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July, 1997

CALLING ALL
VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers are the life of Herland Sister Resources and are
so much appreciated. To celebrate the work of all volunteers, a
volunteer potluck will be held on July 12 from 4 P.M. to 6 P.M.
All current bookstore volunteers and those interested in becoming volunteers are invited. A gentle review of important procedures and some lively discussion of HSR needs are planned to
train/retrain all.
Retail sales, consignment sales, bookkeeping details, library
lending bookstore opening/closing, security practices and housekeeping duties are topics planned by Linda, volunteer coordinator and Diane, Herland's librarian.
Bring a vegetable, salad, bread or dessert (meat entree and
paper goods provided) and be a part of the fun on July 12.D

TITLE

IX

TURNS

25

In 1972, nine percent of the medical degrees and seven
percent of tl1e law degrees were awarded to women - by 1996,
38 percent of tl1e medical degrees and 43 percent of the law
degrees were awarded to women. In 1972, there were 300,000
girls in high school athletics - in 1996, tl1ere were 2.3 million.
These changes have been credited to Title IX of the Educational
Amendments of 1972 which prohibits discrimination against
girls and women in federally-funded education programs, including athletics.
President Clinton observed the twenty-fifth anniversary of
Title IX by announcing new initiatives for enforcement and by
extending Title IX protection to educational programs run by tl1e
federal government. In a White House ceremony, the President
said "Every school and every education program that receives
federal assistance in the entire country must understand that
complying with Title IX is not optional. It is the law, and the law
must be enforced." In a memorandum to agency heads, he
directed all agencies and departments in the executive branch of
the Federal government to review their Title IX enforcement
procedures and to work with tl1e Attorney General to develop a
"new and vigorous" plan.
The President also announced that he will sign an executive
order extending Title IX requirements to federal programs. The
order will "prohibit educational discrimination on the basis of
sex, race or national origin in federally conducted education
programs." Currently Title IX applies only to programs that
receive funding from the federal government but not to those
operated directly by the government. The executive order would
extend those provisions to programs such as schools run by tl1e
Department of Defense, educational research conducted by the
federal government, and educational fellowships awarded directly to students. (continued page 3)
Volume 15Number7

HERLAND

COMMUNITY
PICNIC

Over 100 people attended the Herland Community Picnic
held on Saturday evening before the Pride Parade. The entertainment, hosted by comedian Jeri James, featured many oftl1e best
musical entertainers in our community. Thanks to Donna D,
The Banned, Wanda, Donna W, Peggy Johnson, Cutchla, Wende
Allen, and John Barbee for donating your considerable talents to
make the evening a great success. Everyone had a great time and
Herland raised about $200 for our general operating expenses.
While the picnic was Herland' s first community-wide Pride
Week event, it won't be the last. Plans are already underway for
next year's community picnic. 0

Ginger gives chef Sally a helping hand.

Berland Sister Resources

2312N.W. 39, OKC, OK 73112

Crowds of spectators greeted the parade at 39th and Penn.

"Equality Through Visibility"
Oklahoma's 10th ·Annual Gay and Lesbian
Pride Parade

Herland's parade entry. Her/and has
participated in a/110 Oklahoma City
Gay and Lesbian Pride Parades.

The Voice is published by: Herland Sister Resources, Inc. 2312 N.W. 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
The Voice is offered as an open forum for community discourse. Articles reflect the opinions of the author and not necessarily those of Herland Sister Resources. Unsolicited articles and letters to the
editor are welcomed and must be signed by the writer with full name and address. Upon reques~ letters or articles may be printed under a pseudonym or anonymously.
Subscriptions to The Voice are free upon request although a donation is requested to meet publication and distribution costs.

EMPLOYMENT NoN-D1scR1MJNA110N AcT
RBNTRODUCED
Supported by an unprecedented number of their colleagues,
a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers have reintroduced a federal
bill banning workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation, saying that every American should have the equal right to
be free from bias at their jobs.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, was
reintroduced on June 9, 1997 with 150 co-sponsors in the House,
led by Republican Rep. Chris Shays of Connecticut and Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts. The Senate bill has
35 co-sponsors, led by Republican Sen. Jim Jeffords ofVennont,
and Democratic Senators Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts and
Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut.
First introduced in June 1994, ENDA came within one vote
of passage in the Senate last September. The number of cosponsors in each house is the highest the bill has ever received,
according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which helped
draft the legislation first introduced in 1976. President Clinton
has once again given his support to the measure.
"We are closer than ever to getting this bill passed," said Matt
Coles, director of the ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project.
"This legislation would protect all Americans, gay or straight,
from being fired simply because of their sexual orientation. It is
the right thing to do."
ENDA would add sexual orientation to the current list of
federal employment protections that ban discrimination based on
race, religion, gender, national origin, age and disability. The bill
would prohibit employers with more than 15 employees from
using a person's sexual orientation in decisions such as firing,
hiring, promotion or compensation. The bill would exempt
religious organizations and the military, and would not establish
preferential treatment or quotas.
Current federal law does not protect Americans from discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation.
In Oklahoma and 38 other states, an employer may legally fire
workers solely because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or heterosexual.
Eleven states have laws prohibiting such discrimination.
California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New
Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin have had these
laws on the books for a number of years; Maine and New
Hampshire enacted such laws earlier this spring.
"The message of ENDA is clear and straightforward," said
Kerry Lobel, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force. "Discrimination is wrong. We look forward to the day
when gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people no longer
have to fear the loss of their jobs on the basis of their sexual
orientation. When that day comes, our society will have taken
another step forward in assuring justice and equality for all of its ·
citizens."
"ENDA is emerging as a common-sense measure as the
public learns that countless Americans still work in fear, knowing
they can legally be fired from their jobs because of discrimination
based on sexual orientation," said Winnie Stachelberg, HRC's
legislative director. "With a record level of broad-based support,
we have a solid chance ofpassing END A in this 105th Congress." l:J

WHAT MAKes You HoT?
Is it the way she tickles your tummy or nibbles on your ear?
Although this would make an interesting issue of the Herland
Voice, we are asking our readers to write in about what makes you
hot politically. Is it marriage laws, child custody issues, the
adoption process or sometlting else? Is it some certain congressman or senator witl1 a totally backward mind set tliat drives you
crazy?
Please sit down for a few minutes and write what's on your
mind and send a copy for publication to the Herland Voice. We
need your copy no later tlian July 18th so tl1at it can be in the
August issue.
Tltis is your chance to sound offabout anything that concerns
you politically, so send your letter of300 words or less to Herland
Voice, 2312 NW 39tl1 Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. Be sure
to let us know whetl1er to include your name with tl1e article!
Write us soon and sound off about what makes your hot -politically that is! l:J

TITLE

/X

(continued from page 1)
While it is often associated only with sports, Title IX provisions apply to all educational programs. Before Title IX, girls
were commonly excluded from "boy's classes" like automotive
shop or building trades and boys were excluded from "girls
classes" like home economics and typing. Classes in advanced
mathematics and sciences were also often closed to girls. Title IX
of tl1e Educational Amendments of 1972 states that "no person in
the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation
in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination
under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid."
The American Civil Liberties Union in its report, Title IX at
25: Report Card on Gender Equity, highlights both tl1e victories
Title IX has secured for women and the remaining deficiencies
that stronger enforcement could remedy. These include:
•Women now comprise 40 percent of graduates receiving
professional degrees in fields like law and medicine, up from 6
percent in 1972. But only 18 percent of physics undergraduate
degrees and 15 percent of engineering degrees went to women in
1993.
•More than 2 million girls are varsity athletes in high school,
almost ten times the figure in 1971. But female college athletes
receive less tl1an a quarter of college athletic funding, and barely
a third of scholarship dollars.
•Women have increased their representation dramatically as
professors in colleges and universities. But women still make up
less than one-fifth oftl1e faculty at elite educational institutions,
and women faculty members earn less money and enjoy less
tenure protection than their male colleagues. D

JULY HERLAHD EVENTS
(EVERYONE ALWAYS WELCOME)

July JZ 4 - 6 P .M. Volunteer Potluclc and Training
July ZO 4:30 P .M. Herland Board Meeting
July Z4 6:30 P.H. tfewsletter malllng

Herland Is open every weehend:
Saturday 10 A.H. - 6 P .M. and Sunday l - 6 P .M.
Her/and Voice July, 1997

3

---- ------

-

R6/Mfl(

Preferrrd Properties Inc.

Carla SpJaingard
Office: (405) 751-4848
Toll Free: (800} 299-5615
Fax: (405) 751-4330
3705

405-528-1018

FAX 405-528-1035

w. Memorial

REBECCA R. COHN, Ph.D.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Peggy C. Johnson
Attorney At Law

321-2148

2200 Classen Blvd ., Suite 650
Oklahoma City, OK 73106-5609

Associated with
Parr, Friend and Johnson

P.O. Box 5119
Norman, Okla 73070

"'"StlC
• unique I. unusual gifts • act
• jc1DCltp • c1nC)lcs • tnccnsc
3l3 mbirc Srrccr

lllttsba Rice

Individual - Couples
Family Therapy, Retreats

Nancy Nesser

~OR€St tR€aSUR€S

(405) 447-Slll

Oklahoma City, OK 73134

Attorney at Law
942-4190
bankruptcy
and
wills,
trusts. &
divorce,
custody

consumer
law
estate
planning
&
family
law

Email : njnesser@juno.com

non111n, OK 73069

•

BEN HAYDEN, ClVIT
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE

~rP PLU~BING

r

844-1951
"FOR ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDS"

Residence - 360-9451

JEAN PROCKISH

Harland Sister Resources
2312 N.W. 39
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Address Correction Requested
Return Postage Guaranteed

NonProfit Org.
U.S. Postage

PAID
Oklahoma City, OK
Permit No. 861



July, 1997

CALLING ALL
VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers are the life of Herland Sister Resources and are
so much appreciated. To celebrate the work of all volunteers, a
volunteer potluck will be held on July 12 from 4 P.M. to 6 P.M.
All current bookstore volunteers and those interested in becoming volunteers are invited. A gentle review of important procedures and some lively discussion of HSR needs are planned to
train/retrain all.
Retail sales, consignment sales, bookkeeping details, library
lending bookstore opening/closing, security practices and housekeeping duties are topics planned by Linda, volunteer coordinator and Diane, Herland's librarian.
Bring a vegetable, salad, bread or dessert (meat entree and
paper goods provided) and be a part of the fun on July 12.D

TITLE

IX

TURNS

25

In 1972, nine percent of the medical degrees and seven
percent of tl1e law degrees were awarded to women - by 1996,
38 percent of tl1e medical degrees and 43 percent of the law
degrees were awarded to women. In 1972, there were 300,000
girls in high school athletics - in 1996, tl1ere were 2.3 million.
These changes have been credited to Title IX of the Educational
Amendments of 1972 which prohibits discrimination against
girls and women in federally-funded education programs, including athletics.
President Clinton observed the twenty-fifth anniversary of
Title IX by announcing new initiatives for enforcement and by
extending Title IX protection to educational programs run by tl1e
federal government. In a White House ceremony, the President
said "Every school and every education program that receives
federal assistance in the entire country must understand that
complying with Title IX is not optional. It is the law, and the law
must be enforced." In a memorandum to agency heads, he
directed all agencies and departments in the executive branch of
the Federal government to review their Title IX enforcement
procedures and to work with tl1e Attorney General to develop a
"new and vigorous" plan.
The President also announced that he will sign an executive
order extending Title IX requirements to federal programs. The
order will "prohibit educational discrimination on the basis of
sex, race or national origin in federally conducted education
programs." Currently Title IX applies only to programs that
receive funding from the federal government but not to those
operated directly by the government. The executive order would
extend those provisions to programs such as schools run by tl1e
Department of Defense, educational research conducted by the
federal government, and educational fellowships awarded directly to students. (continued page 3)
Volume 15Number7

HERLAND

COMMUNITY
PICNIC

Over 100 people attended the Herland Community Picnic
held on Saturday evening before the Pride Parade. The entertainment, hosted by comedian Jeri James, featured many oftl1e best
musical entertainers in our community. Thanks to Donna D,
The Banned, Wanda, Donna W, Peggy Johnson, Cutchla, Wende
Allen, and John Barbee for donating your considerable talents to
make the evening a great success. Everyone had a great time and
Herland raised about $200 for our general operating expenses.
While the picnic was Herland' s first community-wide Pride
Week event, it won't be the last. Plans are already underway for
next year's community picnic. 0

Ginger gives chef Sally a helping hand.

Berland Sister Resources

2312N.W. 39, OKC, OK 73112

Crowds of spectators greeted the parade at 39th and Penn.

"Equality Through Visibility"
Oklahoma's 10th ·Annual Gay and Lesbian
Pride Parade

Herland's parade entry. Her/and has
participated in a/110 Oklahoma City
Gay and Lesbian Pride Parades.

The Voice is published by: Herland Sister Resources, Inc. 2312 N.W. 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
The Voice is offered as an open forum for community discourse. Articles reflect the opinions of the author and not necessarily those of Herland Sister Resources. Unsolicited articles and letters to the
editor are welcomed and must be signed by the writer with full name and address. Upon reques~ letters or articles may be printed under a pseudonym or anonymously.
Subscriptions to The Voice are free upon request although a donation is requested to meet publication and distribution costs.

EMPLOYMENT NoN-D1scR1MJNA110N AcT
RBNTRODUCED
Supported by an unprecedented number of their colleagues,
a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers have reintroduced a federal
bill banning workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation, saying that every American should have the equal right to
be free from bias at their jobs.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, was
reintroduced on June 9, 1997 with 150 co-sponsors in the House,
led by Republican Rep. Chris Shays of Connecticut and Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts. The Senate bill has
35 co-sponsors, led by Republican Sen. Jim Jeffords ofVennont,
and Democratic Senators Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts and
Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut.
First introduced in June 1994, ENDA came within one vote
of passage in the Senate last September. The number of cosponsors in each house is the highest the bill has ever received,
according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which helped
draft the legislation first introduced in 1976. President Clinton
has once again given his support to the measure.
"We are closer than ever to getting this bill passed," said Matt
Coles, director of the ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project.
"This legislation would protect all Americans, gay or straight,
from being fired simply because of their sexual orientation. It is
the right thing to do."
ENDA would add sexual orientation to the current list of
federal employment protections that ban discrimination based on
race, religion, gender, national origin, age and disability. The bill
would prohibit employers with more than 15 employees from
using a person's sexual orientation in decisions such as firing,
hiring, promotion or compensation. The bill would exempt
religious organizations and the military, and would not establish
preferential treatment or quotas.
Current federal law does not protect Americans from discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation.
In Oklahoma and 38 other states, an employer may legally fire
workers solely because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or heterosexual.
Eleven states have laws prohibiting such discrimination.
California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New
Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin have had these
laws on the books for a number of years; Maine and New
Hampshire enacted such laws earlier this spring.
"The message of ENDA is clear and straightforward," said
Kerry Lobel, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force. "Discrimination is wrong. We look forward to the day
when gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people no longer
have to fear the loss of their jobs on the basis of their sexual
orientation. When that day comes, our society will have taken
another step forward in assuring justice and equality for all of its ·
citizens."
"ENDA is emerging as a common-sense measure as the
public learns that countless Americans still work in fear, knowing
they can legally be fired from their jobs because of discrimination
based on sexual orientation," said Winnie Stachelberg, HRC's
legislative director. "With a record level of broad-based support,
we have a solid chance ofpassing END A in this 105th Congress." l:J

WHAT MAKes You HoT?
Is it the way she tickles your tummy or nibbles on your ear?
Although this would make an interesting issue of the Herland
Voice, we are asking our readers to write in about what makes you
hot politically. Is it marriage laws, child custody issues, the
adoption process or sometlting else? Is it some certain congressman or senator witl1 a totally backward mind set tliat drives you
crazy?
Please sit down for a few minutes and write what's on your
mind and send a copy for publication to the Herland Voice. We
need your copy no later tlian July 18th so tl1at it can be in the
August issue.
Tltis is your chance to sound offabout anything that concerns
you politically, so send your letter of300 words or less to Herland
Voice, 2312 NW 39tl1 Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. Be sure
to let us know whetl1er to include your name with tl1e article!
Write us soon and sound off about what makes your hot -politically that is! l:J

TITLE

/X

(continued from page 1)
While it is often associated only with sports, Title IX provisions apply to all educational programs. Before Title IX, girls
were commonly excluded from "boy's classes" like automotive
shop or building trades and boys were excluded from "girls
classes" like home economics and typing. Classes in advanced
mathematics and sciences were also often closed to girls. Title IX
of tl1e Educational Amendments of 1972 states that "no person in
the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation
in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination
under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid."
The American Civil Liberties Union in its report, Title IX at
25: Report Card on Gender Equity, highlights both tl1e victories
Title IX has secured for women and the remaining deficiencies
that stronger enforcement could remedy. These include:
•Women now comprise 40 percent of graduates receiving
professional degrees in fields like law and medicine, up from 6
percent in 1972. But only 18 percent of physics undergraduate
degrees and 15 percent of engineering degrees went to women in
1993.
•More than 2 million girls are varsity athletes in high school,
almost ten times the figure in 1971. But female college athletes
receive less tl1an a quarter of college athletic funding, and barely
a third of scholarship dollars.
•Women have increased their representation dramatically as
professors in colleges and universities. But women still make up
less than one-fifth oftl1e faculty at elite educational institutions,
and women faculty members earn less money and enjoy less
tenure protection than their male colleagues. D

JULY HERLAHD EVENTS
(EVERYONE ALWAYS WELCOME)

July JZ 4 - 6 P .M. Volunteer Potluclc and Training
July ZO 4:30 P .M. Herland Board Meeting
July Z4 6:30 P.H. tfewsletter malllng

Herland Is open every weehend:
Saturday 10 A.H. - 6 P .M. and Sunday l - 6 P .M.
Her/and Voice July, 1997

3

---- ------

-

R6/Mfl(

Preferrrd Properties Inc.

Carla SpJaingard
Office: (405) 751-4848
Toll Free: (800} 299-5615
Fax: (405) 751-4330
3705

405-528-1018

FAX 405-528-1035

w. Memorial

REBECCA R. COHN, Ph.D.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Peggy C. Johnson
Attorney At Law

321-2148

2200 Classen Blvd ., Suite 650
Oklahoma City, OK 73106-5609

Associated with
Parr, Friend and Johnson

P.O. Box 5119
Norman, Okla 73070

"'"StlC
• unique I. unusual gifts • act
• jc1DCltp • c1nC)lcs • tnccnsc
3l3 mbirc Srrccr

lllttsba Rice

Individual - Couples
Family Therapy, Retreats

Nancy Nesser

~OR€St tR€aSUR€S

(405) 447-Slll

Oklahoma City, OK 73134

Attorney at Law
942-4190
bankruptcy
and
wills,
trusts. &
divorce,
custody

consumer
law
estate
planning
&
family
law

Email : njnesser@juno.com

non111n, OK 73069

•

BEN HAYDEN, ClVIT
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE

~rP PLU~BING

r

844-1951
"FOR ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDS"

Residence - 360-9451

JEAN PROCKISH

Harland Sister Resources
2312 N.W. 39
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Address Correction Requested
Return Postage Guaranteed

NonProfit Org.
U.S. Postage

PAID
Oklahoma City, OK
Permit No. 861