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Milestones ! A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WOMEN's
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The Coffee Cecb
Lesbians In The Arts •Books, Music, Movies, Etc. 25

Quiz
How Well Do You Express Your Feelings? 28

WhataWoru>,
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Humor By Comedian Nancy Ford 22

Mosthet Features
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11 What's Goin' On

14 Dear Agnes • 31 Horoscope
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or gay women' issue is not resolved.
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'Lesbian'is a word with much herstory
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The ^ews

From Around the Region,the Country & the World

THRFReceives^1600

in GrantSupport
AUSTIN - The Texas Human Rights
Foundation (THRF) announced the
receipt of two grants totalling over
SI600 from DIFFA and from Razzle

Dazzle Dallas. The monies will go
toward support of THRF's two main

its 1989 event as an emergency fund,to
be distributed to organizations in the

lesbian/gay community if not tapped
sooner for an appropriate need. THRF

had previously received S6,120 from
Razzle Dazzle Dallas as a beneficiary

of the proceeds of the 1989 event.
THRF board member David Bryan said
that the monies from Razzle Dazzle

current areas of work — it's AIDS

Dallas would be used to help pay legal

Legal Resource Project and prosecu
tion ofit's challenge to the constitution
ality of the Texas sodomy statute in the

fees and educational costs in THRF's

lawsuit challenging the constitutional
ity ofthe Texas sodomy statute.Section

21.06 case.

21.06 of the Texas Penal Code. The

Ofthe grants awarded,one is for$1000
from the Design Industfies Foundation
for AIDS (DIFFA). DIFFA was the
main producer of the national tour of

State of Texas seeks to invalidate the

"Heartstrings: An Evening ofHopefor

persons of the same sex.

the Healing of AIDS," which featured
President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter as
national honorary chairpersons. The
SKXX)will be utilized by THRF to help
pay overhead costs in operation of it's

AIDS Legal Resource Project. During
the 12 month period ending March 31,
1990, THRF's AIDS Legal Resource
Projectserved a total of528clients.The

project is a statewide counseling and
referral service for persons who have
AIDS-related legal problems.

THRF has also received a grant of
approximately S600 from Razzle
Dazzle Dallas. Razzle Dazzle Dallas is

the annual lesbian and gay pride week
celebration staged in Dallas and draw

ing thousands of participants. The$6(X)
gr^t represented additional proceeds
held back by Razzle Dazzle Dallas after

case, known as Morales et. al. vs. The

Texas law which criminalizes the pri
vate,consensualsexualrelations oftwo

San Antonio

Launches New AIDS

AwarenessProject
SAN ANTONIO - San Antonian Fran

Mendez and Jamison Holt have begun

distributing a small stained glass white
candle with a blue flame throughout the

city. Their concept is simple. They
want everyone (patient,family,friend,
doctor, healthcare or social worker)

affected by AIDS to display the candle,
hanging it from a car rearview mirror,
or in the window of the home or office.
A $5 donation to benefit the San Anto
nio AIDS Foundation is suggested for

each candle."Blue Light Candles" will
be widely available beginning in June
June 1990 • Dimensions • Poge 7

at the San Antonio Gay Pride and
ARTS FOR LIFE events through July.
They are also available at local places
of worship (River City Living MCC &

activities, meals, entertainment and a

MCC of San Antonio) and at local
businesses (Tienda Guadalupe, Scott
CShea Restorations& Dos Carolinas).

6054.

rally pin and tee-shirt For registration

information write: WMF.,7 Lent Ave.,
LeRoy, NY 14482 or call (716) 768-

Research Firm

Focuses On Lesbian/
Gay Opinions
CHICAGO -Overlooked Opinions,
Inc.(001), the nation's first research
firm dedicated to assessing the attitudes

and opinions of the lesbian, gay and
bisexual community, has formed a
National Opinion Panel of lesbians,
gay men and bisexuals.'The response
has been tremendous,"says Rick Dean,
Vice President of OOl."In the panel's
first month, over 1,000 people have

joined. Further, current members have
sent in an additional 5,0(X) names of

lesbian, gay and bisexual friends,fam

Women s Motorcycle

ily and associates.
"Panel members are sent surveys on a

Festival Roars
Into View

regular basis," says Jeffrey J. Vitale,

LEROY,NY - The Women's Motorcy
clist Foundation (WMF) has an
nounced that it's Women's Motorcycle
Festival '90 will be held August 23-26
in the beautiful Allegany Mountains of

responses from the previous questionaire. All responses are confidential.

Western New York.

Events will include: the "Dice Run",a

70 mile competitive team event; the
Four Ring Riding Circus(field events);
group rides and a parade run.

Singer Alix Dobkin will perform in
concert on Saturday night along with
classical guitarist Leah Zicari.
When not involved in riding activities,
women can swim, boat, canoe, hike,

play tennis, Softball or volleyball.
The festival fee includes camping, all
Page 8 • Dimensions -June 1990

President of 001."With each survey,

we include a short summary of the

001 collects the data and analyzes the
results. In short," Vitale continues,"it

is our goal to provide information to the
lesbian, gay and bisexual community
and to educate the social mainstream.
We are in the business of discovering
how our attitudes and political beliefs

as lesbians, gay men and bisexuals,
differ from society as a whole."

One challenge at OOI is building a
panel that accurately represents the

diversity of the lesbian/gay commu
nity. The current panel is about 30%
female and 70% male. OOI is con-

cemed with having more women, as

well as persons of color,represented in
their panels.
If you would like to participate please
contact OOI at 3712 N. Broadway,

Suite 277, Chicago, IL 60613 or call
(312) 792-7800

Breakthrough
in Landmark

AIDS Case
SAN FRANCISCO - In the first case of

its kind,a settlement has been reached

which prohibits an insurance company
from discriminating on the basis of
sexual orientation. The Employment
Law Center (ELC) and the National
Gay Rights Advocates (NORA) an

nounced in ajoint press conference that
the settlement was filed in San Fran

cisco Superior Court on Wednesday,
May 3.
The lawsuit. National Gav Rightx Ad
vocates V. Great Republic Insurance
Company, charged Great Republic

Insurance Company with attempting to
avoid underwriting of policies for those
presumed to be at risk for AIDS by
denying coverage to unmarried men
who work in "occupations that do not
require physical exertion ... such as
florists, interior decorators and fashion

designers." The suit was filed in May,
1986 by NGRA and ELC on behalf of
David Hulbert and the members of
NGRA.

Under the terms of the settlement, the

company is prohibited from using a
supplemental questionaire targeted to
single male applicants — and specifi
cally prohibited from using sexual ori
entation in the determination of insura

bility. Additionally, the company can
not use marital status,"living arrange
ments", occupation, gender, medical
history, beneficiary designation, zip
code or identity of the insurance agent
to establish or aid in establishing the
sexual orientation of any apphcant for
insurance.

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What's Goev' Oa
A Monthy Listing of Special Events All Around The Area

HOUSTON - The Lone Star Sym
phonic Band is bringing women's
music to Houston! Mark your calendars
for June 22nd whenyoucan see Teresa
Trull, Deidre McCalla and Monica
Grant in concert at the Metropolitan
Service Center at 1475 W. Gray in

Houston. All proceeds will go to b^-

HOUSTON - HEARTSONG, Hous

ton women's community chorus, pres
ents its third annual concert, "Heart

Stories ... A Voice for Unity". The
perfOTmance will be presented at Un
derwood Hall on the Episcopal High
Schoolcampus on June 16th at7:30pm.
Tickets for the performance are avail

fit the Lone Star Symphonic Band
and their goal of funding their musi

from Heartsong members.Tickets are

cians' way to the Gay Games III in

$9 in advance and $11 at the door.

able at Lucia's Garden,Inklings and

Vancouver, B.C. Tickets are $20 and

available at Inklings. Call (713) 521-

SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio

3369 or 524-3314 for more info.

Lesbian Gay Assembly(SALGA) is
proud to be the sponsor of the Alamo

DALLAS - Saturday, June 16th is the
day! RAZZLE DAZZLE DALLAS

City's 8th Annual Lesbian & Gay

will kick off Gay Pride Week in the
Tower and Grand Palace buildings in
historic Fair Park. There will be a

Razzle Disco, Razzle Country &
Western Dance Hall and the Mr.,
Miss & Ms. Razzle Dazzle contests.
All this is in addition to the Razzle

community organization bazaar.
More than one hundred organizations
will be on hand to spread their mes
sage!

Pride Celebration. The Pride Picnic

and Unity Walk will be held on June
24th. There will be live music,games,
& booths at the picnic. Many other
activities are planned throughout the
month of June. For more dates, times

and a complete list of activities, please
contact the CIRCLE.

AUSTIN - You heard it hoe first!
NEXUS is on its way back. Look for

grand opening details in next month's
Dimensions!

AUSTIN - Live Wire Productkms is

bringing comedian and musician
Monica Grant to CHANCES on

Thursday, June 21. There will be an
opening act but the name has yet to be
announced. Contact CHANCES for

HOUSTON - If you are looking for
entertainment check out Sundays at the
RANCH!On the 3rd you can catch the
live sounds of the Little Bit of Texas
Band. On the 10th Mr.& Ms. TGRA

ticket i*ices and more info.

June 1990 • Dimensions•Page 11

Candidates 1991, Felicia Webb and

bration with an All-Female Show on

Mark Coleman will host a TGRA

the 3rd after the parade and other activi
ties all week long. While I'm at it, I
would like to apologize for getting a
date wrong last month. As most of you

Benefit and you can catch the finals for
the Ms. Ranch Contest. On the 24th

join in the celebration after the Gay
Pride Parade!

know by now,the Hawaiian Luau was
held on Friday the 25th, not Monday

SAN ANTONIO - Are you ready for

the 28th as I reported. Sorry girls ...

some serious discussion? Check out

the Tuesday Night Discussions at the

CIRCLE. On Tuesday the 12th the
discussion will center on Humor,and
on the 26th it will be the Rituals of

Commitment. If you would rather be

dancing, come out on Wednesday for
Dance Night with no cover, 500 draft
beer from 5-10pm and $1.75 Kamika
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than COYOTE CONNECTION,

Arlington's newest women's bar. There
are great drink specials every night
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pay 250 for well drinks or 500 for juice
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NERS would like to wish you a happy

Schnapps everyday and night of the

Gay Pride Week. Ft. Worth's festivi

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Parade on Sunday the 3rd and the Pic
nic on Sunday the 9th. Of course

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Dear Agae!§»
Answers to your questions about love,
RELATIONSHIPS & PERSONAL PROBLEMS

Dear Agnes,
I am a Black Female lady-sort of good
looking. I think my personality is OK.
But everytime I meet another Black
lady all she does is play games and joke
with me. I am always honest and sin
cere, and at all times say what's on my
mind. I am kind, and giving. I work
hard, and earn everything I get
"What in the world am I doing wrong?
Should I Just stay away from Black
women, period?" I would like to just
live and be happy.

I Need Help!
Ft. Worth,TX

prospective partners. It helps to keep an
open mind and remember that you
could come out with a friend. Many

romantic relationships develop from
friendship, focusing so much on only
the romantic can make us blind to other'

possibilities. Once romantic expecta
tions are eliminated it (often) takes the

pressure off a relationship and allows it
to develop more fully.

Dear Agnes,
My lover is seeing another woman. It's
been going on for about6 months from
what I can figure. I just recendy found
outfrom a friend and looking back I can

Dear Need Help,
The very first thing you need help with
is your attitude. What on earth makes
you think that relationships or behavior
relate directly back to skin color as your
letter suggests? Generalizations about
anvone based on the color of their skin,

their sexual preference or any one iden
tifying characteristic is what the les
bian/gay (and Afro-American) com
munity has been fighting against for
years. Every person deserves to be

see that it hasn'tjust started. So, here's
my question — should I confront her
about it or let her continue to think I
don't know.

I'm afraid ifI confront her,she'll leave.

Obviously she wants to stay with me or
she would have left by now,so if I just
letthings ride, maybe she'11 give up this
other woman. I don't want to push her
over the edge.

We've been together for four years now

and I don't really want to give up all we
have built together over some silly

judged on their merits as person.
There is a possibility that you are ex
pecting too much. Some people want a
relationship so much they forget to look

IfIsoundcallous,it'sbccauseI vebeen
thinking about this for some time and

at people in any other light, except as

this is the best solution I can come up

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sexual attraction that will fade in time.

with. Do you have any better sugges
tions? My friends are no help at all —
they are all urging me to pack my bags

for years — especially if they believe
their lover has no idea what's going on.
Let her know that you know. Don't be
confrontational,and do tell her that you
have no intention of leaving her. Tell
her that you expect her affair to end and

and not even give it a chance. I feel
rather lost. Please help.
Silent

Dallas, TX

set a time limit

Dear Silent,

It is perfectly O.K.to stay with her,but
don't put yourself through hell. If she

Your solution is logical, but remember
that some people can carry on affairs

refuses to end her affair—leave. After

all, you have the right to be happy,too.

Write To Dear Agnes
With Your Problems or Comments at:
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MILESTONES
A Short History of the Women's & Gay Rights Movements in the 20th Century

BY Tasha Summer

There are those who believe that "you
can't really appreciate where you are
going until you understand where
you've been."
June always brings numerous celebra
tions of where we are and where we are

going. Gay Pride parades, picnics, par
ties and rallies will happen all over the
U.S. in the last weeks of this month.

Leading up to all the hoopla, this is an
appropriate time to look at where we
came from. So here it is — a short

history of both women and the lesbian/
gay community in the 20th centiuy.

1900s & 1910s

allowed women to vote in state and

federal elections. By 1914 six addi
tional states had given the vote to
women.

Lesbians and gay men were isolated by
a largely rural population and homo
sexuality was rarely mentioned outside
the realm ofchurch or medicaljournals.
There were a few pockets of gay life in
the larger cities,evidenced by the open
ing ofSan Francisco's firstgay bar.The
Dash,in 1908.By and large,lesbianism
was not thought to be possible,thus the
advent of "Boston Marriages", close
"friendships" (with definite romantic
overtones) formed by middle class
women.

At the beginning of this century,
women in most states were the property
of their husbands (or fathers, brothers
or other close male relatives) with no
legal control over their own earnings,
children or property. Women were not

On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth
Amendment gave women all over the
U.S. the right to vote. With this victory

allowed to vote,one fourth of the states

came a definite downturn in the Suf

did not allow wives to make contracts,
and women could not enter into busi

frage movement—with no great cause
to unite them and bring in new mem

ness partnerships without male con

bers, women drifted from the move

1920s

sent.

ment. The"New Woman" waited until

But, it wasn't all bad news. From 1890

later to marry, wore shorter skirts,

until the beginning of World War I, the

smoked cigarettes and generally had

women's movement was alive and

more freedom.

well. By 1900 twenty percent of

The freer morals of the 20s brought
increased freedom for women as well
as homosexuals. Many homosexual

women were employed outside the

home and beginning to dominate pro
fessions such as nursing and teaching.
Out of 369 occupations listed in the
census of 1890, women could be found

in all but nine. In the 1900s many
municipalities allowed women to vote
in local elections ,and four states

men had encountered the relative free

dom of gays in large European cities
and brought this expanded view back to
the States with them. The growing shift
of the population from rural to urban
also helped things along.

(Wyoming,Utah,Colorado,and Idaho)

June 1990 • Dimensions • Page 17

decade did not allow for any radical

1930s
The Great Depression brought severe
setbacks to women's employment
opportunities. With fewer jobs to go
around, many women were forced out
of the job market Those that did hang
on to their jobs were often faced with
wage and hourcuts.When an advertise
ment for 150 jobs as soap demonstra
tors was advertised in St. Louis, over
1,000 women stormed an office build

ing to apply for the jobs.

Homosexuals were iso affected by the
Depression. With urban areas being
especially hard hit, the small gay com

action by women's organizations.
Many women did not re-enter the work
force after World War II and the media

image of women shifted from "Rosie
the Riveter" to the perky housewife.
Persecution of homosexuals came into

vogue with massive military purges
and fear of communism. The early fif
ties saw the first forerunners of our

modem gay organizations founded in
California—WestCoast-One,Inc.,the

Mattachine Society, and, in 1955, the
first lesbian organization, the Daugh
ters of Bilitis. The groundwork for the
gay rights movement had been laid.

munities that had formed in the twen
ties were forced to focus on economic

instead ofemotional needs. As a result,

1960s

they retreated further underground so
as not to lose hard earned jobs, apart
ments and family support

The advent of "the pill" and the civil
rights movement both played a role in
bringing feminism back to the forefront
of national politics in the sixties. More

1940s

and more women were moving into the
work force out of economic necessity.

More than 6 million women went to
work for the first time with the advent

The National Organization for Women

of World War II. In the media, women

at work were pictured as positive role

only expressing their discontent, they
were translating it into action.

models. Many state governments re

The number of Lesbian and Gay activ

pealed legislation that prevented
women from working in "dangerous"
positions to encourage women to work
in war plants. Women were also seen in
military uniforms.
This explosion of women in the work
force gave lesbians the opportunity
(many for the first time) to make a
comfortable living without the aid of a
man. Many women discovered that
they were lesbians during this time.

ists were growing all across the coun
try.They were beginning to realize that
maybe they weren't the ones who had a
problem,and that only by changing the

was founded in 1966. Women were not

attitudes of those around them would

they ever be accepted.Then in 1969,on
Friday, June 27th, the gay movement
erupted.The Stonewall Inn,a gay bar in

Greenwich Village was raided by the
police — and patrons decided to fight
back. The fight moved into the streets

and was soon joined by people on the
street and from other bars in the area.

1950's
The attitudes of Senator Joseph Mc
Carthy and the House UnAmerican
Activities Committee influenced both

the women's and the gay communities.
The overriding conservatism of the
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1970s
Feminism was growing steadily in both
numbers and appeal in the early seven
ties. Women formed feminist theatre

troupes,rock groups and made feminist
movies. Ms. magazine went into pub
lication. The Supreme Court gave
women the right to choose an abortion
in 1973 with the decision in Roe v.

Wade.. By 1975,32 of the required 38
states had passed the ERA amendment.
The San Francisco gay community held

the first Gay Freedom Day Parade in
1970 to celebrate the anniversary ofthe
Stonewall riots. In 1972 the American

of Lesbian & Gay History.

1990s
It's up to us. The future is what we
make it. Both the women's and gay
community have seen ups and downs
over the past 90 years and that trend
will surely continue far into the 21st
century. But, without the help and
support of all of us, both will have a
hard time gaining recognition and sup

Psychiatric Association removed

port. So, get out and celebrate Gay

homosexuality from their list of mental
disorders. In 1975 California legalized
homosexuality. Harvey Milk was

Pride Week.But,while you are whoop

elected supervisor of San Francisco in
1977 and was fatally shot by ex-supervisOT Dan White in 1978.

1980s - Present

ing it up, remember where we came
from and the brave people who went
before and made it all possible. And
when Gay Pride Week is over,do whatyou can to make sure that generations
to come will also have the right and
privilege to parade through the streets
in a show of niunbers and pride.

Two of the bastions of almost exclu

sively male domain were broken when
Sandra Day O'Connor was £q)pointed
to serve on the Supreme Court in 1981,
and Sally Ride became the first woman
crew member of a space flight in 1983.

Catch A

Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman

on a presidential ticket. Women moved
into the medical and law fields and

Rising Star

starting their own businesses in un

Become A

precedented numbers. More and more
women were winning elections at all
levels of government.
The gay community was (and contin
ues to be) hit hard by the onset of the
AIDS epidemic. Anti-gay violence
increased as fear of the disease grew.
The SujH'eme Court upheld the right of
States to make sodomy a crime with
Bowers vs. Hardwick. Despite these
setbacks and hardships,the gay move
mentcontinued to gain momentum and
win small victories in States and mu

nicipalities nationwide.
The eighties saw the birth of the AIDS
Quilt, Gay TV, National Coming Out
Day, the Gay Games, the March On
Washington and the National Museum

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What A Worlh,
What A WortdS

Some Things You
Should Know
by Nancy Ford
It's.been more than a year now since
you and I met through"What A World,
W]tet A World", and since we appar
ently are going to continue meeting like
this, I feel an obligation to be candid.
With the advent of "the personals" in
many leading publications (not the
leastof which is our own Dimensions),
more and mwe relationships are being
spawned and developed with each
party more blatantly aware of his(x her

potential paramour's strong points, as

become romantic partners. Which they
do. Just not with me.

Using the Biblical scripture
about the lilies ofthe

field being beautifully
adorned without toiling
asjustificationfor late

payment ofan overdue bill
to a certain, unnamed,department

store which, as it happens,charges far
too much to adorn my lily anyway.

well as the weakerareas.Therefore,lest

ye,at some point, be led to believe that
thiscolumn has become rather"LePath

de la Primrose", you need to know that
I have scxne bad habits.

The following is a partial list of these
bad habits. A number of these short

Drinking champagne
directlyfrom the bottle
while pretending to be Isadora Duncan.
Ever since Vanessa Redgrave made
that movie I've had this silly reincarna
tion fixation.

comings I discovered on my own; the
rest were pointed out to me by my

Mixingfine washables

mother.

and tea towels in the

same laundry load.

Spending too much time and
money in our city's niteries
(and dayeries, come to think of it) on
strangers, thinking they may one day

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What's so awful? Time is money,and

money is time,and never does that fact
become more apparent than after one
has pumped seventy-five cents into

some nameless machine in exchange

for thirty minutes worth of hot air. At
home my mother gets all the hot air she
wants for free. Just kidding Dad.

Not having yet borne young.
There came a knock at my mother's
door one day while I was visiting.I said
"Mother,someone's knocking on your
door." She said,"Are you sure it's not

your biological clock ticking away?"
What my mother does notrealize is that
ticking of this magnitude is quite im
possible since my biological clock has
been on quartz movement since the

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The Cofeee Ceeb
Lesbians In The Arts • Books, Muslo, Movies, Etc.
This month, T. Sumner Reviews:

Thinking
f

Of You
Cathy L

Cioser
To Home
Jamie Anderson

From books to music — this month we

are going to take a look at two musi
cians. We'll start with Thinking ofYou
by singer-songwriter Cathy L.(DaCat
Productions, Carrollton, TX). Cathy
has given us a tape with a deflnite
Country-Folk feel but with a bit of a
Pop twist.This is a collection of mainly
upbeat love songs, and although I en
joyed it, I would have preferred more

variation in theme and music.

Cathy has a beautiful voice, but I don't
feel she is using it to it's fiill potential in
mostofthe selections on the tape.There

is a restrained quality to Cathy's vocals
on most ofthe songs.When she does let
loose, as on "Candle Light" and "I
Know You Know",it is a pleasure.
Cathy also arranged all the songs on the
tape,and she has done an excellentjob.

June 1990 • Dimensions • Poge 25

Her guitar solos are wonderful as are
the flute and fiddle on several of the
selections.

While I enjoyed all of the tape,I must
admitthat my favorite was"A Little Bit
of Baroque". The title says it all, and I
found it a delightful surprise.
Thinking of You is available (on cas

walks, at Central and Thomas"), will
break your heart.
With very few exceptions Jamie wrote
and arranged most of the cuts on the
album — and she did an excellentjob.

The result is a professional album that
every lover of"women's"or folk music
will like.

sette only) at VVV Records on Cedar

Closer to Home is available on album

Springs in Dallasorsend$II.00toP.O.
Box 117982, Carrollton, TX 75011-

or cassette for $11.48 from Tsunami
Records,P.O.Box 42282,Tuscon,AZ

7982. You can catch Cathy live at the

85733-2282, or by caUing (602) 325-

Dallas MCC Women's Coffee House

7828.

on the first Saturday ofeach month and
her music is getting airplay on KERA
radio and can be heard on KNON's

Varied Voices (listen to Lambda
Weekly, 2pm-4pm Sundays for day
and time of Varied Voices).
Moving on, we'll take a look at Closer
to Home by Jamie Anderson(Tsunami
Records, Tuscon, AZ). This is a true
Folk album — fuU ofprotest songs and
political messages. For all the great
songs and messages included, by far
and way, my favorite is "Wedding

BUY GAY.
The Job You
Save May Be

's.

Song" and the lyric: "Sure I'll come to
your wedding, but I'll dance with the

girls."
There is a sweet but

sad quality to Jamie's
voice—slightly remi
niscent of Janis Ian.

Bodes and m usic

On the cut, "Side

for the feminist,

walks", Jamie's vo

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communities.

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How Well
Do You

Express
Yourselfl
0im..'

Do you avoid expressing your opinion
because someone you love may not
agree with you? Do you put off doing
small things until they become so big
that you can't handle them? Do you
find it hard to express how you really
feel? Answer the questions below and
find out how outspoken you really are.

Answer the questions below with a; Y

6. If I make a mistake on the job, I
point it out to my boss as soon as
possible.

7. When I run short on cash, I notify

my creditors immediately to explain
the situation.

5. I would tell my lover iff wasn't
satisfied with our sex life.

for Yes,S for Sometimes, N for No.

9. If I am trying to leam something
/. I have a problem giving anyone

new, I ask for help from someone

bad news.

who knows.

2. I usually tell people what I think
even if it is unpleasant.

3. I usually act on my "gut feelings"
4. I find it easy to make decisions.
5. I still have friends I made years
ago.

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W. If there is something unpleasant

that needs to be done, I do it and get it
over with as soon as possible.

11. I find it easy to express how I
feel about issues that are important to

me,even when I know people will
disagree.

SCORING
Give yourself points on
each answer as follows:
Y=3
S=2

yourselfspeak up whenever it is impor
tant to you — you will probably be
surprised a the results.

11-17

N=1

You have a tendency to keep your
mouth shut—even when it something

if You Scored:

very important to you. Not only does
this cause you to build up resentments,
it may also cause you loved ones to
question your love for them.Everyone

26-33

likes to hear the words "I love you"

You are very good at expressing your
feelings and are usually honest about
your opinions. You may, however, be
too forthright at times and this could
cause resentment among your friends
and co-workers. Also,since you always
confront your problems head-on,those
around you may feel that you will think
them weak if they don't do the same.In
other words, you are a hard act to fol
low.The abihty to express yourself is a
wonderful trait, but be sure you use
compassion in your dealings with oth

spoken out loud.Even though you may
think that your actions speak louder
than words, others often do not see it

that way. Learning to express yourself
is easier than you think. Start small —
tell someone how importantthey are or
ask for something you want You'll get
alot more of what you want and you'll
give those around you more of what
they want The results can be surpris-

ing!

qQ

ers.

18-25
Although you don't usually have a
problem expressing how
you feel, you may have a
problem in just one area.
In other words, you may
be perfectly able to say
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ARE YOU A TWIN?
If you are a lesbian or bisexual woman,and you have a female
twin (either identical or non-identical), we would like to talk to
you about participating in a study of the development of sexual

orientation. We would like to talkto you regardless ofthe sexual
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Reach For
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by MIKE VOSS
ARIES
Beautiful domestic situations and arrange
ments unfold this month.Investment sense

is sound. In the first and fourth week, sub

stantial increases can be yours by following
hunches. Romantic complications occur
ring between the 9th and 14th should be
taken seriously.There are unfavorable legal
undercurrents brewing.Travel and relatives
consume the third week. Enjoy communi
cation on all levels even if travel is denied.

tition could be tough.Expect to win the first
and third week. From the 7th thru the 14th

restore emotional serenity by using mate or

partner to lean on. Travel may be offered.
Domestic scene can be aptpropriate back
drop to new career direction obtained at
months end. More time is yours and so is
more money. How nice. Love plays second
fiddle most of the month.

LEO
Honors are bestowed in career and business

TAURUS
In June exjject to look your best as Venus
travels through the romance sign ofTaurus.
Invitations, gifts and romance come your
way in the first and fourth weeks. In the
second week, special attention needs to be

paid to domestic debts. From the 16th thru
the 24th incredible business aspects aj^ar.
Expansion exists through beneficial part
nerships. New projects get aptptrojriate
green lights at last.

ventures. Expect to shine beautifully in the
first and third week. The public approval
achieved also means monetary success at
month's end.Love aspects from the 8th thru
the 15th stinks, however,I guess you can't
have it all, can you ? ? ?

VIRGO
Friends and contacts make this month cata

pult you into the limelight. Enjoy favorable
business climate in the fint and third week.

Obtaining the unobtainable has you on

GEMINI

cloud nine between the 6th and 17th. Ro

Excellent career aspects fall nicely into
place this June. Waiting has not been easy
for you. Cash in on hard work now.In the
first and third week, ask for the moon pro
fessionally, and get it. During the second
week,avoid financial extravagance and getrich-quick schemes. Temptation overrides
common sense. Spending the last week of
the month with someone special is what you
want. Obligations on both ends may be

mantically you have been blind. Waking up
now allows good friends to breathe easier.

many. Expect to be disappointed.

CANCER
Tensions can mount on career turf. Compe

Domestic alliance needs further investiga
tion at month's end. Don't be nasty. You re

feeling somewhat invincible.

LIBRA
Freedom can be yours now. Re-adjusting

your work load may mean more time with
the same amount of money ... or even more.

Special attention should be paid to the first
and third weeks when superiors seem to
hand you exactly what you want. Love,
between the 8th and 15th, may be your only

June 1990 • Dimensions • Page 31

stumbling block this month. Co-operation

asp>ects. This is no time to be stuffy. If you

seems to come from all those that don't

want to be hitched, this is it! I !

really matter. Travel provides excellent es
cape at month's end. Thinking it through

AQUARIUS

helps.

Changes occur in career that are very posi
tive now. Use the first and third week in

SCORPIO

maneuvering advantages. Suj)eriors may
hand you too much between the 8th and 15th

Travel aspects and romance make a fine pair
this month. Much can be offered now.Love

but you skillfully maintain. Love appears

or money ? ?? Go for both in the first and

dubious all month.In the last week someone

third week.In the second week enjoy crea
tive talents that opien other doors. Amaze

likes you, but you don't like them. The one

friends with keen business acumen and
skill. Domestic cards need to be laid out for

come a workaholic.

you wanted gets away after the 23rd. Be

mate or partner at month's end. Fight fire

PISCES

with fire, don't be taken advantage of.

Travel and romance are an unbeatable

combination this month. Meeting dream
partners or having partners that behave like
dreams should keep you floating emotion
ally high over the rest of us. In the first and

SAGITTARIUS
Domestic and career opportunities apipear
simultaneously.Profits in both areas should
be great in first and third weeks. Others
respond readily to wit and charm in second
week. Some may be proposed to. Best

third week wonderful and extravagant gifts
can even come your way Family and home
can be a burden ttetween the 6th and the

12th, but you address all problems cheer
fully. After the 24th great strides in career
may be taken due to (once again) romantic
advantages.

matches are more towards month's end

when available partners are more philo

sophically matched. Travel enhances the
adventure of romance.

CAPRICORN
Issues surrounding love include career also.
Falling in love with the boss or even coworkers is a strong pios-

sibility.In the first week
you set the stage. Ob
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The Directort
A Listing of Service Organizations, Businesses & Clubs
ARLINGTON,TX (area code 617)
clubs
Coyote Connection
131 Gay St. 277-1088

P.O. Box 225831 75222 • 948-1546
AIDS Resource Center

P.O. Box 19348-77, UTA St. 76019

4012-B Cedar Springs 75219
Dallas Gay Alliance
4012-B Cedar Springs 75219 .5284233
Dallas GayAssbian Historic Archives
4012-B Cedar Springs.821-1653
Dallas Gay Youth Group

794-5140

300 Turtle Creek Raza #116• 307-7203

organizations
Goy/Lesblon Association of UTA

Dallas Outdoors
P.O. Box 35474 75235• 276-5270

AUSTIN. TX (area code 512)

Dallas Tavern Guild

clubs
Nexus(coming soon)•448-2292

3900 Lemmon Ave. #220.526-5292

Sadie's Piace

815-A Brazos #214 • 479-6939

Foundation for Human Understanding
528^233

Grace Fellowship in Christ Jesus
2727 Oak Lawn 75219.5282811

organizations

Lesbian Information Line (UL)

Aftirrrxition (Methodist)

P.O. Box 191443 75219.528-2426

7403 Shoal Creek • 451-2329
Austin Lambda
P.O. Box 5455 78763

Lesbio/Gay Political Coalition

Gay/Lesbian Student

P.O. Box 224424 75222.828-9882
Lesbian Visionaries
P.O. Box 191443 75219.521-9642

Association at UT Austin •458-3971
Box 275 Texas Union 78712-7338

P.O. Box 191033 75219.941-8114

Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby

Oak Lawn Community Services

Metroplex Republicans

P.O. Box 2505 78768

P.O. box 191094 75219. 520-8108

Metropolitan Community Church
1100 Sprlngdale Rd. • 929-3660
Oasis Ministry

Oak Lawn SytDptwnic Band

5555 N. Lamar Blvd. #L101 •441-9191

288-9299 or 823-3105

Waterloo Counseling Center

Womyn Togettier
3920 Cedar Springs.528-4233

507 Powell 78703• 322-9654

P.O. Box 190973 75219.986-1751

WANT(Women In The Arts)

Texas Human Rights Foundation
2201 N. Lamar # 203 78705•479-8473

AIDS Legal Assistance 1-800-828-6417

DALLAS, TX (area code 214)
businesses
Business Delivery Systems

DENTON,TX (area code 817)
organizations
COURAGE, Lesbian Gay Student Org.
c/o Student Activities Center
P.O. Box 5067 76203.382-3813

14902 Preston Rd. 75240 • 733-1108
Crossroads Market

FT. WORTH (area code 817)

3930 Cedar Springs

OFganizotions

521-8919 or 1-800-992-6404
Curious Times - Women's Books etc.

Affirmation (Mettwdist).478-7837
RESPECT - GayAesblon Association

4008D Cedar Springs •528-4087
Clubs

828 Hardwood Rd,.Hurst, TX 76054

Sue Ellen's

HOUSTON,TX (area code 713)

3903 Cedar Springs • 559-0707

organizations

businesses
Inklings « an alternative bookshop

AffirrTKition (Methodist)

1846 Richmond.521-3369

Desert Moon • 5903 Willis • 8284471

June 1990 • Dimensions• Page 33

n
clubs

National Gay/Lesbian Clearinghouse

Ranch • 9125 S. Main • 666-3464

666 Broadway 4th Floor

organizations
AIDS Foundation
3927 Essex Lone • 623-6796
AIDS HOTLINE

c/0 Switchboard •529-3211
Gay/Lesbian Students
University of Houston
4800 Caihoun •529-3211
Gay & Lesbian Switchboard
P.O. Box 66591 77266 •529-3211

Houston Gay Political Caucus
P.O. Box 66664 77266 • 521-1000

Kingdom Community Church
614 E. 19th.862-7533
Lambda ALANON
Lambda Center for Aichohoiics
1214 Joanne •521-9772

Lesbian/Gay Students
University of Houston - Clear Lake
2700 Bay Area 77058
Montrose Counseling Center
900 Lovett #203 77006 • 529-0037

Montrose Pool League/Billiards
PJ 863-8482
PWA Coalition - Houston

NY, NY 10012

National Gay/Lesbian Crisisline
1-800-SOS-GAYS

National Gay/Lesbian Task Force
1517 U Street NW

Washington D,C, 20009 • 202-332-6483
The Fund for Human Dignity
666 Broadway 4th Floor
NY, NY 10012

NORMAN, OK (area code 405)

organizatioiTs
Women's Resource Center
P.O. Box 5089 73070

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
(areo code 405)
organizations
Oasis the Community Center
2135 NW 39th 73112 • 525-AiDS

Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
2312 NW 39th 73112. 794-7464

SAN ANTONIO, TX (area code 512)

1475 W. Gray #163 • 522-5428
Womynspace

Clubs

P.O. Box 980601 77098-0601

The Circle

880-9517 or 521-0780

8021 Pinebrook « 341-2818

Women's Softtxill League

organizations

6431 Pineshade• 868-6256

DIgnity/San Antonio
202 N. St, Mary's.349-3632
Integrity/San Antonio

LUBBOCK,TX (areo code 806)
organizations
Lubbock Lesbian/Gay Alliance
P.O. Box 64746 79464• 796-2403

Narrws Pro)ect/Lubbock
796-1800 or 744-1957

P.O. Box 150006 78212 • 684-4920

River City Living Metropolitan
Community Church
202 Holland 78212 . 822-1121
LISA (Lesbian Information SA)
828-LiSA (5472)

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

SALGA - San Antonio Lesbian & Gay
Assembly . 733-7300

Affirmation: United Methodists for

SALSA - San Antonio Lambda Students

Lesbian/Gay Concerns

Alliance . P.O. Box 12715 78212

P.O. Box 1021 • Evanston, IL 60204

Coordinator; Jim 228-9877

AIDS Action Council

San Antonio AIDS Foundation

729 Eighth St. S.E. Suite 200
Washington, DC 20003 .(202) 547-3101
AIDS 800 • 1-800-221-7044
Conference For Catholic Lesbians
P.O. Box 436, Planetarium Station
New York, New York 10024

Ntl Gay Alliance for Young Adults,
lnc,P.O. Box 190426

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or gay women' issue is not resolved.
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rope and South America.

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'Lesbian'is a word with much herstory
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The ^ews

From Around the Region,the Country & the World

THRFReceives^1600

in GrantSupport
AUSTIN - The Texas Human Rights
Foundation (THRF) announced the
receipt of two grants totalling over
SI600 from DIFFA and from Razzle

Dazzle Dallas. The monies will go
toward support of THRF's two main

its 1989 event as an emergency fund,to
be distributed to organizations in the

lesbian/gay community if not tapped
sooner for an appropriate need. THRF

had previously received S6,120 from
Razzle Dazzle Dallas as a beneficiary

of the proceeds of the 1989 event.
THRF board member David Bryan said
that the monies from Razzle Dazzle

current areas of work — it's AIDS

Dallas would be used to help pay legal

Legal Resource Project and prosecu
tion ofit's challenge to the constitution
ality of the Texas sodomy statute in the

fees and educational costs in THRF's

lawsuit challenging the constitutional
ity ofthe Texas sodomy statute.Section

21.06 case.

21.06 of the Texas Penal Code. The

Ofthe grants awarded,one is for$1000
from the Design Industfies Foundation
for AIDS (DIFFA). DIFFA was the
main producer of the national tour of

State of Texas seeks to invalidate the

"Heartstrings: An Evening ofHopefor

persons of the same sex.

the Healing of AIDS," which featured
President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter as
national honorary chairpersons. The
SKXX)will be utilized by THRF to help
pay overhead costs in operation of it's

AIDS Legal Resource Project. During
the 12 month period ending March 31,
1990, THRF's AIDS Legal Resource
Projectserved a total of528clients.The

project is a statewide counseling and
referral service for persons who have
AIDS-related legal problems.

THRF has also received a grant of
approximately S600 from Razzle
Dazzle Dallas. Razzle Dazzle Dallas is

the annual lesbian and gay pride week
celebration staged in Dallas and draw

ing thousands of participants. The$6(X)
gr^t represented additional proceeds
held back by Razzle Dazzle Dallas after

case, known as Morales et. al. vs. The

Texas law which criminalizes the pri
vate,consensualsexualrelations oftwo

San Antonio

Launches New AIDS

AwarenessProject
SAN ANTONIO - San Antonian Fran

Mendez and Jamison Holt have begun

distributing a small stained glass white
candle with a blue flame throughout the

city. Their concept is simple. They
want everyone (patient,family,friend,
doctor, healthcare or social worker)

affected by AIDS to display the candle,
hanging it from a car rearview mirror,
or in the window of the home or office.
A $5 donation to benefit the San Anto
nio AIDS Foundation is suggested for

each candle."Blue Light Candles" will
be widely available beginning in June
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at the San Antonio Gay Pride and
ARTS FOR LIFE events through July.
They are also available at local places
of worship (River City Living MCC &

activities, meals, entertainment and a

MCC of San Antonio) and at local
businesses (Tienda Guadalupe, Scott
CShea Restorations& Dos Carolinas).

6054.

rally pin and tee-shirt For registration

information write: WMF.,7 Lent Ave.,
LeRoy, NY 14482 or call (716) 768-

Research Firm

Focuses On Lesbian/
Gay Opinions
CHICAGO -Overlooked Opinions,
Inc.(001), the nation's first research
firm dedicated to assessing the attitudes

and opinions of the lesbian, gay and
bisexual community, has formed a
National Opinion Panel of lesbians,
gay men and bisexuals.'The response
has been tremendous,"says Rick Dean,
Vice President of OOl."In the panel's
first month, over 1,000 people have

joined. Further, current members have
sent in an additional 5,0(X) names of

lesbian, gay and bisexual friends,fam

Women s Motorcycle

ily and associates.
"Panel members are sent surveys on a

Festival Roars
Into View

regular basis," says Jeffrey J. Vitale,

LEROY,NY - The Women's Motorcy
clist Foundation (WMF) has an
nounced that it's Women's Motorcycle
Festival '90 will be held August 23-26
in the beautiful Allegany Mountains of

responses from the previous questionaire. All responses are confidential.

Western New York.

Events will include: the "Dice Run",a

70 mile competitive team event; the
Four Ring Riding Circus(field events);
group rides and a parade run.

Singer Alix Dobkin will perform in
concert on Saturday night along with
classical guitarist Leah Zicari.
When not involved in riding activities,
women can swim, boat, canoe, hike,

play tennis, Softball or volleyball.
The festival fee includes camping, all
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President of 001."With each survey,

we include a short summary of the

001 collects the data and analyzes the
results. In short," Vitale continues,"it

is our goal to provide information to the
lesbian, gay and bisexual community
and to educate the social mainstream.
We are in the business of discovering
how our attitudes and political beliefs

as lesbians, gay men and bisexuals,
differ from society as a whole."

One challenge at OOI is building a
panel that accurately represents the

diversity of the lesbian/gay commu
nity. The current panel is about 30%
female and 70% male. OOI is con-

cemed with having more women, as

well as persons of color,represented in
their panels.
If you would like to participate please
contact OOI at 3712 N. Broadway,

Suite 277, Chicago, IL 60613 or call
(312) 792-7800

Breakthrough
in Landmark

AIDS Case
SAN FRANCISCO - In the first case of

its kind,a settlement has been reached

which prohibits an insurance company
from discriminating on the basis of
sexual orientation. The Employment
Law Center (ELC) and the National
Gay Rights Advocates (NORA) an

nounced in ajoint press conference that
the settlement was filed in San Fran

cisco Superior Court on Wednesday,
May 3.
The lawsuit. National Gav Rightx Ad
vocates V. Great Republic Insurance
Company, charged Great Republic

Insurance Company with attempting to
avoid underwriting of policies for those
presumed to be at risk for AIDS by
denying coverage to unmarried men
who work in "occupations that do not
require physical exertion ... such as
florists, interior decorators and fashion

designers." The suit was filed in May,
1986 by NGRA and ELC on behalf of
David Hulbert and the members of
NGRA.

Under the terms of the settlement, the

company is prohibited from using a
supplemental questionaire targeted to
single male applicants — and specifi
cally prohibited from using sexual ori
entation in the determination of insura

bility. Additionally, the company can
not use marital status,"living arrange
ments", occupation, gender, medical
history, beneficiary designation, zip
code or identity of the insurance agent
to establish or aid in establishing the
sexual orientation of any apphcant for
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SUNDAY, JUNE 10th
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Hosted by Mr. 8c Ms. TGRA Candidates 1991
Mark Coleman 8c Felicia Webb

Finals For Ms. Ranch Contest

SUNDAY, JUNE 24th
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the Gay Pride Parade!

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What's Goev' Oa
A Monthy Listing of Special Events All Around The Area

HOUSTON - The Lone Star Sym
phonic Band is bringing women's
music to Houston! Mark your calendars
for June 22nd whenyoucan see Teresa
Trull, Deidre McCalla and Monica
Grant in concert at the Metropolitan
Service Center at 1475 W. Gray in

Houston. All proceeds will go to b^-

HOUSTON - HEARTSONG, Hous

ton women's community chorus, pres
ents its third annual concert, "Heart

Stories ... A Voice for Unity". The
perfOTmance will be presented at Un
derwood Hall on the Episcopal High
Schoolcampus on June 16th at7:30pm.
Tickets for the performance are avail

fit the Lone Star Symphonic Band
and their goal of funding their musi

from Heartsong members.Tickets are

cians' way to the Gay Games III in

$9 in advance and $11 at the door.

able at Lucia's Garden,Inklings and

Vancouver, B.C. Tickets are $20 and

available at Inklings. Call (713) 521-

SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio

3369 or 524-3314 for more info.

Lesbian Gay Assembly(SALGA) is
proud to be the sponsor of the Alamo

DALLAS - Saturday, June 16th is the
day! RAZZLE DAZZLE DALLAS

City's 8th Annual Lesbian & Gay

will kick off Gay Pride Week in the
Tower and Grand Palace buildings in
historic Fair Park. There will be a

Razzle Disco, Razzle Country &
Western Dance Hall and the Mr.,
Miss & Ms. Razzle Dazzle contests.
All this is in addition to the Razzle

community organization bazaar.
More than one hundred organizations
will be on hand to spread their mes
sage!

Pride Celebration. The Pride Picnic

and Unity Walk will be held on June
24th. There will be live music,games,
& booths at the picnic. Many other
activities are planned throughout the
month of June. For more dates, times

and a complete list of activities, please
contact the CIRCLE.

AUSTIN - You heard it hoe first!
NEXUS is on its way back. Look for

grand opening details in next month's
Dimensions!

AUSTIN - Live Wire Productkms is

bringing comedian and musician
Monica Grant to CHANCES on

Thursday, June 21. There will be an
opening act but the name has yet to be
announced. Contact CHANCES for

HOUSTON - If you are looking for
entertainment check out Sundays at the
RANCH!On the 3rd you can catch the
live sounds of the Little Bit of Texas
Band. On the 10th Mr.& Ms. TGRA

ticket i*ices and more info.

June 1990 • Dimensions•Page 11

Candidates 1991, Felicia Webb and

bration with an All-Female Show on

Mark Coleman will host a TGRA

the 3rd after the parade and other activi
ties all week long. While I'm at it, I
would like to apologize for getting a
date wrong last month. As most of you

Benefit and you can catch the finals for
the Ms. Ranch Contest. On the 24th

join in the celebration after the Gay
Pride Parade!

know by now,the Hawaiian Luau was
held on Friday the 25th, not Monday

SAN ANTONIO - Are you ready for

the 28th as I reported. Sorry girls ...

some serious discussion? Check out

the Tuesday Night Discussions at the

CIRCLE. On Tuesday the 12th the
discussion will center on Humor,and
on the 26th it will be the Rituals of

Commitment. If you would rather be

dancing, come out on Wednesday for
Dance Night with no cover, 500 draft
beer from 5-10pm and $1.75 Kamika
zes all night long!

ARLINGTON - If you are looking for
great drink specials, look no further
than COYOTE CONNECTION,

Arlington's newest women's bar. There
are great drink specials every night
including $5 Beer Bust on Fridays and
$5 Liquor Bust on Saturdays. For the
Liquor Bust, you pay $5 at the bar and
pay 250 for well drinks or 500 for juice
drinks the rest of the night! COYOTE

FT. WORTH - Everyone at PART

CONNECTION also offers $1 shots of

NERS would like to wish you a happy

Schnapps everyday and night of the

Gay Pride Week. Ft. Worth's festivi

week. Check their ad in this issue of

ties will be held from June 1-9, with the
Parade on Sunday the 3rd and the Pic
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Dear Agae!§»
Answers to your questions about love,
RELATIONSHIPS & PERSONAL PROBLEMS

Dear Agnes,
I am a Black Female lady-sort of good
looking. I think my personality is OK.
But everytime I meet another Black
lady all she does is play games and joke
with me. I am always honest and sin
cere, and at all times say what's on my
mind. I am kind, and giving. I work
hard, and earn everything I get
"What in the world am I doing wrong?
Should I Just stay away from Black
women, period?" I would like to just
live and be happy.

I Need Help!
Ft. Worth,TX

prospective partners. It helps to keep an
open mind and remember that you
could come out with a friend. Many

romantic relationships develop from
friendship, focusing so much on only
the romantic can make us blind to other'

possibilities. Once romantic expecta
tions are eliminated it (often) takes the

pressure off a relationship and allows it
to develop more fully.

Dear Agnes,
My lover is seeing another woman. It's
been going on for about6 months from
what I can figure. I just recendy found
outfrom a friend and looking back I can

Dear Need Help,
The very first thing you need help with
is your attitude. What on earth makes
you think that relationships or behavior
relate directly back to skin color as your
letter suggests? Generalizations about
anvone based on the color of their skin,

their sexual preference or any one iden
tifying characteristic is what the les
bian/gay (and Afro-American) com
munity has been fighting against for
years. Every person deserves to be

see that it hasn'tjust started. So, here's
my question — should I confront her
about it or let her continue to think I
don't know.

I'm afraid ifI confront her,she'll leave.

Obviously she wants to stay with me or
she would have left by now,so if I just
letthings ride, maybe she'11 give up this
other woman. I don't want to push her
over the edge.

We've been together for four years now

and I don't really want to give up all we
have built together over some silly

judged on their merits as person.
There is a possibility that you are ex
pecting too much. Some people want a
relationship so much they forget to look

IfIsoundcallous,it'sbccauseI vebeen
thinking about this for some time and

at people in any other light, except as

this is the best solution I can come up

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sexual attraction that will fade in time.

with. Do you have any better sugges
tions? My friends are no help at all —
they are all urging me to pack my bags

for years — especially if they believe
their lover has no idea what's going on.
Let her know that you know. Don't be
confrontational,and do tell her that you
have no intention of leaving her. Tell
her that you expect her affair to end and

and not even give it a chance. I feel
rather lost. Please help.
Silent

Dallas, TX

set a time limit

Dear Silent,

It is perfectly O.K.to stay with her,but
don't put yourself through hell. If she

Your solution is logical, but remember
that some people can carry on affairs

refuses to end her affair—leave. After

all, you have the right to be happy,too.

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MILESTONES
A Short History of the Women's & Gay Rights Movements in the 20th Century

BY Tasha Summer

There are those who believe that "you
can't really appreciate where you are
going until you understand where
you've been."
June always brings numerous celebra
tions of where we are and where we are

going. Gay Pride parades, picnics, par
ties and rallies will happen all over the
U.S. in the last weeks of this month.

Leading up to all the hoopla, this is an
appropriate time to look at where we
came from. So here it is — a short

history of both women and the lesbian/
gay community in the 20th centiuy.

1900s & 1910s

allowed women to vote in state and

federal elections. By 1914 six addi
tional states had given the vote to
women.

Lesbians and gay men were isolated by
a largely rural population and homo
sexuality was rarely mentioned outside
the realm ofchurch or medicaljournals.
There were a few pockets of gay life in
the larger cities,evidenced by the open
ing ofSan Francisco's firstgay bar.The
Dash,in 1908.By and large,lesbianism
was not thought to be possible,thus the
advent of "Boston Marriages", close
"friendships" (with definite romantic
overtones) formed by middle class
women.

At the beginning of this century,
women in most states were the property
of their husbands (or fathers, brothers
or other close male relatives) with no
legal control over their own earnings,
children or property. Women were not

On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth
Amendment gave women all over the
U.S. the right to vote. With this victory

allowed to vote,one fourth of the states

came a definite downturn in the Suf

did not allow wives to make contracts,
and women could not enter into busi

frage movement—with no great cause
to unite them and bring in new mem

ness partnerships without male con

bers, women drifted from the move

1920s

sent.

ment. The"New Woman" waited until

But, it wasn't all bad news. From 1890

later to marry, wore shorter skirts,

until the beginning of World War I, the

smoked cigarettes and generally had

women's movement was alive and

more freedom.

well. By 1900 twenty percent of

The freer morals of the 20s brought
increased freedom for women as well
as homosexuals. Many homosexual

women were employed outside the

home and beginning to dominate pro
fessions such as nursing and teaching.
Out of 369 occupations listed in the
census of 1890, women could be found

in all but nine. In the 1900s many
municipalities allowed women to vote
in local elections ,and four states

men had encountered the relative free

dom of gays in large European cities
and brought this expanded view back to
the States with them. The growing shift
of the population from rural to urban
also helped things along.

(Wyoming,Utah,Colorado,and Idaho)

June 1990 • Dimensions • Page 17

decade did not allow for any radical

1930s
The Great Depression brought severe
setbacks to women's employment
opportunities. With fewer jobs to go
around, many women were forced out
of the job market Those that did hang
on to their jobs were often faced with
wage and hourcuts.When an advertise
ment for 150 jobs as soap demonstra
tors was advertised in St. Louis, over
1,000 women stormed an office build

ing to apply for the jobs.

Homosexuals were iso affected by the
Depression. With urban areas being
especially hard hit, the small gay com

action by women's organizations.
Many women did not re-enter the work
force after World War II and the media

image of women shifted from "Rosie
the Riveter" to the perky housewife.
Persecution of homosexuals came into

vogue with massive military purges
and fear of communism. The early fif
ties saw the first forerunners of our

modem gay organizations founded in
California—WestCoast-One,Inc.,the

Mattachine Society, and, in 1955, the
first lesbian organization, the Daugh
ters of Bilitis. The groundwork for the
gay rights movement had been laid.

munities that had formed in the twen
ties were forced to focus on economic

instead ofemotional needs. As a result,

1960s

they retreated further underground so
as not to lose hard earned jobs, apart
ments and family support

The advent of "the pill" and the civil
rights movement both played a role in
bringing feminism back to the forefront
of national politics in the sixties. More

1940s

and more women were moving into the
work force out of economic necessity.

More than 6 million women went to
work for the first time with the advent

The National Organization for Women

of World War II. In the media, women

at work were pictured as positive role

only expressing their discontent, they
were translating it into action.

models. Many state governments re

The number of Lesbian and Gay activ

pealed legislation that prevented
women from working in "dangerous"
positions to encourage women to work
in war plants. Women were also seen in
military uniforms.
This explosion of women in the work
force gave lesbians the opportunity
(many for the first time) to make a
comfortable living without the aid of a
man. Many women discovered that
they were lesbians during this time.

ists were growing all across the coun
try.They were beginning to realize that
maybe they weren't the ones who had a
problem,and that only by changing the

was founded in 1966. Women were not

attitudes of those around them would

they ever be accepted.Then in 1969,on
Friday, June 27th, the gay movement
erupted.The Stonewall Inn,a gay bar in

Greenwich Village was raided by the
police — and patrons decided to fight
back. The fight moved into the streets

and was soon joined by people on the
street and from other bars in the area.

1950's
The attitudes of Senator Joseph Mc
Carthy and the House UnAmerican
Activities Committee influenced both

the women's and the gay communities.
The overriding conservatism of the
Page 18 • Dimensions "June 1990

1970s
Feminism was growing steadily in both
numbers and appeal in the early seven
ties. Women formed feminist theatre

troupes,rock groups and made feminist
movies. Ms. magazine went into pub
lication. The Supreme Court gave
women the right to choose an abortion
in 1973 with the decision in Roe v.

Wade.. By 1975,32 of the required 38
states had passed the ERA amendment.
The San Francisco gay community held

the first Gay Freedom Day Parade in
1970 to celebrate the anniversary ofthe
Stonewall riots. In 1972 the American

of Lesbian & Gay History.

1990s
It's up to us. The future is what we
make it. Both the women's and gay
community have seen ups and downs
over the past 90 years and that trend
will surely continue far into the 21st
century. But, without the help and
support of all of us, both will have a
hard time gaining recognition and sup

Psychiatric Association removed

port. So, get out and celebrate Gay

homosexuality from their list of mental
disorders. In 1975 California legalized
homosexuality. Harvey Milk was

Pride Week.But,while you are whoop

elected supervisor of San Francisco in
1977 and was fatally shot by ex-supervisOT Dan White in 1978.

1980s - Present

ing it up, remember where we came
from and the brave people who went
before and made it all possible. And
when Gay Pride Week is over,do whatyou can to make sure that generations
to come will also have the right and
privilege to parade through the streets
in a show of niunbers and pride.

Two of the bastions of almost exclu

sively male domain were broken when
Sandra Day O'Connor was £q)pointed
to serve on the Supreme Court in 1981,
and Sally Ride became the first woman
crew member of a space flight in 1983.

Catch A

Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman

on a presidential ticket. Women moved
into the medical and law fields and

Rising Star

starting their own businesses in un

Become A

precedented numbers. More and more
women were winning elections at all
levels of government.
The gay community was (and contin
ues to be) hit hard by the onset of the
AIDS epidemic. Anti-gay violence
increased as fear of the disease grew.
The SujH'eme Court upheld the right of
States to make sodomy a crime with
Bowers vs. Hardwick. Despite these
setbacks and hardships,the gay move
mentcontinued to gain momentum and
win small victories in States and mu

nicipalities nationwide.
The eighties saw the birth of the AIDS
Quilt, Gay TV, National Coming Out
Day, the Gay Games, the March On
Washington and the National Museum

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What A Worlh,
What A WortdS

Some Things You
Should Know
by Nancy Ford
It's.been more than a year now since
you and I met through"What A World,
W]tet A World", and since we appar
ently are going to continue meeting like
this, I feel an obligation to be candid.
With the advent of "the personals" in
many leading publications (not the
leastof which is our own Dimensions),
more and mwe relationships are being
spawned and developed with each
party more blatantly aware of his(x her

potential paramour's strong points, as

become romantic partners. Which they
do. Just not with me.

Using the Biblical scripture
about the lilies ofthe

field being beautifully
adorned without toiling
asjustificationfor late

payment ofan overdue bill
to a certain, unnamed,department

store which, as it happens,charges far
too much to adorn my lily anyway.

well as the weakerareas.Therefore,lest

ye,at some point, be led to believe that
thiscolumn has become rather"LePath

de la Primrose", you need to know that
I have scxne bad habits.

The following is a partial list of these
bad habits. A number of these short

Drinking champagne
directlyfrom the bottle
while pretending to be Isadora Duncan.
Ever since Vanessa Redgrave made
that movie I've had this silly reincarna
tion fixation.

comings I discovered on my own; the
rest were pointed out to me by my

Mixingfine washables

mother.

and tea towels in the

same laundry load.

Spending too much time and
money in our city's niteries
(and dayeries, come to think of it) on
strangers, thinking they may one day

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What's so awful? Time is money,and

money is time,and never does that fact
become more apparent than after one
has pumped seventy-five cents into

some nameless machine in exchange

for thirty minutes worth of hot air. At
home my mother gets all the hot air she
wants for free. Just kidding Dad.

Not having yet borne young.
There came a knock at my mother's
door one day while I was visiting.I said
"Mother,someone's knocking on your
door." She said,"Are you sure it's not

your biological clock ticking away?"
What my mother does notrealize is that
ticking of this magnitude is quite im
possible since my biological clock has
been on quartz movement since the

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Beatles broke up.

Sitting with my legs andfeet
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the traditional Jackie O.-

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Even in the privacy of my own home.
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The Cofeee Ceeb
Lesbians In The Arts • Books, Muslo, Movies, Etc.
This month, T. Sumner Reviews:

Thinking
f

Of You
Cathy L

Cioser
To Home
Jamie Anderson

From books to music — this month we

are going to take a look at two musi
cians. We'll start with Thinking ofYou
by singer-songwriter Cathy L.(DaCat
Productions, Carrollton, TX). Cathy
has given us a tape with a deflnite
Country-Folk feel but with a bit of a
Pop twist.This is a collection of mainly
upbeat love songs, and although I en
joyed it, I would have preferred more

variation in theme and music.

Cathy has a beautiful voice, but I don't
feel she is using it to it's fiill potential in
mostofthe selections on the tape.There

is a restrained quality to Cathy's vocals
on most ofthe songs.When she does let
loose, as on "Candle Light" and "I
Know You Know",it is a pleasure.
Cathy also arranged all the songs on the
tape,and she has done an excellentjob.

June 1990 • Dimensions • Poge 25

Her guitar solos are wonderful as are
the flute and fiddle on several of the
selections.

While I enjoyed all of the tape,I must
admitthat my favorite was"A Little Bit
of Baroque". The title says it all, and I
found it a delightful surprise.
Thinking of You is available (on cas

walks, at Central and Thomas"), will
break your heart.
With very few exceptions Jamie wrote
and arranged most of the cuts on the
album — and she did an excellentjob.

The result is a professional album that
every lover of"women's"or folk music
will like.

sette only) at VVV Records on Cedar

Closer to Home is available on album

Springs in Dallasorsend$II.00toP.O.
Box 117982, Carrollton, TX 75011-

or cassette for $11.48 from Tsunami
Records,P.O.Box 42282,Tuscon,AZ

7982. You can catch Cathy live at the

85733-2282, or by caUing (602) 325-

Dallas MCC Women's Coffee House

7828.

on the first Saturday ofeach month and
her music is getting airplay on KERA
radio and can be heard on KNON's

Varied Voices (listen to Lambda
Weekly, 2pm-4pm Sundays for day
and time of Varied Voices).
Moving on, we'll take a look at Closer
to Home by Jamie Anderson(Tsunami
Records, Tuscon, AZ). This is a true
Folk album — fuU ofprotest songs and
political messages. For all the great
songs and messages included, by far
and way, my favorite is "Wedding

BUY GAY.
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girls."
There is a sweet but

sad quality to Jamie's
voice—slightly remi
niscent of Janis Ian.

Bodes and m usic

On the cut, "Side

for the feminist,

walks", Jamie's vo

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How Well
Do You

Express
Yourselfl
0im..'

Do you avoid expressing your opinion
because someone you love may not
agree with you? Do you put off doing
small things until they become so big
that you can't handle them? Do you
find it hard to express how you really
feel? Answer the questions below and
find out how outspoken you really are.

Answer the questions below with a; Y

6. If I make a mistake on the job, I
point it out to my boss as soon as
possible.

7. When I run short on cash, I notify

my creditors immediately to explain
the situation.

5. I would tell my lover iff wasn't
satisfied with our sex life.

for Yes,S for Sometimes, N for No.

9. If I am trying to leam something
/. I have a problem giving anyone

new, I ask for help from someone

bad news.

who knows.

2. I usually tell people what I think
even if it is unpleasant.

3. I usually act on my "gut feelings"
4. I find it easy to make decisions.
5. I still have friends I made years
ago.

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W. If there is something unpleasant

that needs to be done, I do it and get it
over with as soon as possible.

11. I find it easy to express how I
feel about issues that are important to

me,even when I know people will
disagree.

SCORING
Give yourself points on
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S=2

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tant to you — you will probably be
surprised a the results.

11-17

N=1

You have a tendency to keep your
mouth shut—even when it something

if You Scored:

very important to you. Not only does
this cause you to build up resentments,
it may also cause you loved ones to
question your love for them.Everyone

26-33

likes to hear the words "I love you"

You are very good at expressing your
feelings and are usually honest about
your opinions. You may, however, be
too forthright at times and this could
cause resentment among your friends
and co-workers. Also,since you always
confront your problems head-on,those
around you may feel that you will think
them weak if they don't do the same.In
other words, you are a hard act to fol
low.The abihty to express yourself is a
wonderful trait, but be sure you use
compassion in your dealings with oth

spoken out loud.Even though you may
think that your actions speak louder
than words, others often do not see it

that way. Learning to express yourself
is easier than you think. Start small —
tell someone how importantthey are or
ask for something you want You'll get
alot more of what you want and you'll
give those around you more of what
they want The results can be surpris-

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Reach For
Th® Sears
by MIKE VOSS
ARIES
Beautiful domestic situations and arrange
ments unfold this month.Investment sense

is sound. In the first and fourth week, sub

stantial increases can be yours by following
hunches. Romantic complications occur
ring between the 9th and 14th should be
taken seriously.There are unfavorable legal
undercurrents brewing.Travel and relatives
consume the third week. Enjoy communi
cation on all levels even if travel is denied.

tition could be tough.Expect to win the first
and third week. From the 7th thru the 14th

restore emotional serenity by using mate or

partner to lean on. Travel may be offered.
Domestic scene can be aptpropriate back
drop to new career direction obtained at
months end. More time is yours and so is
more money. How nice. Love plays second
fiddle most of the month.

LEO
Honors are bestowed in career and business

TAURUS
In June exjject to look your best as Venus
travels through the romance sign ofTaurus.
Invitations, gifts and romance come your
way in the first and fourth weeks. In the
second week, special attention needs to be

paid to domestic debts. From the 16th thru
the 24th incredible business aspects aj^ar.
Expansion exists through beneficial part
nerships. New projects get aptptrojriate
green lights at last.

ventures. Expect to shine beautifully in the
first and third week. The public approval
achieved also means monetary success at
month's end.Love aspects from the 8th thru
the 15th stinks, however,I guess you can't
have it all, can you ? ? ?

VIRGO
Friends and contacts make this month cata

pult you into the limelight. Enjoy favorable
business climate in the fint and third week.

Obtaining the unobtainable has you on

GEMINI

cloud nine between the 6th and 17th. Ro

Excellent career aspects fall nicely into
place this June. Waiting has not been easy
for you. Cash in on hard work now.In the
first and third week, ask for the moon pro
fessionally, and get it. During the second
week,avoid financial extravagance and getrich-quick schemes. Temptation overrides
common sense. Spending the last week of
the month with someone special is what you
want. Obligations on both ends may be

mantically you have been blind. Waking up
now allows good friends to breathe easier.

many. Expect to be disappointed.

CANCER
Tensions can mount on career turf. Compe

Domestic alliance needs further investiga
tion at month's end. Don't be nasty. You re

feeling somewhat invincible.

LIBRA
Freedom can be yours now. Re-adjusting

your work load may mean more time with
the same amount of money ... or even more.

Special attention should be paid to the first
and third weeks when superiors seem to
hand you exactly what you want. Love,
between the 8th and 15th, may be your only

June 1990 • Dimensions • Page 31

stumbling block this month. Co-operation

asp>ects. This is no time to be stuffy. If you

seems to come from all those that don't

want to be hitched, this is it! I !

really matter. Travel provides excellent es
cape at month's end. Thinking it through

AQUARIUS

helps.

Changes occur in career that are very posi
tive now. Use the first and third week in

SCORPIO

maneuvering advantages. Suj)eriors may
hand you too much between the 8th and 15th

Travel aspects and romance make a fine pair
this month. Much can be offered now.Love

but you skillfully maintain. Love appears

or money ? ?? Go for both in the first and

dubious all month.In the last week someone

third week.In the second week enjoy crea
tive talents that opien other doors. Amaze

likes you, but you don't like them. The one

friends with keen business acumen and
skill. Domestic cards need to be laid out for

come a workaholic.

you wanted gets away after the 23rd. Be

mate or partner at month's end. Fight fire

PISCES

with fire, don't be taken advantage of.

Travel and romance are an unbeatable

combination this month. Meeting dream
partners or having partners that behave like
dreams should keep you floating emotion
ally high over the rest of us. In the first and

SAGITTARIUS
Domestic and career opportunities apipear
simultaneously.Profits in both areas should
be great in first and third weeks. Others
respond readily to wit and charm in second
week. Some may be proposed to. Best

third week wonderful and extravagant gifts
can even come your way Family and home
can be a burden ttetween the 6th and the

12th, but you address all problems cheer
fully. After the 24th great strides in career
may be taken due to (once again) romantic
advantages.

matches are more towards month's end

when available partners are more philo

sophically matched. Travel enhances the
adventure of romance.

CAPRICORN
Issues surrounding love include career also.
Falling in love with the boss or even coworkers is a strong pios-

sibility.In the first week
you set the stage. Ob
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week. The only snag
may be a third party.
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The Directort
A Listing of Service Organizations, Businesses & Clubs
ARLINGTON,TX (area code 617)
clubs
Coyote Connection
131 Gay St. 277-1088

P.O. Box 225831 75222 • 948-1546
AIDS Resource Center

P.O. Box 19348-77, UTA St. 76019

4012-B Cedar Springs 75219
Dallas Gay Alliance
4012-B Cedar Springs 75219 .5284233
Dallas GayAssbian Historic Archives
4012-B Cedar Springs.821-1653
Dallas Gay Youth Group

794-5140

300 Turtle Creek Raza #116• 307-7203

organizations
Goy/Lesblon Association of UTA

Dallas Outdoors
P.O. Box 35474 75235• 276-5270

AUSTIN. TX (area code 512)

Dallas Tavern Guild

clubs
Nexus(coming soon)•448-2292

3900 Lemmon Ave. #220.526-5292

Sadie's Piace

815-A Brazos #214 • 479-6939

Foundation for Human Understanding
528^233

Grace Fellowship in Christ Jesus
2727 Oak Lawn 75219.5282811

organizations

Lesbian Information Line (UL)

Aftirrrxition (Methodist)

P.O. Box 191443 75219.528-2426

7403 Shoal Creek • 451-2329
Austin Lambda
P.O. Box 5455 78763

Lesbio/Gay Political Coalition

Gay/Lesbian Student

P.O. Box 224424 75222.828-9882
Lesbian Visionaries
P.O. Box 191443 75219.521-9642

Association at UT Austin •458-3971
Box 275 Texas Union 78712-7338

P.O. Box 191033 75219.941-8114

Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby

Oak Lawn Community Services

Metroplex Republicans

P.O. Box 2505 78768

P.O. box 191094 75219. 520-8108

Metropolitan Community Church
1100 Sprlngdale Rd. • 929-3660
Oasis Ministry

Oak Lawn SytDptwnic Band

5555 N. Lamar Blvd. #L101 •441-9191

288-9299 or 823-3105

Waterloo Counseling Center

Womyn Togettier
3920 Cedar Springs.528-4233

507 Powell 78703• 322-9654

P.O. Box 190973 75219.986-1751

WANT(Women In The Arts)

Texas Human Rights Foundation
2201 N. Lamar # 203 78705•479-8473

AIDS Legal Assistance 1-800-828-6417

DALLAS, TX (area code 214)
businesses
Business Delivery Systems

DENTON,TX (area code 817)
organizations
COURAGE, Lesbian Gay Student Org.
c/o Student Activities Center
P.O. Box 5067 76203.382-3813

14902 Preston Rd. 75240 • 733-1108
Crossroads Market

FT. WORTH (area code 817)

3930 Cedar Springs

OFganizotions

521-8919 or 1-800-992-6404
Curious Times - Women's Books etc.

Affirmation (Mettwdist).478-7837
RESPECT - GayAesblon Association

4008D Cedar Springs •528-4087
Clubs

828 Hardwood Rd,.Hurst, TX 76054

Sue Ellen's

HOUSTON,TX (area code 713)

3903 Cedar Springs • 559-0707

organizations

businesses
Inklings « an alternative bookshop

AffirrTKition (Methodist)

1846 Richmond.521-3369

Desert Moon • 5903 Willis • 8284471

June 1990 • Dimensions• Page 33

n
clubs

National Gay/Lesbian Clearinghouse

Ranch • 9125 S. Main • 666-3464

666 Broadway 4th Floor

organizations
AIDS Foundation
3927 Essex Lone • 623-6796
AIDS HOTLINE

c/0 Switchboard •529-3211
Gay/Lesbian Students
University of Houston
4800 Caihoun •529-3211
Gay & Lesbian Switchboard
P.O. Box 66591 77266 •529-3211

Houston Gay Political Caucus
P.O. Box 66664 77266 • 521-1000

Kingdom Community Church
614 E. 19th.862-7533
Lambda ALANON
Lambda Center for Aichohoiics
1214 Joanne •521-9772

Lesbian/Gay Students
University of Houston - Clear Lake
2700 Bay Area 77058
Montrose Counseling Center
900 Lovett #203 77006 • 529-0037

Montrose Pool League/Billiards
PJ 863-8482
PWA Coalition - Houston

NY, NY 10012

National Gay/Lesbian Crisisline
1-800-SOS-GAYS

National Gay/Lesbian Task Force
1517 U Street NW

Washington D,C, 20009 • 202-332-6483
The Fund for Human Dignity
666 Broadway 4th Floor
NY, NY 10012

NORMAN, OK (area code 405)

organizatioiTs
Women's Resource Center
P.O. Box 5089 73070

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
(areo code 405)
organizations
Oasis the Community Center
2135 NW 39th 73112 • 525-AiDS

Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
2312 NW 39th 73112. 794-7464

SAN ANTONIO, TX (area code 512)

1475 W. Gray #163 • 522-5428
Womynspace

Clubs

P.O. Box 980601 77098-0601

The Circle

880-9517 or 521-0780

8021 Pinebrook « 341-2818

Women's Softtxill League

organizations

6431 Pineshade• 868-6256

DIgnity/San Antonio
202 N. St, Mary's.349-3632
Integrity/San Antonio

LUBBOCK,TX (areo code 806)
organizations
Lubbock Lesbian/Gay Alliance
P.O. Box 64746 79464• 796-2403

Narrws Pro)ect/Lubbock
796-1800 or 744-1957

P.O. Box 150006 78212 • 684-4920

River City Living Metropolitan
Community Church
202 Holland 78212 . 822-1121
LISA (Lesbian Information SA)
828-LiSA (5472)

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

SALGA - San Antonio Lesbian & Gay
Assembly . 733-7300

Affirmation: United Methodists for

SALSA - San Antonio Lambda Students

Lesbian/Gay Concerns

Alliance . P.O. Box 12715 78212

P.O. Box 1021 • Evanston, IL 60204

Coordinator; Jim 228-9877

AIDS Action Council

San Antonio AIDS Foundation

729 Eighth St. S.E. Suite 200
Washington, DC 20003 .(202) 547-3101
AIDS 800 • 1-800-221-7044
Conference For Catholic Lesbians
P.O. Box 436, Planetarium Station
New York, New York 10024

Ntl Gay Alliance for Young Adults,
lnc,P.O. Box 190426

□alias, TX 75219-0426 • (214) 307-7203

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P.O. Box 120113 78212-9313
San Antonio Tavern Guild . 822-2823

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TX
(area code 512)
acconrodations
Lyie's Deck • 120 E. Atol St.
P.O. Box 2326 78597 . 761-LYLE

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The ^ews

From Around the Region,the Country & the World

THRFReceives^1600

in GrantSupport
AUSTIN - The Texas Human Rights
Foundation (THRF) announced the
receipt of two grants totalling over
SI600 from DIFFA and from Razzle

Dazzle Dallas. The monies will go
toward support of THRF's two main

its 1989 event as an emergency fund,to
be distributed to organizations in the

lesbian/gay community if not tapped
sooner for an appropriate need. THRF

had previously received S6,120 from
Razzle Dazzle Dallas as a beneficiary

of the proceeds of the 1989 event.
THRF board member David Bryan said
that the monies from Razzle Dazzle

current areas of work — it's AIDS

Dallas would be used to help pay legal

Legal Resource Project and prosecu
tion ofit's challenge to the constitution
ality of the Texas sodomy statute in the

fees and educational costs in THRF's

lawsuit challenging the constitutional
ity ofthe Texas sodomy statute.Section

21.06 case.

21.06 of the Texas Penal Code. The

Ofthe grants awarded,one is for$1000
from the Design Industfies Foundation
for AIDS (DIFFA). DIFFA was the
main producer of the national tour of

State of Texas seeks to invalidate the

"Heartstrings: An Evening ofHopefor

persons of the same sex.

the Healing of AIDS," which featured
President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter as
national honorary chairpersons. The
SKXX)will be utilized by THRF to help
pay overhead costs in operation of it's

AIDS Legal Resource Project. During
the 12 month period ending March 31,
1990, THRF's AIDS Legal Resource
Projectserved a total of528clients.The

project is a statewide counseling and
referral service for persons who have
AIDS-related legal problems.

THRF has also received a grant of
approximately S600 from Razzle
Dazzle Dallas. Razzle Dazzle Dallas is

the annual lesbian and gay pride week
celebration staged in Dallas and draw

ing thousands of participants. The$6(X)
gr^t represented additional proceeds
held back by Razzle Dazzle Dallas after

case, known as Morales et. al. vs. The

Texas law which criminalizes the pri
vate,consensualsexualrelations oftwo

San Antonio

Launches New AIDS

AwarenessProject
SAN ANTONIO - San Antonian Fran

Mendez and Jamison Holt have begun

distributing a small stained glass white
candle with a blue flame throughout the

city. Their concept is simple. They
want everyone (patient,family,friend,
doctor, healthcare or social worker)

affected by AIDS to display the candle,
hanging it from a car rearview mirror,
or in the window of the home or office.
A $5 donation to benefit the San Anto
nio AIDS Foundation is suggested for

each candle."Blue Light Candles" will
be widely available beginning in June
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at the San Antonio Gay Pride and
ARTS FOR LIFE events through July.
They are also available at local places
of worship (River City Living MCC &

activities, meals, entertainment and a

MCC of San Antonio) and at local
businesses (Tienda Guadalupe, Scott
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has been tremendous,"says Rick Dean,
Vice President of OOl."In the panel's
first month, over 1,000 people have

joined. Further, current members have
sent in an additional 5,0(X) names of

lesbian, gay and bisexual friends,fam

Women s Motorcycle

ily and associates.
"Panel members are sent surveys on a

Festival Roars
Into View

regular basis," says Jeffrey J. Vitale,

LEROY,NY - The Women's Motorcy
clist Foundation (WMF) has an
nounced that it's Women's Motorcycle
Festival '90 will be held August 23-26
in the beautiful Allegany Mountains of

responses from the previous questionaire. All responses are confidential.

Western New York.

Events will include: the "Dice Run",a

70 mile competitive team event; the
Four Ring Riding Circus(field events);
group rides and a parade run.

Singer Alix Dobkin will perform in
concert on Saturday night along with
classical guitarist Leah Zicari.
When not involved in riding activities,
women can swim, boat, canoe, hike,

play tennis, Softball or volleyball.
The festival fee includes camping, all
Page 8 • Dimensions -June 1990

President of 001."With each survey,

we include a short summary of the

001 collects the data and analyzes the
results. In short," Vitale continues,"it

is our goal to provide information to the
lesbian, gay and bisexual community
and to educate the social mainstream.
We are in the business of discovering
how our attitudes and political beliefs

as lesbians, gay men and bisexuals,
differ from society as a whole."

One challenge at OOI is building a
panel that accurately represents the

diversity of the lesbian/gay commu
nity. The current panel is about 30%
female and 70% male. OOI is con-

cemed with having more women, as

well as persons of color,represented in
their panels.
If you would like to participate please
contact OOI at 3712 N. Broadway,

Suite 277, Chicago, IL 60613 or call
(312) 792-7800

Breakthrough
in Landmark

AIDS Case
SAN FRANCISCO - In the first case of

its kind,a settlement has been reached

which prohibits an insurance company
from discriminating on the basis of
sexual orientation. The Employment
Law Center (ELC) and the National
Gay Rights Advocates (NORA) an

nounced in ajoint press conference that
the settlement was filed in San Fran

cisco Superior Court on Wednesday,
May 3.
The lawsuit. National Gav Rightx Ad
vocates V. Great Republic Insurance
Company, charged Great Republic

Insurance Company with attempting to
avoid underwriting of policies for those
presumed to be at risk for AIDS by
denying coverage to unmarried men
who work in "occupations that do not
require physical exertion ... such as
florists, interior decorators and fashion

designers." The suit was filed in May,
1986 by NGRA and ELC on behalf of
David Hulbert and the members of
NGRA.

Under the terms of the settlement, the

company is prohibited from using a
supplemental questionaire targeted to
single male applicants — and specifi
cally prohibited from using sexual ori
entation in the determination of insura

bility. Additionally, the company can
not use marital status,"living arrange
ments", occupation, gender, medical
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What's Goev' Oa
A Monthy Listing of Special Events All Around The Area

HOUSTON - The Lone Star Sym
phonic Band is bringing women's
music to Houston! Mark your calendars
for June 22nd whenyoucan see Teresa
Trull, Deidre McCalla and Monica
Grant in concert at the Metropolitan
Service Center at 1475 W. Gray in

Houston. All proceeds will go to b^-

HOUSTON - HEARTSONG, Hous

ton women's community chorus, pres
ents its third annual concert, "Heart

Stories ... A Voice for Unity". The
perfOTmance will be presented at Un
derwood Hall on the Episcopal High
Schoolcampus on June 16th at7:30pm.
Tickets for the performance are avail

fit the Lone Star Symphonic Band
and their goal of funding their musi

from Heartsong members.Tickets are

cians' way to the Gay Games III in

$9 in advance and $11 at the door.

able at Lucia's Garden,Inklings and

Vancouver, B.C. Tickets are $20 and

available at Inklings. Call (713) 521-

SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio

3369 or 524-3314 for more info.

Lesbian Gay Assembly(SALGA) is
proud to be the sponsor of the Alamo

DALLAS - Saturday, June 16th is the
day! RAZZLE DAZZLE DALLAS

City's 8th Annual Lesbian & Gay

will kick off Gay Pride Week in the
Tower and Grand Palace buildings in
historic Fair Park. There will be a

Razzle Disco, Razzle Country &
Western Dance Hall and the Mr.,
Miss & Ms. Razzle Dazzle contests.
All this is in addition to the Razzle

community organization bazaar.
More than one hundred organizations
will be on hand to spread their mes
sage!

Pride Celebration. The Pride Picnic

and Unity Walk will be held on June
24th. There will be live music,games,
& booths at the picnic. Many other
activities are planned throughout the
month of June. For more dates, times

and a complete list of activities, please
contact the CIRCLE.

AUSTIN - You heard it hoe first!
NEXUS is on its way back. Look for

grand opening details in next month's
Dimensions!

AUSTIN - Live Wire Productkms is

bringing comedian and musician
Monica Grant to CHANCES on

Thursday, June 21. There will be an
opening act but the name has yet to be
announced. Contact CHANCES for

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entertainment check out Sundays at the
RANCH!On the 3rd you can catch the
live sounds of the Little Bit of Texas
Band. On the 10th Mr.& Ms. TGRA

ticket i*ices and more info.

June 1990 • Dimensions•Page 11

Candidates 1991, Felicia Webb and

bration with an All-Female Show on

Mark Coleman will host a TGRA

the 3rd after the parade and other activi
ties all week long. While I'm at it, I
would like to apologize for getting a
date wrong last month. As most of you

Benefit and you can catch the finals for
the Ms. Ranch Contest. On the 24th

join in the celebration after the Gay
Pride Parade!

know by now,the Hawaiian Luau was
held on Friday the 25th, not Monday

SAN ANTONIO - Are you ready for

the 28th as I reported. Sorry girls ...

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Dear Agae!§»
Answers to your questions about love,
RELATIONSHIPS & PERSONAL PROBLEMS

Dear Agnes,
I am a Black Female lady-sort of good
looking. I think my personality is OK.
But everytime I meet another Black
lady all she does is play games and joke
with me. I am always honest and sin
cere, and at all times say what's on my
mind. I am kind, and giving. I work
hard, and earn everything I get
"What in the world am I doing wrong?
Should I Just stay away from Black
women, period?" I would like to just
live and be happy.

I Need Help!
Ft. Worth,TX

prospective partners. It helps to keep an
open mind and remember that you
could come out with a friend. Many

romantic relationships develop from
friendship, focusing so much on only
the romantic can make us blind to other'

possibilities. Once romantic expecta
tions are eliminated it (often) takes the

pressure off a relationship and allows it
to develop more fully.

Dear Agnes,
My lover is seeing another woman. It's
been going on for about6 months from
what I can figure. I just recendy found
outfrom a friend and looking back I can

Dear Need Help,
The very first thing you need help with
is your attitude. What on earth makes
you think that relationships or behavior
relate directly back to skin color as your
letter suggests? Generalizations about
anvone based on the color of their skin,

their sexual preference or any one iden
tifying characteristic is what the les
bian/gay (and Afro-American) com
munity has been fighting against for
years. Every person deserves to be

see that it hasn'tjust started. So, here's
my question — should I confront her
about it or let her continue to think I
don't know.

I'm afraid ifI confront her,she'll leave.

Obviously she wants to stay with me or
she would have left by now,so if I just
letthings ride, maybe she'11 give up this
other woman. I don't want to push her
over the edge.

We've been together for four years now

and I don't really want to give up all we
have built together over some silly

judged on their merits as person.
There is a possibility that you are ex
pecting too much. Some people want a
relationship so much they forget to look

IfIsoundcallous,it'sbccauseI vebeen
thinking about this for some time and

at people in any other light, except as

this is the best solution I can come up

Page 14 • Dimensions -June 1990

sexual attraction that will fade in time.

with. Do you have any better sugges
tions? My friends are no help at all —
they are all urging me to pack my bags

for years — especially if they believe
their lover has no idea what's going on.
Let her know that you know. Don't be
confrontational,and do tell her that you
have no intention of leaving her. Tell
her that you expect her affair to end and

and not even give it a chance. I feel
rather lost. Please help.
Silent

Dallas, TX

set a time limit

Dear Silent,

It is perfectly O.K.to stay with her,but
don't put yourself through hell. If she

Your solution is logical, but remember
that some people can carry on affairs

refuses to end her affair—leave. After

all, you have the right to be happy,too.

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M

MILESTONES
A Short History of the Women's & Gay Rights Movements in the 20th Century

BY Tasha Summer

There are those who believe that "you
can't really appreciate where you are
going until you understand where
you've been."
June always brings numerous celebra
tions of where we are and where we are

going. Gay Pride parades, picnics, par
ties and rallies will happen all over the
U.S. in the last weeks of this month.

Leading up to all the hoopla, this is an
appropriate time to look at where we
came from. So here it is — a short

history of both women and the lesbian/
gay community in the 20th centiuy.

1900s & 1910s

allowed women to vote in state and

federal elections. By 1914 six addi
tional states had given the vote to
women.

Lesbians and gay men were isolated by
a largely rural population and homo
sexuality was rarely mentioned outside
the realm ofchurch or medicaljournals.
There were a few pockets of gay life in
the larger cities,evidenced by the open
ing ofSan Francisco's firstgay bar.The
Dash,in 1908.By and large,lesbianism
was not thought to be possible,thus the
advent of "Boston Marriages", close
"friendships" (with definite romantic
overtones) formed by middle class
women.

At the beginning of this century,
women in most states were the property
of their husbands (or fathers, brothers
or other close male relatives) with no
legal control over their own earnings,
children or property. Women were not

On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth
Amendment gave women all over the
U.S. the right to vote. With this victory

allowed to vote,one fourth of the states

came a definite downturn in the Suf

did not allow wives to make contracts,
and women could not enter into busi

frage movement—with no great cause
to unite them and bring in new mem

ness partnerships without male con

bers, women drifted from the move

1920s

sent.

ment. The"New Woman" waited until

But, it wasn't all bad news. From 1890

later to marry, wore shorter skirts,

until the beginning of World War I, the

smoked cigarettes and generally had

women's movement was alive and

more freedom.

well. By 1900 twenty percent of

The freer morals of the 20s brought
increased freedom for women as well
as homosexuals. Many homosexual

women were employed outside the

home and beginning to dominate pro
fessions such as nursing and teaching.
Out of 369 occupations listed in the
census of 1890, women could be found

in all but nine. In the 1900s many
municipalities allowed women to vote
in local elections ,and four states

men had encountered the relative free

dom of gays in large European cities
and brought this expanded view back to
the States with them. The growing shift
of the population from rural to urban
also helped things along.

(Wyoming,Utah,Colorado,and Idaho)

June 1990 • Dimensions • Page 17

decade did not allow for any radical

1930s
The Great Depression brought severe
setbacks to women's employment
opportunities. With fewer jobs to go
around, many women were forced out
of the job market Those that did hang
on to their jobs were often faced with
wage and hourcuts.When an advertise
ment for 150 jobs as soap demonstra
tors was advertised in St. Louis, over
1,000 women stormed an office build

ing to apply for the jobs.

Homosexuals were iso affected by the
Depression. With urban areas being
especially hard hit, the small gay com

action by women's organizations.
Many women did not re-enter the work
force after World War II and the media

image of women shifted from "Rosie
the Riveter" to the perky housewife.
Persecution of homosexuals came into

vogue with massive military purges
and fear of communism. The early fif
ties saw the first forerunners of our

modem gay organizations founded in
California—WestCoast-One,Inc.,the

Mattachine Society, and, in 1955, the
first lesbian organization, the Daugh
ters of Bilitis. The groundwork for the
gay rights movement had been laid.

munities that had formed in the twen
ties were forced to focus on economic

instead ofemotional needs. As a result,

1960s

they retreated further underground so
as not to lose hard earned jobs, apart
ments and family support

The advent of "the pill" and the civil
rights movement both played a role in
bringing feminism back to the forefront
of national politics in the sixties. More

1940s

and more women were moving into the
work force out of economic necessity.

More than 6 million women went to
work for the first time with the advent

The National Organization for Women

of World War II. In the media, women

at work were pictured as positive role

only expressing their discontent, they
were translating it into action.

models. Many state governments re

The number of Lesbian and Gay activ

pealed legislation that prevented
women from working in "dangerous"
positions to encourage women to work
in war plants. Women were also seen in
military uniforms.
This explosion of women in the work
force gave lesbians the opportunity
(many for the first time) to make a
comfortable living without the aid of a
man. Many women discovered that
they were lesbians during this time.

ists were growing all across the coun
try.They were beginning to realize that
maybe they weren't the ones who had a
problem,and that only by changing the

was founded in 1966. Women were not

attitudes of those around them would

they ever be accepted.Then in 1969,on
Friday, June 27th, the gay movement
erupted.The Stonewall Inn,a gay bar in

Greenwich Village was raided by the
police — and patrons decided to fight
back. The fight moved into the streets

and was soon joined by people on the
street and from other bars in the area.

1950's
The attitudes of Senator Joseph Mc
Carthy and the House UnAmerican
Activities Committee influenced both

the women's and the gay communities.
The overriding conservatism of the
Page 18 • Dimensions "June 1990

1970s
Feminism was growing steadily in both
numbers and appeal in the early seven
ties. Women formed feminist theatre

troupes,rock groups and made feminist
movies. Ms. magazine went into pub
lication. The Supreme Court gave
women the right to choose an abortion
in 1973 with the decision in Roe v.

Wade.. By 1975,32 of the required 38
states had passed the ERA amendment.
The San Francisco gay community held

the first Gay Freedom Day Parade in
1970 to celebrate the anniversary ofthe
Stonewall riots. In 1972 the American

of Lesbian & Gay History.

1990s
It's up to us. The future is what we
make it. Both the women's and gay
community have seen ups and downs
over the past 90 years and that trend
will surely continue far into the 21st
century. But, without the help and
support of all of us, both will have a
hard time gaining recognition and sup

Psychiatric Association removed

port. So, get out and celebrate Gay

homosexuality from their list of mental
disorders. In 1975 California legalized
homosexuality. Harvey Milk was

Pride Week.But,while you are whoop

elected supervisor of San Francisco in
1977 and was fatally shot by ex-supervisOT Dan White in 1978.

1980s - Present

ing it up, remember where we came
from and the brave people who went
before and made it all possible. And
when Gay Pride Week is over,do whatyou can to make sure that generations
to come will also have the right and
privilege to parade through the streets
in a show of niunbers and pride.

Two of the bastions of almost exclu

sively male domain were broken when
Sandra Day O'Connor was £q)pointed
to serve on the Supreme Court in 1981,
and Sally Ride became the first woman
crew member of a space flight in 1983.

Catch A

Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman

on a presidential ticket. Women moved
into the medical and law fields and

Rising Star

starting their own businesses in un

Become A

precedented numbers. More and more
women were winning elections at all
levels of government.
The gay community was (and contin
ues to be) hit hard by the onset of the
AIDS epidemic. Anti-gay violence
increased as fear of the disease grew.
The SujH'eme Court upheld the right of
States to make sodomy a crime with
Bowers vs. Hardwick. Despite these
setbacks and hardships,the gay move
mentcontinued to gain momentum and
win small victories in States and mu

nicipalities nationwide.
The eighties saw the birth of the AIDS
Quilt, Gay TV, National Coming Out
Day, the Gay Games, the March On
Washington and the National Museum

Part of The
Dimensions Team
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to help us in covering the news cncl
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What A Worlh,
What A WortdS

Some Things You
Should Know
by Nancy Ford
It's.been more than a year now since
you and I met through"What A World,
W]tet A World", and since we appar
ently are going to continue meeting like
this, I feel an obligation to be candid.
With the advent of "the personals" in
many leading publications (not the
leastof which is our own Dimensions),
more and mwe relationships are being
spawned and developed with each
party more blatantly aware of his(x her

potential paramour's strong points, as

become romantic partners. Which they
do. Just not with me.

Using the Biblical scripture
about the lilies ofthe

field being beautifully
adorned without toiling
asjustificationfor late

payment ofan overdue bill
to a certain, unnamed,department

store which, as it happens,charges far
too much to adorn my lily anyway.

well as the weakerareas.Therefore,lest

ye,at some point, be led to believe that
thiscolumn has become rather"LePath

de la Primrose", you need to know that
I have scxne bad habits.

The following is a partial list of these
bad habits. A number of these short

Drinking champagne
directlyfrom the bottle
while pretending to be Isadora Duncan.
Ever since Vanessa Redgrave made
that movie I've had this silly reincarna
tion fixation.

comings I discovered on my own; the
rest were pointed out to me by my

Mixingfine washables

mother.

and tea towels in the

same laundry load.

Spending too much time and
money in our city's niteries
(and dayeries, come to think of it) on
strangers, thinking they may one day

Page 22• Dimensions -June 1990

What's so awful? Time is money,and

money is time,and never does that fact
become more apparent than after one
has pumped seventy-five cents into

some nameless machine in exchange

for thirty minutes worth of hot air. At
home my mother gets all the hot air she
wants for free. Just kidding Dad.

Not having yet borne young.
There came a knock at my mother's
door one day while I was visiting.I said
"Mother,someone's knocking on your
door." She said,"Are you sure it's not

your biological clock ticking away?"
What my mother does notrealize is that
ticking of this magnitude is quite im
possible since my biological clock has
been on quartz movement since the

Celebrate
Pride
Week
Join your community's
celebration of

Gay Pride Week.

Beatles broke up.

Sitting with my legs andfeet
in any position other than

Check the ads and
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coll your locol goy
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obout octivies in your oreo.

the traditional Jackie O.-

Lady Di-cross-em-at-theankle-look.

Even in the privacy of my own home.
Perhaps one day I'll have a sudden
lapse of consciousnes§^ during an im
portantjob interview and throw one leg
over the arm of my chair while lighting
my cigar.

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The Cofeee Ceeb
Lesbians In The Arts • Books, Muslo, Movies, Etc.
This month, T. Sumner Reviews:

Thinking
f

Of You
Cathy L

Cioser
To Home
Jamie Anderson

From books to music — this month we

are going to take a look at two musi
cians. We'll start with Thinking ofYou
by singer-songwriter Cathy L.(DaCat
Productions, Carrollton, TX). Cathy
has given us a tape with a deflnite
Country-Folk feel but with a bit of a
Pop twist.This is a collection of mainly
upbeat love songs, and although I en
joyed it, I would have preferred more

variation in theme and music.

Cathy has a beautiful voice, but I don't
feel she is using it to it's fiill potential in
mostofthe selections on the tape.There

is a restrained quality to Cathy's vocals
on most ofthe songs.When she does let
loose, as on "Candle Light" and "I
Know You Know",it is a pleasure.
Cathy also arranged all the songs on the
tape,and she has done an excellentjob.

June 1990 • Dimensions • Poge 25

Her guitar solos are wonderful as are
the flute and fiddle on several of the
selections.

While I enjoyed all of the tape,I must
admitthat my favorite was"A Little Bit
of Baroque". The title says it all, and I
found it a delightful surprise.
Thinking of You is available (on cas

walks, at Central and Thomas"), will
break your heart.
With very few exceptions Jamie wrote
and arranged most of the cuts on the
album — and she did an excellentjob.

The result is a professional album that
every lover of"women's"or folk music
will like.

sette only) at VVV Records on Cedar

Closer to Home is available on album

Springs in Dallasorsend$II.00toP.O.
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or cassette for $11.48 from Tsunami
Records,P.O.Box 42282,Tuscon,AZ

7982. You can catch Cathy live at the

85733-2282, or by caUing (602) 325-

Dallas MCC Women's Coffee House

7828.

on the first Saturday ofeach month and
her music is getting airplay on KERA
radio and can be heard on KNON's

Varied Voices (listen to Lambda
Weekly, 2pm-4pm Sundays for day
and time of Varied Voices).
Moving on, we'll take a look at Closer
to Home by Jamie Anderson(Tsunami
Records, Tuscon, AZ). This is a true
Folk album — fuU ofprotest songs and
political messages. For all the great
songs and messages included, by far
and way, my favorite is "Wedding

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girls."
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because someone you love may not
agree with you? Do you put off doing
small things until they become so big
that you can't handle them? Do you
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6. If I make a mistake on the job, I
point it out to my boss as soon as
possible.

7. When I run short on cash, I notify

my creditors immediately to explain
the situation.

5. I would tell my lover iff wasn't
satisfied with our sex life.

for Yes,S for Sometimes, N for No.

9. If I am trying to leam something
/. I have a problem giving anyone

new, I ask for help from someone

bad news.

who knows.

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even if it is unpleasant.

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4. I find it easy to make decisions.
5. I still have friends I made years
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W. If there is something unpleasant

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over with as soon as possible.

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very important to you. Not only does
this cause you to build up resentments,
it may also cause you loved ones to
question your love for them.Everyone

26-33

likes to hear the words "I love you"

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your opinions. You may, however, be
too forthright at times and this could
cause resentment among your friends
and co-workers. Also,since you always
confront your problems head-on,those
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wonderful trait, but be sure you use
compassion in your dealings with oth

spoken out loud.Even though you may
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ARIES
Beautiful domestic situations and arrange
ments unfold this month.Investment sense

is sound. In the first and fourth week, sub

stantial increases can be yours by following
hunches. Romantic complications occur
ring between the 9th and 14th should be
taken seriously.There are unfavorable legal
undercurrents brewing.Travel and relatives
consume the third week. Enjoy communi
cation on all levels even if travel is denied.

tition could be tough.Expect to win the first
and third week. From the 7th thru the 14th

restore emotional serenity by using mate or

partner to lean on. Travel may be offered.
Domestic scene can be aptpropriate back
drop to new career direction obtained at
months end. More time is yours and so is
more money. How nice. Love plays second
fiddle most of the month.

LEO
Honors are bestowed in career and business

TAURUS
In June exjject to look your best as Venus
travels through the romance sign ofTaurus.
Invitations, gifts and romance come your
way in the first and fourth weeks. In the
second week, special attention needs to be

paid to domestic debts. From the 16th thru
the 24th incredible business aspects aj^ar.
Expansion exists through beneficial part
nerships. New projects get aptptrojriate
green lights at last.

ventures. Expect to shine beautifully in the
first and third week. The public approval
achieved also means monetary success at
month's end.Love aspects from the 8th thru
the 15th stinks, however,I guess you can't
have it all, can you ? ? ?

VIRGO
Friends and contacts make this month cata

pult you into the limelight. Enjoy favorable
business climate in the fint and third week.

Obtaining the unobtainable has you on

GEMINI

cloud nine between the 6th and 17th. Ro

Excellent career aspects fall nicely into
place this June. Waiting has not been easy
for you. Cash in on hard work now.In the
first and third week, ask for the moon pro
fessionally, and get it. During the second
week,avoid financial extravagance and getrich-quick schemes. Temptation overrides
common sense. Spending the last week of
the month with someone special is what you
want. Obligations on both ends may be

mantically you have been blind. Waking up
now allows good friends to breathe easier.

many. Expect to be disappointed.

CANCER
Tensions can mount on career turf. Compe

Domestic alliance needs further investiga
tion at month's end. Don't be nasty. You re

feeling somewhat invincible.

LIBRA
Freedom can be yours now. Re-adjusting

your work load may mean more time with
the same amount of money ... or even more.

Special attention should be paid to the first
and third weeks when superiors seem to
hand you exactly what you want. Love,
between the 8th and 15th, may be your only

June 1990 • Dimensions • Page 31

stumbling block this month. Co-operation

asp>ects. This is no time to be stuffy. If you

seems to come from all those that don't

want to be hitched, this is it! I !

really matter. Travel provides excellent es
cape at month's end. Thinking it through

AQUARIUS

helps.

Changes occur in career that are very posi
tive now. Use the first and third week in

SCORPIO

maneuvering advantages. Suj)eriors may
hand you too much between the 8th and 15th

Travel aspects and romance make a fine pair
this month. Much can be offered now.Love

but you skillfully maintain. Love appears

or money ? ?? Go for both in the first and

dubious all month.In the last week someone

third week.In the second week enjoy crea
tive talents that opien other doors. Amaze

likes you, but you don't like them. The one

friends with keen business acumen and
skill. Domestic cards need to be laid out for

come a workaholic.

you wanted gets away after the 23rd. Be

mate or partner at month's end. Fight fire

PISCES

with fire, don't be taken advantage of.

Travel and romance are an unbeatable

combination this month. Meeting dream
partners or having partners that behave like
dreams should keep you floating emotion
ally high over the rest of us. In the first and

SAGITTARIUS
Domestic and career opportunities apipear
simultaneously.Profits in both areas should
be great in first and third weeks. Others
respond readily to wit and charm in second
week. Some may be proposed to. Best

third week wonderful and extravagant gifts
can even come your way Family and home
can be a burden ttetween the 6th and the

12th, but you address all problems cheer
fully. After the 24th great strides in career
may be taken due to (once again) romantic
advantages.

matches are more towards month's end

when available partners are more philo

sophically matched. Travel enhances the
adventure of romance.

CAPRICORN
Issues surrounding love include career also.
Falling in love with the boss or even coworkers is a strong pios-

sibility.In the first week
you set the stage. Ob
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be easy in the third
week. The only snag
may be a third party.
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The Directort
A Listing of Service Organizations, Businesses & Clubs
ARLINGTON,TX (area code 617)
clubs
Coyote Connection
131 Gay St. 277-1088

P.O. Box 225831 75222 • 948-1546
AIDS Resource Center

P.O. Box 19348-77, UTA St. 76019

4012-B Cedar Springs 75219
Dallas Gay Alliance
4012-B Cedar Springs 75219 .5284233
Dallas GayAssbian Historic Archives
4012-B Cedar Springs.821-1653
Dallas Gay Youth Group

794-5140

300 Turtle Creek Raza #116• 307-7203

organizations
Goy/Lesblon Association of UTA

Dallas Outdoors
P.O. Box 35474 75235• 276-5270

AUSTIN. TX (area code 512)

Dallas Tavern Guild

clubs
Nexus(coming soon)•448-2292

3900 Lemmon Ave. #220.526-5292

Sadie's Piace

815-A Brazos #214 • 479-6939

Foundation for Human Understanding
528^233

Grace Fellowship in Christ Jesus
2727 Oak Lawn 75219.5282811

organizations

Lesbian Information Line (UL)

Aftirrrxition (Methodist)

P.O. Box 191443 75219.528-2426

7403 Shoal Creek • 451-2329
Austin Lambda
P.O. Box 5455 78763

Lesbio/Gay Political Coalition

Gay/Lesbian Student

P.O. Box 224424 75222.828-9882
Lesbian Visionaries
P.O. Box 191443 75219.521-9642

Association at UT Austin •458-3971
Box 275 Texas Union 78712-7338

P.O. Box 191033 75219.941-8114

Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby

Oak Lawn Community Services

Metroplex Republicans

P.O. Box 2505 78768

P.O. box 191094 75219. 520-8108

Metropolitan Community Church
1100 Sprlngdale Rd. • 929-3660
Oasis Ministry

Oak Lawn SytDptwnic Band

5555 N. Lamar Blvd. #L101 •441-9191

288-9299 or 823-3105

Waterloo Counseling Center

Womyn Togettier
3920 Cedar Springs.528-4233

507 Powell 78703• 322-9654

P.O. Box 190973 75219.986-1751

WANT(Women In The Arts)

Texas Human Rights Foundation
2201 N. Lamar # 203 78705•479-8473

AIDS Legal Assistance 1-800-828-6417

DALLAS, TX (area code 214)
businesses
Business Delivery Systems

DENTON,TX (area code 817)
organizations
COURAGE, Lesbian Gay Student Org.
c/o Student Activities Center
P.O. Box 5067 76203.382-3813

14902 Preston Rd. 75240 • 733-1108
Crossroads Market

FT. WORTH (area code 817)

3930 Cedar Springs

OFganizotions

521-8919 or 1-800-992-6404
Curious Times - Women's Books etc.

Affirmation (Mettwdist).478-7837
RESPECT - GayAesblon Association

4008D Cedar Springs •528-4087
Clubs

828 Hardwood Rd,.Hurst, TX 76054

Sue Ellen's

HOUSTON,TX (area code 713)

3903 Cedar Springs • 559-0707

organizations

businesses
Inklings « an alternative bookshop

AffirrTKition (Methodist)

1846 Richmond.521-3369

Desert Moon • 5903 Willis • 8284471

June 1990 • Dimensions• Page 33

n
clubs

National Gay/Lesbian Clearinghouse

Ranch • 9125 S. Main • 666-3464

666 Broadway 4th Floor

organizations
AIDS Foundation
3927 Essex Lone • 623-6796
AIDS HOTLINE

c/0 Switchboard •529-3211
Gay/Lesbian Students
University of Houston
4800 Caihoun •529-3211
Gay & Lesbian Switchboard
P.O. Box 66591 77266 •529-3211

Houston Gay Political Caucus
P.O. Box 66664 77266 • 521-1000

Kingdom Community Church
614 E. 19th.862-7533
Lambda ALANON
Lambda Center for Aichohoiics
1214 Joanne •521-9772

Lesbian/Gay Students
University of Houston - Clear Lake
2700 Bay Area 77058
Montrose Counseling Center
900 Lovett #203 77006 • 529-0037

Montrose Pool League/Billiards
PJ 863-8482
PWA Coalition - Houston

NY, NY 10012

National Gay/Lesbian Crisisline
1-800-SOS-GAYS

National Gay/Lesbian Task Force
1517 U Street NW

Washington D,C, 20009 • 202-332-6483
The Fund for Human Dignity
666 Broadway 4th Floor
NY, NY 10012

NORMAN, OK (area code 405)

organizatioiTs
Women's Resource Center
P.O. Box 5089 73070

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
(areo code 405)
organizations
Oasis the Community Center
2135 NW 39th 73112 • 525-AiDS

Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
2312 NW 39th 73112. 794-7464

SAN ANTONIO, TX (area code 512)

1475 W. Gray #163 • 522-5428
Womynspace

Clubs

P.O. Box 980601 77098-0601

The Circle

880-9517 or 521-0780

8021 Pinebrook « 341-2818

Women's Softtxill League

organizations

6431 Pineshade• 868-6256

DIgnity/San Antonio
202 N. St, Mary's.349-3632
Integrity/San Antonio

LUBBOCK,TX (areo code 806)
organizations
Lubbock Lesbian/Gay Alliance
P.O. Box 64746 79464• 796-2403

Narrws Pro)ect/Lubbock
796-1800 or 744-1957

P.O. Box 150006 78212 • 684-4920

River City Living Metropolitan
Community Church
202 Holland 78212 . 822-1121
LISA (Lesbian Information SA)
828-LiSA (5472)

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

SALGA - San Antonio Lesbian & Gay
Assembly . 733-7300

Affirmation: United Methodists for

SALSA - San Antonio Lambda Students

Lesbian/Gay Concerns

Alliance . P.O. Box 12715 78212

P.O. Box 1021 • Evanston, IL 60204

Coordinator; Jim 228-9877

AIDS Action Council

San Antonio AIDS Foundation

729 Eighth St. S.E. Suite 200
Washington, DC 20003 .(202) 547-3101
AIDS 800 • 1-800-221-7044
Conference For Catholic Lesbians
P.O. Box 436, Planetarium Station
New York, New York 10024

Ntl Gay Alliance for Young Adults,
lnc,P.O. Box 190426

□alias, TX 75219-0426 • (214) 307-7203

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P.O. Box 120113 78212-9313
San Antonio Tavern Guild . 822-2823

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TX
(area code 512)
acconrodations
Lyie's Deck • 120 E. Atol St.
P.O. Box 2326 78597 . 761-LYLE

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Setf-sufficient you were
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Available in Hot Pink, Orchid,
Mint Green & White
50% Cotton/50% Polyester

PRICE LIST

TX Resident Sales Tax

$12.00 ea.
$17.00 ea.
$7.00 ea.

T-Shlrts
Sweatshirts

Golf Caps

.90
1.27
.53

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MAIL TO; DIMENSIONS, P.O. BOX 856, LUBBOCK, TX 79408^