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OUT AND ABOUT IN OKC,

LESBIAN LEADERS KEYNOTE OK

BEFORE STONEWALL

PRIDE SUMMIT

Musings of DJ, as told to MOC

Peri Jude Radecic, Executive Director of the National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force and Mandy Carter, Directory of the Black Gay
and Lesbian Leadership Forum will be keynote speakers for the
Oklahoma Pride Summit. The Summit will be held July 15-17 on
the campus of the University of Oklahoma.
Carter, on leave of absence from the Human Rights Campaign
Fund, is leading a national grassroots campaign by the Black Gay
and Lesbian Leadership Forum to counter the radical right's targeting of the black community in anti-gay ballot initiatives. As Public
Policy Advocate for HRCF, Carter played an important role in the
national battle to introduce and pass the Civil Rights Bill for 1994
that would, for the first time, include protection from discrimination
based on sexual orientation.
Radecic was appointed Executive Director of NGLTF in the
fall of i993. She joined the Task Force as a lobbyist in 1987, moved
on to becomeNGLTF's first Legislative Director and in 1991, was
promoted to Deputy Director of Public Policy, where she developed
and managed Task Force Programming.
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In the beginning, there was softball. The Sooner Queens were
a topnotch team in the 40's and early 50's, sponsored by a downtown Chevrolet company. Other than that, there was nowhere to go
for lesbians and gays in Oklahoma City in the 40's. There was one
het bar down on Main Street where we would congregate and felt
welcome, and later, Chief Jim's, at Main & Penn. Later, men and
women both went to Pete's Place, a big old ex-church building, and
the men had Bishop's Restaurant on First and Broadway. And there
was arestaurantdown on Fifth and Western, where wino's, dopers,
gay women and other "undesirables" would go after hours.
No one was openly "out" in those days. Boys were called
"fairies" and the girls called "dykes". Interestingly, it was the
women who first adopted the word "Gay" in Oklahoma City. The
women were all either butch or femme, and many of them worked
for car companies, jockeying people to work, etc. When gay men or
lesbians needed a "date" to take to some function, we would go with
each other.
The first gay bar, The Mayflower, was put in by men at 23rd
and Classen, then another opened downtown, and there was one out
on Lincoln -Jamil's. One of the owners was shot and killed. In the
early 60's a paddy wagon came to the Mayflower Bar one night and
loaded all the patrons up and took them to jail. Their crime? They
were dancing together.
A women's organization/club got started back then, but it soon
got too fancy for some of the oldtimers.
Police would take tag numbers of cars at bars, and inform
people's work place; and there were many arrests made for loitering.
It was actually a group of hetero women in Packing Town who
managed to get the loitering law overturned.
Mostly in those days we partied at private homes, men and
women together. We had a nice rapport with each other back in the
40's. Many of the men were lawyers and doctors, etc. After the
parties we would go out to an all night restaurant for sunrise
breakfast, and then go out to Lake Overholzer to continue the party.
We often would party all night at het clubs, go home, take a bath,
and head out to work.
I had one of the first liquor stores in town, then left, went to
Dallas, lived in Hawaii, had a great time all around; then came back
and opened a really clean and safe club for lesbians. We lived in
back of the club, next to a motorcycle gang. One Sunday afternoon
a rookie cop came in and raided us because some women were
playing poker; later, all charges were dismissed.
However, this was in the early 1980's, long after Stonewall. I was
in the whisky business when Stonewall happened, and was hardly
aware of it. There was almost no mention of it in the news, and it had
no effect on us at the time as far as lcould see.
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Many thanks to DJ for the above article. Any inaccuracies and omissions
in it should be attributed to MOC and the difficulties of a telephonic interview.

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ST. SYBIL
Dear St. Sybil,
So tell me, how is Paula Jones and her suit against the President
any different from Anita Hill and her testimony against Clarence
Thomas? Tell me that, will you, you sanctimonious left-wing knowit-all! The shoe's on the other foot now, isn 't it? What's sauce for
the goose is sauce for the gander, don't you think?
Sincerely,
ImaNidiot
Dear Ima,
Leaving shoes and sauces and assorted wildlife aside, I see a
whole lot of differences in the two cases, the two instances, the two
women, and the circumstances of the two men.
Ima, let's look for a moment at just what sexual harassment
isn't. A darling man of my acquaintance maintains that no man in
power can proposition a woman of lesser power without it being
harassment; but I think maybe he has never been a woman - or
known a woman with great power. Power is sexy, to almost
everyone, and a large number of young women are pleased to pieces
to have an opportunity to be intimate with a powerful man; if he is
good looking, so much the better. I understand that Margaret
Thatcher and Jeane Kirkpatrick are considered very sexy by many
men; andfor alllknow, by lesbians too -though I don't think so. But
anyway. Maybe they are being stupendously foolish, maybe the
Cinderella fantasy clouds their judgment and they dream that they
will become mistress or consort or even wife; or maybe not - maybe
the more sophisticated young woman simply thinks sex with the
governor or whoever could be really good fun; whatever and
whichever, it is just plain paternalistic to say that a pass is always
harassment. In the Paula Jones/Bill Clinton saga, she admits that
he_in no way threatened or forced her or even persisted after she
turned him down; and despite the claims in her suit, the record is
clear that she did not suffer any consequences at her job. In other
words, there was no harassment, legally or otherwise. The only
thing that happened was that Bill Clinton made a pass. Yes, Ima,
I wish he hadn't; I wish he was more like Carter and less like
Kennedy in that respect. But he isn't, and every American who
voted him into office was aware of this self-indulgent weakness.
Flawed he is, but mean, I don't think so.
Finally, looking at the women, Anita Hill was (and is) a highly
respected, well regarded, conservative (maybe not quite so conservative anymore) law professor. Her detractors are hard-core misogynist right-wing ignorami led by State Representative Leonard
Sullivan - give me a break. Paula Jones is supported, financially
and morally, by right-wing zealots; her word and her motives are
doubted by members of her own family.
In Anita Hill's case, she was subpoenaed to testify before a
Senate Committee. Her testimony was not punitive; it reflected on the
character of a man not yet confirmed for high office. According to her
testimony, Justice Thomas made her work environment extremely
unpleasant by his persistent and crude comments and solicitations. In
Paula Jones' case, she has sued the President for a large amount of
money. Her suit is without merit. It is vindictive and mercenary, and
seems designed more to disable the President and discomfit feminists
than to achieve justice for one or more women.
Sincerely yourself,
Sybil
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June, 1994

PREMARIN
Premarin, an extract from the urine of pregnant mares, is
currently the drug of choice for estrogen replacement therapy (ERn
in the United States. It is taken by over 8 million American women,
with over 80% of the ERT market in the United States. If you or
someone you love are one of these women, you should know the
following facts, information from PET A, (People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals), and WomenWise,aQuarterlyPublicationof
The Concord Feminist Health Center.
· Premarin is synthesized from horse urine. It is collected by
impregnating mares, confining them to stalls, and using tubing to
gather their urine.
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·The conditions in which the mares are housed for much of their 11month pregnancy echo the well-known confinement systems used
to produce veal. The stalls prevent the mares from taking more than
a couple of steps in any direction, from turning around or lying down
comfortably.
· Once the foals (mere by-products of the process) are born, the
mares get a two-month reprieve and then are usuallyreimpregnated
and go through the cycle again. Some foals are kept as replacements
for older mares, while the vast majority are eventually headed to the
slaughterhouse as dog food and "gourmet" meat. An estimated
65,000 foals are slaughtered each year.
· Premarin is currently the only ERT drug that is still animalderived, and the estrogen it contains is not the same as human
estrogen. In addition, since the urine is animal waste and contains
impurities, it is difficult to guarantee the consistency in quality that
laboratory-synthesized drugs can.
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· Several FDA-approved synthetic estrogens make the use of
Premarin unnecessary. Ask your doctor about Estradiol Transdermal
System, Estradiol tablets, Estrone, and Estropipate. At the wholesale level, Estradiol tablets are no more expensive than Premarin.
Also, because of the possible health risks and side effects
associated with hormone replacement, you may want to investigate
natural alternatives, such as exercise and a low-fat diet.
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DINOSAURS
by Vivien Ng

My first introduction to the explosive power of the word
"queer" was at an academic conference in New York City several
years ago. It was a Victorian Studies/Gay Studies symposium and
my friend Thais Morgan (formerly of OU) was presenting a paper
there. One of the presenters used the word "queer" at least a dozen
times in his paper, and I remember that I nodded with approval each
time he uttered that word. "What a clever way to appropriate an
insult," I said to myself. At the end of his talk, as the audience
signalled their delight, a man jumped to his feet and shouted in a
trembling voice, "I o~ject to the use of the word 'queer,' whether it
is by you or anyone else! I remember what it was like to be called
a ' queer' and had my face bashed in! " He did not win anyone over
to his side, because we were all too proud of being "with it,'' of being
''postmodern," to feel his anguish. In any case, in the non-academic
world of political activism, Queer Nation was already pushing inyour-face resistance to new limits. "That man is such a dinosaur,''
someone said with a sneer.
Since then, the word "queer" has cropped up in the gay studies
world like mushrooms after a spring rain. We talk about queer
theories, queer identities, queer this and queer that. Special issues
of journals are now devoted to queertopics. The upcoming Lesbian
and Gay Studies Conference in Iowa City adopted a queer title. No
wonder Elizabeth Kennedy discovered to her horror that not a single
lesbian history panel had been organized. (Because of her initiative,
there is now a proposal submitted for one such panel.) On this
"queer planet," "queer" has turned into a gigantic shroud that
covers up race, gender and class. I no longer identify as "queer." I
have willingly devolved into a dinosaur. I cringe every time I hear
someone identify herself/himself as queer. As a lesbian of color, I
know from lived experience how dangerous it is for me to ignore the
factors of race, gender and class. If I need any reminder, all I have
to do is to recall the nastiness that tarred recent discussions on the
Queer Asian Pacific Islander American list on the internet. It will
take a paper to explain and analyze this mess; suffice to say that the
discussions got racist as well as sexist, and white gay men on the list
were responsible. No, being "queer" is not enough for me.
Barbara Smith, in an essay published in the July 5, 1993 issue
of The Nation (called "A Queer Nation" by the editors), wrote:
"Unlike the early lesbian and gay movement, which had both
ideological and .practical links to the left, black activism and
feminism, today's 'queer' politicos seem to operate in a historical
and ideological vacuum. 'Queer' activists focus on 'queer' issues,
and racism, sexual oppression and economic exploitation do not
qualify, despite the fact that the majority of 'queers' are people of
color, female or working class .... At a time when the gay movement
is under unprecedented public scrutiny, lesbians and gay men of

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color and others committed to antiracist organizing are asking:
Does the gay and lesbian movement want to create a just society for
everyone? Or does it want to eradicate the last little glitch that
makes life difficult for privileged (white male) queers? ...
If the gay movement ultimately wants to make a real difference,
as opposed to settling for handouts, it must consider creating a
multi-issue revolutionary agenda. This is not about political correctness, it's about winning. As black lesbian poet Audre Lorde
insisted, 'The master's tools will never dismantle the master's
house.' Gay rights are not enough for me, and I doubt that they're
enough for most of us. Frankly, I want the same thing now that I did
thirty years ago when I joined the civil rights movement and twenty
years ago when I joined the women's movement, came out and felt
more alive than I ever dreamed possible: freedom."
As we observe the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion,
it behooves us to reflect on the wisdom of Barbara Smith's words.
In other words, we need to understand Stonewall in the larger
historical, social and political context.
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ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION
EVERYTIME You SAY GooDBYE
by Jill Garner

I remember clearly the first time I heard Alison Krauss sing. It
was on a 95 degree day in Telluride, Colorado and I loved her so
much I had goosebumps everywhere the entire time she sang. With
a voice reminiscent of early Dolly Parton, Krauss brings a wonderful
vitality and passion to the traditional sound of bluegrass with her
talented fiddling and her beautiful voice.
Krauss began as a fiddling prodigy winning several fiddling
championships around the midwest while she was still a teenager.
Rounder Records signed her when she was only 14 years old and she
remains faithful to them today. She has released four albums and
won two Grammy awards, and she's just 23!
While Krauss' fiddling is driving and strong at times, soft and
sweet at others, her voice knocks me out. Krauss is the selling point
for me but she also shares the spotlight with her band Union Station.
They provide the wonderful music backing up Krauss and also
contribute lead vocals on several of the songs on this latest release.
On Every Time You Say Goodbye, Krauss draws from country, bluegrass and gospel, and includes songs by Shawn Colvin and
Karla Bonoff. "I Don't Know Why" was written by Colvin and
Krauss speeds it up and puts a bluegrass twist on it with beautiful
results. "Heartstrings" is one of the showpiece songs on the album
that shows off Krauss' breathtaking voice. Gospel is also included
with the song "Jesus Stand By Me" and with Krauss' voice a
cappella near the end of the song, it's one of my favorites.
"Last Love Letter", a song lamenting unrequited love, is one of
the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Krauss has a waywith
songs oflove lost and mourning so that I never know whether to cry
over old memories or smile because an angel is singing to me.
At the 1990 Grammys, Jimmy Ibobotson of the Nitty Gritty
Dirt Band said of Krauss, "She's very simply one of the best singers
on the planet." I couldn't have said it better.
Also available by Alison Krauss and Union Station are Two
Highways, Too Late to Cry and I've Got That Old Feeling.
To order any of these call Herlandat 521-9696.
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MODERN DILEMMA

by Margaret Cox

Progress in science has frequently been accompanied by controversy, as the expansion of the frontiers of science pushes back the
frontiers of the mind. Think of Galileo, who was forced to disavow
his brilliant discoveries; and Darwin, whose theory of Evolution is
still unacceptable to some whose minds cannot balance it with their
religious beliefs.
When the use of ether as an anesthetic was first propounded,
Queen Victoria and her doctors wanted her to use it for the birth of
one of her nine children. A large number of Victoria's otherwise
loyal subjects felt that this was against God's will, as the Bible
clearly states that women shall bring forth their children "in pain."
fu the past, scientific discoveries and breakthroughs occurred
slowly and infrequently enough that their effects and meanings could
bedebated at leisure. Today an explosion of science leaves many ethical
and practical questions unexplored. Two of the most perplexing
concern the beginning and end of life - Dr. Kervorkian, the Hemlock
society and the Right to Die at one end; and at the beginning,
interference in the process of fertility that has been unchanged since the
dawn of time. When people sue over custody of frozen, fertilized eggs,
the rest of us scratch our heads in puzzlement.
Another advance in technology, one that impacts Berland and its
community and which prompts these musings, involves sexuality and
gender. The controversy around transsexuality and trans genders began
in 1953 when George Jorgensen travelled to Denmark for a widely
publicized early "sexual reassignment" surgery.
If our sex is a chromosomal and anatomical fact we are born
with, gender is more of a mental and social construct. Throughout
the ages gender assignment (and acceptance) has been bent-picture
Joan of Arc, or your everyday tomboy - or ignored completely.
Gender is a fluid continuum of possibility, and as long as society
tries to force people into one of two narrow slots on that continuum,
there will be gender outlaws.
Thanks in large part to advances in hormonal research and
WWII wartime advances in trauma surgery, it is now possible to
change the body to align and integrate with the mind; and we have
transsexuals and transgenders in various stages of change, involving years of hormonal treatment, counseling and living as the target
gender before the actual surgery itself. The surgical procedure,
dramatic as it is, is in most respects not the most important aspect
of the gender transition; indeed some transgenders are so happy
with the results of hormone therapy that they skip the more expensive and intrusive operation entirely. Transsexuality is predominately male to female; the cost of the female to male procedure is
much higher, and the effectiveness less, than the more usual male
to female.
At the Berland goal setting conference in March of this year, the
Board agreed to by the end of August 1994 develop a policy for active
participation in Berland by transgendered persons (e.g. as volunteers,
Board members, and at Retreats). There has been ongoing dialogue on
this issue in Off Our Backs and other feminist journals for years. The
issue has been raised and caused considerable havoc and dissension at
the Michigan Women's Festival and elsewhere. As the women of
Oklahoma confront and deal with it; one would expect to see a fair
amount of tolerance, a lot of good common sense, a decent amount of
compassion, and hopefully, a good understanding of the issue and a
broad view ofits future historical treatment.
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The Her/and Voice invites its readers to participate in Her/and' s decisionmaking process by submitting letters and articles. Deadline for the July issue is
June 15 for written submissions, and June 20 for submissions on floppy in
WordPerfect 5.1 or less, or ASC!l.

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June, 1994

BULLETIN BOARD
Celebrate Lesbian and Gay Pride by marching with
Berland at OKC's 1994 Gay and Lesbian Pride Paradeon
June 26. As The Voice goes to press, the schedule details are
not available, but the festivities will begin in the early
afternoon at Memorial Park (N.W. 36th and Classen) with
an ecumenical service and pre-parade rally. Check the
Gayly for schedule details.
Lesbian only counseling group. Wednesday evenings.
Contact Jo L. Soske, M.Ed., M.H.R, l.C.A.D.C., N.C.C.,
L.P.C at 364-5708.
Thanks Georffery:The Her land Legal Defense Fund sends
its heartfelt thanks to Geoffrey of Geoffrey's of Nichols
Hills, for it generous donation to Fund.
Summer Camping on the Land: Enjoy the Ozarks at
Speinsterhaven. This safe,women-owned space has 43
wooded acres with gentle slopes, deer trails for hiking, and
the White River nearby for fishing and swimning. Tent or
RV spaces (no hookups) area available for $3/night donation. For information: write Spinsterhaven, P.O. Box 718,
Fayetteville, AR 72702 or call (501)-442-7164.
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this community service. The Voice is mailed to 1200
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work until it is done. Past experience has
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crowd of attendees grows each time and
there was a very nice mix of people. The
ceiling of the ball room was filled with
pink and white balloons with metallic
streamers giving the impression of frozen pink and silver rain; pink and silver
hearts adorned the walls.
Ball attendees in a spirited election
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OUT AND ABOUT IN OKC,

LESBIAN LEADERS KEYNOTE OK

BEFORE STONEWALL

PRIDE SUMMIT

Musings of DJ, as told to MOC

Peri Jude Radecic, Executive Director of the National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force and Mandy Carter, Directory of the Black Gay
and Lesbian Leadership Forum will be keynote speakers for the
Oklahoma Pride Summit. The Summit will be held July 15-17 on
the campus of the University of Oklahoma.
Carter, on leave of absence from the Human Rights Campaign
Fund, is leading a national grassroots campaign by the Black Gay
and Lesbian Leadership Forum to counter the radical right's targeting of the black community in anti-gay ballot initiatives. As Public
Policy Advocate for HRCF, Carter played an important role in the
national battle to introduce and pass the Civil Rights Bill for 1994
that would, for the first time, include protection from discrimination
based on sexual orientation.
Radecic was appointed Executive Director of NGLTF in the
fall of i993. She joined the Task Force as a lobbyist in 1987, moved
on to becomeNGLTF's first Legislative Director and in 1991, was
promoted to Deputy Director of Public Policy, where she developed
and managed Task Force Programming.
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In the beginning, there was softball. The Sooner Queens were
a topnotch team in the 40's and early 50's, sponsored by a downtown Chevrolet company. Other than that, there was nowhere to go
for lesbians and gays in Oklahoma City in the 40's. There was one
het bar down on Main Street where we would congregate and felt
welcome, and later, Chief Jim's, at Main & Penn. Later, men and
women both went to Pete's Place, a big old ex-church building, and
the men had Bishop's Restaurant on First and Broadway. And there
was arestaurantdown on Fifth and Western, where wino's, dopers,
gay women and other "undesirables" would go after hours.
No one was openly "out" in those days. Boys were called
"fairies" and the girls called "dykes". Interestingly, it was the
women who first adopted the word "Gay" in Oklahoma City. The
women were all either butch or femme, and many of them worked
for car companies, jockeying people to work, etc. When gay men or
lesbians needed a "date" to take to some function, we would go with
each other.
The first gay bar, The Mayflower, was put in by men at 23rd
and Classen, then another opened downtown, and there was one out
on Lincoln -Jamil's. One of the owners was shot and killed. In the
early 60's a paddy wagon came to the Mayflower Bar one night and
loaded all the patrons up and took them to jail. Their crime? They
were dancing together.
A women's organization/club got started back then, but it soon
got too fancy for some of the oldtimers.
Police would take tag numbers of cars at bars, and inform
people's work place; and there were many arrests made for loitering.
It was actually a group of hetero women in Packing Town who
managed to get the loitering law overturned.
Mostly in those days we partied at private homes, men and
women together. We had a nice rapport with each other back in the
40's. Many of the men were lawyers and doctors, etc. After the
parties we would go out to an all night restaurant for sunrise
breakfast, and then go out to Lake Overholzer to continue the party.
We often would party all night at het clubs, go home, take a bath,
and head out to work.
I had one of the first liquor stores in town, then left, went to
Dallas, lived in Hawaii, had a great time all around; then came back
and opened a really clean and safe club for lesbians. We lived in
back of the club, next to a motorcycle gang. One Sunday afternoon
a rookie cop came in and raided us because some women were
playing poker; later, all charges were dismissed.
However, this was in the early 1980's, long after Stonewall. I was
in the whisky business when Stonewall happened, and was hardly
aware of it. There was almost no mention of it in the news, and it had
no effect on us at the time as far as lcould see.
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in it should be attributed to MOC and the difficulties of a telephonic interview.

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ST. SYBIL
Dear St. Sybil,
So tell me, how is Paula Jones and her suit against the President
any different from Anita Hill and her testimony against Clarence
Thomas? Tell me that, will you, you sanctimonious left-wing knowit-all! The shoe's on the other foot now, isn 't it? What's sauce for
the goose is sauce for the gander, don't you think?
Sincerely,
ImaNidiot
Dear Ima,
Leaving shoes and sauces and assorted wildlife aside, I see a
whole lot of differences in the two cases, the two instances, the two
women, and the circumstances of the two men.
Ima, let's look for a moment at just what sexual harassment
isn't. A darling man of my acquaintance maintains that no man in
power can proposition a woman of lesser power without it being
harassment; but I think maybe he has never been a woman - or
known a woman with great power. Power is sexy, to almost
everyone, and a large number of young women are pleased to pieces
to have an opportunity to be intimate with a powerful man; if he is
good looking, so much the better. I understand that Margaret
Thatcher and Jeane Kirkpatrick are considered very sexy by many
men; andfor alllknow, by lesbians too -though I don't think so. But
anyway. Maybe they are being stupendously foolish, maybe the
Cinderella fantasy clouds their judgment and they dream that they
will become mistress or consort or even wife; or maybe not - maybe
the more sophisticated young woman simply thinks sex with the
governor or whoever could be really good fun; whatever and
whichever, it is just plain paternalistic to say that a pass is always
harassment. In the Paula Jones/Bill Clinton saga, she admits that
he_in no way threatened or forced her or even persisted after she
turned him down; and despite the claims in her suit, the record is
clear that she did not suffer any consequences at her job. In other
words, there was no harassment, legally or otherwise. The only
thing that happened was that Bill Clinton made a pass. Yes, Ima,
I wish he hadn't; I wish he was more like Carter and less like
Kennedy in that respect. But he isn't, and every American who
voted him into office was aware of this self-indulgent weakness.
Flawed he is, but mean, I don't think so.
Finally, looking at the women, Anita Hill was (and is) a highly
respected, well regarded, conservative (maybe not quite so conservative anymore) law professor. Her detractors are hard-core misogynist right-wing ignorami led by State Representative Leonard
Sullivan - give me a break. Paula Jones is supported, financially
and morally, by right-wing zealots; her word and her motives are
doubted by members of her own family.
In Anita Hill's case, she was subpoenaed to testify before a
Senate Committee. Her testimony was not punitive; it reflected on the
character of a man not yet confirmed for high office. According to her
testimony, Justice Thomas made her work environment extremely
unpleasant by his persistent and crude comments and solicitations. In
Paula Jones' case, she has sued the President for a large amount of
money. Her suit is without merit. It is vindictive and mercenary, and
seems designed more to disable the President and discomfit feminists
than to achieve justice for one or more women.
Sincerely yourself,
Sybil
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June, 1994

PREMARIN
Premarin, an extract from the urine of pregnant mares, is
currently the drug of choice for estrogen replacement therapy (ERn
in the United States. It is taken by over 8 million American women,
with over 80% of the ERT market in the United States. If you or
someone you love are one of these women, you should know the
following facts, information from PET A, (People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals), and WomenWise,aQuarterlyPublicationof
The Concord Feminist Health Center.
· Premarin is synthesized from horse urine. It is collected by
impregnating mares, confining them to stalls, and using tubing to
gather their urine.
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·The conditions in which the mares are housed for much of their 11month pregnancy echo the well-known confinement systems used
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comfortably.
· Once the foals (mere by-products of the process) are born, the
mares get a two-month reprieve and then are usuallyreimpregnated
and go through the cycle again. Some foals are kept as replacements
for older mares, while the vast majority are eventually headed to the
slaughterhouse as dog food and "gourmet" meat. An estimated
65,000 foals are slaughtered each year.
· Premarin is currently the only ERT drug that is still animalderived, and the estrogen it contains is not the same as human
estrogen. In addition, since the urine is animal waste and contains
impurities, it is difficult to guarantee the consistency in quality that
laboratory-synthesized drugs can.
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· Several FDA-approved synthetic estrogens make the use of
Premarin unnecessary. Ask your doctor about Estradiol Transdermal
System, Estradiol tablets, Estrone, and Estropipate. At the wholesale level, Estradiol tablets are no more expensive than Premarin.
Also, because of the possible health risks and side effects
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DINOSAURS
by Vivien Ng

My first introduction to the explosive power of the word
"queer" was at an academic conference in New York City several
years ago. It was a Victorian Studies/Gay Studies symposium and
my friend Thais Morgan (formerly of OU) was presenting a paper
there. One of the presenters used the word "queer" at least a dozen
times in his paper, and I remember that I nodded with approval each
time he uttered that word. "What a clever way to appropriate an
insult," I said to myself. At the end of his talk, as the audience
signalled their delight, a man jumped to his feet and shouted in a
trembling voice, "I o~ject to the use of the word 'queer,' whether it
is by you or anyone else! I remember what it was like to be called
a ' queer' and had my face bashed in! " He did not win anyone over
to his side, because we were all too proud of being "with it,'' of being
''postmodern," to feel his anguish. In any case, in the non-academic
world of political activism, Queer Nation was already pushing inyour-face resistance to new limits. "That man is such a dinosaur,''
someone said with a sneer.
Since then, the word "queer" has cropped up in the gay studies
world like mushrooms after a spring rain. We talk about queer
theories, queer identities, queer this and queer that. Special issues
of journals are now devoted to queertopics. The upcoming Lesbian
and Gay Studies Conference in Iowa City adopted a queer title. No
wonder Elizabeth Kennedy discovered to her horror that not a single
lesbian history panel had been organized. (Because of her initiative,
there is now a proposal submitted for one such panel.) On this
"queer planet," "queer" has turned into a gigantic shroud that
covers up race, gender and class. I no longer identify as "queer." I
have willingly devolved into a dinosaur. I cringe every time I hear
someone identify herself/himself as queer. As a lesbian of color, I
know from lived experience how dangerous it is for me to ignore the
factors of race, gender and class. If I need any reminder, all I have
to do is to recall the nastiness that tarred recent discussions on the
Queer Asian Pacific Islander American list on the internet. It will
take a paper to explain and analyze this mess; suffice to say that the
discussions got racist as well as sexist, and white gay men on the list
were responsible. No, being "queer" is not enough for me.
Barbara Smith, in an essay published in the July 5, 1993 issue
of The Nation (called "A Queer Nation" by the editors), wrote:
"Unlike the early lesbian and gay movement, which had both
ideological and .practical links to the left, black activism and
feminism, today's 'queer' politicos seem to operate in a historical
and ideological vacuum. 'Queer' activists focus on 'queer' issues,
and racism, sexual oppression and economic exploitation do not
qualify, despite the fact that the majority of 'queers' are people of
color, female or working class .... At a time when the gay movement
is under unprecedented public scrutiny, lesbians and gay men of

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color and others committed to antiracist organizing are asking:
Does the gay and lesbian movement want to create a just society for
everyone? Or does it want to eradicate the last little glitch that
makes life difficult for privileged (white male) queers? ...
If the gay movement ultimately wants to make a real difference,
as opposed to settling for handouts, it must consider creating a
multi-issue revolutionary agenda. This is not about political correctness, it's about winning. As black lesbian poet Audre Lorde
insisted, 'The master's tools will never dismantle the master's
house.' Gay rights are not enough for me, and I doubt that they're
enough for most of us. Frankly, I want the same thing now that I did
thirty years ago when I joined the civil rights movement and twenty
years ago when I joined the women's movement, came out and felt
more alive than I ever dreamed possible: freedom."
As we observe the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion,
it behooves us to reflect on the wisdom of Barbara Smith's words.
In other words, we need to understand Stonewall in the larger
historical, social and political context.
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ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION
EVERYTIME You SAY GooDBYE
by Jill Garner

I remember clearly the first time I heard Alison Krauss sing. It
was on a 95 degree day in Telluride, Colorado and I loved her so
much I had goosebumps everywhere the entire time she sang. With
a voice reminiscent of early Dolly Parton, Krauss brings a wonderful
vitality and passion to the traditional sound of bluegrass with her
talented fiddling and her beautiful voice.
Krauss began as a fiddling prodigy winning several fiddling
championships around the midwest while she was still a teenager.
Rounder Records signed her when she was only 14 years old and she
remains faithful to them today. She has released four albums and
won two Grammy awards, and she's just 23!
While Krauss' fiddling is driving and strong at times, soft and
sweet at others, her voice knocks me out. Krauss is the selling point
for me but she also shares the spotlight with her band Union Station.
They provide the wonderful music backing up Krauss and also
contribute lead vocals on several of the songs on this latest release.
On Every Time You Say Goodbye, Krauss draws from country, bluegrass and gospel, and includes songs by Shawn Colvin and
Karla Bonoff. "I Don't Know Why" was written by Colvin and
Krauss speeds it up and puts a bluegrass twist on it with beautiful
results. "Heartstrings" is one of the showpiece songs on the album
that shows off Krauss' breathtaking voice. Gospel is also included
with the song "Jesus Stand By Me" and with Krauss' voice a
cappella near the end of the song, it's one of my favorites.
"Last Love Letter", a song lamenting unrequited love, is one of
the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Krauss has a waywith
songs oflove lost and mourning so that I never know whether to cry
over old memories or smile because an angel is singing to me.
At the 1990 Grammys, Jimmy Ibobotson of the Nitty Gritty
Dirt Band said of Krauss, "She's very simply one of the best singers
on the planet." I couldn't have said it better.
Also available by Alison Krauss and Union Station are Two
Highways, Too Late to Cry and I've Got That Old Feeling.
To order any of these call Herlandat 521-9696.
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MODERN DILEMMA

by Margaret Cox

Progress in science has frequently been accompanied by controversy, as the expansion of the frontiers of science pushes back the
frontiers of the mind. Think of Galileo, who was forced to disavow
his brilliant discoveries; and Darwin, whose theory of Evolution is
still unacceptable to some whose minds cannot balance it with their
religious beliefs.
When the use of ether as an anesthetic was first propounded,
Queen Victoria and her doctors wanted her to use it for the birth of
one of her nine children. A large number of Victoria's otherwise
loyal subjects felt that this was against God's will, as the Bible
clearly states that women shall bring forth their children "in pain."
fu the past, scientific discoveries and breakthroughs occurred
slowly and infrequently enough that their effects and meanings could
bedebated at leisure. Today an explosion of science leaves many ethical
and practical questions unexplored. Two of the most perplexing
concern the beginning and end of life - Dr. Kervorkian, the Hemlock
society and the Right to Die at one end; and at the beginning,
interference in the process of fertility that has been unchanged since the
dawn of time. When people sue over custody of frozen, fertilized eggs,
the rest of us scratch our heads in puzzlement.
Another advance in technology, one that impacts Berland and its
community and which prompts these musings, involves sexuality and
gender. The controversy around transsexuality and trans genders began
in 1953 when George Jorgensen travelled to Denmark for a widely
publicized early "sexual reassignment" surgery.
If our sex is a chromosomal and anatomical fact we are born
with, gender is more of a mental and social construct. Throughout
the ages gender assignment (and acceptance) has been bent-picture
Joan of Arc, or your everyday tomboy - or ignored completely.
Gender is a fluid continuum of possibility, and as long as society
tries to force people into one of two narrow slots on that continuum,
there will be gender outlaws.
Thanks in large part to advances in hormonal research and
WWII wartime advances in trauma surgery, it is now possible to
change the body to align and integrate with the mind; and we have
transsexuals and transgenders in various stages of change, involving years of hormonal treatment, counseling and living as the target
gender before the actual surgery itself. The surgical procedure,
dramatic as it is, is in most respects not the most important aspect
of the gender transition; indeed some transgenders are so happy
with the results of hormone therapy that they skip the more expensive and intrusive operation entirely. Transsexuality is predominately male to female; the cost of the female to male procedure is
much higher, and the effectiveness less, than the more usual male
to female.
At the Berland goal setting conference in March of this year, the
Board agreed to by the end of August 1994 develop a policy for active
participation in Berland by transgendered persons (e.g. as volunteers,
Board members, and at Retreats). There has been ongoing dialogue on
this issue in Off Our Backs and other feminist journals for years. The
issue has been raised and caused considerable havoc and dissension at
the Michigan Women's Festival and elsewhere. As the women of
Oklahoma confront and deal with it; one would expect to see a fair
amount of tolerance, a lot of good common sense, a decent amount of
compassion, and hopefully, a good understanding of the issue and a
broad view ofits future historical treatment.
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June 15 for written submissions, and June 20 for submissions on floppy in
WordPerfect 5.1 or less, or ASC!l.

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June, 1994

BULLETIN BOARD
Celebrate Lesbian and Gay Pride by marching with
Berland at OKC's 1994 Gay and Lesbian Pride Paradeon
June 26. As The Voice goes to press, the schedule details are
not available, but the festivities will begin in the early
afternoon at Memorial Park (N.W. 36th and Classen) with
an ecumenical service and pre-parade rally. Check the
Gayly for schedule details.
Lesbian only counseling group. Wednesday evenings.
Contact Jo L. Soske, M.Ed., M.H.R, l.C.A.D.C., N.C.C.,
L.P.C at 364-5708.
Thanks Georffery:The Her land Legal Defense Fund sends
its heartfelt thanks to Geoffrey of Geoffrey's of Nichols
Hills, for it generous donation to Fund.
Summer Camping on the Land: Enjoy the Ozarks at
Speinsterhaven. This safe,women-owned space has 43
wooded acres with gentle slopes, deer trails for hiking, and
the White River nearby for fishing and swimning. Tent or
RV spaces (no hookups) area available for $3/night donation. For information: write Spinsterhaven, P.O. Box 718,
Fayetteville, AR 72702 or call (501)-442-7164.
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this community service. The Voice is mailed to 1200
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work until it is done. Past experience has
shown that it takes about 18 womanhours to get the newsletterready for mailing. In other words, it takes one woman
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crowd of attendees grows each time and
there was a very nice mix of people. The
ceiling of the ball room was filled with
pink and white balloons with metallic
streamers giving the impression of frozen pink and silver rain; pink and silver
hearts adorned the walls.
Ball attendees in a spirited election
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and Sandy as Fairy Princess. Harvest
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Happy Birthday to Errrna Goldman . She would
have been 125 on June 27 . She was heard to
say "It is organized violence at the top
that creates i ndividual violence at the bottom ."
She also opined " If I can ' t dance I won ' t be a
part of your revolution ."

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·Happy Birthday to Helen Keller,
born June 27 , 1880 : "Literature
is my Utopia . Here I am not
disfranchised . No barr ier of
the senses shuts me out from
the sweet , gracious discourse
of my book friends . They talk
to me without embarrassment
or awkwardness".

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