RGHC marchtt In Tampers Prfete hrade

someeveahaveoccbesctasaaddflbocatechoceog^ nyhy The Mens Chorus from IndianayoHs did a dance routine widi ruby-sltppcr hatxl pt9)petii diat was spectacular

Hie amount of ltHigitality and ingenuity is over-whdming Tliey told us there were over 50 new compositions or arrangements being performed here for thc first d m e All kinds of music in languages frxmi Japanese to Macedonianmdashopera show tunes pnde feminist love weird modem stuff sendmcncal rapliberadon funny One gtoup did a version of Old McDonalds Farm in Ladn that had us laughing so hatd we drowned out the music And then of course there vamp Iocs of music about our stones and our lives that makes us cry

Oh we must tell you about Bnan Ambrose our atdsdc interpreter He was chosen to interpret for the opening ceremonies and will do the final conshycert as well You know Brian is liandsome but you should see him like a movie star widi his face 12 feet high on the giant TV screen Wowl The Tampa newspaper even did a special ardcLe on him Made us real proud ditat he is one of our own

And then there are the people Certainly the people ofTan^a have gone out of dieir way for us But the real kick is being with so many sisters and brodiers such wonderful peo^ to talk to and make friends with from the crewmdashall lesbians by the way mdash that steers each chorus d i r o u ^ the backstage maze to die hunky guys in the hotel pool to the people standing in line at the food counter to the local volunteers mdash people just couldnt be nicer If only swe could botde up dus experience of being with thousands of Fgteople like us and bring ir home to share widi you aW

Well havent even told you about die Twin Gdes GMCs The Nutcracker (Men in Tights) or the Lavender Light Lesbian and Gay Gospel Choir or Muse the womens group from Cindnshynati or the gay night at Busch Gaidens and getting soaked on the water slides but gotta run Know this is all kinda babBly but were all giddier than geesemdashhaving a wonderful time But we miss you Wish you were here

Love Your Gay Mens Chorus

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GALA highlights By te Rochester Wofnen^s C M iMimdashiity Choms

Prior to Maya A i ^ o u s trip to T a n ^ to be the keynote speaker at GALA Fesdval V (the latgshyest gay and lesbian cultural event in history) many dmid reporters bairaged her n^di the all-in^gtonanc quesdon Ace you N o one could seem to get those provocative words off their tongues

Finally one reporter mustered up the courage to inqudic Ate you gay Maya Ai^ckx^ widi her unique brand of humor inceO^gcnce and devcr-ness quippedYes I am gay And I am a member of die Pacific-Asian Rim Alliance and I am a Jew Yes I am a Jew and a Lesbian and a Man

Maya didnt want her tiiole sacred bdng thrust into a category diat definedVhere I be iK^o I be how I be Maya Angelous words summed up ever so beautifully whsa the next wedc was to become for the over 6000 ddc^ues from the US Canada Great Bntain France and Germany who met at the GALA (Gay and Lesbian Assodadon of Choruses) Festival from July 6-14 in Tampa Fk

Four singers from the Rochester Womens Community Chorus traveled with the Rochester Gay Mens Chorus to the festival We had preshypared musically fbr many months N o amount of practice could have truly gotten us ready for the sights and sounds which occurred over the course of e i^ tdays

Although the repertoire vaiied from classical to doo-wop induding very tradidonal choral lit-fcrature some groups chose to maintain a gay theme The Connecticut Gay Mens Chorus staged a nine-part humorous work dealing with telling a friend about being gay It induded such numbers as Hot Wheels and Taffeta I Have Somediing tDTeUYouandLoveisLovcThcDcnverGay Mens Chorus induded a professional dance en-seni le and presented a commissioned woik enshytided Seeded in the Stars which was truly lovely both to watch and listen to

Thc 120 members of the Gay Mens Chorus of Los Angeles presented Momings Innocent A Sor^ Cycle for Male Chorus It included s o i ^ using che p o e t r y ofMrritcxs s u c h as Alaty Swcgtsctn

and Adrienne Rich Harmony^ a mixed chorus from Colorado presented as part of their set an extended commissioned work inspired by the antishygay amendment passed in the state of Colorado which led to the recent Supreme Court ruling offering protection to homosexuals as a dass of people Some of thc movements from this woik were I was really naive I chose not to be active and wanted to burn down the churches

Lavender U ^ v Thc Black and People of All Cokgtts Lesbian and Gay Gospd Choir (widi whom die Rochester Womens Chorus is negotiating a joint concert) brought down the house Tiieir final number bullWorthy speaks to thc meaning in dicir existence as a chorus As gays and lesbians they do have a rightful place in die worid as well as in their church Muse thc womens chorus fiom Cincinshynati is a tnodd in innovation diversity and sound Tliey arc directed by the founder of the feminist choral movement Cathy Roma Ysaye BamweD of Sweet Honey In The Rock and Venezuelan composer and performer Jacqueline R s ^ both jcMned them on stage for an uf^ifdng set which is part ofa project of new spirituals commissioned by the choir and performed in the past with The Boys Choir of Hariem as well as others

The New York City Gay Mens Chorus pakl tribute to a couple that has been in a relationship

for 63 years Tlic two men met in 1923 and w laquo c co-grand marshals in this yearns NYC Gay Fiide Parade Both are singersongwriters and wioie a inttkad about thdr fives whkh was choeeog^aphed and performed duting thc wedc Pro Hotno Vod based in Seattle Wa docs ordinal musicals The marvelously funny work presented by this iniiDed chorus b ^ a n with die soc^ ^Biess Me Its Jesse (ofcourse referring to duu institution in the U ^ scnateJesse Hdms) A hig^i l i^of that show^was thenumberSkkUiinaniralPerverse and WrOEigf which was thc name of a k w office None of die lawyers were available to answer their phones on that particular afternoon

NaJkedMttn a full length wotk perfotmed by the 150-vodce San Frandsco Gay Mens Chonis was extraordinary The sound literally penetrated the bodies of the audience Tlie poetry was simpiy glorious An ironic aspect to the performance was the announcement ofthe Houses passage ofthe Defense of Marria^ Acc

Choruses have lost many hundreds of singers CO AIDS One ofthe most moving parts to Naked Man was thc song Dance on your grave Tlie words are T will not moum youNor will I curse the day you were b o m True to your memory I will be brave and dance on your grave

On the evening of Aug 26 1993 20-ycar-old Bobby Griffith leapt to his death frtMn a firecway overpass into the pjath of an 18-whed semi-truck Prayers for Bobby is the story of Mary Griffith Bobbys mother and her joumey from le l^ous and ligjit-wing bigotry to love and acceptance The Newjersey Gay McnsChorus flew bothofBobbs parents to Tampa and presented a fiill lex^ch work based cm his stoiy It was narrated by national gay activist Donna Redwing The experience of this performance b c g ^ when the audience walked in to sec two kxge and beautiful pottaits ofBobby set on easds on the side of the stage As Maya Angdou saidf^^Youneedto find tnthepoeorythe source and tiic resource

Odier h i^ i l i^ t s induded lush and beautiful singing by bodi die Womens Chorus of Dallas (also with 100 members) and an a capella womens g^oup from thc Boulder Colo area Wound CJrdc^ L-indsa TiJIevy a r t yck i n h o t h th^r -nror tds o f

womens music and tmditional A fricatn-American music also took to the stagjc duxing a perfonnance by the Silicon Valley Mens Chonis

I wouid be remiss and extremely negfectfui not to list as a highlight the glorious performance by our own Rochester Gay Mens Chorus as they presented sdections from their Bluc Skies conshycert hdd in Rochester in June Their sir^ingbroug^t many standing ovations from the audience Roch-esterwas cenainly proudly rcpresencedTlie women from Rochester b r o u ^ t a bi~coastal element to die spedal womens n ^ t concert as thcy joined the Portknd Lesbian Choir and members of the Seattle Womens ensemble in presenting three numbers one beit^ a commissioned wotk from thc Padfic Northwest Womens Alliance tour

GALA Festival V ended widi an evening of music a muld-media presentation and fireworks as the week of music passion and lots oflove and c o u n ^ drew to a dose

Tlie Rochester Womens Community Chorus which participated in GALA Festival V is busily fwepating fbr its 96-97 season after a frmtasdc June concert with the Rochestcr Gay Mens Choshyrus We would like to add 10-1S new singers to our ranks We are non-auditioned and open to all women r^ardlcss of musical e^qserience and trainshying If you would like to join the RWCC family pieasc caU 473-7365

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Mr Chainnan and mbmbets Qpound tKe platfltmn cofnmtnec Thank you for this oppommity to speak on b^ialf of die Human R i^ t s Campaign and secti3t diose gay and lesbian Amedcans our fidends fsunilies and su^spcmns t ^ jcMn us in our vision fbrAnicdcaWeraquovimcxi ail Amcika where ^ y jtfid lesbian pcof^ are ensured of dieir bask equal r i g ^

That fundamental nodon of-dgqualky is what I would like to discuss briefly here today America is united as a nation by a simple but profound creed that all people arc created equal Thcy arc endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights Among these arc life liberty and the pursuit of happiness

These are the founding values of our nadon They are simple words that speak profound truths They provide dear direcdon for us as a sodety and for you as the platform committee of a great poiidcal party mdash a party whose best tradidon has been to stand up for those Americans who have been unjustly exduded from die promise of equality

In their wisdom our Founders knew that to secure this democracy for posterity to establish jusdce and ensure domesdc tranquility that all peo^ e must be assured of dieir basic equal ri^ts Each American is to be considered of equal worth as a human being and should each be treated faidy by our government by our laws and by each other

Today more than 200 years after die signing of thc Constitution and the OcdaAtion of Indepenshydence we are still coming to grips with die difficult challenges that acccnnpany our rich human divershysity Today gay and ksbian Americans alor^ widi our families fiiends and supporters are still waitshying to see the promise of equality kept

Because today in America people arc fired firom their jobs subjected to witch hunts in the military told by die govemment whom diey can and cannot marry and even physically attacked merely for being lesbian or gay Others have paid

a price fbr standing up fbr what is i ^ ^ and speaking out against this kind of discrimination Qeady this is contrary to our natkias fundamenshytal prindpies arid is out of s t ^ widi the tenor of our times But incredibly is it stiQ pcifeuly k ^ under fedecal kw

So we would ask the platfbtm committee to make a simple but profbund statemenc that gay and lesbian people should be accorded die same rights and regponsibiHties as any odier Americans Our countrys latws public pc^ides and public insdtutions shoukl treat everyone equally regardshyless of their sexual oritsitadon

Gay and lesbian Americans simply want to dO dieir jobs pay their taxes and contribute to their communides without living in danger of discnmi-naoon and viQlefice^Fyenom you and tem bur countrys laws and public insdtudons we simply ask for equalitymdashtiodiing more and nothing less Please put the Democradc Party on the record in fiavor of full equality fbr gay and lesbian Amerishycans and call for an end to discriminadon on the basis of sexual orientadon

Anodier issue of concem to all Americans is the continuing epidemic of HIV disease and AIDS AIDS is the leading killer ofall Americans aged 25 CO 44 Hiis is not time to retreat in our nadonal batde against this disease The federal government should continue to play a leading role in research for a cure and should provide maximum support to communides struggling with die enormom costs of care for men women and children widi HIV and AIDS Until we find a cure prevention remains die most important weapon and govemshyment has a role to play in supporting realisdc prevendon strate^es aimed at populations at risk Since people with AIDS who cannot work are in darker of losing dieir Eiunily homes die federal govemment should continue to ensure housing opportunities for people with AIDS and dieir families

Thank you

DanklZingale is poUtical tlirector of the Human Ri^ts Compact the latest nationai lesbian and political ofgam (ation

MaJNn-MembershlD

RcMshester NY Nanne

Parents Families amp Friends of Lesbtans amp Gays Meets on the last Sunday of each month from 230-430 PM at the _ Friends Meeting Hous 41 VN^estminster Road near comer of East Ave) FOR INFO CALL (7I6gt 234-0156

Address

SUPPORT

E D U C A T I O N

A D V O C A C Y

Phone ^ t5 Individual A lnclwalaquotbi-monlM i 20HouraquolaquohoWraquolaquolaquolaquolaquolaquo^

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- ^ Rochester NY 14407

TeamRochester Forming now for the 1998 GAY GAMES V August 1 -a in Amsterdam Holland

Official S[gtorts events Badminton Ballroom Oandng BasketbaH Billiards Body BuikJing Bowling Bridge Chess Cycling

ke

ice Hockey Judo Karate Marathon Martial Arts Powerlifting Rowing Soccer SomgtaB Sport Climbing

Squash Swimming Table Tennis Tennis TrackampReM Triathton Volleybalt Water Poto Windsurfing WrestKng

1 st TEAM meeting at the GAGV WED Sept 25 700 pm

PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR ADULTS amp ADOLESCENTS RELATIONSHIP amp FAMILY COUNSEUNG

Amy Pitt MSW

Phone for appointment 2443984 Offices in Rochester Warsaw Geneseo

Edraquoh H Bernstein CSW Ucensed Sockrt Worker

EqDerf1se in self imoQe problem resolution couple comminicaHon

^ C716)427-0960 (SHding Fee Scoie)

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See what youre missing Every 1st amp 3rd Thursday of each Month

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Join us from 500pm - until

40 S Union Street bull 325-6216

Congratulations ROBERT LATORE

winner of this years - GAGV picnic raffle drawing

fora two-nighl stay In Montreal courtesy of

Glen Skatny of Great Expectations Travel

TARA LOUNGE 153 Liberty Pole Way 232-4719

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Its hard to know what to pick out to tefl you T o sec gt4aya Angelou in perscraquoi mdash she gave the keynote at the opening cemnonies mdash was a h i ^ point but so was seeing Holly Near and Romanovsky and Phillips And who could forget when Harvey Fierstein (he was MC) smooched the mayor o f T a n ^ on the cheek Hie mayor had just complinicnted us on that mornings Pride Parade and how surpnscd his work crews had been because we had picked up our own crash after thc parade Rochesters own spedal contribudon to the parade besides proudly carrying our new banshyner was our purple nuns three of them on roUer blades who made the local Tampa evening TV news

But it is the singing chat has been die real star of thc week Starting Sunday evening with die host choruses and continuingmoming noon and night there will be some 109 chomses and ensembles mdash - mens womens and mixed mdash that will take part befote thc week is over AJso some of us ate in fesdval choruses that are rehearsing to sir^ comshymissioned works for the closing ceremonies Saturshyday n i ^ t

Speakingofsing^lgyburgood vibes worked for us on Monday tnomiti^ when wc presented our half-hour program Fortunately Nick ^)^]liams our director (you remember him Hie really tall g ^ with the eartitig) had requested a slot for us eatiy in the week so we werc still fresh and not distracted (Believe me there are l ^ of distrac-donsF) Anyway we got three standing ovations and people have been saying all week Oh youre poundrom Rochester I was so impressed with your concertr And then they mention something speshycific about this piece or thac so we know they arent just being polite RcaUy makes us feel gpod Hiis isnt a compeddon but we think we done you proud

Werc one of the smaller groups here though the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Salt Lake City has just one lonesome representative But some of them are huge when the mens and womens choruses from Dallas sang some numbers toshygedier there werc over 200 singers on stage And

RGHC marchtt In Tampers Prfete hrade

someeveahaveoccbesctasaaddflbocatechoceog^ nyhy The Mens Chorus from IndianayoHs did a dance routine widi ruby-sltppcr hatxl pt9)petii diat was spectacular

Hie amount of ltHigitality and ingenuity is over-whdming Tliey told us there were over 50 new compositions or arrangements being performed here for thc first d m e All kinds of music in languages frxmi Japanese to Macedonianmdashopera show tunes pnde feminist love weird modem stuff sendmcncal rapliberadon funny One gtoup did a version of Old McDonalds Farm in Ladn that had us laughing so hatd we drowned out the music And then of course there vamp Iocs of music about our stones and our lives that makes us cry

Oh we must tell you about Bnan Ambrose our atdsdc interpreter He was chosen to interpret for the opening ceremonies and will do the final conshycert as well You know Brian is liandsome but you should see him like a movie star widi his face 12 feet high on the giant TV screen Wowl The Tampa newspaper even did a special ardcLe on him Made us real proud ditat he is one of our own

And then there are the people Certainly the people ofTan^a have gone out of dieir way for us But the real kick is being with so many sisters and brodiers such wonderful peo^ to talk to and make friends with from the crewmdashall lesbians by the way mdash that steers each chorus d i r o u ^ the backstage maze to die hunky guys in the hotel pool to the people standing in line at the food counter to the local volunteers mdash people just couldnt be nicer If only swe could botde up dus experience of being with thousands of Fgteople like us and bring ir home to share widi you aW

Well havent even told you about die Twin Gdes GMCs The Nutcracker (Men in Tights) or the Lavender Light Lesbian and Gay Gospel Choir or Muse the womens group from Cindnshynati or the gay night at Busch Gaidens and getting soaked on the water slides but gotta run Know this is all kinda babBly but were all giddier than geesemdashhaving a wonderful time But we miss you Wish you were here

Love Your Gay Mens Chorus

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GALA highlights By te Rochester Wofnen^s C M iMimdashiity Choms

Prior to Maya A i ^ o u s trip to T a n ^ to be the keynote speaker at GALA Fesdval V (the latgshyest gay and lesbian cultural event in history) many dmid reporters bairaged her n^di the all-in^gtonanc quesdon Ace you N o one could seem to get those provocative words off their tongues

Finally one reporter mustered up the courage to inqudic Ate you gay Maya Ai^ckx^ widi her unique brand of humor inceO^gcnce and devcr-ness quippedYes I am gay And I am a member of die Pacific-Asian Rim Alliance and I am a Jew Yes I am a Jew and a Lesbian and a Man

Maya didnt want her tiiole sacred bdng thrust into a category diat definedVhere I be iK^o I be how I be Maya Angelous words summed up ever so beautifully whsa the next wedc was to become for the over 6000 ddc^ues from the US Canada Great Bntain France and Germany who met at the GALA (Gay and Lesbian Assodadon of Choruses) Festival from July 6-14 in Tampa Fk

Four singers from the Rochester Womens Community Chorus traveled with the Rochester Gay Mens Chorus to the festival We had preshypared musically fbr many months N o amount of practice could have truly gotten us ready for the sights and sounds which occurred over the course of e i^ tdays

Although the repertoire vaiied from classical to doo-wop induding very tradidonal choral lit-fcrature some groups chose to maintain a gay theme The Connecticut Gay Mens Chorus staged a nine-part humorous work dealing with telling a friend about being gay It induded such numbers as Hot Wheels and Taffeta I Have Somediing tDTeUYouandLoveisLovcThcDcnverGay Mens Chorus induded a professional dance en-seni le and presented a commissioned woik enshytided Seeded in the Stars which was truly lovely both to watch and listen to

Thc 120 members of the Gay Mens Chorus of Los Angeles presented Momings Innocent A Sor^ Cycle for Male Chorus It included s o i ^ using che p o e t r y ofMrritcxs s u c h as Alaty Swcgtsctn

and Adrienne Rich Harmony^ a mixed chorus from Colorado presented as part of their set an extended commissioned work inspired by the antishygay amendment passed in the state of Colorado which led to the recent Supreme Court ruling offering protection to homosexuals as a dass of people Some of thc movements from this woik were I was really naive I chose not to be active and wanted to burn down the churches

Lavender U ^ v Thc Black and People of All Cokgtts Lesbian and Gay Gospd Choir (widi whom die Rochester Womens Chorus is negotiating a joint concert) brought down the house Tiieir final number bullWorthy speaks to thc meaning in dicir existence as a chorus As gays and lesbians they do have a rightful place in die worid as well as in their church Muse thc womens chorus fiom Cincinshynati is a tnodd in innovation diversity and sound Tliey arc directed by the founder of the feminist choral movement Cathy Roma Ysaye BamweD of Sweet Honey In The Rock and Venezuelan composer and performer Jacqueline R s ^ both jcMned them on stage for an uf^ifdng set which is part ofa project of new spirituals commissioned by the choir and performed in the past with The Boys Choir of Hariem as well as others

The New York City Gay Mens Chorus pakl tribute to a couple that has been in a relationship

for 63 years Tlic two men met in 1923 and w laquo c co-grand marshals in this yearns NYC Gay Fiide Parade Both are singersongwriters and wioie a inttkad about thdr fives whkh was choeeog^aphed and performed duting thc wedc Pro Hotno Vod based in Seattle Wa docs ordinal musicals The marvelously funny work presented by this iniiDed chorus b ^ a n with die soc^ ^Biess Me Its Jesse (ofcourse referring to duu institution in the U ^ scnateJesse Hdms) A hig^i l i^of that show^was thenumberSkkUiinaniralPerverse and WrOEigf which was thc name of a k w office None of die lawyers were available to answer their phones on that particular afternoon

NaJkedMttn a full length wotk perfotmed by the 150-vodce San Frandsco Gay Mens Chonis was extraordinary The sound literally penetrated the bodies of the audience Tlie poetry was simpiy glorious An ironic aspect to the performance was the announcement ofthe Houses passage ofthe Defense of Marria^ Acc

Choruses have lost many hundreds of singers CO AIDS One ofthe most moving parts to Naked Man was thc song Dance on your grave Tlie words are T will not moum youNor will I curse the day you were b o m True to your memory I will be brave and dance on your grave

On the evening of Aug 26 1993 20-ycar-old Bobby Griffith leapt to his death frtMn a firecway overpass into the pjath of an 18-whed semi-truck Prayers for Bobby is the story of Mary Griffith Bobbys mother and her joumey from le l^ous and ligjit-wing bigotry to love and acceptance The Newjersey Gay McnsChorus flew bothofBobbs parents to Tampa and presented a fiill lex^ch work based cm his stoiy It was narrated by national gay activist Donna Redwing The experience of this performance b c g ^ when the audience walked in to sec two kxge and beautiful pottaits ofBobby set on easds on the side of the stage As Maya Angdou saidf^^Youneedto find tnthepoeorythe source and tiic resource

Odier h i^ i l i^ t s induded lush and beautiful singing by bodi die Womens Chorus of Dallas (also with 100 members) and an a capella womens g^oup from thc Boulder Colo area Wound CJrdc^ L-indsa TiJIevy a r t yck i n h o t h th^r -nror tds o f

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I wouid be remiss and extremely negfectfui not to list as a highlight the glorious performance by our own Rochester Gay Mens Chorus as they presented sdections from their Bluc Skies conshycert hdd in Rochester in June Their sir^ingbroug^t many standing ovations from the audience Roch-esterwas cenainly proudly rcpresencedTlie women from Rochester b r o u ^ t a bi~coastal element to die spedal womens n ^ t concert as thcy joined the Portknd Lesbian Choir and members of the Seattle Womens ensemble in presenting three numbers one beit^ a commissioned wotk from thc Padfic Northwest Womens Alliance tour

GALA Festival V ended widi an evening of music a muld-media presentation and fireworks as the week of music passion and lots oflove and c o u n ^ drew to a dose

Tlie Rochester Womens Community Chorus which participated in GALA Festival V is busily fwepating fbr its 96-97 season after a frmtasdc June concert with the Rochestcr Gay Mens Choshyrus We would like to add 10-1S new singers to our ranks We are non-auditioned and open to all women r^ardlcss of musical e^qserience and trainshying If you would like to join the RWCC family pieasc caU 473-7365

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Postcaixl fixNTi Tampa Tsn^M^ Florida Fildcygt July 121996 Dea r Rociiwater What a week this has been Thcy say that when all thc tegtsttadons arc counted^ the total wiH be dose to 6000raquo inaking this the latgest gay and lesfatan cultural event in the history ofthe friknet This of course is GALA V thc gathering of thc Gay and Lesbian Associadon of Choruses Maybe you saw it on TV mdash it made aU thc network news shows

Its hard to know what to pick out to tefl you T o sec gt4aya Angelou in perscraquoi mdash she gave the keynote at the opening cemnonies mdash was a h i ^ point but so was seeing Holly Near and Romanovsky and Phillips And who could forget when Harvey Fierstein (he was MC) smooched the mayor o f T a n ^ on the cheek Hie mayor had just complinicnted us on that mornings Pride Parade and how surpnscd his work crews had been because we had picked up our own crash after thc parade Rochesters own spedal contribudon to the parade besides proudly carrying our new banshyner was our purple nuns three of them on roUer blades who made the local Tampa evening TV news

But it is the singing chat has been die real star of thc week Starting Sunday evening with die host choruses and continuingmoming noon and night there will be some 109 chomses and ensembles mdash - mens womens and mixed mdash that will take part befote thc week is over AJso some of us ate in fesdval choruses that are rehearsing to sir^ comshymissioned works for the closing ceremonies Saturshyday n i ^ t

Speakingofsing^lgyburgood vibes worked for us on Monday tnomiti^ when wc presented our half-hour program Fortunately Nick ^)^]liams our director (you remember him Hie really tall g ^ with the eartitig) had requested a slot for us eatiy in the week so we werc still fresh and not distracted (Believe me there are l ^ of distrac-donsF) Anyway we got three standing ovations and people have been saying all week Oh youre poundrom Rochester I was so impressed with your concertr And then they mention something speshycific about this piece or thac so we know they arent just being polite RcaUy makes us feel gpod Hiis isnt a compeddon but we think we done you proud

Werc one of the smaller groups here though the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Salt Lake City has just one lonesome representative But some of them are huge when the mens and womens choruses from Dallas sang some numbers toshygedier there werc over 200 singers on stage And

RGHC marchtt In Tampers Prfete hrade

someeveahaveoccbesctasaaddflbocatechoceog^ nyhy The Mens Chorus from IndianayoHs did a dance routine widi ruby-sltppcr hatxl pt9)petii diat was spectacular

Hie amount of ltHigitality and ingenuity is over-whdming Tliey told us there were over 50 new compositions or arrangements being performed here for thc first d m e All kinds of music in languages frxmi Japanese to Macedonianmdashopera show tunes pnde feminist love weird modem stuff sendmcncal rapliberadon funny One gtoup did a version of Old McDonalds Farm in Ladn that had us laughing so hatd we drowned out the music And then of course there vamp Iocs of music about our stones and our lives that makes us cry

Oh we must tell you about Bnan Ambrose our atdsdc interpreter He was chosen to interpret for the opening ceremonies and will do the final conshycert as well You know Brian is liandsome but you should see him like a movie star widi his face 12 feet high on the giant TV screen Wowl The Tampa newspaper even did a special ardcLe on him Made us real proud ditat he is one of our own

And then there are the people Certainly the people ofTan^a have gone out of dieir way for us But the real kick is being with so many sisters and brodiers such wonderful peo^ to talk to and make friends with from the crewmdashall lesbians by the way mdash that steers each chorus d i r o u ^ the backstage maze to die hunky guys in the hotel pool to the people standing in line at the food counter to the local volunteers mdash people just couldnt be nicer If only swe could botde up dus experience of being with thousands of Fgteople like us and bring ir home to share widi you aW

Well havent even told you about die Twin Gdes GMCs The Nutcracker (Men in Tights) or the Lavender Light Lesbian and Gay Gospel Choir or Muse the womens group from Cindnshynati or the gay night at Busch Gaidens and getting soaked on the water slides but gotta run Know this is all kinda babBly but were all giddier than geesemdashhaving a wonderful time But we miss you Wish you were here

Love Your Gay Mens Chorus

Karen A MillerC5WCAC ^ y - ^

bullA^ i^

PSYCHOTHERAPIST SPECIALIZING IN

Individual bull Relationships bull Group Alternative Lifestyles

GALA highlights By te Rochester Wofnen^s C M iMimdashiity Choms

Prior to Maya A i ^ o u s trip to T a n ^ to be the keynote speaker at GALA Fesdval V (the latgshyest gay and lesbian cultural event in history) many dmid reporters bairaged her n^di the all-in^gtonanc quesdon Ace you N o one could seem to get those provocative words off their tongues

Finally one reporter mustered up the courage to inqudic Ate you gay Maya Ai^ckx^ widi her unique brand of humor inceO^gcnce and devcr-ness quippedYes I am gay And I am a member of die Pacific-Asian Rim Alliance and I am a Jew Yes I am a Jew and a Lesbian and a Man

Maya didnt want her tiiole sacred bdng thrust into a category diat definedVhere I be iK^o I be how I be Maya Angelous words summed up ever so beautifully whsa the next wedc was to become for the over 6000 ddc^ues from the US Canada Great Bntain France and Germany who met at the GALA (Gay and Lesbian Assodadon of Choruses) Festival from July 6-14 in Tampa Fk

Four singers from the Rochester Womens Community Chorus traveled with the Rochester Gay Mens Chorus to the festival We had preshypared musically fbr many months N o amount of practice could have truly gotten us ready for the sights and sounds which occurred over the course of e i^ tdays

Although the repertoire vaiied from classical to doo-wop induding very tradidonal choral lit-fcrature some groups chose to maintain a gay theme The Connecticut Gay Mens Chorus staged a nine-part humorous work dealing with telling a friend about being gay It induded such numbers as Hot Wheels and Taffeta I Have Somediing tDTeUYouandLoveisLovcThcDcnverGay Mens Chorus induded a professional dance en-seni le and presented a commissioned woik enshytided Seeded in the Stars which was truly lovely both to watch and listen to

Thc 120 members of the Gay Mens Chorus of Los Angeles presented Momings Innocent A Sor^ Cycle for Male Chorus It included s o i ^ using che p o e t r y ofMrritcxs s u c h as Alaty Swcgtsctn

and Adrienne Rich Harmony^ a mixed chorus from Colorado presented as part of their set an extended commissioned work inspired by the antishygay amendment passed in the state of Colorado which led to the recent Supreme Court ruling offering protection to homosexuals as a dass of people Some of thc movements from this woik were I was really naive I chose not to be active and wanted to burn down the churches

Lavender U ^ v Thc Black and People of All Cokgtts Lesbian and Gay Gospd Choir (widi whom die Rochester Womens Chorus is negotiating a joint concert) brought down the house Tiieir final number bullWorthy speaks to thc meaning in dicir existence as a chorus As gays and lesbians they do have a rightful place in die worid as well as in their church Muse thc womens chorus fiom Cincinshynati is a tnodd in innovation diversity and sound Tliey arc directed by the founder of the feminist choral movement Cathy Roma Ysaye BamweD of Sweet Honey In The Rock and Venezuelan composer and performer Jacqueline R s ^ both jcMned them on stage for an uf^ifdng set which is part ofa project of new spirituals commissioned by the choir and performed in the past with The Boys Choir of Hariem as well as others

The New York City Gay Mens Chorus pakl tribute to a couple that has been in a relationship

for 63 years Tlic two men met in 1923 and w laquo c co-grand marshals in this yearns NYC Gay Fiide Parade Both are singersongwriters and wioie a inttkad about thdr fives whkh was choeeog^aphed and performed duting thc wedc Pro Hotno Vod based in Seattle Wa docs ordinal musicals The marvelously funny work presented by this iniiDed chorus b ^ a n with die soc^ ^Biess Me Its Jesse (ofcourse referring to duu institution in the U ^ scnateJesse Hdms) A hig^i l i^of that show^was thenumberSkkUiinaniralPerverse and WrOEigf which was thc name of a k w office None of die lawyers were available to answer their phones on that particular afternoon

NaJkedMttn a full length wotk perfotmed by the 150-vodce San Frandsco Gay Mens Chonis was extraordinary The sound literally penetrated the bodies of the audience Tlie poetry was simpiy glorious An ironic aspect to the performance was the announcement ofthe Houses passage ofthe Defense of Marria^ Acc

Choruses have lost many hundreds of singers CO AIDS One ofthe most moving parts to Naked Man was thc song Dance on your grave Tlie words are T will not moum youNor will I curse the day you were b o m True to your memory I will be brave and dance on your grave

On the evening of Aug 26 1993 20-ycar-old Bobby Griffith leapt to his death frtMn a firecway overpass into the pjath of an 18-whed semi-truck Prayers for Bobby is the story of Mary Griffith Bobbys mother and her joumey from le l^ous and ligjit-wing bigotry to love and acceptance The Newjersey Gay McnsChorus flew bothofBobbs parents to Tampa and presented a fiill lex^ch work based cm his stoiy It was narrated by national gay activist Donna Redwing The experience of this performance b c g ^ when the audience walked in to sec two kxge and beautiful pottaits ofBobby set on easds on the side of the stage As Maya Angdou saidf^^Youneedto find tnthepoeorythe source and tiic resource

Odier h i^ i l i^ t s induded lush and beautiful singing by bodi die Womens Chorus of Dallas (also with 100 members) and an a capella womens g^oup from thc Boulder Colo area Wound CJrdc^ L-indsa TiJIevy a r t yck i n h o t h th^r -nror tds o f

womens music and tmditional A fricatn-American music also took to the stagjc duxing a perfonnance by the Silicon Valley Mens Chonis

I wouid be remiss and extremely negfectfui not to list as a highlight the glorious performance by our own Rochester Gay Mens Chorus as they presented sdections from their Bluc Skies conshycert hdd in Rochester in June Their sir^ingbroug^t many standing ovations from the audience Roch-esterwas cenainly proudly rcpresencedTlie women from Rochester b r o u ^ t a bi~coastal element to die spedal womens n ^ t concert as thcy joined the Portknd Lesbian Choir and members of the Seattle Womens ensemble in presenting three numbers one beit^ a commissioned wotk from thc Padfic Northwest Womens Alliance tour

GALA Festival V ended widi an evening of music a muld-media presentation and fireworks as the week of music passion and lots oflove and c o u n ^ drew to a dose

Tlie Rochester Womens Community Chorus which participated in GALA Festival V is busily fwepating fbr its 96-97 season after a frmtasdc June concert with the Rochestcr Gay Mens Choshyrus We would like to add 10-1S new singers to our ranks We are non-auditioned and open to all women r^ardlcss of musical e^qserience and trainshying If you would like to join the RWCC family pieasc caU 473-7365

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l isa St George and CoUccn Utter ofRochester announce their union ceremony which will take place on Ai^ 17 at Sodus Bay Sportsman Qub

Lisa is a 1988 graduate of Greece Athena Hig^ School and currendy en^aJoyed as a mashychinist at Cannon Industries

Colleen is a 1993 graduate of Suny Brockport E O C s nursing program and is currently emshyployed as an LFN

The two met in June of 1992 and since that time have been together raising their son Joshua Lee who is now four years old

Pony Expness rides for breast cancer research

The Pony pound3qgtres5 bikers who are cm a nadonal tour to raise funds for breast cancer research stopped in Churchville-Chili on July 20 They were greeted by bands downs a motorcyde show and much more as (right) Rita Filowick of LeRoy handed over a bronze medallion and Scrc^ of Valor to Beveriy Reed of Pcnfidd thc rider fbr the next leig ofthe 14300-mile relay

The women motorcydists arc traveling from St Joseph Mo home of the original Pony Exshypress to Dallas which they hope to reach by Aug 18AlongthewaytheywillFaiseawaienessaswdl dadon call Pony Express organizers the as funds to fig^t broist cancer Idller of 40000 WomensMoGorcydistFoundaaonat(716)768-womenyeadyTosuppoctdieirelBfbrtsbydonat- 6054 or write WMF 7 Lent Ave LcRoy NY ing to the Susan G Komen Bfcast Cancer Foun- 14482

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up-Basskally Trebiemakers tand tunes

part of the PFLAG corttir^gent

THE

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HOHMXS CeMTBt

3 C

60 Browns Race - 262-2700 Overlooking the High Falls Gorge

Across from Kodak on State Street

Please check Frontier Field events special hours

Open Al l Year Lunch Mon-Fri 1130 am - 2 pm

Dinner Mon-Thurs 5 -10 pm Fri amp Sat 5-11 pm

Sun 4 -9pm Reservations Recommended

Gift Certificates Always Available

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(across from Pittsford Plaza)

Nancy Coddington Branch Manager John Ganshaw Assistant Manager

(716)385-5981

Spirituality Psychology

Tapes CDs amp T-shirts Recovery

Jewelry Sc Medallions 12-Step books amp cards

and always the latest in lesbian writings amp video

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SUKtvovcl BOOKSTORE

633 MONROE AVE 1 block west of Oxford Sq

^73SX0 J

M a t h e r s Ms Gelting AFaeelJfl

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August 12th thru August 22nd

The Bandages Will Be Removed

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Coluixmists bull E d c Bellmann on local amsc

BiUGkncutsio P A G E 19

Calendar bull AIDS Rochestet benefits from

luemiefe of Ifs My Party at the l i t t le Theatre on Aug 9 P A G E 30

Gay Groups bull BassicaUy Treblemakers to host

gay bands this fall P A G E 24

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Suzanne Westenhoefer to appear in Bufl^do O n Sept 7 witty lesbian comedian Suzanne Westenhoeler will perform at the Marquee at the Ttalf 100 Theater Place BufEdo

Showtime is 8 pjnraquo and tickets ate Sl 5 in advance $17 at die door Catt die Marquee at 8524)52Z

Westenhoefer shatters stereotypes with her side-^ t t i n g oash course in societys misconcepdons When bedded by a man who asked Arc you a lesbian because you had a bad experience widi a guy Westenhoefer snapped back If diats att it took die entire female population would be gay sir

ampTori Thcce outstanding female musicians arc coming to the Upshystate area this tnonth Two arc open lesbians and one is a feminist heterosexual who supports gay r i ^ t s

Dynamic rocker and out lcslraquoan Melissa Etheridge will appear on Aug 16 at die Oncenter War Memorial in Syracuse the performance will mark die opening of her 96 worid tour

For infcHmadon caU 435-2121 for dckets call Chargc-by-phonc 472-0700

You can catch die phenomenal k-d lang on her All You Can Eat Tour at die Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua on Aug 25 Call Ticketmaster or Ticket Eiqiress 232-1900 or 222-5000 A woman of many sounds and st^es langs new area is a sensual RampB groove

Tori Amos versatile singerpiaiiist will perform on Av^ 29 at the Finger Lakes PAC Her show will include s o f ^ ampom her hot new albuni Boys for Pelc

IN YOUR STARS b y L a u r i e T w i l i g h t a juU timepri]fesmnalastrttk^iraquo4tb a Masters ittpsfcbokgf To rtaeb her eaii 1 SOO-SOlAJRJS

ARIES March 21-Apnl 20 Your cosmic dock is telling you to do no things this sununer One is to continue to create concrete plans towafd future drcanis Be spedfic and structure your goals Oiganizadon will gceatly increase your likelishyhood of success especially va career mattexs On thc other hand att work and no ptay is not in your namre If dungs get too boring make time forsome fun in die sun You thrive on spontaneity Dcmt deny yourself fbr long TAURUS Apcfl 21 - May 20 Your tendency towaid tenadously staying put is temporarily uprooted this summer If travel at all draws you then this is your year fbr adventure ^ Q n g old fiiends or relatives woud be worth die t t ^ Your communicaDoa mode is excepdonatty fiavofftl^ Ifyou need to clear i ^ dA issues with a sibfing or someone you havent seen in a while now is your chance A foigiving atdtude can gp a long way You are also more open to new ways oflooking at oid situations G E M I N I May 2 1 - J u n e 20 A rektkxiship caUs to you Dont be distracted by att d ^ ocher beaudful people pJaced in your path Stay ^vhefe your heart is and noc with your watidedf^ interests Your chatms draw many peopkr your way diis summer But stay focused and do the wotk necessaiy to deepen an existir^ love It will be wett wo(diitinthekgtcigrunYourimpulses could get you in trouble n^arding spending as wett Stay p h y s i o ^ active espe^dly in n ^ A u g u s t This keeps you ouc of tiodafe O^d^fs possibie) C A N C E R J u m 21- Ju ly 22 Acta^liies that bolster your self esteem and show off you^diifities are c a l l ^ for this sieasocu You hsve beeorbkfing ottt too xx You are basd^ awatt^of hov^aocomplished yoo leaDy ate Old

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L E O July 23 - August 22 You are sought arter for your strength and sdf assured natute You revd in thc attention diough deep inside you yoursdf yeam for a major change in your life You have a secret xirgc to break free of any restrictions or attachments that no longer serve your highest gcxid After you bask in die attendon from others in eady August take kcer Ai^ust to assess your situadon fbr possAilc futute changes V I R G O Aufiiust 23 - SqMember 22 Creative punuits condnue to bring acclaim in your direction Take pdde in your taknts Get busy with your ingenuity whether mechanical or ardsdc You are on a flow Be more accepting and loving coward yoursdf and watdt the producdvicy take off Comshymunications in att forms are important this sumshymer Wridt^ coukl be an excellent activity revealing stHne of your artisdc sensibilides You are in an expansive growth cycle Learning to osf and ^ predate yourself and your accompttshmeno is pars-mounc LIBRA Scptembet 23 - October 22 A deepenkig irituttksn is devekiptn^ bdngBnggKaier wisdom and new pcrspecdves Some quiet time with inward ccmaempiation broadens dvs ai^xct Othets canrecogyiiaethisinyouandseekyououtfbradviceand coufisci This iriteaial joumeyiiigrieeds to be bakoocd with your strof^ need fbr sodai ties and aoivkies One way CO aocompfishthis is toficadi a dass o r g ^ apufaampc taSc (rfaetherinfomfadorno^ Ycurckiquentspcakmg s ^ goes over b ^ Has sadsfies both 3nur inner and ouccv needs SCORPIO OcMraquob^ 23 - November 22 Yourennodeiis shift into overdiive this sutnmer It mqr seom Bke you ate A bottomless pit of fedingii iKir Aint depaii you are just coining into your ppwer moce ftiBy Odiers ate deeply attiacscd to ybu bcanise of this d q A as w e L An oU bve^may I K xekindkxi or a riew lovr eaaU appear As you take your feelings nxraquoeacsio^|dy odiecs wiHiJsa Coaiinuracttkraquo ia twamniim t o yoo all yest Be sute to c ^ i c s s yputsdf deailf

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21 You are opening to a greater sense of intuint^i Instincts in you arc getting stirred and becomii^ morc powerful This gives you an uncarmy sense of timing bringing you to die rig^t place at the right time This magical aspect brings greater depth per^ cepdon and hunches makit^ your Hfe run more smoothly November-bom S a ^ wiQ need to finish t ^ old business and face any unresolved issues youve been trying hard to avokL Luckily you have die insight to make the necessary ac^ustment CAPRICORN December 22 - January 19 Be daring and take more risks You continue to be oo a roll Ji^picer is sttU blesstng your sign fbr die rest of die year Take advantage of it Almost anything you do now can have a fevorable ouccome Travel is especially fiifl of opportunities this season Let go of the conservative side and jump into action How^ ever do be careful abour h o v you handle a sudden burst of anger in late Accuse Be firm but gentle AQUARIUS Janua ty 20 - February IS Surfs up and you ate t idii^ the wave Electridty runs through your veins as your Hfe charges ftitt speed ahead O o you know where you are goingi Make quick dioices as everything is moving fast EHminate what amp not useful toward your destinashytion You can create great changes Make dedsions now or diey may just hiqapen to you Ifyou can it would be better if you skraquow down a Httle Also^ take caie of your heakh PISCBSf Fefaffuaiy 19 - Mafch 20 Friends and sodal coo^Muuons are qtdce generous cowacd you this summer Sutpdscs can be a loc of fun Get active in your ccMsimunicjL Sotneone riew couidemeryourMfewhoiaayfttoyou-Anew ikieiid or lover datQgesyourHfestjJe Yoa are feelmgso much stronger nolaquor than you igvcie lastyear at thia time Others appcecsau ]loair self ccnftlem paea-ence Your wisdomissholaquolaquoi^SpenddfiKby water which soothes your SQuL

SPORTS frorn nrw side of the lence By Savatuiah A ma jor t h o i ^ t on the recently comshypleted NBA season W h o deserved thc MVP (Most Valuable Player) award more than our hero die man with thc orange hair his greamess Dennis Rodman

Granted Nfichad Jordan was his usual brilliant self but with 91 re-boundit^ brilliandy and dealing those outiet passes we can only wonder ifthe final scores would have been the same Sides you have to love an adilete who wears a jersey in pracdce diat has writshyten on the fiont Fm not gay but my bt^rfiiend is G o DennisI

And while we be talking hoops who deserves a major jump money-wise this coming season Shaquillc ONeal or Dennis Rodman Can you say 125 rebounds by 91 CGo Dennis) to 25 by 300-pound Mr ONeal in the Chi-csigo Sulls-Orhuido Aia^c piayotT seshyries D o I need to say morc G o Bulls G o Dennis

Can you say Buffalo Bills Repeat after your Atint Savannah Buf3Ealo Bills Vcry good you all get a cookie A prediction fbr die coming season their bust-out back wiO be the blonde god from die Great White North aJLa Canada Tim TiQman The memory of his 44-yard d iug down die sidelines ga ins t that team fiom Nfiami (what arc they called The Pelicans) in the pby-ofiamp left me tingly and warm G o Canada G o Tim Tillman G o Bltts

Your Aunt Savannah has CO go now and make herself beautiful so do try aikd behave whik Fm away If I hear diat youVe att been good well go out for ice cream

CYBERQUEERS T w o gay-oriented enter ta inment websites are now online T h e Altershynate Universe Gaylaxians (featured in last months Empty Clatet) are die Albany branch of Gaylaxians Intershynational die gay sdence ficdonfan-casyhorror fims group T h e Altershynate Universe can be emailed at TAUGUNYaol com while the Gayiaxian website can be accessed at h t t p g l o b a l 2 0 0 0 n e t u s e r s grecnmantauguny htm

Popcorn Q San Franciscos uhi-maie gay and lesbian film and video webske went onHne on June 20 at httpwwwpopcofnqcofn on die WofU Wide Web on Amecica OnHne ac Keyword PopcomQ snd on the Microsoft Network at G o Word PopcomQ I h e site indudes reviews sdls infbrmation on thousands of films posters databases^ purchase sources Hve chac and message boards a woddwide directocy (tf gay and les-

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SocDVL NOTES St George - Utter

l isa St George and CoUccn Utter ofRochester announce their union ceremony which will take place on Ai^ 17 at Sodus Bay Sportsman Qub

Lisa is a 1988 graduate of Greece Athena Hig^ School and currendy en^aJoyed as a mashychinist at Cannon Industries

Colleen is a 1993 graduate of Suny Brockport E O C s nursing program and is currently emshyployed as an LFN

The two met in June of 1992 and since that time have been together raising their son Joshua Lee who is now four years old

Pony Expness rides for breast cancer research

The Pony pound3qgtres5 bikers who are cm a nadonal tour to raise funds for breast cancer research stopped in Churchville-Chili on July 20 They were greeted by bands downs a motorcyde show and much more as (right) Rita Filowick of LeRoy handed over a bronze medallion and Scrc^ of Valor to Beveriy Reed of Pcnfidd thc rider fbr the next leig ofthe 14300-mile relay

The women motorcydists arc traveling from St Joseph Mo home of the original Pony Exshypress to Dallas which they hope to reach by Aug 18AlongthewaytheywillFaiseawaienessaswdl dadon call Pony Express organizers the as funds to fig^t broist cancer Idller of 40000 WomensMoGorcydistFoundaaonat(716)768-womenyeadyTosuppoctdieirelBfbrtsbydonat- 6054 or write WMF 7 Lent Ave LcRoy NY ing to the Susan G Komen Bfcast Cancer Foun- 14482

Abovas a mairher wieids a pink t r i v ^ i l lghtB a b ender-goyvTKKi queen rides the Ckib Mareeaa Ikxkt vvHh ics ard) of rainbow-colored IsaBoons M k l d t e a purple nun on roaerblades Has been kienttfied as an escapee ft-om a local branch of the Sisters of Perpetual lndu^gence

up-Basskally Trebiemakers tand tunes

part of the PFLAG corttir^gent

THE

ER

HOHMXS CeMTBt

3 C

60 Browns Race - 262-2700 Overlooking the High Falls Gorge

Across from Kodak on State Street

Please check Frontier Field events special hours

Open Al l Year Lunch Mon-Fri 1130 am - 2 pm

Dinner Mon-Thurs 5 -10 pm Fri amp Sat 5-11 pm

Sun 4 -9pm Reservations Recommended

Gift Certificates Always Available

1 ^ MMONO

anOWMAACE

3 C MaaraEET

flTjKTESmBET

II

Coming From ttm CNy 1 Off State Street

2 Right onto Piatt Straet 3 Right onto Btnmn Raoe 4 Folow ujbblaabue drive

6 Pariong m availabia in the paifcirtg 0^ after 4 pjn on tha left )uKl laaat the biAlrig

Free paridng anar 4 pjn

The Community IsOur

Strangest Asset ^IVteOTBank bull bull bull Estabiislied in 1856

3290 Monroe Avenue Rochester New York

(across from Pittsford Plaza)

Nancy Coddington Branch Manager John Ganshaw Assistant Manager

(716)385-5981

Spirituality Psychology

Tapes CDs amp T-shirts Recovery

Jewelry Sc Medallions 12-Step books amp cards

and always the latest in lesbian writings amp video

=71

SUKtvovcl BOOKSTORE

633 MONROE AVE 1 block west of Oxford Sq

^73SX0 J

M a t h e r s Ms Gelting AFaeelJfl

Sorry for the inconvenience but Muthers

will be going through surgery

August 12th thru August 22nd

The Bandages Will Be Removed

Friday August 23riL

laquoIts Sulmiissive Ni te

Friday August 23rd

join us for our unvailing

and be served by our staff

There ready to fulfill your needs

F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n c a l l 3 2 5 - 6 2 1 6 bull M m t k t r t B u r 6 Mtt tmmrmmt bull 4 0 S o u t i i U n i o n S t r e e t

H A P P Y H O U R bull 3 f o r 2 bull 3 O O P IVI 7 0 0 P M

T - ^ ^ i - m c mdash bull laquobull

bull sux bull Bloody Screws

$150 5pm-7plaquo

Budw ise rs $100

AUYOU CAN DRINK

$500 IOpm - l l p m

bull T l K bull

WELL St

DOMESTIC $ioo

10pflt2am

KOllINi ROCIS $ i oo

9|MUlaquo ^^

bull IHI bull

IVOMENS HAFPYHOini

Every Is t f tSnl

TlnindajF SiOOpm-mmta

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H A V I YOU COT THB SCOOB Share it with thc rest of the gay communtax The Em|^ Closet is always looking for infbrmation r^arding events and social activities If you know sonnething send It to us Submlspoundkgtns are due by the I Sth of each month ac The Empty Ckraquoet 179 Atiantic Ave Rochester NY 14607-1255 Or caH 244-9030

Coluixmists bull E d c Bellmann on local amsc

BiUGkncutsio P A G E 19

Calendar bull AIDS Rochestet benefits from

luemiefe of Ifs My Party at the l i t t le Theatre on Aug 9 P A G E 30

Gay Groups bull BassicaUy Treblemakers to host

gay bands this fall P A G E 24

CHECK THIS OU I

Suzanne Westenhoefer to appear in Bufl^do O n Sept 7 witty lesbian comedian Suzanne Westenhoeler will perform at the Marquee at the Ttalf 100 Theater Place BufEdo

Showtime is 8 pjnraquo and tickets ate Sl 5 in advance $17 at die door Catt die Marquee at 8524)52Z

Westenhoefer shatters stereotypes with her side-^ t t i n g oash course in societys misconcepdons When bedded by a man who asked Arc you a lesbian because you had a bad experience widi a guy Westenhoefer snapped back If diats att it took die entire female population would be gay sir

ampTori Thcce outstanding female musicians arc coming to the Upshystate area this tnonth Two arc open lesbians and one is a feminist heterosexual who supports gay r i ^ t s

Dynamic rocker and out lcslraquoan Melissa Etheridge will appear on Aug 16 at die Oncenter War Memorial in Syracuse the performance will mark die opening of her 96 worid tour

For infcHmadon caU 435-2121 for dckets call Chargc-by-phonc 472-0700

You can catch die phenomenal k-d lang on her All You Can Eat Tour at die Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua on Aug 25 Call Ticketmaster or Ticket Eiqiress 232-1900 or 222-5000 A woman of many sounds and st^es langs new area is a sensual RampB groove

Tori Amos versatile singerpiaiiist will perform on Av^ 29 at the Finger Lakes PAC Her show will include s o f ^ ampom her hot new albuni Boys for Pelc

IN YOUR STARS b y L a u r i e T w i l i g h t a juU timepri]fesmnalastrttk^iraquo4tb a Masters ittpsfcbokgf To rtaeb her eaii 1 SOO-SOlAJRJS

ARIES March 21-Apnl 20 Your cosmic dock is telling you to do no things this sununer One is to continue to create concrete plans towafd future drcanis Be spedfic and structure your goals Oiganizadon will gceatly increase your likelishyhood of success especially va career mattexs On thc other hand att work and no ptay is not in your namre If dungs get too boring make time forsome fun in die sun You thrive on spontaneity Dcmt deny yourself fbr long TAURUS Apcfl 21 - May 20 Your tendency towaid tenadously staying put is temporarily uprooted this summer If travel at all draws you then this is your year fbr adventure ^ Q n g old fiiends or relatives woud be worth die t t ^ Your communicaDoa mode is excepdonatty fiavofftl^ Ifyou need to clear i ^ dA issues with a sibfing or someone you havent seen in a while now is your chance A foigiving atdtude can gp a long way You are also more open to new ways oflooking at oid situations G E M I N I May 2 1 - J u n e 20 A rektkxiship caUs to you Dont be distracted by att d ^ ocher beaudful people pJaced in your path Stay ^vhefe your heart is and noc with your watidedf^ interests Your chatms draw many peopkr your way diis summer But stay focused and do the wotk necessaiy to deepen an existir^ love It will be wett wo(diitinthekgtcigrunYourimpulses could get you in trouble n^arding spending as wett Stay p h y s i o ^ active espe^dly in n ^ A u g u s t This keeps you ouc of tiodafe O^d^fs possibie) C A N C E R J u m 21- Ju ly 22 Acta^liies that bolster your self esteem and show off you^diifities are c a l l ^ for this sieasocu You hsve beeorbkfing ottt too xx You are basd^ awatt^of hov^aocomplished yoo leaDy ate Old

needno dty out lilGe water in tfae sunJigitt out i | the j^ l jgofe you can help diis happcn1i^ afe^laquoalaquom|^ic^iaHyasser t tvemo^ to y v w ailrttMli^JD take acdon Igtgt be mindampl of p o a ^ AaipiiiM in your voicegt Bakwiqp softness

L E O July 23 - August 22 You are sought arter for your strength and sdf assured natute You revd in thc attention diough deep inside you yoursdf yeam for a major change in your life You have a secret xirgc to break free of any restrictions or attachments that no longer serve your highest gcxid After you bask in die attendon from others in eady August take kcer Ai^ust to assess your situadon fbr possAilc futute changes V I R G O Aufiiust 23 - SqMember 22 Creative punuits condnue to bring acclaim in your direction Take pdde in your taknts Get busy with your ingenuity whether mechanical or ardsdc You are on a flow Be more accepting and loving coward yoursdf and watdt the producdvicy take off Comshymunications in att forms are important this sumshymer Wridt^ coukl be an excellent activity revealing stHne of your artisdc sensibilides You are in an expansive growth cycle Learning to osf and ^ predate yourself and your accompttshmeno is pars-mounc LIBRA Scptembet 23 - October 22 A deepenkig irituttksn is devekiptn^ bdngBnggKaier wisdom and new pcrspecdves Some quiet time with inward ccmaempiation broadens dvs ai^xct Othets canrecogyiiaethisinyouandseekyououtfbradviceand coufisci This iriteaial joumeyiiigrieeds to be bakoocd with your strof^ need fbr sodai ties and aoivkies One way CO aocompfishthis is toficadi a dass o r g ^ apufaampc taSc (rfaetherinfomfadorno^ Ycurckiquentspcakmg s ^ goes over b ^ Has sadsfies both 3nur inner and ouccv needs SCORPIO OcMraquob^ 23 - November 22 Yourennodeiis shift into overdiive this sutnmer It mqr seom Bke you ate A bottomless pit of fedingii iKir Aint depaii you are just coining into your ppwer moce ftiBy Odiers ate deeply attiacscd to ybu bcanise of this d q A as w e L An oU bve^may I K xekindkxi or a riew lovr eaaU appear As you take your feelings nxraquoeacsio^|dy odiecs wiHiJsa Coaiinuracttkraquo ia twamniim t o yoo all yest Be sute to c ^ i c s s yputsdf deailf

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21 You are opening to a greater sense of intuint^i Instincts in you arc getting stirred and becomii^ morc powerful This gives you an uncarmy sense of timing bringing you to die rig^t place at the right time This magical aspect brings greater depth per^ cepdon and hunches makit^ your Hfe run more smoothly November-bom S a ^ wiQ need to finish t ^ old business and face any unresolved issues youve been trying hard to avokL Luckily you have die insight to make the necessary ac^ustment CAPRICORN December 22 - January 19 Be daring and take more risks You continue to be oo a roll Ji^picer is sttU blesstng your sign fbr die rest of die year Take advantage of it Almost anything you do now can have a fevorable ouccome Travel is especially fiifl of opportunities this season Let go of the conservative side and jump into action How^ ever do be careful abour h o v you handle a sudden burst of anger in late Accuse Be firm but gentle AQUARIUS Janua ty 20 - February IS Surfs up and you ate t idii^ the wave Electridty runs through your veins as your Hfe charges ftitt speed ahead O o you know where you are goingi Make quick dioices as everything is moving fast EHminate what amp not useful toward your destinashytion You can create great changes Make dedsions now or diey may just hiqapen to you Ifyou can it would be better if you skraquow down a Httle Also^ take caie of your heakh PISCBSf Fefaffuaiy 19 - Mafch 20 Friends and sodal coo^Muuons are qtdce generous cowacd you this summer Sutpdscs can be a loc of fun Get active in your ccMsimunicjL Sotneone riew couidemeryourMfewhoiaayfttoyou-Anew ikieiid or lover datQgesyourHfestjJe Yoa are feelmgso much stronger nolaquor than you igvcie lastyear at thia time Others appcecsau ]loair self ccnftlem paea-ence Your wisdomissholaquolaquoi^SpenddfiKby water which soothes your SQuL

SPORTS frorn nrw side of the lence By Savatuiah A ma jor t h o i ^ t on the recently comshypleted NBA season W h o deserved thc MVP (Most Valuable Player) award more than our hero die man with thc orange hair his greamess Dennis Rodman

Granted Nfichad Jordan was his usual brilliant self but with 91 re-boundit^ brilliandy and dealing those outiet passes we can only wonder ifthe final scores would have been the same Sides you have to love an adilete who wears a jersey in pracdce diat has writshyten on the fiont Fm not gay but my bt^rfiiend is G o DennisI

And while we be talking hoops who deserves a major jump money-wise this coming season Shaquillc ONeal or Dennis Rodman Can you say 125 rebounds by 91 CGo Dennis) to 25 by 300-pound Mr ONeal in the Chi-csigo Sulls-Orhuido Aia^c piayotT seshyries D o I need to say morc G o Bulls G o Dennis

Can you say Buffalo Bills Repeat after your Atint Savannah Buf3Ealo Bills Vcry good you all get a cookie A prediction fbr die coming season their bust-out back wiO be the blonde god from die Great White North aJLa Canada Tim TiQman The memory of his 44-yard d iug down die sidelines ga ins t that team fiom Nfiami (what arc they called The Pelicans) in the pby-ofiamp left me tingly and warm G o Canada G o Tim Tillman G o Bltts

Your Aunt Savannah has CO go now and make herself beautiful so do try aikd behave whik Fm away If I hear diat youVe att been good well go out for ice cream

CYBERQUEERS T w o gay-oriented enter ta inment websites are now online T h e Altershynate Universe Gaylaxians (featured in last months Empty Clatet) are die Albany branch of Gaylaxians Intershynational die gay sdence ficdonfan-casyhorror fims group T h e Altershynate Universe can be emailed at TAUGUNYaol com while the Gayiaxian website can be accessed at h t t p g l o b a l 2 0 0 0 n e t u s e r s grecnmantauguny htm

Popcorn Q San Franciscos uhi-maie gay and lesbian film and video webske went onHne on June 20 at httpwwwpopcofnqcofn on die WofU Wide Web on Amecica OnHne ac Keyword PopcomQ snd on the Microsoft Network at G o Word PopcomQ I h e site indudes reviews sdls infbrmation on thousands of films posters databases^ purchase sources Hve chac and message boards a woddwide directocy (tf gay and les-

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Suzanne Westenhoefer to appear in Bufl^do O n Sept 7 witty lesbian comedian Suzanne Westenhoeler will perform at the Marquee at the Ttalf 100 Theater Place BufEdo

Showtime is 8 pjnraquo and tickets ate Sl 5 in advance $17 at die door Catt die Marquee at 8524)52Z

Westenhoefer shatters stereotypes with her side-^ t t i n g oash course in societys misconcepdons When bedded by a man who asked Arc you a lesbian because you had a bad experience widi a guy Westenhoefer snapped back If diats att it took die entire female population would be gay sir

ampTori Thcce outstanding female musicians arc coming to the Upshystate area this tnonth Two arc open lesbians and one is a feminist heterosexual who supports gay r i ^ t s

Dynamic rocker and out lcslraquoan Melissa Etheridge will appear on Aug 16 at die Oncenter War Memorial in Syracuse the performance will mark die opening of her 96 worid tour

For infcHmadon caU 435-2121 for dckets call Chargc-by-phonc 472-0700

You can catch die phenomenal k-d lang on her All You Can Eat Tour at die Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua on Aug 25 Call Ticketmaster or Ticket Eiqiress 232-1900 or 222-5000 A woman of many sounds and st^es langs new area is a sensual RampB groove

Tori Amos versatile singerpiaiiist will perform on Av^ 29 at the Finger Lakes PAC Her show will include s o f ^ ampom her hot new albuni Boys for Pelc

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ARIES March 21-Apnl 20 Your cosmic dock is telling you to do no things this sununer One is to continue to create concrete plans towafd future drcanis Be spedfic and structure your goals Oiganizadon will gceatly increase your likelishyhood of success especially va career mattexs On thc other hand att work and no ptay is not in your namre If dungs get too boring make time forsome fun in die sun You thrive on spontaneity Dcmt deny yourself fbr long TAURUS Apcfl 21 - May 20 Your tendency towaid tenadously staying put is temporarily uprooted this summer If travel at all draws you then this is your year fbr adventure ^ Q n g old fiiends or relatives woud be worth die t t ^ Your communicaDoa mode is excepdonatty fiavofftl^ Ifyou need to clear i ^ dA issues with a sibfing or someone you havent seen in a while now is your chance A foigiving atdtude can gp a long way You are also more open to new ways oflooking at oid situations G E M I N I May 2 1 - J u n e 20 A rektkxiship caUs to you Dont be distracted by att d ^ ocher beaudful people pJaced in your path Stay ^vhefe your heart is and noc with your watidedf^ interests Your chatms draw many peopkr your way diis summer But stay focused and do the wotk necessaiy to deepen an existir^ love It will be wett wo(diitinthekgtcigrunYourimpulses could get you in trouble n^arding spending as wett Stay p h y s i o ^ active espe^dly in n ^ A u g u s t This keeps you ouc of tiodafe O^d^fs possibie) C A N C E R J u m 21- Ju ly 22 Acta^liies that bolster your self esteem and show off you^diifities are c a l l ^ for this sieasocu You hsve beeorbkfing ottt too xx You are basd^ awatt^of hov^aocomplished yoo leaDy ate Old

needno dty out lilGe water in tfae sunJigitt out i | the j^ l jgofe you can help diis happcn1i^ afe^laquoalaquom|^ic^iaHyasser t tvemo^ to y v w ailrttMli^JD take acdon Igtgt be mindampl of p o a ^ AaipiiiM in your voicegt Bakwiqp softness

L E O July 23 - August 22 You are sought arter for your strength and sdf assured natute You revd in thc attention diough deep inside you yoursdf yeam for a major change in your life You have a secret xirgc to break free of any restrictions or attachments that no longer serve your highest gcxid After you bask in die attendon from others in eady August take kcer Ai^ust to assess your situadon fbr possAilc futute changes V I R G O Aufiiust 23 - SqMember 22 Creative punuits condnue to bring acclaim in your direction Take pdde in your taknts Get busy with your ingenuity whether mechanical or ardsdc You are on a flow Be more accepting and loving coward yoursdf and watdt the producdvicy take off Comshymunications in att forms are important this sumshymer Wridt^ coukl be an excellent activity revealing stHne of your artisdc sensibilides You are in an expansive growth cycle Learning to osf and ^ predate yourself and your accompttshmeno is pars-mounc LIBRA Scptembet 23 - October 22 A deepenkig irituttksn is devekiptn^ bdngBnggKaier wisdom and new pcrspecdves Some quiet time with inward ccmaempiation broadens dvs ai^xct Othets canrecogyiiaethisinyouandseekyououtfbradviceand coufisci This iriteaial joumeyiiigrieeds to be bakoocd with your strof^ need fbr sodai ties and aoivkies One way CO aocompfishthis is toficadi a dass o r g ^ apufaampc taSc (rfaetherinfomfadorno^ Ycurckiquentspcakmg s ^ goes over b ^ Has sadsfies both 3nur inner and ouccv needs SCORPIO OcMraquob^ 23 - November 22 Yourennodeiis shift into overdiive this sutnmer It mqr seom Bke you ate A bottomless pit of fedingii iKir Aint depaii you are just coining into your ppwer moce ftiBy Odiers ate deeply attiacscd to ybu bcanise of this d q A as w e L An oU bve^may I K xekindkxi or a riew lovr eaaU appear As you take your feelings nxraquoeacsio^|dy odiecs wiHiJsa Coaiinuracttkraquo ia twamniim t o yoo all yest Be sute to c ^ i c s s yputsdf deailf

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21 You are opening to a greater sense of intuint^i Instincts in you arc getting stirred and becomii^ morc powerful This gives you an uncarmy sense of timing bringing you to die rig^t place at the right time This magical aspect brings greater depth per^ cepdon and hunches makit^ your Hfe run more smoothly November-bom S a ^ wiQ need to finish t ^ old business and face any unresolved issues youve been trying hard to avokL Luckily you have die insight to make the necessary ac^ustment CAPRICORN December 22 - January 19 Be daring and take more risks You continue to be oo a roll Ji^picer is sttU blesstng your sign fbr die rest of die year Take advantage of it Almost anything you do now can have a fevorable ouccome Travel is especially fiifl of opportunities this season Let go of the conservative side and jump into action How^ ever do be careful abour h o v you handle a sudden burst of anger in late Accuse Be firm but gentle AQUARIUS Janua ty 20 - February IS Surfs up and you ate t idii^ the wave Electridty runs through your veins as your Hfe charges ftitt speed ahead O o you know where you are goingi Make quick dioices as everything is moving fast EHminate what amp not useful toward your destinashytion You can create great changes Make dedsions now or diey may just hiqapen to you Ifyou can it would be better if you skraquow down a Httle Also^ take caie of your heakh PISCBSf Fefaffuaiy 19 - Mafch 20 Friends and sodal coo^Muuons are qtdce generous cowacd you this summer Sutpdscs can be a loc of fun Get active in your ccMsimunicjL Sotneone riew couidemeryourMfewhoiaayfttoyou-Anew ikieiid or lover datQgesyourHfestjJe Yoa are feelmgso much stronger nolaquor than you igvcie lastyear at thia time Others appcecsau ]loair self ccnftlem paea-ence Your wisdomissholaquolaquoi^SpenddfiKby water which soothes your SQuL

SPORTS frorn nrw side of the lence By Savatuiah A ma jor t h o i ^ t on the recently comshypleted NBA season W h o deserved thc MVP (Most Valuable Player) award more than our hero die man with thc orange hair his greamess Dennis Rodman

Granted Nfichad Jordan was his usual brilliant self but with 91 re-boundit^ brilliandy and dealing those outiet passes we can only wonder ifthe final scores would have been the same Sides you have to love an adilete who wears a jersey in pracdce diat has writshyten on the fiont Fm not gay but my bt^rfiiend is G o DennisI

And while we be talking hoops who deserves a major jump money-wise this coming season Shaquillc ONeal or Dennis Rodman Can you say 125 rebounds by 91 CGo Dennis) to 25 by 300-pound Mr ONeal in the Chi-csigo Sulls-Orhuido Aia^c piayotT seshyries D o I need to say morc G o Bulls G o Dennis

Can you say Buffalo Bills Repeat after your Atint Savannah Buf3Ealo Bills Vcry good you all get a cookie A prediction fbr die coming season their bust-out back wiO be the blonde god from die Great White North aJLa Canada Tim TiQman The memory of his 44-yard d iug down die sidelines ga ins t that team fiom Nfiami (what arc they called The Pelicans) in the pby-ofiamp left me tingly and warm G o Canada G o Tim Tillman G o Bltts

Your Aunt Savannah has CO go now and make herself beautiful so do try aikd behave whik Fm away If I hear diat youVe att been good well go out for ice cream

CYBERQUEERS T w o gay-oriented enter ta inment websites are now online T h e Altershynate Universe Gaylaxians (featured in last months Empty Clatet) are die Albany branch of Gaylaxians Intershynational die gay sdence ficdonfan-casyhorror fims group T h e Altershynate Universe can be emailed at TAUGUNYaol com while the Gayiaxian website can be accessed at h t t p g l o b a l 2 0 0 0 n e t u s e r s grecnmantauguny htm

Popcorn Q San Franciscos uhi-maie gay and lesbian film and video webske went onHne on June 20 at httpwwwpopcofnqcofn on die WofU Wide Web on Amecica OnHne ac Keyword PopcomQ snd on the Microsoft Network at G o Word PopcomQ I h e site indudes reviews sdls infbrmation on thousands of films posters databases^ purchase sources Hve chac and message boards a woddwide directocy (tf gay and les-

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Lifes tough enough- You worry about rising taxes disappearing hair line fading hair color the tyrarmy of gym-buffed bodies mdash the list only grows longer Making it through the day^ survival is a routine we understand Hiding out running for cover a pint of ice cream at dusk sometimes hdps But what if diere is aspiradon mdash the desire to create something unique a personal vision ITie drive for expression involves exposure Thats a recipe for despair

My fiiend Andrew HoUeran has just pubshyHshed a novel The Beattty sfMett I love thc uds HoUeran puts it all on die line no hedging During Gay Pride 1 saw the bodk in store windows every^9(here in Manhattan What a triumph -mdash a book in print mdash not a smaH or easy fkduevcnrienL l^icxi in che Sunday iVcv Yortk Jhmr a fiiU p6tge review A mhadreview The authcM was subdty blamed for his Hmited vision a cenain dryness of spine How can one gay writer (the reviewer) get off chidir^ anshyother man for spealdt^ hcKiesdy

My heart sank A 50-year-okl man (do you know the impHcations of dbatn Gay America) writes four b o c ^ in his Hpoundnime one Dartcer front tbe Datut is i ^bookof dic70s Another Crottttd Zero is the most dear-eyed reportage fiom the decade of colk^ssc diat followed HoUeran succeeds m publishing a new novd and then gets winged in thc arm if noc exacdy j^i^ged in the forehead Why does he bother WeH an ardst one who is honest and true to himsdf simply must

In Rochester there is currently on display a show of photographic wc^ks by WiUiam Giancursio which are so wonderfully amusing diat one might ovedoc^ their courage and wit Giancursio has produced a series of photoshygraphs taken of his own sculptures H ie subshyject is gay Hfe Thc media is a hooe Barbie dolls and GI Joe dolls reconured and costumed and secinto exquisitely designed environments that depict our issues One series of phoco-griiqihs is of a gay gym A second series was inspired by current Htigation in Hawaii to Icgal-iase gay marris^ Hie Weddir^ ofthe Censhytury^ is really cwo series photograf^ of a tableau vivant one of a male couple another of a female cou^ A detailed d e s c t ^ o n cant do justice to the images and risks spoiling the pleasure of discovery youU have when viewir^ diem

Giancursio is a friend and a cc^lej^uc I have watched his work mamre over a decade He h raquo had the guts co work towards an exfwcssion that is a strong compcUir^ statemeittof^osi-Ui^egayvahies He has puc his career onCbelifte apd ic wasnt like it was a choice he bad t b ^ this Years- earHer Fd advised haat to paihr flowecs^rfiK is whsc people wiH bi^ He dkb t go forlampfic^hsafesiscod at every tnm the scducdon of commeroe hkiw he has pce-scnted fais coaioMVuri^ as Hofienn hisraquo with

Weddinc of thc Cantury by BiK Giancursio

his vision How wiU the coinmunity respond For several years Giancursio has made paintshy

ings and works on paper mdash drawings in color watercolors Thcy have been exhibited in thc Memorial Art GaUerys Finger Lakes annual and in Arena Group shows in numerous area locadons He has had modest recognidon mdash tolerance that may pass for acceptance mdash but certainly no sales He must support himsdf as a teacher This is a common story for a regional ardst What is uncommon is that he has reshymained h^hty ptoducdve in a climate thatis not overly supportive people tardy buy Art that is diallenging Art of ideas

BtU Giancursio has kSeas You wont gct his work at the first glanceanditdefinitelyisntSofa Art He has apoint of view that connects to who he is as a gay man and what his viakgta of out wodd is or couid become This senes of images is upbeac You can smile at his juxtaposidon of p c ^ icons into a gay sensibiHty You can reHsh his ingenuity of construction his mastery of cokn^ His e3qgtrcssieurolaquoi does noc draw attention to the creator he remains invisible as an author I h c work speaks for itself directly to us mdash deady die mark ofa mature artist

In an essay about his work Giancursio writes When I grew up if boys played widi doUs diey were considered sissies and then dedares diat he is A gay chikl reborn pkying widi doOs in much che same way diat heterosexual chikiren mimic adult Hfe d u o u ^ pky He adds My work is not at aU about using Ken and Barbie in a subversive manner it is a visual journal ofgay culture both a serious and lyrical look at who wc are what we do and some ofour aspirations

Somedmcs I get blue because I think no one reads my writing or those that do only snigger over my compulsive sdf-reveladons After one column years ago in (4uch I bragged about snagging tricks I recetved an anonymous phone caU ampom a gay wanting to know my secrets for success He didnt caU to praise the honesty of my writing he wanted to steal my techniques Since I love words and ideas as much as I love thc beauty of men I continue to write What dsc is there to do Fortunately I am a recluse ^lardly anyone knows me) and I can persevere in isoladctfi Gay Hfe Tm kaming isnt for sissies Pve grown to i ^ I look at odier ardsts my ^cnds and I know what they are going through

Now I worry how Andrew HoUeran is feeHng about the full ps^e tepid review in die Tttttes Hes brave he is vidnerable I sat with BiH at the GAGV picnic where he displayed his pictures Ihosc peopk who stopped to look laughed I

wock is cheerfiiL We could att use a Htde buck-mgHip I urge you to see Bil Giaiicuaraquoos sexies of phocogr8^ ac The PtidaCoQaectMn 728 SoudbAve (242-7840) opent Mcmtor-SaaiK^ day t o ajn - 9 pjn^ Sunday 1 2 - 6 p m

The Law and Us By Ellen Yacknin N Y courts t o gays cate tha t you uppi ty foHcs July was not a good month for gays and lesbians in New York State as far as the courts are concerned

May ofcourse was a great month Then ifyou recaU ^f you dont read The Law and Us in the June 1996 Btxpy Closet^ the Supreme Court ruled in Romer p Evarts that the State of Colorado was constitutionallyprohibited 60m banning die impleshymentation of l^al protections for gays and lesbishyans Just as we were starting to think that maybe just maybe the judiciary was finaUy starting to get it two New York court decisions jolted us into knowing that it wiU stiU be quite some time before the courts get it fbr real

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In May 1996 The Law and Us dbcussed the penthng Hogmaon diaBc^nging President CUntons Dont Ask Oonc TeH miHtary policy for gays and lesbians That column noted that in March 1996 die fourdi Circuit Coun of A^jpeals had held that die Dont Ask Dont TeU policy was coo-sdtudonaL The column also pointed out however that one year eariier federal Judge E t ^ n e Nickerson in Brcx^dyn NY had hdd in At i t P RiJAMJiStfAs that the policy was uiiconsdtu^

When that cr^umn was written the ^ipeal from thac dedsion had noc yec been dedded

It was recently reported that since the Dont Ask Dont TeD policy was implemented in July 1993 morc gay and lesbian service people than ever ate being harassed and thrown out of the miHtary Against this backdrop die Second Circuit Court of Af^seals onjuly 1 threw out the lower courts decision on procedural grounds and sent d i e ^ ^ c a s e to J u c ^ Nickerson for a second trial Unfortunately the Coun made it about as dear as possible that when it hears die case on appeal ^ a i n (and it most likely wiH) it wiU be inclined to uphold the policy as consdtudonaL

The Dont Ask Dont Td l poHcy reaUy conshysists of two parts Thc first part mandates the expulsion of a member of die miHtary who makes a statement du t demonstrates a propensity for homosexual oriencadon The second pan manshydates die expulsion ofany servicepcrson who acts in a manner that demonstrates a propensicy fbr homosexual orientadon such as homosexual sex soHdting homosexual sex CM atten^xingco marry someone of die same sex (Ironically in their clever attempcs to cover aU bases Congress also knple-mcnted a provision that prohampits che miHtary firom expclHr^ any service member who tries to marry someone of the same sex if die purpose of the attempced mar r i ^ is to terminate ones miHtary service Apparendy if a gay man tries to marry his partner he can avoid beir^ kicked ouc of die miHtary ifhe convinces his superiors that he is only trying to gee ouc of the service)

I h e A k i t case was b c o u ^ t in Mardi 1994 to challenge bodi parts of the Dont Ask Donc TeflTpolicyhyonewoman and five men who were a Heucenanc-cokmd in die Anxly lesccvcs a Coast Guaed petQr pffioei a Navy seaman and thiee ocher

Army reserve members Five of diem had disshydosed their homosexuaHcy while in the military and had ccHne under various phases of miHtary disdpiine for dcmig so In March 1995 J u c ^ Nickerson s^greed with plaindpoundamp that die stateshyment poiicywas unconsdtutionaL HowcverJult Nickerson declined to rule on thc conduct poHcy because he said no plaindfFhad experienced any injury ffom it

In its July 1 st dedsion thc appeals court in New York Qty passed the buck and refused to decide the consntudonaHty of die Dont Ask Dont Tefl poHcy Instead die Court hdd (as plaindfamp had contended) that Judge Nickerson erred when he dccHned to rule on the conduct part of the T)ont Ask Dont TcU pcAcy which in die ^3peals courts view was inseparable from the statement pan of the policy The ^9peals coun then ditected J u d ^ Nickerson to h c ^ a second trial to determine thc consdtutionaHty of both parts of thc policy together

The appeab coun could have left wdl e n o u ^ alone at that point but it didnt Instead the duee judge pand (whidi induded two judges who are usually consadefed ta be 6urfy progressive) went out of its way to dedare that the juctidaiy must be particularly mindful ofdeforing to Cor^ress wfaen deaHngwithmfficary matters (maybe afi three judges had kx)^ miHtary histories who knows) and tfaac resciiccions on ^xcch that do noc pass consritushytional muster in the dvilian context are ofben consdcucional in the miHtary context The Coun proceeded to dedare that the stateoncrus pan of die T)ont Ask Dont TeO poHcy

(Qreates abalancebecwecn a service members (note the gender neutral cerminokigy at least the courts have come tfaat 6v in their sodal consciousshyness) privacy interest and die miHtary interest in prohibiting homosexual acts by restricting how and when miHtary authorities may initiate an invesshytigation into sudi acts while at thc same time creating a rebuttabk presumption in fiivor ofthe govemment when a member identifies himsdf (oops apparendy die Coun had a grammar lapise here) as a homosexual (B)ecause the new policy strikes a reasonable balance between the competshying interests and because thc ppHcy is important to the mihtarys accompHshment of its objectives we find that it restrains speech no more than is reasonshyably necessary

Ifyou read this condusion and diinkits drcular because it is based on an undemonstrated preshysumption that is is quite aH r ig^ to ban homoshysexual acts youre r ^ t Thc only savir^ grace idiout die appeab courts decision is that die decishysion is wcfl aware of this too Thats ptedsely wfay the Coun sem the case back to J u c ^ Nickerson Lc to hold a new trial to determine ifthe Dont Ask Dont TeU poHcs conduct ban is consrishytutional I fit is accordii^ to the a^speab court then the scatements ban is consritutional if it isnt dien Dont Ask Dont T d T wiU have to be banned in its entirety

Unfbrcunatdy if esqierience means anythir^ we m i g ^ have to wait anodier twoyears tofind out the Second Circuits uhimate views By then diough ampyt Supceme Coun m ^ t already have dedded the appeal from the Fourdi Circuits ded-skm vfihoMit^ the poHcy And if die Si Mneme Coun decides before the Second Circuit does then the Second G r a a t doesnc faave to make ics

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own decision at aU And if you think that might have been a goal of at least some of the judges on the Second Circuit pand youre catching on to this legal scuff pretty wclL

lt ^ Marriage Betmted Iti Ithtua In die September 1995 EtKpty CAiwThe Law

and Us tcported on the romance betweenToshav Green and Phillip Storrs of Idiaca Not content wiih the solely symbolic nature of dieir Jewish commitment ceremony thc lovdairds ap^^ied for a marrif^ license at Qty HaU

That story made headlines (at least throughout NY) because thc poHdcal activist Mayor at the time Benjamin Nidiols siq^gtorted the concept of same sex marris^e swid injuly 1995 Ithacas Comshymon Council voted unanimously to endorse same sex marriages Alas Mayor Nichob lost thc decshytion in November 1995 die Gty Qerk refiised to issue a Hcense to Toshav and PhiUip and Toshav and PhiUip could not get married So they sued

Being very bright guys they sued without a lawyer Besides poHtical activist lawyers ftotn Lambda Legal Defense Fund and dscwhere strongly advised the Hc^ous lovebirds not to sue because national emphasis was being focused on the Hawaii marriage trial (scheduled to be hdd in July 1996) But love is driven by its own engine so the two went ahead and sued on their own

Not surprisingly onjuly 11996Justice Rdihan of New Yorks Supreme Court in Tompkins County (the trial levd court) dismissed Toshavs and Phillips request The court reasoned that The long tradition of mamage understood as the union of male and female testifies to a contrary political cultural religious and legal consensus Tlie court also observed that New Yorks state le^slature has thc constitutional authority not to recognize common law marriages between opposhysite sex couples and to impose other reasonable r^ulations on opposite sex marriage Under these circumstances thecourt hdd itwas not unreasonshyable for New York to refuse to recognize same sex uniotis

Justice Rciihan was not entirdy unsympathetic however He wrote

(Qonceivably a new consensus may emerge which the legislatures of the several states wiD see fit to recognize Futute kgisbtioa perhaps wiU authorize dvil contracts in wfaidi same sex Hfe parcners wiU enjoy the ri^it of survivorsfaip as w ^ as sodal insurance benefits now beoomtt^ availshyable from private and pufafic employers In tfae absence of such l ^ ^ t i o n bdquo (Q decHne the raquo invitation to identify a new fundamental right in die absence of a dear direction hptn the court whose precedents we ate bound to follow

Having had a taste of the judidal system FhiUqp and Toshav may weU appesd to a higher coun to obtain the prccedenf that Jusdce R^han was unwiUing to create Even if they laquoloat thc pendir^ Hawaii case is sure to create fiiture k ^ batties in the area ofgay and lesbian marrit^es battles chac wiU undoubtedly be carried out for years As I stated eadier its going to take some time before the courts mdash Hke sodetymdashrcaHy get it^

Rgtlitical Update By Andrew Lee

Taking hate crimes

We aU know that hate crimes exist and that lesbians gay men and bisexuab are among tfae primary targets for such crimes Unfortunatdy getting government offidab to recognize diis fact is not always easy Even those who preach law and order wiU sometimes ignore the devshyastating impact that hate crimes have on sodety mdash particvilariy when the bias is related to sexual orientation

Attomey General Janet Reno is an exception to this Reno has repeatedly tecognizcd not onty thc fact that bias crimes exist but she has abo put the Department of Justice to work in fighting sudi ctimes When cwo lestnans Julianne WiUiams and Lollie Winans were fbund murdered in Virginias Shenandoah Narional Park in earty June many in the lesbian gay and bisexual community feared that this was an anri-lcsbian crime H ic two wocwen

had not been robbed and no odicr motive had been established Investigators however gave die

io^xesskxi in repeated statements to die press d i ^ die possibiHty of die murders bdng hate crimes was not even bcii^ CMisidcrcd

The Attorney General put an end to aU diac She

commicted die Dqraquortmenc ofjusrice to a com-pidiensive invest^ation and issued a s t r o n g worded letter stanty diat aH motives were bdng puKsuediockxHt^ tfae possOiificy diat die critne was mociviaced by the sexual orientation ofthe victims Actomey General Renos leccer was exshytremdy iuyarcanc in fig^iiring die silence whxdi often simounds hate crimes a silence whkh leads to ^larliy in cfaegeneral puhHc and to increased fear ofsudi crimes by thc victims and pOtencial vktkns Jusc as ic b in^iortanc fior ksbians gay men and bisexuab to come out of the doset k b also itnportatic tfaac hate Gcicnes cotrie oixt of the dbsec and be named for what diey are Attorney General RcnosdB^xcs shouki be applauded for fordr^die local invcsdg^ttots to consider somethit^ they preferred to |ust ^nocc

On die state fcvd Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno b amoc^ those wishing to ignore hate crimes For years now tlie New York State Senate has refifiscd to act Rcoentty Govemor Gccwge Pataki introduced hb own hate crimes biU whidi induded scxualodentacionasacatcgocyJoc Bruno however refused to take any action on thb lull wiuch contained stiff penalties against those who commit btas-rdatcd crimes Despice Brunos longshytime advocacy of law and order hc preferred co ^nore thc growing qpidemic of violence against lesbians gays and ysexuab Unfbrtunatdy the rest ofthe Republican leadership aUowed him to do so and when thc legisbtive session recentty ended the fatU had not been put to a vote

Pataki fike Reno should be apf^uded for rec-ogpizii^ the horror ofbias-rdated crimes Bruno however needs to be told he cannoc igtiore hate crimes in thc future As Majority Leader of the Senate he has a duty to see diat New York State protects aamp of its driagens The onty diing whidi pccvcntcd this bfll froora becoming latw b Bninos

own prejudioe The bHI had a broad base of s i ^ po t t Or^uiizations sudi as die New York Board of Rabbis ESPA NAACP NOW and die Log Cabin RcpubHcans were aU caUing for ics passage We werent asking Bruno co take a poHticaUy sensitive fcap we wete onty asking that our ^ v -cmment send a strong mess^e diat crimes of hatred wiU not be toktated in New York Scate

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W o m a n t o W o m a n By Jamiylah MiUer

Feau^Not Iris true that history is filled with unhelicvahle acts of inhumanity mdash lust greed power conttol

m d other evils surround us produdng violence oppression indmidadon isolation dlscrimina-non depression and even suicide

We could easily weep fbr dw rmlHcms suffering in the wodd Weep for the nameless vokdess masses who are wide awake living the n ^ t m a r e of war fiumine and disease Weep fbr those in the midst of violent US cities riddled with poverty racisnv drugs and murder Weep for those in our own comnumity dealing with HIVAIDS hate comes child molestadon and domesdc violence Yes we can weep and we feel sorrow and pky when we hear thc news broadcasts ofthe presence of human suffeting We know what is happening all around us yet most of us who are living good bull safe and comfortable lives are at ease when within the safety ofour home We are at ease with lour lives as long as bad people or things do not I touch us personally

What can we do besides weep and feel pity I Some individuals when affected by a crisis do more than weep Many organizadons and movements that work towards change jusdce and prevention were created due to an incident or series of incishydents that affected an individual or group Why t h o u ^ does there need to be a personal crisis befbre we take acdon It is certain that future

I generadons will look back as many of us may have and be appalled that an affluent educated technoshylogically advanced sophisticated society sudi as ours s e e m i n g condones thc injusdce that prcs-

|endy exists

What is it that keeps us from taking action invohrcd volunteering and making a cotn-

itment to a cause Why do we ladt leaders who f are willing to speak thc ttuth or possess die courage

I demand justice for all people Its fear Fear diat

holds us in place Its fear of inqxnrerishment that can create greed Its fear of rejection tfiat creates insecurity and the fear of being ovcrdirown diat can create opptession And it is the fear of becomshying involved that can create ^Muhy There is nothing to fear but fear itself Hiis may be an okl adage bur it is sdll very true today Wtdy love anything is possible The greatest g ft in Ufe is love Choose love not war choose die positsve over die n^adve and choose to empower and noc be oppressive

One advants^ humanity has over all odier living creatures is the ability to reason and make choices Our duHces are ofeen influenced by fear rather than love Let us choose love and accepshytance of ourselves and others have colaquoifidcnce to make the right decisions andltvein detraquonunadon to alleviate human suffering T h r o t ^ this we can discover our own greatness and higher purpose Wc can be the leader we have been looking for and our children need Their survival is at stake

Let us make a commitment to our communides and redefine the word CARE Recognize love and support women who are affecting change in the foce of criticism and opposition Wc must act boldly and in record-breaking numbers at the election polls We must lift our voices over all opposition and defy all injustice at all levels in our home in our communities and in our world The positive will reign over the negadve Lets not waste our precious gift oflifc in fear Fear not because with love we cannot fail

The Authent ic Self By Thomas Fronczalc ACSW

Intinnate iove Rcccndy while eating breakfast during an inshycredible weekend in Toronto I happened to pickupacopyofAgtya(fime61996) Torontos lesbian and gay biweekly newspaper Thc folshylowing article in a cc^umn called Fluid Exshychange caught my attention as its authors ideas so reflected my own thinking on the topic of relationship intimacy Self and sexuality TTie

ideas presented in the article are important ones that we must each address individually and with each other After contacting the author David Mordecai and discussing our ideas on this topic I have his permission to offer you his very honest and self-disclosing article endded Love Means Not Having to Wear a Condom The article follows

My first (and so faa only) experience of unproshytected hjg^ risk sex was with someone whom I knew to be positive I had never fucked cn been fucked Then as now I talked about sex much oKMe often than I had it What sex I had was very low risk I knew I was in no hurry to start havii^ anal sex I was so confident about my choice that i9xgtn moving into my new apartment I discarded my stock of condoms

Six weeks later I was havir^ sex with someone I knew well enough to care aboutmdasha youth who had many n^adve feelings about being HIV posishytive I was lyix^ on my back and hc was crouching on top of mc rubbing the crack ofhis ass over my dick (a pkasureable aitemative to penetrative sex) After less than a minute my parmer had lowered himself onto me and I had slipped with startling ease into the most relaxed asshole Id ever enshycountered I remember the train of thought that competed with the obvious pleasure for my attenshytion Hes positive I have no condoms if I pull out and stop I will contribute to his n^ative feelings about his HIV status IVe already started thc harm has been done

After die incident we talked about what h^gt-pencd He (mistakenly) saw the risk to me as thc top to be low and presumed that because I was comfortable with my dick rubbing his ass I also wanted to fuck him I had foiled to communicate that rubbir^ was as for as I wanted to go I had also foiled to assert my needs fbr safety over my desire to protect his feelings

I have often asked myself why Oral sex is low(^ [rFs edit] risk for HIV infection but I rarely let someone come in my moudi I have always fek a need to be cautious in this way I now realize that my perspective on sexual risks changes when my

partner is someone I care about Hiere are many men (both negative and posidve) who have for too much fear of the risk of HIV transmission I sometimes wonder if I have too litde when my HIV positive parmer is someone I care deeply for Then risks involved in any kind of sex can easily become c^gtpominitics to demonstrate how mudi I care about him

Too much of what I have been reading lately siiggests that this experience is not unique to me How should I as a sex educator and wc as a community respond How many of us foil in our ability to assert our own needs fbr safety when it comes to sex and foil to respect the needs of Olhers Qeady norms that associate love with risk-taking and sdf sacrifice do not equip us to love mdash o r fuckmdashoneanocherin the ageofAIDS How does a community norm that makes the needs of HIV positive pelt^]Je a priority impact on intimate rdadonships D o I imagine an expectation fixgtm some ofmy pects and parmers that I should ti at low risk sex as no risk sex

There are many areas of sero-discordant re--tionship where these questions demand answetb have had reiationships with po o men in which we have given my parmers needs much greater weight than my own I have come to recognize tha in doing so we create patterns in our rehdons^ diat are anythii^ but healthy If niv nosidve pa ner and I consistendy put his needs ahead of we ultimately deprive him of the orpo -^v^ t love and support each other as equab

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A It trtmditte^Teema^ Tbis ttrHdt mas or^ffta^peitaed itt trttf Bade t o T o m Davids column addresses the tricate and con^ilex fedings involved in hutnan

exuality and rdationship It is ^sporcnt diat he cared deeply fbr this young man and wanted to connect in a very intimate way The artkle h i g ^ H g ^ the fine balance between not only awaceness ofncedsaiKifeclii^ for yoursdf andyour parmer buc their oocntnunication

Of sigpificaiKe is tfae fiict that tholaquoe needs can be infoenced by context Who you are at die momeru you connect with this person Who your parmer is (or represents) Timing and locadon of your connection Your mood at the time Subshystance usemisuse Desire and need at the moshyment also p ^ into the mix It was clear David knew his Emits as to how fiu he wanted to gp and what he was comfortable widu It was difficult to assert these at die moment for a number of reashysons it s^)pears most notably due to the foct that he was very concerned about how his parmer mig^t interpret his request

We know that well-educated and wdl-meaning men can slip to unsafe practices from time to time The intellectual mind may os^what is considered safe but at the time ampic fielittg sdf and emotional needs ofthe individual may short-cut some ofthe cognitive awareness that one owns about safer sex practices Ron GltAdy PhX) in Australia calls this the difference between on-line and off-line thinking On-line thoughts are those hot thoughts usually during or leading up to being sexual that are in the heat ofthe moment ^e I want to hook up with this guy 1Man is he gorgeous and he wants to be with me I really want to experience what this guy is like sexually I have fontasLzed about being wth this guy T

nccditNOWl)-Tlie notion of safeunsafe can go out die winshy

dow at this pltMnt The goal is to have sex The rii^ative conscq|tienccs of unprotected sex can be much morc remote at tfais point and die hot thoughts can override the n^ativc emotions associated with sexual risk taking Off-line thinkshying by contrast arc those ncKJments when N O T

sexiaDy invohred where die ratidaal mind kicks in and is aware of safeunsafe sex practices and die consequences ofbeingunsafe are moce likety to be salient to the individuaL

Thegreatmajorityofpeoplewho dedde to have unpiocected sex probaL^ do so despite knowii^ of the potential danger For people to dedde to bdiave in a way they know to be dat^erous they may need to find ways to pve dicmschres permisshysion to do so Tliey iieed to fitKl 80cnegtilaquo^poundfwte fbr their behavior These iusdficadons whidi are created thoughts can then aBow such unsafe beshyhavior to occur (ieTf I tdl him I dont want laquogt be fucked he may leave Tf I ask him to use a ooTkiom he may think I assume hes positive and get upset and leave Hes y o u i ^ so hc couldnt be positive He looks healthy T love this guy so much I just want to be dose to him mdash Im not going to let the somber topic of HIV interfere with how good I fed with him rig^t now Fm a top and you have to be a bottom to become infected) The reality is these arc all mythsjustificadons which can allow unsafe behavior to occur It felshylows that if one could appropriately modify these justificarions that the unsafe behavior could also be modified or changed

TTic crucial point here is diat the emotions involved in connecting relationaily and sexuaUy are very powerful Thcy can significandy influence sexual and relational behavior There needs to be an oudet to share these feelings indusive of fantashysies of having unsafe sex and what that would mean Our culture can be so negative and judgeshymental about those who practice unsafe sex or even have fontasies about it tfaat it has created a goodbad mentality and judgcmentsystem Those who practice safer sex arc seen as good or r ^ t those who dont arc seen as bad or bullwrot^ All this has done is separate individuals and dose down important discussions of feelings regarding sexual behavior and fantasies

In a safe environment and with peers who eaqxiicnce and communicate similar fedings some of these justifications that lead to unsafe sex can be expressed looked at and possibly modi fied to lead to safer sex pracdces and behaviors that support

both partnen sexuaUy H ie vabdadon of diese fceKngs is very important befbte any naodificacioo of bdiavior is possible

In a confidendal grotqgt setting men can discuss these issues to gain a better understanding of themsehres tecdve constructive feedback and share expedenoeofotfaers in similar situations A new Tntimacy Between Men group will be start-i t^ up in the foil to discuss sudi issues as wefl as general issues of intimacy and rdattonsh^ beshytween men Cafl now for fiirther infoRnation about g to t^ openings and consultation

NoteMeethiiiihcron-lin^Muhiconi AOL An i4gtGoadr^ artide will kxgtk ar die issue of a tlaquoew form of rektionship we are seeing more and tnore o^ diat of ItttetteetCett^titterReiatiottdt^ What has your eaqperience been Your input and stories of cyber-connection are needed to h d p with this artide All names will be confidential You need not even use your real name E-Mail your stories to me atTFr0nc2akmuldcom0tg

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Womanspirit By Dr Paula deChelly

Lesbian parenting As I sat on the bleachers today watching a womens softball game I couldnt help but notice the number of children watching too There were litde ones grade

schoolers and sitting with mc my teenage son All of these children have lesbian moms

Lesbian families are becoming morc visible more open and are increasing in number Actual statistics are not available but estimates indicate growing nimibers Several recent studies put die number of lesbian mothers at one to ampve million

All indications point to a lesbian baby boom Tlic reasons wc are having children the ways in which wc arc brii^^i^ children into our Uves and

tfae various i^ipcoaches to parendi^ tJiem differ widi each iridividual Whedier wc bring di ikian

into tfae wodd from tdationshqgts or marriages before entering a lesbian rdadcHiship or have children feom donors and aitifidal inseniinAtionraquo or adopt wc are creating a strong fomily urdt that many women wdcome as a gteat ojiportunity

As tfaere are more lesbians around taiatng ltM-drenit opens 17 for afl of us tfae diance to carefiiBy ooosider tfae importance and meaning of havirig cfaildicn in our lives Unlike many heteroraquoexud woCTicn who get pr^jnant and then dedde to raise diikbcen lesbians are tn die unique poddoc of consdousiy dedding to have children

My own experience of raising a son as a lesbian has been by fiw die most growthiwodudng and rewardingof my life It has ghrcn me thc opportushynity to hcxiesdy e^q lorc the heights and deptfas of aeadng a healthy rdationsh^ widi another person Thfe has forced ine to look dinxdyatiny own fceampigis and behavkxs about tdating that 1 learned as a dald

I have tealized that I have choices about honorshying my sons fedings and my own I can let him be whoheiswithoutimposingmyunlivedlifeonhim I do not have to sacrifice myself as my mother did I can take care of myself and him

Being a lesbian parent has aUowed mc to be more of who I am It has strei^diened and healed many limiting ideas and behaviors fxovtx my past It has allowed me to widen my experiences in the wodd through dealingwith care providers family fiiends teachers and others who are helping to devdop my sons interests It has deepened my relationship widi my partner It has given me the chance to reflect 00 a wide range of fedings from angst to joy

As lesbian parents create a new paradigm for fomily and morc women choose to be parents my hope is that we can draw together as a community to si^^xgtrt one another and our children By rallyshying sii^iport wc and our children can grow strong and healthy with a wide acceptance of oursdves and odiers As a result p e r h s ^ we will begin to sec iiwie accqstancc and suqppoct fiom die larger pufafic

Pattla deCbeliy is apsydiotberi^iistittpritfatepractice itt Rochester tedalitttt^itt ttwteetts issttes

m t ^ ^ ) ^ ^ ^ ^ i ^ ^ ^ r ^ ^ ^ ^ M y ^ ^ ^ ^ y - ^ ^ T H E E M P T Y C L O 5 raquo 23

^B-POSmVE DATl NG For the person who lives a positive lifestyle

Meet and date people who share the same positivephysical

emotional and spiritual 0poundf lookasyou

Call 1-900-255-1515 Ext 2825 $299 per minute must be 18 yrs-t-

Touch-tone Phone Required Serv-U (619) 645-8434

Specify Part icipant of Extension 2825 dur ing Bio Disclosure r^ed not be a problem

P u t D ign i t y B a c k Into D a t i n g

Wi w^r A L 720 Pittsford-Victor Rd

Pittsford New York 14534 (716) 248-9590

laquo

A N D Y F L E M I N G D V M

Facials etc i ^ K

Offering Murad Glycolic A d d Peels amp Pevonia Treatments

$5 off upon presentation of this ad

271-6780 1984 Monroe Avenue (near Twelve Comers)

Fabrics 3 Findings

A Treasure Packed Warehouse

o Fashion Fabrics at Close-out Prices

Remnants^itfce Goods Mill endsJDecorator Fabries

Foam-Trims Custom Uphobtery

Window TroatmcBts Shop at HltAiie

FREE Deeorator

50 Rnderacm Ave Rochester RT 146101

(716)-461-

CHN eommunity Health Network offers a full range of

medical and support services in one onvenient locotion We provide this core regordiess of your insurance coverage or your ability to pay for services

If you hove HIV or think you might call us M o b on oppointment to meet our coring staff YouH see why CHN is Rodiesters HIV specialist

RESOURCES FOR WOMEN

HEALTH Monroe 0)urtf Womens Htatampt Fartter-

ship 1441 EastAvc Rochester NY 14610 (716)473-2652 Comprehensive breast cancer screening services fbr uninsured and underinsured women

BizQbeth Wettde Breast Qinio 1351 Mt Hope Ave 442-2190 Dr W e n d e Logan-Young and an all-woman staff provide mammograms

AIDS Rochester Womens Heahh Outreadt HIV prevention Contact Jamiylah Miller 442-2220 e x t 3026 AIDS Rochester 1350 University Ave ARI also has o ther sershyvices for HIV positive women

Comtnutiity Heafth Network 758 South Ave 244-9000 Support group for HIV positive women Making Connections Contact Lyn Blackburn Meets first and third Mondays 930- i I am Pre-interview required Moms Etc suppor tgroup for all female caregivers contact Sydney Metzger More services available

Alternatives for Battered Wotneti 232-7353 Shelter counseling Lesbians welshycome

POLITICAL Women Agaifst a Woent Estvirotitnent

OA iAV pound Issues of violence against women P O Box 15650 Rochester NY 14608 234-9709 wwwrochestereduSBA95-75wavhtml

Natiotial Orgattization fbr Wotnet^ (Greater Rochester NOW) PO Box93196 (7I6)46I-I3I0 E-mail RochNOWaolcom W e b page wwwrochester eduSBA95-75 rochnowhtml

S P I R I T U A L Wotnyttspiht Celebrating woman-censhy

tered spirituali^ Rrst third and fifth Thursshyda)^ 7-9 pm C J A G V Community Center 179 Atlantic Ave 242-9148

CULTURAL Oodiester Wotnens Cotntmttuty Chona

473-7365 (See Orlaquoc3Jr^ calendar p ^ 31) EvesDroftpitg Locally produced cable

TV show by for and about women City channel 15830 pm Sundays I Opm Tuesshydays Write 200 Park Ave Rochester hJY 14607

Lesbiati Writers Group All levels and types of writing Meets third Mondays 7-9 pm GAGV Community Center 179 Adantic Ave (On hiatus until fall)

Silkwood Books 633 Monroe Ave Rochshyester NY 14607473-8110

Womens Performance Project (Wild Wimmin) All-female performance group 235-4182

tris Rising Productions Lesbian-based comshypany offers BampB speakers retreats unkgtns lesbian performers special events Wri te PO Box 254 Rochester NY 14601-0254

GENERAL Womens Resource Center YWCA 175

N Clinton Ave 546-7740 Slice of Life f=eminist vegetarian restaushy

rant 742 South Ave

Check our monthly and ongoing calendars for more groups and events and call the GctySourcekifbane for referrals at 244-6640 And send us your informtrtionl

m BRAVE BOID BEAUTIFUL

FUNNY AND HEARTBREAKING This is a very special film indeed

-At t RMd THE NEW YOm OeSERVER

I T S A4Y P A R T 1 ^ ^ ^ towtiyMntoiihifii liHraquoaNnwgtiiiBnwiif wf^fnfPWty

Two thumbs up Paula Si lvestrone amp Pau l Shew Newlyweds

As a man I wept openly Mark Madccy CxAGV Board Member

I laughed I cried I ate three bags of popcorn Darien Lake l 4 f e s A D r a g

^UeuroA4euro ^44eeuro- U4- raquo raquo 4^ euroeeurott^ 4^4^4ttt euro40euroet^

The Rochester Premier Of

r r s MY PARTY To Benef i t AIDS Rochester

F r i d a y A u g u s t S t h 7 3 0 amp 9 4 5 p m $8 00

4 4 2 - 2 2 2 0

p teuro4euro4 tUd im t^^peuromHmet^ m i ^

iPMffilig 240 East Avwualaquot RoorHMter

AIDS Directory

F r e e t e s t i n g for HIV exposure is available frgtom New York State Department o i Health call Rochester Area Regional Hodine at (716)423-8081 o r I -800-962-5063 fbr pay phones o r calls outside Rochester Deaf o r hearing Impaired people should call (716)423-8120 (TDD) Statewkie information can be obtained by caHlng I -800-541 -AIDS Other organizations which provkie AIDSrelated services a re as follows

A I D S R o c h e s t e r I n c 1350 University Ave provkies education referrals t o appropriate service agencies client and family servkes advocacy for people fampcing HIV-linked dtserimina-tion and o ther services including financial assistance and a public education speaker bureau (716)442-2220 VTDD (business Hne) o r (716)442-2200 VHl^D (hodine)

H e l p i n g P e o p i e w i th A I D S Inc (HPA) PO Box 1543 Rochester NY 14603-1543 is a non-profit volunteer organization HPA raises and distributes funds t o support programs that provide services to people living with HIV and AIDS Funding is provided t o agencies located in the counties of Monroe Ontario Schuyler Seneca Uvingston Chemung Steuben Wayne and Yates Hotiine (716)987-1853 ^

Gay All iance o f t h e G e n e s e e Valley peer ^cilitators can provide referrals to physicians and service agencies Person on duty MondayFriday 630-930 pm Message machine other times (716)244-8640

HIVSTD Coord ina t i on P r o j e c t of M o n r o e C o u n t y 855 W Main St run through Monroe County Department oi Health provides information education and training and maintains a resource library Sue Cowell (716)274-6114 (VTTY)

C o m m u n i t y Hea l th N e t w o r k ( C H N ) 758SouthAve Aggressive cariy intervention medkal care for all aspects of HIVAIDS care Clinical trials programs for women mental health and social workcase management (716)244-9000

R o c h e s t e r A r e a T a s k F o r c e o n AIDS ( R A T F A ) s a collection of agencies provkiing a multiplicity of resources and servkes to the upstate New York community Their offices arlaquo kgtcated through the Finger Lakes Hea l th S y s t e m s Agency whkh aiso provides medical literature and newspaper clippings as well as demographk and statistkal data for use in developing health care servkes Kelli McMahon (716)461-3520

G r e a t e r R o c h e s t e r AIDS Interfe i th N e t w o r k ( G R A I N ) provides lay and professkgtnal care through healing and memorial services tniining of fnendly visitors for visiting homes hospitals hospkes and prisons infbrmation about pastoral resources and advocacy on behalf of people affected by AIDS (716)889-8050

M o n r o e C o n i m u n i t y Col lege maintains an AIDS Resource Libi^ry in the Leroy V Good Ubrary 1000 E Henrietta Rd 424-5200

M o n r o e C o u n t y Hea l t h D e p a r t m e n t a t I l l Westfall Road in Henrietta offers testing and counseling for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (716) 274 6146

S t r o n g M e m o r i a l Hospi ta l provides a complete range of HIV medical care including access to experimental treatment protocols and HIV testing Also provides individual and group psychotherapy Trainlngofhealth care professkgtnals also available Infectious Disease Qinic (716) 275-0526 Department of Psychiatry (716) 275-3379 AIDS Training Project (7 6) 275-5693

P l anned P a r e n t h o o d of R o c h e s t e r a n d G e n e s e e Valley offers testing and information (7)6)546 2595

T h r e s h o l d You th C e n t e r provides confidential testing for your^ people ages 12-25 yenees on sliding scale no one denied service Threshold Center for Alternative Youth Servkes 80 Sc Paul St 454-7530

N e w York A I D S Ins t i tu te E x p e r i m e n t a l T r e a t m e n t Infoline Up to date information on clinkal trials and expanded access programs Touchtone phone I-800-MEDS-4-HIV (212)239-5523

Act ion F r o n t C e n t e r (Action for a Better Community) FVovides HIV prevention educatk^n and case managementservices Trainingand technical assistance to servke provkiers Resource library open to publk All services free and confidential Multkultural and bilingual staff Rudy Rivera program manager 150 N Clinton Ave Hours 830-5 pm Monday-Friday 546-6180 fax 546-5669 Free anonymous HIV testing on walk-in basis Thursdays 9 am- 4 pm provided through NYSDOH at Action Front Center 242 Andrews S t Carmen Hau 262-4330

C a t h o l k C h a r i t i e s A I D S Services Provides linkage with other servke provkiers transporshytation and financial assistance fbr housing Monday-Friday 830 anv 440 pm 1150 Buffakgt R d 328-3210

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CaCvary St ^juCrews Tarisfi (Comer of 68 Ashland Street

amp 95 Averill Avenue)

Catch tfie Vision As a More Light parish we celebrate the full

inclusion of gay lesbian and bisexual people in the household of God

bull Multi-cultural bull Adult Education bull Youth Programs bull Food Ministry

bull Preschool and Family Center bull Employment program

bull Health Ministry

Sunday 10 ajsu Woiship and Sunday School Tuesday Noon Prayer Wednesday 6KX) p Jti Peace Agape Worship

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A It trtmditte^Teema^ Tbis ttrHdt mas or^ffta^peitaed itt trttf Bade t o T o m Davids column addresses the tricate and con^ilex fedings involved in hutnan

exuality and rdationship It is ^sporcnt diat he cared deeply fbr this young man and wanted to connect in a very intimate way The artkle h i g ^ H g ^ the fine balance between not only awaceness ofncedsaiKifeclii^ for yoursdf andyour parmer buc their oocntnunication

Of sigpificaiKe is tfae fiict that tholaquoe needs can be infoenced by context Who you are at die momeru you connect with this person Who your parmer is (or represents) Timing and locadon of your connection Your mood at the time Subshystance usemisuse Desire and need at the moshyment also p ^ into the mix It was clear David knew his Emits as to how fiu he wanted to gp and what he was comfortable widu It was difficult to assert these at die moment for a number of reashysons it s^)pears most notably due to the foct that he was very concerned about how his parmer mig^t interpret his request

We know that well-educated and wdl-meaning men can slip to unsafe practices from time to time The intellectual mind may os^what is considered safe but at the time ampic fielittg sdf and emotional needs ofthe individual may short-cut some ofthe cognitive awareness that one owns about safer sex practices Ron GltAdy PhX) in Australia calls this the difference between on-line and off-line thinking On-line thoughts are those hot thoughts usually during or leading up to being sexual that are in the heat ofthe moment ^e I want to hook up with this guy 1Man is he gorgeous and he wants to be with me I really want to experience what this guy is like sexually I have fontasLzed about being wth this guy T

nccditNOWl)-Tlie notion of safeunsafe can go out die winshy

dow at this pltMnt The goal is to have sex The rii^ative conscq|tienccs of unprotected sex can be much morc remote at tfais point and die hot thoughts can override the n^ativc emotions associated with sexual risk taking Off-line thinkshying by contrast arc those ncKJments when N O T

sexiaDy invohred where die ratidaal mind kicks in and is aware of safeunsafe sex practices and die consequences ofbeingunsafe are moce likety to be salient to the individuaL

Thegreatmajorityofpeoplewho dedde to have unpiocected sex probaL^ do so despite knowii^ of the potential danger For people to dedde to bdiave in a way they know to be dat^erous they may need to find ways to pve dicmschres permisshysion to do so Tliey iieed to fitKl 80cnegtilaquo^poundfwte fbr their behavior These iusdficadons whidi are created thoughts can then aBow such unsafe beshyhavior to occur (ieTf I tdl him I dont want laquogt be fucked he may leave Tf I ask him to use a ooTkiom he may think I assume hes positive and get upset and leave Hes y o u i ^ so hc couldnt be positive He looks healthy T love this guy so much I just want to be dose to him mdash Im not going to let the somber topic of HIV interfere with how good I fed with him rig^t now Fm a top and you have to be a bottom to become infected) The reality is these arc all mythsjustificadons which can allow unsafe behavior to occur It felshylows that if one could appropriately modify these justificarions that the unsafe behavior could also be modified or changed

TTic crucial point here is diat the emotions involved in connecting relationaily and sexuaUy are very powerful Thcy can significandy influence sexual and relational behavior There needs to be an oudet to share these feelings indusive of fantashysies of having unsafe sex and what that would mean Our culture can be so negative and judgeshymental about those who practice unsafe sex or even have fontasies about it tfaat it has created a goodbad mentality and judgcmentsystem Those who practice safer sex arc seen as good or r ^ t those who dont arc seen as bad or bullwrot^ All this has done is separate individuals and dose down important discussions of feelings regarding sexual behavior and fantasies

In a safe environment and with peers who eaqxiicnce and communicate similar fedings some of these justifications that lead to unsafe sex can be expressed looked at and possibly modi fied to lead to safer sex pracdces and behaviors that support

both partnen sexuaUy H ie vabdadon of diese fceKngs is very important befbte any naodificacioo of bdiavior is possible

In a confidendal grotqgt setting men can discuss these issues to gain a better understanding of themsehres tecdve constructive feedback and share expedenoeofotfaers in similar situations A new Tntimacy Between Men group will be start-i t^ up in the foil to discuss sudi issues as wefl as general issues of intimacy and rdattonsh^ beshytween men Cafl now for fiirther infoRnation about g to t^ openings and consultation

NoteMeethiiiihcron-lin^Muhiconi AOL An i4gtGoadr^ artide will kxgtk ar die issue of a tlaquoew form of rektionship we are seeing more and tnore o^ diat of ItttetteetCett^titterReiatiottdt^ What has your eaqperience been Your input and stories of cyber-connection are needed to h d p with this artide All names will be confidential You need not even use your real name E-Mail your stories to me atTFr0nc2akmuldcom0tg

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Womanspirit By Dr Paula deChelly

Lesbian parenting As I sat on the bleachers today watching a womens softball game I couldnt help but notice the number of children watching too There were litde ones grade

schoolers and sitting with mc my teenage son All of these children have lesbian moms

Lesbian families are becoming morc visible more open and are increasing in number Actual statistics are not available but estimates indicate growing nimibers Several recent studies put die number of lesbian mothers at one to ampve million

All indications point to a lesbian baby boom Tlic reasons wc are having children the ways in which wc arc brii^^i^ children into our Uves and

tfae various i^ipcoaches to parendi^ tJiem differ widi each iridividual Whedier wc bring di ikian

into tfae wodd from tdationshqgts or marriages before entering a lesbian rdadcHiship or have children feom donors and aitifidal inseniinAtionraquo or adopt wc are creating a strong fomily urdt that many women wdcome as a gteat ojiportunity

As tfaere are more lesbians around taiatng ltM-drenit opens 17 for afl of us tfae diance to carefiiBy ooosider tfae importance and meaning of havirig cfaildicn in our lives Unlike many heteroraquoexud woCTicn who get pr^jnant and then dedde to raise diikbcen lesbians are tn die unique poddoc of consdousiy dedding to have children

My own experience of raising a son as a lesbian has been by fiw die most growthiwodudng and rewardingof my life It has ghrcn me thc opportushynity to hcxiesdy e^q lorc the heights and deptfas of aeadng a healthy rdationsh^ widi another person Thfe has forced ine to look dinxdyatiny own fceampigis and behavkxs about tdating that 1 learned as a dald

I have tealized that I have choices about honorshying my sons fedings and my own I can let him be whoheiswithoutimposingmyunlivedlifeonhim I do not have to sacrifice myself as my mother did I can take care of myself and him

Being a lesbian parent has aUowed mc to be more of who I am It has strei^diened and healed many limiting ideas and behaviors fxovtx my past It has allowed me to widen my experiences in the wodd through dealingwith care providers family fiiends teachers and others who are helping to devdop my sons interests It has deepened my relationship widi my partner It has given me the chance to reflect 00 a wide range of fedings from angst to joy

As lesbian parents create a new paradigm for fomily and morc women choose to be parents my hope is that we can draw together as a community to si^^xgtrt one another and our children By rallyshying sii^iport wc and our children can grow strong and healthy with a wide acceptance of oursdves and odiers As a result p e r h s ^ we will begin to sec iiwie accqstancc and suqppoct fiom die larger pufafic

Pattla deCbeliy is apsydiotberi^iistittpritfatepractice itt Rochester tedalitttt^itt ttwteetts issttes

m t ^ ^ ) ^ ^ ^ ^ i ^ ^ ^ r ^ ^ ^ ^ M y ^ ^ ^ ^ y - ^ ^ T H E E M P T Y C L O 5 raquo 23

^B-POSmVE DATl NG For the person who lives a positive lifestyle

Meet and date people who share the same positivephysical

emotional and spiritual 0poundf lookasyou

Call 1-900-255-1515 Ext 2825 $299 per minute must be 18 yrs-t-

Touch-tone Phone Required Serv-U (619) 645-8434

Specify Part icipant of Extension 2825 dur ing Bio Disclosure r^ed not be a problem

P u t D ign i t y B a c k Into D a t i n g

Wi w^r A L 720 Pittsford-Victor Rd

Pittsford New York 14534 (716) 248-9590

laquo

A N D Y F L E M I N G D V M

Facials etc i ^ K

Offering Murad Glycolic A d d Peels amp Pevonia Treatments

$5 off upon presentation of this ad

271-6780 1984 Monroe Avenue (near Twelve Comers)

Fabrics 3 Findings

A Treasure Packed Warehouse

o Fashion Fabrics at Close-out Prices

Remnants^itfce Goods Mill endsJDecorator Fabries

Foam-Trims Custom Uphobtery

Window TroatmcBts Shop at HltAiie

FREE Deeorator

50 Rnderacm Ave Rochester RT 146101

(716)-461-

CHN eommunity Health Network offers a full range of

medical and support services in one onvenient locotion We provide this core regordiess of your insurance coverage or your ability to pay for services

If you hove HIV or think you might call us M o b on oppointment to meet our coring staff YouH see why CHN is Rodiesters HIV specialist

RESOURCES FOR WOMEN

HEALTH Monroe 0)urtf Womens Htatampt Fartter-

ship 1441 EastAvc Rochester NY 14610 (716)473-2652 Comprehensive breast cancer screening services fbr uninsured and underinsured women

BizQbeth Wettde Breast Qinio 1351 Mt Hope Ave 442-2190 Dr W e n d e Logan-Young and an all-woman staff provide mammograms

AIDS Rochester Womens Heahh Outreadt HIV prevention Contact Jamiylah Miller 442-2220 e x t 3026 AIDS Rochester 1350 University Ave ARI also has o ther sershyvices for HIV positive women

Comtnutiity Heafth Network 758 South Ave 244-9000 Support group for HIV positive women Making Connections Contact Lyn Blackburn Meets first and third Mondays 930- i I am Pre-interview required Moms Etc suppor tgroup for all female caregivers contact Sydney Metzger More services available

Alternatives for Battered Wotneti 232-7353 Shelter counseling Lesbians welshycome

POLITICAL Women Agaifst a Woent Estvirotitnent

OA iAV pound Issues of violence against women P O Box 15650 Rochester NY 14608 234-9709 wwwrochestereduSBA95-75wavhtml

Natiotial Orgattization fbr Wotnet^ (Greater Rochester NOW) PO Box93196 (7I6)46I-I3I0 E-mail RochNOWaolcom W e b page wwwrochester eduSBA95-75 rochnowhtml

S P I R I T U A L Wotnyttspiht Celebrating woman-censhy

tered spirituali^ Rrst third and fifth Thursshyda)^ 7-9 pm C J A G V Community Center 179 Atlantic Ave 242-9148

CULTURAL Oodiester Wotnens Cotntmttuty Chona

473-7365 (See Orlaquoc3Jr^ calendar p ^ 31) EvesDroftpitg Locally produced cable

TV show by for and about women City channel 15830 pm Sundays I Opm Tuesshydays Write 200 Park Ave Rochester hJY 14607

Lesbiati Writers Group All levels and types of writing Meets third Mondays 7-9 pm GAGV Community Center 179 Adantic Ave (On hiatus until fall)

Silkwood Books 633 Monroe Ave Rochshyester NY 14607473-8110

Womens Performance Project (Wild Wimmin) All-female performance group 235-4182

tris Rising Productions Lesbian-based comshypany offers BampB speakers retreats unkgtns lesbian performers special events Wri te PO Box 254 Rochester NY 14601-0254

GENERAL Womens Resource Center YWCA 175

N Clinton Ave 546-7740 Slice of Life f=eminist vegetarian restaushy

rant 742 South Ave

Check our monthly and ongoing calendars for more groups and events and call the GctySourcekifbane for referrals at 244-6640 And send us your informtrtionl

m BRAVE BOID BEAUTIFUL

FUNNY AND HEARTBREAKING This is a very special film indeed

-At t RMd THE NEW YOm OeSERVER

I T S A4Y P A R T 1 ^ ^ ^ towtiyMntoiihifii liHraquoaNnwgtiiiBnwiif wf^fnfPWty

Two thumbs up Paula Si lvestrone amp Pau l Shew Newlyweds

As a man I wept openly Mark Madccy CxAGV Board Member

I laughed I cried I ate three bags of popcorn Darien Lake l 4 f e s A D r a g

^UeuroA4euro ^44eeuro- U4- raquo raquo 4^ euroeeurott^ 4^4^4ttt euro40euroet^

The Rochester Premier Of

r r s MY PARTY To Benef i t AIDS Rochester

F r i d a y A u g u s t S t h 7 3 0 amp 9 4 5 p m $8 00

4 4 2 - 2 2 2 0

p teuro4euro4 tUd im t^^peuromHmet^ m i ^

iPMffilig 240 East Avwualaquot RoorHMter

AIDS Directory

F r e e t e s t i n g for HIV exposure is available frgtom New York State Department o i Health call Rochester Area Regional Hodine at (716)423-8081 o r I -800-962-5063 fbr pay phones o r calls outside Rochester Deaf o r hearing Impaired people should call (716)423-8120 (TDD) Statewkie information can be obtained by caHlng I -800-541 -AIDS Other organizations which provkie AIDSrelated services a re as follows

A I D S R o c h e s t e r I n c 1350 University Ave provkies education referrals t o appropriate service agencies client and family servkes advocacy for people fampcing HIV-linked dtserimina-tion and o ther services including financial assistance and a public education speaker bureau (716)442-2220 VTDD (business Hne) o r (716)442-2200 VHl^D (hodine)

H e l p i n g P e o p i e w i th A I D S Inc (HPA) PO Box 1543 Rochester NY 14603-1543 is a non-profit volunteer organization HPA raises and distributes funds t o support programs that provide services to people living with HIV and AIDS Funding is provided t o agencies located in the counties of Monroe Ontario Schuyler Seneca Uvingston Chemung Steuben Wayne and Yates Hotiine (716)987-1853 ^

Gay All iance o f t h e G e n e s e e Valley peer ^cilitators can provide referrals to physicians and service agencies Person on duty MondayFriday 630-930 pm Message machine other times (716)244-8640

HIVSTD Coord ina t i on P r o j e c t of M o n r o e C o u n t y 855 W Main St run through Monroe County Department oi Health provides information education and training and maintains a resource library Sue Cowell (716)274-6114 (VTTY)

C o m m u n i t y Hea l th N e t w o r k ( C H N ) 758SouthAve Aggressive cariy intervention medkal care for all aspects of HIVAIDS care Clinical trials programs for women mental health and social workcase management (716)244-9000

R o c h e s t e r A r e a T a s k F o r c e o n AIDS ( R A T F A ) s a collection of agencies provkiing a multiplicity of resources and servkes to the upstate New York community Their offices arlaquo kgtcated through the Finger Lakes Hea l th S y s t e m s Agency whkh aiso provides medical literature and newspaper clippings as well as demographk and statistkal data for use in developing health care servkes Kelli McMahon (716)461-3520

G r e a t e r R o c h e s t e r AIDS Interfe i th N e t w o r k ( G R A I N ) provides lay and professkgtnal care through healing and memorial services tniining of fnendly visitors for visiting homes hospitals hospkes and prisons infbrmation about pastoral resources and advocacy on behalf of people affected by AIDS (716)889-8050

M o n r o e C o n i m u n i t y Col lege maintains an AIDS Resource Libi^ry in the Leroy V Good Ubrary 1000 E Henrietta Rd 424-5200

M o n r o e C o u n t y Hea l t h D e p a r t m e n t a t I l l Westfall Road in Henrietta offers testing and counseling for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (716) 274 6146

S t r o n g M e m o r i a l Hospi ta l provides a complete range of HIV medical care including access to experimental treatment protocols and HIV testing Also provides individual and group psychotherapy Trainlngofhealth care professkgtnals also available Infectious Disease Qinic (716) 275-0526 Department of Psychiatry (716) 275-3379 AIDS Training Project (7 6) 275-5693

P l anned P a r e n t h o o d of R o c h e s t e r a n d G e n e s e e Valley offers testing and information (7)6)546 2595

T h r e s h o l d You th C e n t e r provides confidential testing for your^ people ages 12-25 yenees on sliding scale no one denied service Threshold Center for Alternative Youth Servkes 80 Sc Paul St 454-7530

N e w York A I D S Ins t i tu te E x p e r i m e n t a l T r e a t m e n t Infoline Up to date information on clinkal trials and expanded access programs Touchtone phone I-800-MEDS-4-HIV (212)239-5523

Act ion F r o n t C e n t e r (Action for a Better Community) FVovides HIV prevention educatk^n and case managementservices Trainingand technical assistance to servke provkiers Resource library open to publk All services free and confidential Multkultural and bilingual staff Rudy Rivera program manager 150 N Clinton Ave Hours 830-5 pm Monday-Friday 546-6180 fax 546-5669 Free anonymous HIV testing on walk-in basis Thursdays 9 am- 4 pm provided through NYSDOH at Action Front Center 242 Andrews S t Carmen Hau 262-4330

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We start with our regular meedng on the first Wednesday Aug 7 at730pjn at the GAGV Community Center 179 Atlantic Ave Were planning a gro t^ trip to Darien Lake (the amusement park not thc-) on Aug 10 and we have a large site reserved at Hillside Campshyground fbr draquocir bear wedcend thc 23rd-25di

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Empire Bears is a social dub for hirsute men and tncn who like them If youre a bear like bears or just en joy thc con^gtany of natural tnen doing what conies naturally come to one of our tnkeedngs or events Well d o our best td oiake you fed wdcome WOOF

Summer biking Due to its popularity sununer bicyshycling will condnue through the moodt of August To^accomodate decceasif^ daylight we wiO tneet at 6 pttt oti Mondays at Lock 33 on the canalpadi across ftom the Jev^sh Coinmunity Center on Edgewood Ave

Tlic turnout ofbodi men and women continues to be good In addiuctfi to trips to Fairport and downtown we recendy ventured westward on thc cashynal path to Lydl Ave And ofcourse wc always stop for ice cream] For more infbrmarioncall271-5209or473-9384

Boating Ciub By Joe Molare Thejunc Rainbow Boating Club event took us over thc road to Cayuga Lake where wc boarded a new addition to t h e c l u b floallsi T h c b o a t wns la^^gc

smd provided ample room for thc dozen passengers for the day As soon

as we were comfortably arranged on board we slipped the dock lines and headed south to Ithaca

Tlie wind was south at 12-15 knots with higher gusts The wind scuffed up the I s ^ sutampce m^dng a otte-fbot diop TTic weather was a matter of complete indifference to the boat and those on board Wc motored on down the lake cruising at 25 mph cekuEcd and comfbrt-alde We arrived at our destination atdie south cod andried t ^ dtt thegucst dock for die aftemoon in a smallraquo weH proshytected marina in a state park

lgtiepa^praided luampcw^cftt for our picnk with convenient tMes and ampcifities We cook a quick tout of the boats in the tnarina and then got started on lunch Ottt come die cooiets and griOs This is something the Boadng O u b has gotten very good a t We can be counted on to provide a vcry enjoyable snack ddier on board or on shore

Hie afternoon passed sloughy as we enjoyed good food lots of camp humcraquo^ and good company At de end of the aftemoon a persistent rain sigaaled the end of the picnic ashore We packed ourselves and gear back into thc boat for the ride back to thc harbor Once back wc lingered a moment on board fbr one last round of rc^shmcnts and a bit of conversation befote climbing into our cars and heading home

The next boating events for 96 in-cltidc a boMt r e n d e z v o u s if I rondequo i t Bay in August Call 271 -4482 for details and a complete list of events

Coming out The Gay Alliance will launch a new support group this fall for gay men and lesbians The two therapists facilishytating the group wiU provide a safe and supportive space to help pardcishypants identify and utilic their indishyvidual strengths and resources in orshyder to take the nest step in their comshying out process

Thegroup will meet Sunday evenings Sept 22 through Nov 3 at the GAGV Community Center 179 Atlandc Ave Hiere is a $25 to $50 registration fee for the group but no one will be tumed away due to lack of funds To n ^ t e r for or to get addidonal information about die group call Tanya at die Gay AHiance at 244-8640

Whether you have been out for yeats buc stpoundH have iiKgtre steps to cakeraquo or ytn ate just coming out you owe it CO your-sdf to live a more etx^Kiweied and fbl-filiflglife Take that next step in coming outmdashjoin this support gro(qgt

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Igt^tiityIntegrity is just sudi a ch^irdx Wc wdcome all mdash for whedier you be gay lesbian bisexual or transgender igdicther you be Catholic Episcopalian or any other denomination mdash you arc fwut of the Body of Christ

DignityIntegrity worships in thc Catholic and Episcopalian tradirions Wc meet every Sunday at 5 pm at St Lukc-St Simon Cyrenc Church 17 South Fiizhugjh St Wed love to see you these And pieasc stick around for die ddight i i l sociai h o u r after each service

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DignityIntegrity is not justachurdi but a comtnunity We do diings together Ihis pastJulyDignityIntcgrity couples had fun at Whispering Pines Miniature Golf Course In mid-August wc host the Dignity Northeast Region Summer Meeting On thc third Sunday in Aushygust well have a delicious ice cteam sundae sociai after mass And the weekshyend after I^bor Day singles and couples will go camping at Fairhaven State Park

There uill be many more upcoming events mdash and wed like you to take part in them So join us For more informashyrion pieasc call 262-2170

Mens group A number of men indicated in a surshyvey administered at thc G A G V s anshynual Pride Picnic that they would like to sec ^ac Gay Alliance provide an aitemative to thc barraquo in which to

meet odier men Some men spedfi-t a ^ si^gested a coffediouse The Gay Alliance wexild be morc

jfian ha^tpy to host acbfiediouse or socne OG^oing social event for nnen but we ticed not only your ideas but your befpraquo as wdl Because of our 9msifi pro-^rammif^ staff (which consists of one person) it hasnt been possible to create programs to meet thc needs of all thc different s^ments ofour community We still rdy heavily on volunteers to implement GAGV programs So ifyou would Hke to be part ofhdping to create amonthly sodal formen please contact Tanya at thc Gay Alliance at 244-8640

P L A L G A L Pro-Hfe A support grou^ will be startshying soon

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Business Forum The Greater Rochester Gay and Lesshybian Business Forum has had a good spring and early summer Our monthly sodals at Cutters (at die Memorial Art GaDety) have been well attended Thc Gay Pdde Parade and cultural festival diatwas sponsored by GRGLBF was a successi Thanks to die Psoade Festival Oxntnttfee and die vc^unteers fbr thdr haidwock

Coming iqgt this pounddlraquo we ate planning an open house tointroduce ourschres to die odier meniber gioups lt^ the Gay Alfiance of the Genesee Valley Wc are also piatttiing an open house for local co0(^^gayandlesbiangtoup5toxneet new meoAxtts of the Rochester com-municy^ecific dates wifibe announced when finalized

We would like co get started as sooo as possiUe on producing a Rochester-area Gay Yellovi P^es If you have expertise in diis area we can use your he^ A committee will be forming in the very near futuce to get thc project going

If you would like to join us or have suggestions our socials are thc second Thursday of each month at Cutters firom 530 - 7 pm and our steering committee i-nectings are the first Wednesday at the GAGV Community Center 179 Atlantic Ave To get more up-to-the minute information you can call our information line at 234-8706

Treblemakers Its August our month to recover after all that marching What a wild Pride Season wc had this yearl Topshyping it off was Toronto Wc arrived ^ d i a drum majorette a Oag twirling cotps several members of Torontos gay and lesbian orchestra ^Toronto doesnt have a band yet) and played our way into their hearts Torontos

Pride draws over seven million people and it is an amazing time Also some of us went up carly and marched in their very first Dyke March However now were on to die fall and our big conference

Tim Rhodes is one of our band founders and our delegate to die nashytional Leslnan Gay and Bisexual Assoshyciation He is bringing the fidl ocMifor-cocc here to Rochester Akeady we have been receivii^confiimatkxis from attendees from as far away as Australia We are wocking hard at sckcong music and anat^etnents Our pubtic concert dutit^theconampxencewillbeatHe^)^ Peopfe with AIDS Twining ampx Do4-kfs so be sure to come diis yeari You havent heard anything until youVe heard 50-100 gay and ksbian musidans in actionl Ifyou would Hke to h e ^ out with this event in any way or if you would Hke to join the band so you can pky with us in September please conshytact Tim at 242-0237 We will b ^ practices again this month caUTun for dates and times

As ahvays^ we are a cofiununity band whose members have a wide range of pkyingabilities Bassically Treblemakers is open to new members at any time Come out and join us Some loaner instruments arc available We are espeshycially looking for a drummer a keyboardist and a conductor

Rangers The Rochester Rangers Homepage at httpfiing2com--fangets has been browsed by an ave r se of Bvt new surfers per day mdash and weve akeady rccdved a generous donation

The page still under construction recently has added photos and local Hstings of our sponsors and wiD soon offer cokgtr photographs of past events and iocai people as well sts an an-Une application for membership Creating

this new advertising tool is quite an undertaking so check back often co see thc additions and changes

We hope everyone had fun at the Rangers Annual Picnic which we resurshyrected July 21 July is usually our r flc r from our busy schedule and we thank Runds fbr a g^^at job caterix^ which lefr the Rangers with Httle to do but relax Thanks to Ranger Kevin for orga-nizii^ die games music and grilHf^ up the meat

Oktmeigpsj att^fts Rochesters local R j ^ Crisis Services wifl be die benefishydary frgtr our annual Mesican I^esta Carnival^ A i ^ 18 from 3 - 8 p jn on die pock) at Tata This 24-hour s^ency proshyvides intervention fbr sexualassauk surshyvivors and their significant othets short cermcouoseHi^ stipport thioug^znedt-cal examination and tieatmetit and a variety of kgal and si^iport services as vtreO as educational programs

Weve added a fewnewcamivalgames to the already action-packed aftemoon line 1^ of sand and spin art water races and die duck pond This year for thc quarter toss Mdissa Greco has ofshyfered free c n ^ v i n g ofany ofthe gfass-ware you win Tlie grand prize this year IS a regulation sized Space Station pin ball machine Of course well offer great Mexican food Tara will provide a matgarita bar on the patio to complete the theme so fluff up your sombreros and dont siesta for this fiesta

The Avenue Pub will host thdr first Ranger event on Sept 15from4-8pjn A Hawaiian lotau and Tea Oance to benefit Threshold Center for Alternashytive Youdi Services wifl offer Polynesian fiue including jerk pork and trc^cal drinks best m^^ical costume limbo and dance contests island music and various games raffles and wonderful prizes Threshold loses much needed i i m d i n ^ because o f their pro-choacc

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care testing and treatment for HIV G E D programs for high sdiool dropshyouts counseling and health education for quaHfying Rochester area youths Gary and Doug have gone all out for riiis event and widi their reputation for throwir^ a great party youre guaranshyteed a fiUgtulou$ aftemoon

Our congratulations to thc Rochesshyter Gay and Lesbian Business Forum on a job wcH done in organizing the pride parade Tlie Rangers proudly inardied and ptovided an infbnnadon lahfe at the Gay and Lesbian Cultural Festial whidi friUowed iedal dianks to the Dceschd Gfoqp for die use of the heauofrd dieixy mt^o^foca CeHca oonvert^Ae it surely ecdiatioed our new dub banned

Watch fbr forther details on our upshycoming events in the Ettffy Chtet^ on our Internet homepage on Multicoin4 local events Hstif^ and our posters and fiycrs Anyone interested in knowii^ more about the Rodiester Rangers or how to become a metuber can write tb us at Rochester Rai^ets Inc 1361 Ricfeeway AveRochcsterNY 14615-6788 or email us at rochestcr rangcrsmulticomeorg Remcmher our motto You help us hdp others

COAP COAP is a group ofgays and lesbians in their 20s and 30s sharing similiar intershyests We provide a means fornewpeofJe to meet and have fun in an informal social settir^ Summer events indude Tuesday night volleyball barbie - qs beach parties and another Finger Lakes wine tour Our regular meetingis on thc last Monday of every mondi at thc GAGV Our next scheduled meeting is Av^ 26 at 7 pm For mote information call T o m 2713653 (E-mail coapwcbcomcortii) or visit us ac h t t p ^ w w g c o c i t i c s C 4 gt m

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She is an incredible African-Amerishycan gospd singer and a warm and wonshyderful pastor in MetropoHtan Commu-tuty Churdi Since 1987 she has been doic^ full-time evangelism in MetroshypoHtan Community Churches visitit^ an average of 55 churdies each year in Notdi America and Europe Rev Berry answered her caD to ministzy t die age of 19 as an ordained mituster in the Christian MedKxHst Episcopal (CME) Churdv Since l w 6 she has been a part of the Metropolitan Commtmity Churches as a pastor aad an evangelist

OnAug 17we will host RevBerryin a fabulous gospd concert Tlie entice community is invited to Soudi-poundmanud United Churdi of Christ at 1095 East Henrietta Rd across hom Monroe Communi^ C o l k ^ Tlic coocert witt beginat730pjn and wiH fin tfier evening with Rev Berrys rich and soulful voice

In worship on Aug 18 at 1030 ajn we will ^a in be blessed to experience Rev Berry in wotd and song Her in-ctedftiic scories and sense of humor wifl keep everyone on thc edge of their pews as we celebrate our churchs annishyversary with thc conimunity each odier and thc presence of God

In thc summer most churches slow down their activities but here at Open Arms Metropolitan Conununity Churdi we just dont do things the way most churdies do them We have had an action-filled July and we arc looking forward co an even more incredibfe At^^ist We invite you to join us in any orallofdicactivitesofourchurch Our piione number is 2f71-M78 and woc-ship services air every Sunday at lOJO am at 302 N Goodman St suite 306

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