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HERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
2312 N.W. 39TH, OKC 73112 • (405) 521-9696

VOLUME 6, NUMBER 5
MAY, 1989

HERLAND SPRING RETREAT!
A WORD FROM OUR CAMP DIRECTOR

DANCING IN OUR MOMENT
Judy Fjell's performing career began
as a teenager when she picked up a guitar
at a garage sale, learned a few chords, and
began entertaining folks in her small
Montana home town with favorites
from the "Hootenanny!" radio program. She majored in art at St. Olaf
College in Minnesota and later became
an elementary music teacher, but she
spent much of her spare time learning
fingerpicking techniques and performing with friends at local coffeehouses.
Judy's career took a new turn when
she came into her own as a songwriter in
Oregon in the mid-'70's. Demand for
her original music led to the creation of
Honey Pie Music, the label which has
released four Judy Fjell recordings to
date. As she began to tour in the Northwest, audiences responded immediately
to her unforgettable songs, her clear
voice, her vibrant 12-string guitar playing, her quick wit, and her warm,
"down-home" style.
Judy's touring continued to expand in

Herland presents the 4th Annual Spring Retreat for Wimmin May 19-21,
1989 at Boiling Springs State Park. I feel this retreat will prove our
commitment to making each one better than the last.
This year's performer is Judy Fjell, musician, humorist and presentor. She
has been described as "the woman who's therapist reassures her that 14
personalities are better than none at all."
Judy will also present a workshop titled "Music Empowerment" on
Saturday morning. Other workshops available will be "Stress Management"
(I'll probably see you there); "Spirituality and Sexuality," by Beau McDan;iels;
and ''Adult Children of Alcoholics.'' More workshops are being schedul~ct 1 as
the newsletter goes to press.
Massages will be available from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday, arid 9 a.m. - noon
on Sunday in a private room in the main building. Costs will be: $30, full
body; $18, body; $10 neck. Portions of all proceeds from all booths will go to
Herland.
An orienteering race will be held on Saturday morning. this is a fun way to
enjoy a nature walk and have a chance to win prizes.
A button-making booth will also be available. Bring ideas or photos and $1.
All proceeds benefit Herland.
Meals will once again be available at the retreat at a price ot determined later.
Boiling Springs offers hiking trails where you might meet a few peer or wild
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turkeys. Alabaster Caverns is just 16 miles away.
Send in your registrations with ideas and comments. I plan on another
wonderful weekend for all.
Pre-registratio~ is $17-$20 and on-site is $25. Scholarships are in limited
supply. If you can offer to pay a scholarship, it would be of great help to those
who can share the fun yet cannot afford it. If you have any questions, give me a
call at 672-4141. See you there!
Laura
the '80's to include California and all of
the northwestern states. In 1985 she was
asked to showcase the National Women's Music Festival in Bloomington,
Indiana, and to emcee that stage in 1987.
Popular demand has brought her to the
mainstage of the West Coast Women's
Music and Comedy Festival and continues to be the basis for Judy's rise as a
performing artist. Wherever she appears,
audiences are captivated by her excellence as a musician, and disarmed by the
way she brings humor and heart to even
the most difficult of subjects.
June, 1988, marked the release of a new

Judy Fjell album, "DANCE IN THE
MOMENT," and plans for tours in the
United States, Canada, and Australia. In
addition to concerts for adults, Judy
teaches music empowerment workshops
and presents concerts for "children and
other playful people." She has developed a multi-media, multi-sensory show
with her puppet GRIN entitled "NO
ONE WAY TO SEE THINGS." As with
all of her musical appearances, there is
plenty of opportunity for audience members of all ages to sing along and to
experience the spontaneity of this multifaceted performer-Judy Fjell!
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MAY CALENDAR OF
LOCAL EVENTS
May 5 • Unfolding ceremony of the
Names Project Quilt, International
Trade Bldg., State Fairgrounds.
May 5 ~ Mary Reynolds ·solo at the
Cantina del Paseo, 3007 Paseo Blvd., 9
p.m.
May 6·7 • Names Project Quilt on
display, International Trade Bldg., State
Fairgrounds.
May 6-7 • Herland Garage Sale, 1630
NW 19th.
May 13 • Mary Reynolds and Linda
Waterfall to perform at Amarillo Peacefest, Amarillo bomb plant, Amarillo,

TX.
May 19·21 • Herland's Annual Spring
Retreat, Boiling Springs State Park.
May 21 ·Sisters of Swing, Neighbor-forNeighbor benefit, 1-4 p.m.
May 2 7 • Mary Reynolds solo, Cantina
del Paseo, 3007 Paseo Blvd., 9 p.m.

HERLAND NEEDS LIST
sponges .
toilet paper
3-hole punch
paper towels
money
cups
napkins
throw rugs
vaccuum cleaner
money
poster board
writing paper
3-ring binders
used books
rolls of clear
contact shelf paper
games
puzzles

board games
coffee (automatic drip)
children's games for
children's corner
money
ice cube trays
glue sticks (clear
liquid glue)
wood (plywood &
lx4" boards)
kleenex
dust mop
money
electrician's tape
liquid soap
light fixture
(basic ceiling
mounting)

paint brushes
paper plates
scotch tape
staples
plastic trash bags
typewriter
self-sticking labels
tupperware containers
plastic silverware
money
cleaning liquids
dishwashing liquid
money
coffee mugs
coffee filters
toilet bowl cleaner
toilet brush & holder

Herland looks to the community for support and is thankful for anyth~g
you can give. If you wish to make a donation of any of these tax deductible
items listed, please come by Herland Center. A receipt will be given to you
upon request.

MORE HERLAND NEEDS ...
A Plumber! To install new faucet in kitchen sink. The building may also
need water line replacement from hot water heater to kitchen sink, and
removal of old bathtub and capping of lines in the bathroom.
A Carpenter! To replace the building's front door (a new door is already
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available).
Anyone out there who is a plumber or carpenter or knows one who is willing
to help is asked to please call Peggy at 524-5332 or Karen at 1-872-8673.

1--------------------------------------------HERLAND SPRING RETREAT FOR WOMEN - REGISTRATION FORM

Pre-registration is $17 - $20, based on your ability to pay. Upon receipt of your check, a map to the campsite and list of
suggested items to bring will be mailed to you. Deadline for pre-registration is May 14, 1989.
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Around the Country
AIDS STUDY
PARTICIPANTS NEEDED
New Haven, CT - A study being conducted at Yale University's Department
of Psychology by Dr. Christian S.
Crandall and his associates is looking for
participants who have tested positive for
HIV. The study aims to determine the
social and psychological outlook of
PWA's, and their effects on physical and
psychological well-being. The goal is to
change the application of medical and
support services in a more effective
manner.
Persons with AIDS, ARC and HIV
seropositive are needed. Confidentiality
is strictly enforced.
To participate, or for further informa
ion, please contact the Yale Project on
the Psychology of AIDS, Elizabeth Tse,
Director, at P.O. Box 7172 Yale Station
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520:
or call collect at (203) 436-0805.
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LESBIANS TO KEYNOTE
STATE CONFERENCE

LESBIAN SEPARATISTS UNITE
Second Annual Lesbian Separaties
Conference June 15-18, 1989. forinformation contact:
Burning Bush
P.O. Box 3065
Madison, WI 53704-0065

DYKES, DISABILITY AND STUFF
This newsletter is only in its third
issue but is quickly becoming an invaluable national network. They created a
stir by saying they wanted to live their
lives with lesbians at the center, but
using the word separatist rang people's
bells. They are clear about wanting to do
anti-racist, anti-class, anti-ablism. Items
include practical information, such as
Zana's suggestions for do-it-yourself
wheel chair comfort. Contact them at:
Dykes, Disability & Stuff
P.O. Box 6194
Boston, MA 02114

Houston - The second annual Texas
Lesbian Conference (TLC) will take
place on June 2-4, 1989 at the Astra
Village Hotel. The emphasis of the conference will be on "celebrating diversity" by bringing together women of all
races, economic backgrounds, political
identities, spiritualities and ages to share
in our lives as women who love women.
Two native Texas lesbians will keynote the event and over 1000 women are
expected to attend. Gloria Anzaldua,
chicana, tejana and co-editor of This
Bridge Called My Back: Writings by
Radical Women of Color, will keynote
the Saturday morning session. Her
address will focus on the borderland
experience: caught between two cultures, an alien in both.
Capturing the social diversity of Jexas
communities, Sunday presento~ and
lesbian novelist, Antoinette Azolakov
explores the contrasting views of the
feminist and the non-feminist and of the
women in traditional versus non-traditional occupations. Her published works
include Cass and the Stone Butch,
Skiptrace, and the Contactees Die

Young.

Altazor ··
Jennifer Berezan
BE'nY
Blazing Redheads
Blue Rose
Casselberry Bi: DuPree
Dance Brigade
Dianne Davidson
Disappear Fear
Ferron
Robin Flower
Bi: Libby McLaren
Mimi Fox
Kay Gardner Bi: Sunwomyn
Ensemble
Julie Homi
Jane's Aire
Katari Taiko
Klez-meydlekh
Ladygourd Sangoma
Libana
Margaret Sloan-Hunter
Jude Narita
Laura Nyro
Ova
Over Our Heads

AUGUST

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Pat Parker
Ruth Pelham
Vicki Randle
Toshi Reagon
Carolyn Ritt Trio
Lorraine Segato
Stafford Street Sisters
Mahinaarangi Tocker
Teresa Trull
Edwina Lee Tyler
Cris Williamson
W.WT M.C.
Box 22

Walhalla. Ml 49458

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The objectives of the conference are
to create a network of lesbians to facilitate communication, prm;note grass root
organizations and increase visibility.
The conference is being produced by
All Mujeres Interested in Getting Active
(AMIGA) and Womynspace of Houston. AMIGA is a lesbiana latina organization committed to increasing the
visibility of latinas and which works
toward civil rights for all. Womynspace
of Houston is a non-hierarchical feminist
organization founded to create an alternative space for womyn in a chemical free,
women only, supportive environment.
For more information on TLC '89
write: PO Box 980134, Houston, TX or
call (713) 520-5667. A TLC volunteer
orientation is scheduled for Saturday,
May 6; all interested women should call
or write. A press conference is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, June 4 at
4:00 p.m., in the Texas Lesbian Conference Hospitality Suite at the Astra
Village Hotel.
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NGLTF HIRES IVY YOUNG AS DIRcCTOR OF
NEW PROJECT TO SECURE RECOGNITION
OF LESBIAN & GAY RIGHTS

LITERARY AWARDS
Washington, DC - Lambda Rising
BOOK REPORT has announced
the finalists of the 1st Annual Lambda
Literary Awards.
Multiple finalists includeDr. Betty
Berzon's Permanent Partners, a
finalist in both Lesbian Nonfiction and
Gay Men's Nonfiction; Trash by Doro,
thy Allison in Lesbian Fiction and the
Lesbian Small Press Book Award;
Swimming-Pool Library by Alan
Hollinghurst in Gay Men's Fiction and
Gay Men's First Novel; Why Can't
Sharon Kowalski Come Home? by
Karen Thompson in Lesbian Nonfic,
tion and the Lesbian Small Press Award;
Mundan'e World by Judy Grahn in
Lesbian Mystery/Science Fiction and
Lesbian First Novel; and Michael
Nava's Goldenboy in Gay Men's
Small Press Book Award and Gay Men's
Mystery /Science Fiction. Paul Monette
placed with Love Alone: 18 Elegies
for Rog (Gay and Lesbian Poetry) and
Borrowed Time in both Gay Men's
Nonfiction and the Special AIDS
Category.
The finalists represent 53 different
titles, 58 authors and 31 publishers.
"During the nomination process, sup,
port of the Awards program came
from the entire gay and lesbian read,
ing community," said Jane Troxell,
editor of the sponsoring publication.
"Now a panel of 60 judges from
across the country will have the
difficult task of selecting a single
book in each category from among
the finalists."
The public is cordially invited to
attend the gala Awards banquet (black
tie optional) to be held June 2nd,
1989, at the Hyatt Regency Washing,
ton on Capitol Hill in Washington,
DC, to coincide with the American
Booksellers Association Convention.
At that time, the recipients of the 1st
Annual Lambda Literary Awards will
be announced. Emcee for the even,
ing's events will be author Armistead
Maupin.
For further information about the
awards program or the banquet,
please contact Will Guilliams:
BOOK REPORT, 1625 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC, 20009-1013 or Phone (202)
462-6965.
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The National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force launches the only national organ,
izing project on behalf of lesbian and
gay families on May 1, 1989 with the
hiring of veteran feminist and black
activist Ivy Young as Project Director.
The Lesbian & Gay Families Project
was formed through a unique-eollabora,
tion between the D.C.,based National
Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
and the San Francisco,based National
Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLRformerl y known as the Lesbian Rights
Project).
The Lesbian & Gay Families Project
will educate, advocate and organize for
full societal recognition of lesbian and
gay relationships and for the protection
of lesbian and gay families. The Families
Project will confront barriers facing
lesbian and gay partners and parents
and will tackle issues such as: securing
equal benefits for gay and lesbian part,
ners; fair and equal treatment for gay
and lesbian parents in custody, visita,
tion and co,parenting arrangements;
passage of non,discrimination laws
regarding adoption, foster care, and
artificial insemination; securing survi,
vors' rights and the fight to be involved
in medical decisions and treatment for
our loved ones.
Families Project director Ivy Young
joins the Task Force with a strong
background in media, grassroots organ,
izing, and politics. She is the former
General Manager of WWOZ,FM in
New Orleans and served as the Director
of Public Affairs for WBAJ,FM in New
York City from 1986 to 1988. Ms.
Young was editor and anchor of daily
newscasts at WHUR,FM in Washing,
ton DC from 1978 , 1982. She was
Communications Director for the Cen,
ter for Black Education in Washington
from 1969, 1973.
Ms. Young's political organizing work
involved her in the 1988 Presidential
election campaign during which she
helped organize Lesbians & Gays For_
Jesse Jackson in NYC. She was Editor
of Pacifica Radio's coverage of the
Democratic National Convention in
July 1988. In October of 1987, she
served as consultant to organizers of the

People of Color Stage (morning rally)
of the National March on Washington
For Lesbian and Gay Rights.
Ms. Young also has extensive grass,
roots organizing experience in the
women's political culture movements.
From 1982, 1985, Ms. Young was a staff
member of Roadwork, · Inc., the D.C
based non,profit women's culture pro,
duction company. In 1984 and 1985,
she was the producer of Sisterfire, Road,
work's multi,cultural, open,air festival
of women in the arts held annually in
Washington DC. She has worked with
the Program in Black American Culture
at the Smithsonian Institution, the
National Conference for Women In
Radio, and served as a U.S. Delegate to
the Third International Festival l~f New
Song held in Ecuador in 1985.
The National Center For Lesbian
Rights was founded in 1977 as the
Lesbian Rights Project of Equal Rights
Advocates and is a non,profit .public
interest law firm dedicated to preserv,
ing and increasing the rights of lesbians
and gay men. NCLR is the only national
lesbian organization dedicated to ex,
panding the legal and political rights of
all gay people.
The National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force is the leading political advocacy
and educational organization of the
lesbian and gay movement. Founded in
1973, NGLTF lobbies, organizes, edu,
cates and acts to secure full civil rights
for lesbians and gay men. NGLTF organ,
izing projects focus on violence, sodomy
law repeal, media advocacy, passage of
gay and lesbian rights protections and
lesbian and gay families.
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donation of $12 allows me use of the Herland Library and
a 10% discount on store purchases over the next 12
months. (My $12 is enclosed.)

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New Building Fund.

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Meet the Board
MEET SISTER 50!
By _Sondra Metzger
This month's board member is Margaret C., who calls herself "Sister 50"
because she just turned 50 years old last
year.
_ Marg_aret has. been an integral part of
Herland since 1985 when Barbara Cleveland convinced her to join the board.
Being involved with a volunteer organization is nothing new to Margaret. She is
the most politically active member of
the board, and has been very active with
the National Organization for Women
for seven years.
"My father was career Army, and I
was 'born at Ft. Sill,'' she said. "An
Army family life is very patriarchal, and
when I found out at the age of 10 that I
couldn't go to West Point, I decided to
buy into that type of family life. For the
next 20 years I tried to be a model of
what the traditional woman was
thought to be."
Margaret began working for women's
rights at the end of those 20 years and
while doing so discovered she was crazy
about women.
"I'm philosophically bi-sexual,'' she
said, "politically radical lesbian and
specifically, I'm straight."
Margaret is presently the entire staff
of what she calls one of the state's
smallest agencies. She spends her time in
her house in OKC with two dogs and a
cat when she's not working for NOW or
Her land.
"One of my first impressions of
Herland,'' she said, "was that they
would talk about something at the board
meeting and then I would see it done. I
don't think Herland has a reputation
among the sisters for getting things done
or following things through, but it was
better than NOW or any other organization at that time. The women are the best
thing about Herland. They're fun, dedicated, hard-working, competent and
very daring."
Like all of us, Margaret has her dreams
for Herland. She would like to see
Herland be the core of a real women's
resource center that has offices available
for women lawyers, a health practitioner
and a psychologist.

"I'd like to see us buy the church
building next door, she said. "I'd also
like to see NOW and the Women's
Political Caucus share office space and
rent the back room each month. I'd also
love to see someone staffing the store
seven days a week."
Margaret knows quite a bit about
staffing the store. As head of the Volunteer Committee, it is up to her to make
sure someone is there to work on the
weekends, which is sometimes not easy.
Margaret enjoys a wonderful relationship with her 20-year-old daughter,
Malika, who lives in Washington, D.C.
"She's named after Malcolm X,'' she
said. "Her father and I thought it was a
beautiful name, and we were quite
radical at the time. We're divorced now,
but we're still good friends. I feel very,
very lucky to have the relationship I do
with my daughter. She's really a great
kid."
Margaret had one word of advice for
those who haven't become involved
with Herland: "Working for the volunteer committee is the best way to meet
women!"
•

Oops-The Editor Goofs Again!
As some have noticed, B.G. Canis's
article in the April issue of the HSR
Newsletter is missing something. Page
6, Column 3, 3rd line should read: "I'm
not condoning 'sneakiness.' If you're 'out'
be out when you infiltrate. Being out is a
personal decision and no one has any right
to interfere with your personal life."
My apologies to B.G. for this pasteup goof.
The Editor

PUBLISHED BY: Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
2312 NW 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
EDITOR: Karen Lewis
CO-EDITOR: Sondra Metzger
ADVERTISING MGR: Sondra Metzger
TYPESETIING: Rhonda Smith
CIRCULATION: 700
GENERAL INFO: (405) 794 -7464 or 521-9696
VOLUNTEER INFO: 528-0604
ADVERTISING 732-2315
DEADLINE on all advertising and submissions is
the 15th of each month.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to th is Newsletter are free
upon request:

Come One, Come llllf
To the Hetland Spring
S'avenger/Treasuie Hunt

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When: May 13, 1989, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Registration 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Registration Fee - $5 each or
$8.50 for 2 people
Where: Herland Sister Resource Center
2312 N.W. 39th, OKC

1st Prize: ($,0.00 value)
Two (2) Magic Hands Full Body Massaage

lnd Prize: ($40.00 value)
Two (2) Magic Hands Stress Buster Massaage

Jrd Prize: $20.00 CJISH
For more information
call Herland at 521·9696
Sat. from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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by Sondra Metzger
A BIG THANK YOU to those ambitious women who" cleaned up in and
around the Resource Center and the
old building on April 9. The place
looks great and your time and energy
are greatly appreciated . . .
we also tremendously appreciated the
response we got from our plea for $1
donation per subscriber. Thank you all
for coming through! . ..
pamphlets on this year's Michigan
Women's Festival are available at the
Resource Center (see ad this issue). It
has everything you need to know about
the festival if you are planning to go .. .
don't forget to mail in your reservations
for Herland's Spring Retreat. By registering early you can save a few bucks ...
is there a specific performer you would
like to see at one of Herland's coffeehouses? If so, let us know .. .
Herland now has an answering machine
thanks to a very generous sister. It's on
duty 24 hours a day and can be utilized
by calling 521-WMYN .. .
studio work is finished on the tape
being created by Friendships United.
They are hoping to have it available for
sale at the Quilt display on May 5 -7. .
After that, tapes may be purchased at ·
Herland, through ASP (525-6277) or
Friendships United (Friendships
United, c/o Peggy Johnson, P.O. Box
75842, OKC, 73147). Cost of the tape
was not available at press time .. .
we have not received the update on
Sharon Kowalski that was promised in
the last newsletter ...
did anyone go to the retreat in Arkansas
April 21-23? If so, drop us a line and let
us know how it was ...
did you know that Herland won an
award at the GALA banquet? It was for
best community event, which was the
Gay Pride Parade, and we shared the
award with Oasis Community Center.
How's that for networking .. .

Lambda Rising

be awar.e that at the April board
meeting, the board decided that smoking would not be allowed in the
Resource Center during a coffeehouse
or other event where there are a large
number of people, but is allowed in the
area of the front door. "Recreational"
drugs are not allowed anywhere on the
property at all, which includes the
building, the yards and the parking
area ...

B OOK REPORT,,.
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the West Coast Celebration and Conference by and for Old Lesbians II will be
held at the conference center at San
Francisco State University on August
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a bimonthly magazine called "December
Rose" is available for "fledgling writers
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meeting. You must have some volunteer
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May 6/7, 1630 N. W. 19th

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEO
May 12, 7:30 p.m. - PBS Special on Lily Tomlin

Call Sondra at 732-2315 or HSR at 521-WMYN
to place an ad.

SCAVENGER HUNT
May 13, 4 p.m.
at the Resource Center, 2312 N. W. 39th

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEO
May 26, 7:30 p.m. - "Amazon Women on the Moon"

HERLAND CENTER IS NOW OPEN:
THURSDAYS 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
SATURDAYS 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
SUNDAYS 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS?
If you are planning to move, and you don't
want to miss any issues of the HSR Newsletter, please let us know you new address
BEFORE you move. For your protection the
Post Office wil not forward the Newsletter, and
Herland will not change your address without
your authorization. Therefore, to ensure
receipt of the Newsletter, fill out and mail us
this change-of-address form BEFORE you
move. The form may also be used to add your
name to the mailing list.

HERLAND CENTER WILL BE CLOSED MAY
20 & 21 DUE TO THE SPRING RETREAT.
HERLAND BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD THE 3RD
SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 2312 N.W. 39TH
4:30 p.m.

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Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
2312 N.W. 39th
Oklahoma City, OK 73112

A non-profit corporation composed of a collective of wimmin - open to any womyn who
wants to be a part of it - which works to maintain a feminist library and bookstore, sponsors
workshops, retreats, concerts and other events for YOU. Herland's reason for being is to
provide a framework for a variety of projects for the support and enjoyment of the area
wimmin's community. It is a place to learn and grow, meet other wimmin, develop lasting
friendships, receive support and nurture the positive self-image that societal attitudes
sometimes make illusive to us. Herland exists to serve YOU.
Your donations are used to pay the mortgage and utilities on the resource center, and
printing and postage for the monthly HSR Newsletter and Friend of Herland cards.
All of Herland's services are free, including the Newsletter. This is why your donation is so
important. It is Herland's lifeblood.

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2312 N.W. 39TH, OKC 73112 • (405) 521-9696

VOLUME 6, NUMBER 5
MAY, 1989

HERLAND SPRING RETREAT!
A WORD FROM OUR CAMP DIRECTOR

DANCING IN OUR MOMENT
Judy Fjell's performing career began
as a teenager when she picked up a guitar
at a garage sale, learned a few chords, and
began entertaining folks in her small
Montana home town with favorites
from the "Hootenanny!" radio program. She majored in art at St. Olaf
College in Minnesota and later became
an elementary music teacher, but she
spent much of her spare time learning
fingerpicking techniques and performing with friends at local coffeehouses.
Judy's career took a new turn when
she came into her own as a songwriter in
Oregon in the mid-'70's. Demand for
her original music led to the creation of
Honey Pie Music, the label which has
released four Judy Fjell recordings to
date. As she began to tour in the Northwest, audiences responded immediately
to her unforgettable songs, her clear
voice, her vibrant 12-string guitar playing, her quick wit, and her warm,
"down-home" style.
Judy's touring continued to expand in

Herland presents the 4th Annual Spring Retreat for Wimmin May 19-21,
1989 at Boiling Springs State Park. I feel this retreat will prove our
commitment to making each one better than the last.
This year's performer is Judy Fjell, musician, humorist and presentor. She
has been described as "the woman who's therapist reassures her that 14
personalities are better than none at all."
Judy will also present a workshop titled "Music Empowerment" on
Saturday morning. Other workshops available will be "Stress Management"
(I'll probably see you there); "Spirituality and Sexuality," by Beau McDan;iels;
and ''Adult Children of Alcoholics.'' More workshops are being schedul~ct 1 as
the newsletter goes to press.
Massages will be available from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday, arid 9 a.m. - noon
on Sunday in a private room in the main building. Costs will be: $30, full
body; $18, body; $10 neck. Portions of all proceeds from all booths will go to
Herland.
An orienteering race will be held on Saturday morning. this is a fun way to
enjoy a nature walk and have a chance to win prizes.
A button-making booth will also be available. Bring ideas or photos and $1.
All proceeds benefit Herland.
Meals will once again be available at the retreat at a price ot determined later.
Boiling Springs offers hiking trails where you might meet a few peer or wild
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turkeys. Alabaster Caverns is just 16 miles away.
Send in your registrations with ideas and comments. I plan on another
wonderful weekend for all.
Pre-registratio~ is $17-$20 and on-site is $25. Scholarships are in limited
supply. If you can offer to pay a scholarship, it would be of great help to those
who can share the fun yet cannot afford it. If you have any questions, give me a
call at 672-4141. See you there!
Laura
the '80's to include California and all of
the northwestern states. In 1985 she was
asked to showcase the National Women's Music Festival in Bloomington,
Indiana, and to emcee that stage in 1987.
Popular demand has brought her to the
mainstage of the West Coast Women's
Music and Comedy Festival and continues to be the basis for Judy's rise as a
performing artist. Wherever she appears,
audiences are captivated by her excellence as a musician, and disarmed by the
way she brings humor and heart to even
the most difficult of subjects.
June, 1988, marked the release of a new

Judy Fjell album, "DANCE IN THE
MOMENT," and plans for tours in the
United States, Canada, and Australia. In
addition to concerts for adults, Judy
teaches music empowerment workshops
and presents concerts for "children and
other playful people." She has developed a multi-media, multi-sensory show
with her puppet GRIN entitled "NO
ONE WAY TO SEE THINGS." As with
all of her musical appearances, there is
plenty of opportunity for audience members of all ages to sing along and to
experience the spontaneity of this multifaceted performer-Judy Fjell!
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MAY CALENDAR OF
LOCAL EVENTS
May 5 • Unfolding ceremony of the
Names Project Quilt, International
Trade Bldg., State Fairgrounds.
May 5 ~ Mary Reynolds ·solo at the
Cantina del Paseo, 3007 Paseo Blvd., 9
p.m.
May 6·7 • Names Project Quilt on
display, International Trade Bldg., State
Fairgrounds.
May 6-7 • Herland Garage Sale, 1630
NW 19th.
May 13 • Mary Reynolds and Linda
Waterfall to perform at Amarillo Peacefest, Amarillo bomb plant, Amarillo,

TX.
May 19·21 • Herland's Annual Spring
Retreat, Boiling Springs State Park.
May 21 ·Sisters of Swing, Neighbor-forNeighbor benefit, 1-4 p.m.
May 2 7 • Mary Reynolds solo, Cantina
del Paseo, 3007 Paseo Blvd., 9 p.m.

HERLAND NEEDS LIST
sponges .
toilet paper
3-hole punch
paper towels
money
cups
napkins
throw rugs
vaccuum cleaner
money
poster board
writing paper
3-ring binders
used books
rolls of clear
contact shelf paper
games
puzzles

board games
coffee (automatic drip)
children's games for
children's corner
money
ice cube trays
glue sticks (clear
liquid glue)
wood (plywood &
lx4" boards)
kleenex
dust mop
money
electrician's tape
liquid soap
light fixture
(basic ceiling
mounting)

paint brushes
paper plates
scotch tape
staples
plastic trash bags
typewriter
self-sticking labels
tupperware containers
plastic silverware
money
cleaning liquids
dishwashing liquid
money
coffee mugs
coffee filters
toilet bowl cleaner
toilet brush & holder

Herland looks to the community for support and is thankful for anyth~g
you can give. If you wish to make a donation of any of these tax deductible
items listed, please come by Herland Center. A receipt will be given to you
upon request.

MORE HERLAND NEEDS ...
A Plumber! To install new faucet in kitchen sink. The building may also
need water line replacement from hot water heater to kitchen sink, and
removal of old bathtub and capping of lines in the bathroom.
A Carpenter! To replace the building's front door (a new door is already
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Anyone out there who is a plumber or carpenter or knows one who is willing
to help is asked to please call Peggy at 524-5332 or Karen at 1-872-8673.

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Pre-registration is $17 - $20, based on your ability to pay. Upon receipt of your check, a map to the campsite and list of
suggested items to bring will be mailed to you. Deadline for pre-registration is May 14, 1989.
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Around the Country
AIDS STUDY
PARTICIPANTS NEEDED
New Haven, CT - A study being conducted at Yale University's Department
of Psychology by Dr. Christian S.
Crandall and his associates is looking for
participants who have tested positive for
HIV. The study aims to determine the
social and psychological outlook of
PWA's, and their effects on physical and
psychological well-being. The goal is to
change the application of medical and
support services in a more effective
manner.
Persons with AIDS, ARC and HIV
seropositive are needed. Confidentiality
is strictly enforced.
To participate, or for further informa
ion, please contact the Yale Project on
the Psychology of AIDS, Elizabeth Tse,
Director, at P.O. Box 7172 Yale Station
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520:
or call collect at (203) 436-0805.
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LESBIANS TO KEYNOTE
STATE CONFERENCE

LESBIAN SEPARATISTS UNITE
Second Annual Lesbian Separaties
Conference June 15-18, 1989. forinformation contact:
Burning Bush
P.O. Box 3065
Madison, WI 53704-0065

DYKES, DISABILITY AND STUFF
This newsletter is only in its third
issue but is quickly becoming an invaluable national network. They created a
stir by saying they wanted to live their
lives with lesbians at the center, but
using the word separatist rang people's
bells. They are clear about wanting to do
anti-racist, anti-class, anti-ablism. Items
include practical information, such as
Zana's suggestions for do-it-yourself
wheel chair comfort. Contact them at:
Dykes, Disability & Stuff
P.O. Box 6194
Boston, MA 02114

Houston - The second annual Texas
Lesbian Conference (TLC) will take
place on June 2-4, 1989 at the Astra
Village Hotel. The emphasis of the conference will be on "celebrating diversity" by bringing together women of all
races, economic backgrounds, political
identities, spiritualities and ages to share
in our lives as women who love women.
Two native Texas lesbians will keynote the event and over 1000 women are
expected to attend. Gloria Anzaldua,
chicana, tejana and co-editor of This
Bridge Called My Back: Writings by
Radical Women of Color, will keynote
the Saturday morning session. Her
address will focus on the borderland
experience: caught between two cultures, an alien in both.
Capturing the social diversity of Jexas
communities, Sunday presento~ and
lesbian novelist, Antoinette Azolakov
explores the contrasting views of the
feminist and the non-feminist and of the
women in traditional versus non-traditional occupations. Her published works
include Cass and the Stone Butch,
Skiptrace, and the Contactees Die

Young.

Altazor ··
Jennifer Berezan
BE'nY
Blazing Redheads
Blue Rose
Casselberry Bi: DuPree
Dance Brigade
Dianne Davidson
Disappear Fear
Ferron
Robin Flower
Bi: Libby McLaren
Mimi Fox
Kay Gardner Bi: Sunwomyn
Ensemble
Julie Homi
Jane's Aire
Katari Taiko
Klez-meydlekh
Ladygourd Sangoma
Libana
Margaret Sloan-Hunter
Jude Narita
Laura Nyro
Ova
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Pat Parker
Ruth Pelham
Vicki Randle
Toshi Reagon
Carolyn Ritt Trio
Lorraine Segato
Stafford Street Sisters
Mahinaarangi Tocker
Teresa Trull
Edwina Lee Tyler
Cris Williamson
W.WT M.C.
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The objectives of the conference are
to create a network of lesbians to facilitate communication, prm;note grass root
organizations and increase visibility.
The conference is being produced by
All Mujeres Interested in Getting Active
(AMIGA) and Womynspace of Houston. AMIGA is a lesbiana latina organization committed to increasing the
visibility of latinas and which works
toward civil rights for all. Womynspace
of Houston is a non-hierarchical feminist
organization founded to create an alternative space for womyn in a chemical free,
women only, supportive environment.
For more information on TLC '89
write: PO Box 980134, Houston, TX or
call (713) 520-5667. A TLC volunteer
orientation is scheduled for Saturday,
May 6; all interested women should call
or write. A press conference is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, June 4 at
4:00 p.m., in the Texas Lesbian Conference Hospitality Suite at the Astra
Village Hotel.
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NGLTF HIRES IVY YOUNG AS DIRcCTOR OF
NEW PROJECT TO SECURE RECOGNITION
OF LESBIAN & GAY RIGHTS

LITERARY AWARDS
Washington, DC - Lambda Rising
BOOK REPORT has announced
the finalists of the 1st Annual Lambda
Literary Awards.
Multiple finalists includeDr. Betty
Berzon's Permanent Partners, a
finalist in both Lesbian Nonfiction and
Gay Men's Nonfiction; Trash by Doro,
thy Allison in Lesbian Fiction and the
Lesbian Small Press Book Award;
Swimming-Pool Library by Alan
Hollinghurst in Gay Men's Fiction and
Gay Men's First Novel; Why Can't
Sharon Kowalski Come Home? by
Karen Thompson in Lesbian Nonfic,
tion and the Lesbian Small Press Award;
Mundan'e World by Judy Grahn in
Lesbian Mystery/Science Fiction and
Lesbian First Novel; and Michael
Nava's Goldenboy in Gay Men's
Small Press Book Award and Gay Men's
Mystery /Science Fiction. Paul Monette
placed with Love Alone: 18 Elegies
for Rog (Gay and Lesbian Poetry) and
Borrowed Time in both Gay Men's
Nonfiction and the Special AIDS
Category.
The finalists represent 53 different
titles, 58 authors and 31 publishers.
"During the nomination process, sup,
port of the Awards program came
from the entire gay and lesbian read,
ing community," said Jane Troxell,
editor of the sponsoring publication.
"Now a panel of 60 judges from
across the country will have the
difficult task of selecting a single
book in each category from among
the finalists."
The public is cordially invited to
attend the gala Awards banquet (black
tie optional) to be held June 2nd,
1989, at the Hyatt Regency Washing,
ton on Capitol Hill in Washington,
DC, to coincide with the American
Booksellers Association Convention.
At that time, the recipients of the 1st
Annual Lambda Literary Awards will
be announced. Emcee for the even,
ing's events will be author Armistead
Maupin.
For further information about the
awards program or the banquet,
please contact Will Guilliams:
BOOK REPORT, 1625 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC, 20009-1013 or Phone (202)
462-6965.
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The National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force launches the only national organ,
izing project on behalf of lesbian and
gay families on May 1, 1989 with the
hiring of veteran feminist and black
activist Ivy Young as Project Director.
The Lesbian & Gay Families Project
was formed through a unique-eollabora,
tion between the D.C.,based National
Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
and the San Francisco,based National
Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLRformerl y known as the Lesbian Rights
Project).
The Lesbian & Gay Families Project
will educate, advocate and organize for
full societal recognition of lesbian and
gay relationships and for the protection
of lesbian and gay families. The Families
Project will confront barriers facing
lesbian and gay partners and parents
and will tackle issues such as: securing
equal benefits for gay and lesbian part,
ners; fair and equal treatment for gay
and lesbian parents in custody, visita,
tion and co,parenting arrangements;
passage of non,discrimination laws
regarding adoption, foster care, and
artificial insemination; securing survi,
vors' rights and the fight to be involved
in medical decisions and treatment for
our loved ones.
Families Project director Ivy Young
joins the Task Force with a strong
background in media, grassroots organ,
izing, and politics. She is the former
General Manager of WWOZ,FM in
New Orleans and served as the Director
of Public Affairs for WBAJ,FM in New
York City from 1986 to 1988. Ms.
Young was editor and anchor of daily
newscasts at WHUR,FM in Washing,
ton DC from 1978 , 1982. She was
Communications Director for the Cen,
ter for Black Education in Washington
from 1969, 1973.
Ms. Young's political organizing work
involved her in the 1988 Presidential
election campaign during which she
helped organize Lesbians & Gays For_
Jesse Jackson in NYC. She was Editor
of Pacifica Radio's coverage of the
Democratic National Convention in
July 1988. In October of 1987, she
served as consultant to organizers of the

People of Color Stage (morning rally)
of the National March on Washington
For Lesbian and Gay Rights.
Ms. Young also has extensive grass,
roots organizing experience in the
women's political culture movements.
From 1982, 1985, Ms. Young was a staff
member of Roadwork, · Inc., the D.C
based non,profit women's culture pro,
duction company. In 1984 and 1985,
she was the producer of Sisterfire, Road,
work's multi,cultural, open,air festival
of women in the arts held annually in
Washington DC. She has worked with
the Program in Black American Culture
at the Smithsonian Institution, the
National Conference for Women In
Radio, and served as a U.S. Delegate to
the Third International Festival l~f New
Song held in Ecuador in 1985.
The National Center For Lesbian
Rights was founded in 1977 as the
Lesbian Rights Project of Equal Rights
Advocates and is a non,profit .public
interest law firm dedicated to preserv,
ing and increasing the rights of lesbians
and gay men. NCLR is the only national
lesbian organization dedicated to ex,
panding the legal and political rights of
all gay people.
The National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force is the leading political advocacy
and educational organization of the
lesbian and gay movement. Founded in
1973, NGLTF lobbies, organizes, edu,
cates and acts to secure full civil rights
for lesbians and gay men. NGLTF organ,
izing projects focus on violence, sodomy
law repeal, media advocacy, passage of
gay and lesbian rights protections and
lesbian and gay families.
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donation of $12 allows me use of the Herland Library and
a 10% discount on store purchases over the next 12
months. (My $12 is enclosed.)

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New Building Fund.

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Meet the Board
MEET SISTER 50!
By _Sondra Metzger
This month's board member is Margaret C., who calls herself "Sister 50"
because she just turned 50 years old last
year.
_ Marg_aret has. been an integral part of
Herland since 1985 when Barbara Cleveland convinced her to join the board.
Being involved with a volunteer organization is nothing new to Margaret. She is
the most politically active member of
the board, and has been very active with
the National Organization for Women
for seven years.
"My father was career Army, and I
was 'born at Ft. Sill,'' she said. "An
Army family life is very patriarchal, and
when I found out at the age of 10 that I
couldn't go to West Point, I decided to
buy into that type of family life. For the
next 20 years I tried to be a model of
what the traditional woman was
thought to be."
Margaret began working for women's
rights at the end of those 20 years and
while doing so discovered she was crazy
about women.
"I'm philosophically bi-sexual,'' she
said, "politically radical lesbian and
specifically, I'm straight."
Margaret is presently the entire staff
of what she calls one of the state's
smallest agencies. She spends her time in
her house in OKC with two dogs and a
cat when she's not working for NOW or
Her land.
"One of my first impressions of
Herland,'' she said, "was that they
would talk about something at the board
meeting and then I would see it done. I
don't think Herland has a reputation
among the sisters for getting things done
or following things through, but it was
better than NOW or any other organization at that time. The women are the best
thing about Herland. They're fun, dedicated, hard-working, competent and
very daring."
Like all of us, Margaret has her dreams
for Herland. She would like to see
Herland be the core of a real women's
resource center that has offices available
for women lawyers, a health practitioner
and a psychologist.

"I'd like to see us buy the church
building next door, she said. "I'd also
like to see NOW and the Women's
Political Caucus share office space and
rent the back room each month. I'd also
love to see someone staffing the store
seven days a week."
Margaret knows quite a bit about
staffing the store. As head of the Volunteer Committee, it is up to her to make
sure someone is there to work on the
weekends, which is sometimes not easy.
Margaret enjoys a wonderful relationship with her 20-year-old daughter,
Malika, who lives in Washington, D.C.
"She's named after Malcolm X,'' she
said. "Her father and I thought it was a
beautiful name, and we were quite
radical at the time. We're divorced now,
but we're still good friends. I feel very,
very lucky to have the relationship I do
with my daughter. She's really a great
kid."
Margaret had one word of advice for
those who haven't become involved
with Herland: "Working for the volunteer committee is the best way to meet
women!"
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Oops-The Editor Goofs Again!
As some have noticed, B.G. Canis's
article in the April issue of the HSR
Newsletter is missing something. Page
6, Column 3, 3rd line should read: "I'm
not condoning 'sneakiness.' If you're 'out'
be out when you infiltrate. Being out is a
personal decision and no one has any right
to interfere with your personal life."
My apologies to B.G. for this pasteup goof.
The Editor

PUBLISHED BY: Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
2312 NW 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
EDITOR: Karen Lewis
CO-EDITOR: Sondra Metzger
ADVERTISING MGR: Sondra Metzger
TYPESETIING: Rhonda Smith
CIRCULATION: 700
GENERAL INFO: (405) 794 -7464 or 521-9696
VOLUNTEER INFO: 528-0604
ADVERTISING 732-2315
DEADLINE on all advertising and submissions is
the 15th of each month.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to th is Newsletter are free
upon request:

Come One, Come llllf
To the Hetland Spring
S'avenger/Treasuie Hunt

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When: May 13, 1989, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Registration 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Registration Fee - $5 each or
$8.50 for 2 people
Where: Herland Sister Resource Center
2312 N.W. 39th, OKC

1st Prize: ($,0.00 value)
Two (2) Magic Hands Full Body Massaage

lnd Prize: ($40.00 value)
Two (2) Magic Hands Stress Buster Massaage

Jrd Prize: $20.00 CJISH
For more information
call Herland at 521·9696
Sat. from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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A BIG THANK YOU to those ambitious women who" cleaned up in and
around the Resource Center and the
old building on April 9. The place
looks great and your time and energy
are greatly appreciated . . .
we also tremendously appreciated the
response we got from our plea for $1
donation per subscriber. Thank you all
for coming through! . ..
pamphlets on this year's Michigan
Women's Festival are available at the
Resource Center (see ad this issue). It
has everything you need to know about
the festival if you are planning to go .. .
don't forget to mail in your reservations
for Herland's Spring Retreat. By registering early you can save a few bucks ...
is there a specific performer you would
like to see at one of Herland's coffeehouses? If so, let us know .. .
Herland now has an answering machine
thanks to a very generous sister. It's on
duty 24 hours a day and can be utilized
by calling 521-WMYN .. .
studio work is finished on the tape
being created by Friendships United.
They are hoping to have it available for
sale at the Quilt display on May 5 -7. .
After that, tapes may be purchased at ·
Herland, through ASP (525-6277) or
Friendships United (Friendships
United, c/o Peggy Johnson, P.O. Box
75842, OKC, 73147). Cost of the tape
was not available at press time .. .
we have not received the update on
Sharon Kowalski that was promised in
the last newsletter ...
did anyone go to the retreat in Arkansas
April 21-23? If so, drop us a line and let
us know how it was ...
did you know that Herland won an
award at the GALA banquet? It was for
best community event, which was the
Gay Pride Parade, and we shared the
award with Oasis Community Center.
How's that for networking .. .

Lambda Rising

be awar.e that at the April board
meeting, the board decided that smoking would not be allowed in the
Resource Center during a coffeehouse
or other event where there are a large
number of people, but is allowed in the
area of the front door. "Recreational"
drugs are not allowed anywhere on the
property at all, which includes the
building, the yards and the parking
area ...

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of Gay and Lesbian
Literature

the West Coast Celebration and Conference by and for Old Lesbians II will be
held at the conference center at San
Francisco State University on August
4-6. Write P.O. Box 31787, San Francisco, CA 94131 for more info ...

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meeting. You must have some volunteer
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HERLAND CENTER IS NOW OPEN:
THURSDAYS 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
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A non-profit corporation composed of a collective of wimmin - open to any womyn who
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workshops, retreats, concerts and other events for YOU. Herland's reason for being is to
provide a framework for a variety of projects for the support and enjoyment of the area
wimmin's community. It is a place to learn and grow, meet other wimmin, develop lasting
friendships, receive support and nurture the positive self-image that societal attitudes
sometimes make illusive to us. Herland exists to serve YOU.
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VOLUME 6, NUMBER 5
MAY, 1989

HERLAND SPRING RETREAT!
A WORD FROM OUR CAMP DIRECTOR

DANCING IN OUR MOMENT
Judy Fjell's performing career began
as a teenager when she picked up a guitar
at a garage sale, learned a few chords, and
began entertaining folks in her small
Montana home town with favorites
from the "Hootenanny!" radio program. She majored in art at St. Olaf
College in Minnesota and later became
an elementary music teacher, but she
spent much of her spare time learning
fingerpicking techniques and performing with friends at local coffeehouses.
Judy's career took a new turn when
she came into her own as a songwriter in
Oregon in the mid-'70's. Demand for
her original music led to the creation of
Honey Pie Music, the label which has
released four Judy Fjell recordings to
date. As she began to tour in the Northwest, audiences responded immediately
to her unforgettable songs, her clear
voice, her vibrant 12-string guitar playing, her quick wit, and her warm,
"down-home" style.
Judy's touring continued to expand in

Herland presents the 4th Annual Spring Retreat for Wimmin May 19-21,
1989 at Boiling Springs State Park. I feel this retreat will prove our
commitment to making each one better than the last.
This year's performer is Judy Fjell, musician, humorist and presentor. She
has been described as "the woman who's therapist reassures her that 14
personalities are better than none at all."
Judy will also present a workshop titled "Music Empowerment" on
Saturday morning. Other workshops available will be "Stress Management"
(I'll probably see you there); "Spirituality and Sexuality," by Beau McDan;iels;
and ''Adult Children of Alcoholics.'' More workshops are being schedul~ct 1 as
the newsletter goes to press.
Massages will be available from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday, arid 9 a.m. - noon
on Sunday in a private room in the main building. Costs will be: $30, full
body; $18, body; $10 neck. Portions of all proceeds from all booths will go to
Herland.
An orienteering race will be held on Saturday morning. this is a fun way to
enjoy a nature walk and have a chance to win prizes.
A button-making booth will also be available. Bring ideas or photos and $1.
All proceeds benefit Herland.
Meals will once again be available at the retreat at a price ot determined later.
Boiling Springs offers hiking trails where you might meet a few peer or wild
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turkeys. Alabaster Caverns is just 16 miles away.
Send in your registrations with ideas and comments. I plan on another
wonderful weekend for all.
Pre-registratio~ is $17-$20 and on-site is $25. Scholarships are in limited
supply. If you can offer to pay a scholarship, it would be of great help to those
who can share the fun yet cannot afford it. If you have any questions, give me a
call at 672-4141. See you there!
Laura
the '80's to include California and all of
the northwestern states. In 1985 she was
asked to showcase the National Women's Music Festival in Bloomington,
Indiana, and to emcee that stage in 1987.
Popular demand has brought her to the
mainstage of the West Coast Women's
Music and Comedy Festival and continues to be the basis for Judy's rise as a
performing artist. Wherever she appears,
audiences are captivated by her excellence as a musician, and disarmed by the
way she brings humor and heart to even
the most difficult of subjects.
June, 1988, marked the release of a new

Judy Fjell album, "DANCE IN THE
MOMENT," and plans for tours in the
United States, Canada, and Australia. In
addition to concerts for adults, Judy
teaches music empowerment workshops
and presents concerts for "children and
other playful people." She has developed a multi-media, multi-sensory show
with her puppet GRIN entitled "NO
ONE WAY TO SEE THINGS." As with
all of her musical appearances, there is
plenty of opportunity for audience members of all ages to sing along and to
experience the spontaneity of this multifaceted performer-Judy Fjell!
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MAY CALENDAR OF
LOCAL EVENTS
May 5 • Unfolding ceremony of the
Names Project Quilt, International
Trade Bldg., State Fairgrounds.
May 5 ~ Mary Reynolds ·solo at the
Cantina del Paseo, 3007 Paseo Blvd., 9
p.m.
May 6·7 • Names Project Quilt on
display, International Trade Bldg., State
Fairgrounds.
May 6-7 • Herland Garage Sale, 1630
NW 19th.
May 13 • Mary Reynolds and Linda
Waterfall to perform at Amarillo Peacefest, Amarillo bomb plant, Amarillo,

TX.
May 19·21 • Herland's Annual Spring
Retreat, Boiling Springs State Park.
May 21 ·Sisters of Swing, Neighbor-forNeighbor benefit, 1-4 p.m.
May 2 7 • Mary Reynolds solo, Cantina
del Paseo, 3007 Paseo Blvd., 9 p.m.

HERLAND NEEDS LIST
sponges .
toilet paper
3-hole punch
paper towels
money
cups
napkins
throw rugs
vaccuum cleaner
money
poster board
writing paper
3-ring binders
used books
rolls of clear
contact shelf paper
games
puzzles

board games
coffee (automatic drip)
children's games for
children's corner
money
ice cube trays
glue sticks (clear
liquid glue)
wood (plywood &
lx4" boards)
kleenex
dust mop
money
electrician's tape
liquid soap
light fixture
(basic ceiling
mounting)

paint brushes
paper plates
scotch tape
staples
plastic trash bags
typewriter
self-sticking labels
tupperware containers
plastic silverware
money
cleaning liquids
dishwashing liquid
money
coffee mugs
coffee filters
toilet bowl cleaner
toilet brush & holder

Herland looks to the community for support and is thankful for anyth~g
you can give. If you wish to make a donation of any of these tax deductible
items listed, please come by Herland Center. A receipt will be given to you
upon request.

MORE HERLAND NEEDS ...
A Plumber! To install new faucet in kitchen sink. The building may also
need water line replacement from hot water heater to kitchen sink, and
removal of old bathtub and capping of lines in the bathroom.
A Carpenter! To replace the building's front door (a new door is already
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available).
Anyone out there who is a plumber or carpenter or knows one who is willing
to help is asked to please call Peggy at 524-5332 or Karen at 1-872-8673.

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Pre-registration is $17 - $20, based on your ability to pay. Upon receipt of your check, a map to the campsite and list of
suggested items to bring will be mailed to you. Deadline for pre-registration is May 14, 1989.
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Around the Country
AIDS STUDY
PARTICIPANTS NEEDED
New Haven, CT - A study being conducted at Yale University's Department
of Psychology by Dr. Christian S.
Crandall and his associates is looking for
participants who have tested positive for
HIV. The study aims to determine the
social and psychological outlook of
PWA's, and their effects on physical and
psychological well-being. The goal is to
change the application of medical and
support services in a more effective
manner.
Persons with AIDS, ARC and HIV
seropositive are needed. Confidentiality
is strictly enforced.
To participate, or for further informa
ion, please contact the Yale Project on
the Psychology of AIDS, Elizabeth Tse,
Director, at P.O. Box 7172 Yale Station
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520:
or call collect at (203) 436-0805.
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LESBIANS TO KEYNOTE
STATE CONFERENCE

LESBIAN SEPARATISTS UNITE
Second Annual Lesbian Separaties
Conference June 15-18, 1989. forinformation contact:
Burning Bush
P.O. Box 3065
Madison, WI 53704-0065

DYKES, DISABILITY AND STUFF
This newsletter is only in its third
issue but is quickly becoming an invaluable national network. They created a
stir by saying they wanted to live their
lives with lesbians at the center, but
using the word separatist rang people's
bells. They are clear about wanting to do
anti-racist, anti-class, anti-ablism. Items
include practical information, such as
Zana's suggestions for do-it-yourself
wheel chair comfort. Contact them at:
Dykes, Disability & Stuff
P.O. Box 6194
Boston, MA 02114

Houston - The second annual Texas
Lesbian Conference (TLC) will take
place on June 2-4, 1989 at the Astra
Village Hotel. The emphasis of the conference will be on "celebrating diversity" by bringing together women of all
races, economic backgrounds, political
identities, spiritualities and ages to share
in our lives as women who love women.
Two native Texas lesbians will keynote the event and over 1000 women are
expected to attend. Gloria Anzaldua,
chicana, tejana and co-editor of This
Bridge Called My Back: Writings by
Radical Women of Color, will keynote
the Saturday morning session. Her
address will focus on the borderland
experience: caught between two cultures, an alien in both.
Capturing the social diversity of Jexas
communities, Sunday presento~ and
lesbian novelist, Antoinette Azolakov
explores the contrasting views of the
feminist and the non-feminist and of the
women in traditional versus non-traditional occupations. Her published works
include Cass and the Stone Butch,
Skiptrace, and the Contactees Die

Young.

Altazor ··
Jennifer Berezan
BE'nY
Blazing Redheads
Blue Rose
Casselberry Bi: DuPree
Dance Brigade
Dianne Davidson
Disappear Fear
Ferron
Robin Flower
Bi: Libby McLaren
Mimi Fox
Kay Gardner Bi: Sunwomyn
Ensemble
Julie Homi
Jane's Aire
Katari Taiko
Klez-meydlekh
Ladygourd Sangoma
Libana
Margaret Sloan-Hunter
Jude Narita
Laura Nyro
Ova
Over Our Heads

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Pat Parker
Ruth Pelham
Vicki Randle
Toshi Reagon
Carolyn Ritt Trio
Lorraine Segato
Stafford Street Sisters
Mahinaarangi Tocker
Teresa Trull
Edwina Lee Tyler
Cris Williamson
W.WT M.C.
Box 22

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The objectives of the conference are
to create a network of lesbians to facilitate communication, prm;note grass root
organizations and increase visibility.
The conference is being produced by
All Mujeres Interested in Getting Active
(AMIGA) and Womynspace of Houston. AMIGA is a lesbiana latina organization committed to increasing the
visibility of latinas and which works
toward civil rights for all. Womynspace
of Houston is a non-hierarchical feminist
organization founded to create an alternative space for womyn in a chemical free,
women only, supportive environment.
For more information on TLC '89
write: PO Box 980134, Houston, TX or
call (713) 520-5667. A TLC volunteer
orientation is scheduled for Saturday,
May 6; all interested women should call
or write. A press conference is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, June 4 at
4:00 p.m., in the Texas Lesbian Conference Hospitality Suite at the Astra
Village Hotel.
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NGLTF HIRES IVY YOUNG AS DIRcCTOR OF
NEW PROJECT TO SECURE RECOGNITION
OF LESBIAN & GAY RIGHTS

LITERARY AWARDS
Washington, DC - Lambda Rising
BOOK REPORT has announced
the finalists of the 1st Annual Lambda
Literary Awards.
Multiple finalists includeDr. Betty
Berzon's Permanent Partners, a
finalist in both Lesbian Nonfiction and
Gay Men's Nonfiction; Trash by Doro,
thy Allison in Lesbian Fiction and the
Lesbian Small Press Book Award;
Swimming-Pool Library by Alan
Hollinghurst in Gay Men's Fiction and
Gay Men's First Novel; Why Can't
Sharon Kowalski Come Home? by
Karen Thompson in Lesbian Nonfic,
tion and the Lesbian Small Press Award;
Mundan'e World by Judy Grahn in
Lesbian Mystery/Science Fiction and
Lesbian First Novel; and Michael
Nava's Goldenboy in Gay Men's
Small Press Book Award and Gay Men's
Mystery /Science Fiction. Paul Monette
placed with Love Alone: 18 Elegies
for Rog (Gay and Lesbian Poetry) and
Borrowed Time in both Gay Men's
Nonfiction and the Special AIDS
Category.
The finalists represent 53 different
titles, 58 authors and 31 publishers.
"During the nomination process, sup,
port of the Awards program came
from the entire gay and lesbian read,
ing community," said Jane Troxell,
editor of the sponsoring publication.
"Now a panel of 60 judges from
across the country will have the
difficult task of selecting a single
book in each category from among
the finalists."
The public is cordially invited to
attend the gala Awards banquet (black
tie optional) to be held June 2nd,
1989, at the Hyatt Regency Washing,
ton on Capitol Hill in Washington,
DC, to coincide with the American
Booksellers Association Convention.
At that time, the recipients of the 1st
Annual Lambda Literary Awards will
be announced. Emcee for the even,
ing's events will be author Armistead
Maupin.
For further information about the
awards program or the banquet,
please contact Will Guilliams:
BOOK REPORT, 1625 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC, 20009-1013 or Phone (202)
462-6965.
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The National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force launches the only national organ,
izing project on behalf of lesbian and
gay families on May 1, 1989 with the
hiring of veteran feminist and black
activist Ivy Young as Project Director.
The Lesbian & Gay Families Project
was formed through a unique-eollabora,
tion between the D.C.,based National
Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
and the San Francisco,based National
Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLRformerl y known as the Lesbian Rights
Project).
The Lesbian & Gay Families Project
will educate, advocate and organize for
full societal recognition of lesbian and
gay relationships and for the protection
of lesbian and gay families. The Families
Project will confront barriers facing
lesbian and gay partners and parents
and will tackle issues such as: securing
equal benefits for gay and lesbian part,
ners; fair and equal treatment for gay
and lesbian parents in custody, visita,
tion and co,parenting arrangements;
passage of non,discrimination laws
regarding adoption, foster care, and
artificial insemination; securing survi,
vors' rights and the fight to be involved
in medical decisions and treatment for
our loved ones.
Families Project director Ivy Young
joins the Task Force with a strong
background in media, grassroots organ,
izing, and politics. She is the former
General Manager of WWOZ,FM in
New Orleans and served as the Director
of Public Affairs for WBAJ,FM in New
York City from 1986 to 1988. Ms.
Young was editor and anchor of daily
newscasts at WHUR,FM in Washing,
ton DC from 1978 , 1982. She was
Communications Director for the Cen,
ter for Black Education in Washington
from 1969, 1973.
Ms. Young's political organizing work
involved her in the 1988 Presidential
election campaign during which she
helped organize Lesbians & Gays For_
Jesse Jackson in NYC. She was Editor
of Pacifica Radio's coverage of the
Democratic National Convention in
July 1988. In October of 1987, she
served as consultant to organizers of the

People of Color Stage (morning rally)
of the National March on Washington
For Lesbian and Gay Rights.
Ms. Young also has extensive grass,
roots organizing experience in the
women's political culture movements.
From 1982, 1985, Ms. Young was a staff
member of Roadwork, · Inc., the D.C
based non,profit women's culture pro,
duction company. In 1984 and 1985,
she was the producer of Sisterfire, Road,
work's multi,cultural, open,air festival
of women in the arts held annually in
Washington DC. She has worked with
the Program in Black American Culture
at the Smithsonian Institution, the
National Conference for Women In
Radio, and served as a U.S. Delegate to
the Third International Festival l~f New
Song held in Ecuador in 1985.
The National Center For Lesbian
Rights was founded in 1977 as the
Lesbian Rights Project of Equal Rights
Advocates and is a non,profit .public
interest law firm dedicated to preserv,
ing and increasing the rights of lesbians
and gay men. NCLR is the only national
lesbian organization dedicated to ex,
panding the legal and political rights of
all gay people.
The National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force is the leading political advocacy
and educational organization of the
lesbian and gay movement. Founded in
1973, NGLTF lobbies, organizes, edu,
cates and acts to secure full civil rights
for lesbians and gay men. NGLTF organ,
izing projects focus on violence, sodomy
law repeal, media advocacy, passage of
gay and lesbian rights protections and
lesbian and gay families.
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donation of $12 allows me use of the Herland Library and
a 10% discount on store purchases over the next 12
months. (My $12 is enclosed.)

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YES! I want to help Herland with a donation to the
New Building Fund.

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Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
2312 N.W. 39th
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
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Meet the Board
MEET SISTER 50!
By _Sondra Metzger
This month's board member is Margaret C., who calls herself "Sister 50"
because she just turned 50 years old last
year.
_ Marg_aret has. been an integral part of
Herland since 1985 when Barbara Cleveland convinced her to join the board.
Being involved with a volunteer organization is nothing new to Margaret. She is
the most politically active member of
the board, and has been very active with
the National Organization for Women
for seven years.
"My father was career Army, and I
was 'born at Ft. Sill,'' she said. "An
Army family life is very patriarchal, and
when I found out at the age of 10 that I
couldn't go to West Point, I decided to
buy into that type of family life. For the
next 20 years I tried to be a model of
what the traditional woman was
thought to be."
Margaret began working for women's
rights at the end of those 20 years and
while doing so discovered she was crazy
about women.
"I'm philosophically bi-sexual,'' she
said, "politically radical lesbian and
specifically, I'm straight."
Margaret is presently the entire staff
of what she calls one of the state's
smallest agencies. She spends her time in
her house in OKC with two dogs and a
cat when she's not working for NOW or
Her land.
"One of my first impressions of
Herland,'' she said, "was that they
would talk about something at the board
meeting and then I would see it done. I
don't think Herland has a reputation
among the sisters for getting things done
or following things through, but it was
better than NOW or any other organization at that time. The women are the best
thing about Herland. They're fun, dedicated, hard-working, competent and
very daring."
Like all of us, Margaret has her dreams
for Herland. She would like to see
Herland be the core of a real women's
resource center that has offices available
for women lawyers, a health practitioner
and a psychologist.

"I'd like to see us buy the church
building next door, she said. "I'd also
like to see NOW and the Women's
Political Caucus share office space and
rent the back room each month. I'd also
love to see someone staffing the store
seven days a week."
Margaret knows quite a bit about
staffing the store. As head of the Volunteer Committee, it is up to her to make
sure someone is there to work on the
weekends, which is sometimes not easy.
Margaret enjoys a wonderful relationship with her 20-year-old daughter,
Malika, who lives in Washington, D.C.
"She's named after Malcolm X,'' she
said. "Her father and I thought it was a
beautiful name, and we were quite
radical at the time. We're divorced now,
but we're still good friends. I feel very,
very lucky to have the relationship I do
with my daughter. She's really a great
kid."
Margaret had one word of advice for
those who haven't become involved
with Herland: "Working for the volunteer committee is the best way to meet
women!"
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Oops-The Editor Goofs Again!
As some have noticed, B.G. Canis's
article in the April issue of the HSR
Newsletter is missing something. Page
6, Column 3, 3rd line should read: "I'm
not condoning 'sneakiness.' If you're 'out'
be out when you infiltrate. Being out is a
personal decision and no one has any right
to interfere with your personal life."
My apologies to B.G. for this pasteup goof.
The Editor

PUBLISHED BY: Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
2312 NW 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
EDITOR: Karen Lewis
CO-EDITOR: Sondra Metzger
ADVERTISING MGR: Sondra Metzger
TYPESETIING: Rhonda Smith
CIRCULATION: 700
GENERAL INFO: (405) 794 -7464 or 521-9696
VOLUNTEER INFO: 528-0604
ADVERTISING 732-2315
DEADLINE on all advertising and submissions is
the 15th of each month.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to th is Newsletter are free
upon request:

Come One, Come llllf
To the Hetland Spring
S'avenger/Treasuie Hunt

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When: May 13, 1989, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Registration 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Registration Fee - $5 each or
$8.50 for 2 people
Where: Herland Sister Resource Center
2312 N.W. 39th, OKC

1st Prize: ($,0.00 value)
Two (2) Magic Hands Full Body Massaage

lnd Prize: ($40.00 value)
Two (2) Magic Hands Stress Buster Massaage

Jrd Prize: $20.00 CJISH
For more information
call Herland at 521·9696
Sat. from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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by Sondra Metzger
A BIG THANK YOU to those ambitious women who" cleaned up in and
around the Resource Center and the
old building on April 9. The place
looks great and your time and energy
are greatly appreciated . . .
we also tremendously appreciated the
response we got from our plea for $1
donation per subscriber. Thank you all
for coming through! . ..
pamphlets on this year's Michigan
Women's Festival are available at the
Resource Center (see ad this issue). It
has everything you need to know about
the festival if you are planning to go .. .
don't forget to mail in your reservations
for Herland's Spring Retreat. By registering early you can save a few bucks ...
is there a specific performer you would
like to see at one of Herland's coffeehouses? If so, let us know .. .
Herland now has an answering machine
thanks to a very generous sister. It's on
duty 24 hours a day and can be utilized
by calling 521-WMYN .. .
studio work is finished on the tape
being created by Friendships United.
They are hoping to have it available for
sale at the Quilt display on May 5 -7. .
After that, tapes may be purchased at ·
Herland, through ASP (525-6277) or
Friendships United (Friendships
United, c/o Peggy Johnson, P.O. Box
75842, OKC, 73147). Cost of the tape
was not available at press time .. .
we have not received the update on
Sharon Kowalski that was promised in
the last newsletter ...
did anyone go to the retreat in Arkansas
April 21-23? If so, drop us a line and let
us know how it was ...
did you know that Herland won an
award at the GALA banquet? It was for
best community event, which was the
Gay Pride Parade, and we shared the
award with Oasis Community Center.
How's that for networking .. .

Lambda Rising

be awar.e that at the April board
meeting, the board decided that smoking would not be allowed in the
Resource Center during a coffeehouse
or other event where there are a large
number of people, but is allowed in the
area of the front door. "Recreational"
drugs are not allowed anywhere on the
property at all, which includes the
building, the yards and the parking
area ...

B OOK REPORT,,.
BOOK""""
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A Contemporary Review
of Gay and Lesbian
Literature

the West Coast Celebration and Conference by and for Old Lesbians II will be
held at the conference center at San
Francisco State University on August
4-6. Write P.O. Box 31787, San Francisco, CA 94131 for more info ...

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also for older women, there is a newsletter out called "Visible" that will be
produced three times a year. Yearly
subscriptions are $10. Write to Vashte
Doublex, Editor, P.O. Box 1494, Mendocino, CA 95406 ...

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a bimonthly magazine called "December
Rose" is available for "fledgling writers
and artists 62 years and older." Features
include articles on creative aging, senior
artists, music and travel. Subscriptions
are $9 a year and are available by
writing to 401 E. Ocean Blvc., #300,
Long Beach, CA 90802 ...
and last but not least, there is a vacancy
on Herland's board. If anyone is interested, please come to our next board
meeting. You must have some volunteer
hours under your belt before you are
eligible to join.

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ANNOUNCES
GARAGE SALE
May 6/7, 1630 N. W. 19th

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEO
May 12, 7:30 p.m. - PBS Special on Lily Tomlin

Call Sondra at 732-2315 or HSR at 521-WMYN
to place an ad.

SCAVENGER HUNT
May 13, 4 p.m.
at the Resource Center, 2312 N. W. 39th

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEO
May 26, 7:30 p.m. - "Amazon Women on the Moon"

HERLAND CENTER IS NOW OPEN:
THURSDAYS 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
SATURDAYS 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
SUNDAYS 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS?
If you are planning to move, and you don't
want to miss any issues of the HSR Newsletter, please let us know you new address
BEFORE you move. For your protection the
Post Office wil not forward the Newsletter, and
Herland will not change your address without
your authorization. Therefore, to ensure
receipt of the Newsletter, fill out and mail us
this change-of-address form BEFORE you
move. The form may also be used to add your
name to the mailing list.

HERLAND CENTER WILL BE CLOSED MAY
20 & 21 DUE TO THE SPRING RETREAT.
HERLAND BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD THE 3RD
SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 2312 N.W. 39TH
4:30 p.m.

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Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
2312 N.W. 39th
Oklahoma City, OK 73112

A non-profit corporation composed of a collective of wimmin - open to any womyn who
wants to be a part of it - which works to maintain a feminist library and bookstore, sponsors
workshops, retreats, concerts and other events for YOU. Herland's reason for being is to
provide a framework for a variety of projects for the support and enjoyment of the area
wimmin's community. It is a place to learn and grow, meet other wimmin, develop lasting
friendships, receive support and nurture the positive self-image that societal attitudes
sometimes make illusive to us. Herland exists to serve YOU.
Your donations are used to pay the mortgage and utilities on the resource center, and
printing and postage for the monthly HSR Newsletter and Friend of Herland cards.
All of Herland's services are free, including the Newsletter. This is why your donation is so
important. It is Herland's lifeblood.

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HERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
2312 N.W. 39TH, OKC 73112 • (405) 521-9696

VOLUME 6, NUMBER 5
MAY, 1989

HERLAND SPRING RETREAT!
A WORD FROM OUR CAMP DIRECTOR

DANCING IN OUR MOMENT
Judy Fjell's performing career began
as a teenager when she picked up a guitar
at a garage sale, learned a few chords, and
began entertaining folks in her small
Montana home town with favorites
from the "Hootenanny!" radio program. She majored in art at St. Olaf
College in Minnesota and later became
an elementary music teacher, but she
spent much of her spare time learning
fingerpicking techniques and performing with friends at local coffeehouses.
Judy's career took a new turn when
she came into her own as a songwriter in
Oregon in the mid-'70's. Demand for
her original music led to the creation of
Honey Pie Music, the label which has
released four Judy Fjell recordings to
date. As she began to tour in the Northwest, audiences responded immediately
to her unforgettable songs, her clear
voice, her vibrant 12-string guitar playing, her quick wit, and her warm,
"down-home" style.
Judy's touring continued to expand in

Herland presents the 4th Annual Spring Retreat for Wimmin May 19-21,
1989 at Boiling Springs State Park. I feel this retreat will prove our
commitment to making each one better than the last.
This year's performer is Judy Fjell, musician, humorist and presentor. She
has been described as "the woman who's therapist reassures her that 14
personalities are better than none at all."
Judy will also present a workshop titled "Music Empowerment" on
Saturday morning. Other workshops available will be "Stress Management"
(I'll probably see you there); "Spirituality and Sexuality," by Beau McDan;iels;
and ''Adult Children of Alcoholics.'' More workshops are being schedul~ct 1 as
the newsletter goes to press.
Massages will be available from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday, arid 9 a.m. - noon
on Sunday in a private room in the main building. Costs will be: $30, full
body; $18, body; $10 neck. Portions of all proceeds from all booths will go to
Herland.
An orienteering race will be held on Saturday morning. this is a fun way to
enjoy a nature walk and have a chance to win prizes.
A button-making booth will also be available. Bring ideas or photos and $1.
All proceeds benefit Herland.
Meals will once again be available at the retreat at a price ot determined later.
Boiling Springs offers hiking trails where you might meet a few peer or wild
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turkeys. Alabaster Caverns is just 16 miles away.
Send in your registrations with ideas and comments. I plan on another
wonderful weekend for all.
Pre-registratio~ is $17-$20 and on-site is $25. Scholarships are in limited
supply. If you can offer to pay a scholarship, it would be of great help to those
who can share the fun yet cannot afford it. If you have any questions, give me a
call at 672-4141. See you there!
Laura
the '80's to include California and all of
the northwestern states. In 1985 she was
asked to showcase the National Women's Music Festival in Bloomington,
Indiana, and to emcee that stage in 1987.
Popular demand has brought her to the
mainstage of the West Coast Women's
Music and Comedy Festival and continues to be the basis for Judy's rise as a
performing artist. Wherever she appears,
audiences are captivated by her excellence as a musician, and disarmed by the
way she brings humor and heart to even
the most difficult of subjects.
June, 1988, marked the release of a new

Judy Fjell album, "DANCE IN THE
MOMENT," and plans for tours in the
United States, Canada, and Australia. In
addition to concerts for adults, Judy
teaches music empowerment workshops
and presents concerts for "children and
other playful people." She has developed a multi-media, multi-sensory show
with her puppet GRIN entitled "NO
ONE WAY TO SEE THINGS." As with
all of her musical appearances, there is
plenty of opportunity for audience members of all ages to sing along and to
experience the spontaneity of this multifaceted performer-Judy Fjell!
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MAY CALENDAR OF
LOCAL EVENTS
May 5 • Unfolding ceremony of the
Names Project Quilt, International
Trade Bldg., State Fairgrounds.
May 5 ~ Mary Reynolds ·solo at the
Cantina del Paseo, 3007 Paseo Blvd., 9
p.m.
May 6·7 • Names Project Quilt on
display, International Trade Bldg., State
Fairgrounds.
May 6-7 • Herland Garage Sale, 1630
NW 19th.
May 13 • Mary Reynolds and Linda
Waterfall to perform at Amarillo Peacefest, Amarillo bomb plant, Amarillo,

TX.
May 19·21 • Herland's Annual Spring
Retreat, Boiling Springs State Park.
May 21 ·Sisters of Swing, Neighbor-forNeighbor benefit, 1-4 p.m.
May 2 7 • Mary Reynolds solo, Cantina
del Paseo, 3007 Paseo Blvd., 9 p.m.

HERLAND NEEDS LIST
sponges .
toilet paper
3-hole punch
paper towels
money
cups
napkins
throw rugs
vaccuum cleaner
money
poster board
writing paper
3-ring binders
used books
rolls of clear
contact shelf paper
games
puzzles

board games
coffee (automatic drip)
children's games for
children's corner
money
ice cube trays
glue sticks (clear
liquid glue)
wood (plywood &
lx4" boards)
kleenex
dust mop
money
electrician's tape
liquid soap
light fixture
(basic ceiling
mounting)

paint brushes
paper plates
scotch tape
staples
plastic trash bags
typewriter
self-sticking labels
tupperware containers
plastic silverware
money
cleaning liquids
dishwashing liquid
money
coffee mugs
coffee filters
toilet bowl cleaner
toilet brush & holder

Herland looks to the community for support and is thankful for anyth~g
you can give. If you wish to make a donation of any of these tax deductible
items listed, please come by Herland Center. A receipt will be given to you
upon request.

MORE HERLAND NEEDS ...
A Plumber! To install new faucet in kitchen sink. The building may also
need water line replacement from hot water heater to kitchen sink, and
removal of old bathtub and capping of lines in the bathroom.
A Carpenter! To replace the building's front door (a new door is already
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Anyone out there who is a plumber or carpenter or knows one who is willing
to help is asked to please call Peggy at 524-5332 or Karen at 1-872-8673.

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Pre-registration is $17 - $20, based on your ability to pay. Upon receipt of your check, a map to the campsite and list of
suggested items to bring will be mailed to you. Deadline for pre-registration is May 14, 1989.
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Around the Country
AIDS STUDY
PARTICIPANTS NEEDED
New Haven, CT - A study being conducted at Yale University's Department
of Psychology by Dr. Christian S.
Crandall and his associates is looking for
participants who have tested positive for
HIV. The study aims to determine the
social and psychological outlook of
PWA's, and their effects on physical and
psychological well-being. The goal is to
change the application of medical and
support services in a more effective
manner.
Persons with AIDS, ARC and HIV
seropositive are needed. Confidentiality
is strictly enforced.
To participate, or for further informa
ion, please contact the Yale Project on
the Psychology of AIDS, Elizabeth Tse,
Director, at P.O. Box 7172 Yale Station
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520:
or call collect at (203) 436-0805.
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LESBIANS TO KEYNOTE
STATE CONFERENCE

LESBIAN SEPARATISTS UNITE
Second Annual Lesbian Separaties
Conference June 15-18, 1989. forinformation contact:
Burning Bush
P.O. Box 3065
Madison, WI 53704-0065

DYKES, DISABILITY AND STUFF
This newsletter is only in its third
issue but is quickly becoming an invaluable national network. They created a
stir by saying they wanted to live their
lives with lesbians at the center, but
using the word separatist rang people's
bells. They are clear about wanting to do
anti-racist, anti-class, anti-ablism. Items
include practical information, such as
Zana's suggestions for do-it-yourself
wheel chair comfort. Contact them at:
Dykes, Disability & Stuff
P.O. Box 6194
Boston, MA 02114

Houston - The second annual Texas
Lesbian Conference (TLC) will take
place on June 2-4, 1989 at the Astra
Village Hotel. The emphasis of the conference will be on "celebrating diversity" by bringing together women of all
races, economic backgrounds, political
identities, spiritualities and ages to share
in our lives as women who love women.
Two native Texas lesbians will keynote the event and over 1000 women are
expected to attend. Gloria Anzaldua,
chicana, tejana and co-editor of This
Bridge Called My Back: Writings by
Radical Women of Color, will keynote
the Saturday morning session. Her
address will focus on the borderland
experience: caught between two cultures, an alien in both.
Capturing the social diversity of Jexas
communities, Sunday presento~ and
lesbian novelist, Antoinette Azolakov
explores the contrasting views of the
feminist and the non-feminist and of the
women in traditional versus non-traditional occupations. Her published works
include Cass and the Stone Butch,
Skiptrace, and the Contactees Die

Young.

Altazor ··
Jennifer Berezan
BE'nY
Blazing Redheads
Blue Rose
Casselberry Bi: DuPree
Dance Brigade
Dianne Davidson
Disappear Fear
Ferron
Robin Flower
Bi: Libby McLaren
Mimi Fox
Kay Gardner Bi: Sunwomyn
Ensemble
Julie Homi
Jane's Aire
Katari Taiko
Klez-meydlekh
Ladygourd Sangoma
Libana
Margaret Sloan-Hunter
Jude Narita
Laura Nyro
Ova
Over Our Heads

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Pat Parker
Ruth Pelham
Vicki Randle
Toshi Reagon
Carolyn Ritt Trio
Lorraine Segato
Stafford Street Sisters
Mahinaarangi Tocker
Teresa Trull
Edwina Lee Tyler
Cris Williamson
W.WT M.C.
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The objectives of the conference are
to create a network of lesbians to facilitate communication, prm;note grass root
organizations and increase visibility.
The conference is being produced by
All Mujeres Interested in Getting Active
(AMIGA) and Womynspace of Houston. AMIGA is a lesbiana latina organization committed to increasing the
visibility of latinas and which works
toward civil rights for all. Womynspace
of Houston is a non-hierarchical feminist
organization founded to create an alternative space for womyn in a chemical free,
women only, supportive environment.
For more information on TLC '89
write: PO Box 980134, Houston, TX or
call (713) 520-5667. A TLC volunteer
orientation is scheduled for Saturday,
May 6; all interested women should call
or write. A press conference is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, June 4 at
4:00 p.m., in the Texas Lesbian Conference Hospitality Suite at the Astra
Village Hotel.
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NEW PROJECT TO SECURE RECOGNITION
OF LESBIAN & GAY RIGHTS

LITERARY AWARDS
Washington, DC - Lambda Rising
BOOK REPORT has announced
the finalists of the 1st Annual Lambda
Literary Awards.
Multiple finalists includeDr. Betty
Berzon's Permanent Partners, a
finalist in both Lesbian Nonfiction and
Gay Men's Nonfiction; Trash by Doro,
thy Allison in Lesbian Fiction and the
Lesbian Small Press Book Award;
Swimming-Pool Library by Alan
Hollinghurst in Gay Men's Fiction and
Gay Men's First Novel; Why Can't
Sharon Kowalski Come Home? by
Karen Thompson in Lesbian Nonfic,
tion and the Lesbian Small Press Award;
Mundan'e World by Judy Grahn in
Lesbian Mystery/Science Fiction and
Lesbian First Novel; and Michael
Nava's Goldenboy in Gay Men's
Small Press Book Award and Gay Men's
Mystery /Science Fiction. Paul Monette
placed with Love Alone: 18 Elegies
for Rog (Gay and Lesbian Poetry) and
Borrowed Time in both Gay Men's
Nonfiction and the Special AIDS
Category.
The finalists represent 53 different
titles, 58 authors and 31 publishers.
"During the nomination process, sup,
port of the Awards program came
from the entire gay and lesbian read,
ing community," said Jane Troxell,
editor of the sponsoring publication.
"Now a panel of 60 judges from
across the country will have the
difficult task of selecting a single
book in each category from among
the finalists."
The public is cordially invited to
attend the gala Awards banquet (black
tie optional) to be held June 2nd,
1989, at the Hyatt Regency Washing,
ton on Capitol Hill in Washington,
DC, to coincide with the American
Booksellers Association Convention.
At that time, the recipients of the 1st
Annual Lambda Literary Awards will
be announced. Emcee for the even,
ing's events will be author Armistead
Maupin.
For further information about the
awards program or the banquet,
please contact Will Guilliams:
BOOK REPORT, 1625 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC, 20009-1013 or Phone (202)
462-6965.
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The National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force launches the only national organ,
izing project on behalf of lesbian and
gay families on May 1, 1989 with the
hiring of veteran feminist and black
activist Ivy Young as Project Director.
The Lesbian & Gay Families Project
was formed through a unique-eollabora,
tion between the D.C.,based National
Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
and the San Francisco,based National
Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLRformerl y known as the Lesbian Rights
Project).
The Lesbian & Gay Families Project
will educate, advocate and organize for
full societal recognition of lesbian and
gay relationships and for the protection
of lesbian and gay families. The Families
Project will confront barriers facing
lesbian and gay partners and parents
and will tackle issues such as: securing
equal benefits for gay and lesbian part,
ners; fair and equal treatment for gay
and lesbian parents in custody, visita,
tion and co,parenting arrangements;
passage of non,discrimination laws
regarding adoption, foster care, and
artificial insemination; securing survi,
vors' rights and the fight to be involved
in medical decisions and treatment for
our loved ones.
Families Project director Ivy Young
joins the Task Force with a strong
background in media, grassroots organ,
izing, and politics. She is the former
General Manager of WWOZ,FM in
New Orleans and served as the Director
of Public Affairs for WBAJ,FM in New
York City from 1986 to 1988. Ms.
Young was editor and anchor of daily
newscasts at WHUR,FM in Washing,
ton DC from 1978 , 1982. She was
Communications Director for the Cen,
ter for Black Education in Washington
from 1969, 1973.
Ms. Young's political organizing work
involved her in the 1988 Presidential
election campaign during which she
helped organize Lesbians & Gays For_
Jesse Jackson in NYC. She was Editor
of Pacifica Radio's coverage of the
Democratic National Convention in
July 1988. In October of 1987, she
served as consultant to organizers of the

People of Color Stage (morning rally)
of the National March on Washington
For Lesbian and Gay Rights.
Ms. Young also has extensive grass,
roots organizing experience in the
women's political culture movements.
From 1982, 1985, Ms. Young was a staff
member of Roadwork, · Inc., the D.C
based non,profit women's culture pro,
duction company. In 1984 and 1985,
she was the producer of Sisterfire, Road,
work's multi,cultural, open,air festival
of women in the arts held annually in
Washington DC. She has worked with
the Program in Black American Culture
at the Smithsonian Institution, the
National Conference for Women In
Radio, and served as a U.S. Delegate to
the Third International Festival l~f New
Song held in Ecuador in 1985.
The National Center For Lesbian
Rights was founded in 1977 as the
Lesbian Rights Project of Equal Rights
Advocates and is a non,profit .public
interest law firm dedicated to preserv,
ing and increasing the rights of lesbians
and gay men. NCLR is the only national
lesbian organization dedicated to ex,
panding the legal and political rights of
all gay people.
The National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force is the leading political advocacy
and educational organization of the
lesbian and gay movement. Founded in
1973, NGLTF lobbies, organizes, edu,
cates and acts to secure full civil rights
for lesbians and gay men. NGLTF organ,
izing projects focus on violence, sodomy
law repeal, media advocacy, passage of
gay and lesbian rights protections and
lesbian and gay families.
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MEET SISTER 50!
By _Sondra Metzger
This month's board member is Margaret C., who calls herself "Sister 50"
because she just turned 50 years old last
year.
_ Marg_aret has. been an integral part of
Herland since 1985 when Barbara Cleveland convinced her to join the board.
Being involved with a volunteer organization is nothing new to Margaret. She is
the most politically active member of
the board, and has been very active with
the National Organization for Women
for seven years.
"My father was career Army, and I
was 'born at Ft. Sill,'' she said. "An
Army family life is very patriarchal, and
when I found out at the age of 10 that I
couldn't go to West Point, I decided to
buy into that type of family life. For the
next 20 years I tried to be a model of
what the traditional woman was
thought to be."
Margaret began working for women's
rights at the end of those 20 years and
while doing so discovered she was crazy
about women.
"I'm philosophically bi-sexual,'' she
said, "politically radical lesbian and
specifically, I'm straight."
Margaret is presently the entire staff
of what she calls one of the state's
smallest agencies. She spends her time in
her house in OKC with two dogs and a
cat when she's not working for NOW or
Her land.
"One of my first impressions of
Herland,'' she said, "was that they
would talk about something at the board
meeting and then I would see it done. I
don't think Herland has a reputation
among the sisters for getting things done
or following things through, but it was
better than NOW or any other organization at that time. The women are the best
thing about Herland. They're fun, dedicated, hard-working, competent and
very daring."
Like all of us, Margaret has her dreams
for Herland. She would like to see
Herland be the core of a real women's
resource center that has offices available
for women lawyers, a health practitioner
and a psychologist.

"I'd like to see us buy the church
building next door, she said. "I'd also
like to see NOW and the Women's
Political Caucus share office space and
rent the back room each month. I'd also
love to see someone staffing the store
seven days a week."
Margaret knows quite a bit about
staffing the store. As head of the Volunteer Committee, it is up to her to make
sure someone is there to work on the
weekends, which is sometimes not easy.
Margaret enjoys a wonderful relationship with her 20-year-old daughter,
Malika, who lives in Washington, D.C.
"She's named after Malcolm X,'' she
said. "Her father and I thought it was a
beautiful name, and we were quite
radical at the time. We're divorced now,
but we're still good friends. I feel very,
very lucky to have the relationship I do
with my daughter. She's really a great
kid."
Margaret had one word of advice for
those who haven't become involved
with Herland: "Working for the volunteer committee is the best way to meet
women!"
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Oops-The Editor Goofs Again!
As some have noticed, B.G. Canis's
article in the April issue of the HSR
Newsletter is missing something. Page
6, Column 3, 3rd line should read: "I'm
not condoning 'sneakiness.' If you're 'out'
be out when you infiltrate. Being out is a
personal decision and no one has any right
to interfere with your personal life."
My apologies to B.G. for this pasteup goof.
The Editor

PUBLISHED BY: Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
2312 NW 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
EDITOR: Karen Lewis
CO-EDITOR: Sondra Metzger
ADVERTISING MGR: Sondra Metzger
TYPESETIING: Rhonda Smith
CIRCULATION: 700
GENERAL INFO: (405) 794 -7464 or 521-9696
VOLUNTEER INFO: 528-0604
ADVERTISING 732-2315
DEADLINE on all advertising and submissions is
the 15th of each month.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to th is Newsletter are free
upon request:

Come One, Come llllf
To the Hetland Spring
S'avenger/Treasuie Hunt

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When: May 13, 1989, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Registration 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Registration Fee - $5 each or
$8.50 for 2 people
Where: Herland Sister Resource Center
2312 N.W. 39th, OKC

1st Prize: ($,0.00 value)
Two (2) Magic Hands Full Body Massaage

lnd Prize: ($40.00 value)
Two (2) Magic Hands Stress Buster Massaage

Jrd Prize: $20.00 CJISH
For more information
call Herland at 521·9696
Sat. from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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by Sondra Metzger
A BIG THANK YOU to those ambitious women who" cleaned up in and
around the Resource Center and the
old building on April 9. The place
looks great and your time and energy
are greatly appreciated . . .
we also tremendously appreciated the
response we got from our plea for $1
donation per subscriber. Thank you all
for coming through! . ..
pamphlets on this year's Michigan
Women's Festival are available at the
Resource Center (see ad this issue). It
has everything you need to know about
the festival if you are planning to go .. .
don't forget to mail in your reservations
for Herland's Spring Retreat. By registering early you can save a few bucks ...
is there a specific performer you would
like to see at one of Herland's coffeehouses? If so, let us know .. .
Herland now has an answering machine
thanks to a very generous sister. It's on
duty 24 hours a day and can be utilized
by calling 521-WMYN .. .
studio work is finished on the tape
being created by Friendships United.
They are hoping to have it available for
sale at the Quilt display on May 5 -7. .
After that, tapes may be purchased at ·
Herland, through ASP (525-6277) or
Friendships United (Friendships
United, c/o Peggy Johnson, P.O. Box
75842, OKC, 73147). Cost of the tape
was not available at press time .. .
we have not received the update on
Sharon Kowalski that was promised in
the last newsletter ...
did anyone go to the retreat in Arkansas
April 21-23? If so, drop us a line and let
us know how it was ...
did you know that Herland won an
award at the GALA banquet? It was for
best community event, which was the
Gay Pride Parade, and we shared the
award with Oasis Community Center.
How's that for networking .. .

Lambda Rising

be awar.e that at the April board
meeting, the board decided that smoking would not be allowed in the
Resource Center during a coffeehouse
or other event where there are a large
number of people, but is allowed in the
area of the front door. "Recreational"
drugs are not allowed anywhere on the
property at all, which includes the
building, the yards and the parking
area ...

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of Gay and Lesbian
Literature

the West Coast Celebration and Conference by and for Old Lesbians II will be
held at the conference center at San
Francisco State University on August
4-6. Write P.O. Box 31787, San Francisco, CA 94131 for more info ...

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produced three times a year. Yearly
subscriptions are $10. Write to Vashte
Doublex, Editor, P.O. Box 1494, Mendocino, CA 95406 ...

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a bimonthly magazine called "December
Rose" is available for "fledgling writers
and artists 62 years and older." Features
include articles on creative aging, senior
artists, music and travel. Subscriptions
are $9 a year and are available by
writing to 401 E. Ocean Blvc., #300,
Long Beach, CA 90802 ...
and last but not least, there is a vacancy
on Herland's board. If anyone is interested, please come to our next board
meeting. You must have some volunteer
hours under your belt before you are
eligible to join.

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ANNOUNCES
GARAGE SALE
May 6/7, 1630 N. W. 19th

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEO
May 12, 7:30 p.m. - PBS Special on Lily Tomlin

Call Sondra at 732-2315 or HSR at 521-WMYN
to place an ad.

SCAVENGER HUNT
May 13, 4 p.m.
at the Resource Center, 2312 N. W. 39th

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEO
May 26, 7:30 p.m. - "Amazon Women on the Moon"

HERLAND CENTER IS NOW OPEN:
THURSDAYS 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
SATURDAYS 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
SUNDAYS 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS?
If you are planning to move, and you don't
want to miss any issues of the HSR Newsletter, please let us know you new address
BEFORE you move. For your protection the
Post Office wil not forward the Newsletter, and
Herland will not change your address without
your authorization. Therefore, to ensure
receipt of the Newsletter, fill out and mail us
this change-of-address form BEFORE you
move. The form may also be used to add your
name to the mailing list.

HERLAND CENTER WILL BE CLOSED MAY
20 & 21 DUE TO THE SPRING RETREAT.
HERLAND BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD THE 3RD
SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 2312 N.W. 39TH
4:30 p.m.

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Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
2312 N.W. 39th
Oklahoma City, OK 73112

A non-profit corporation composed of a collective of wimmin - open to any womyn who
wants to be a part of it - which works to maintain a feminist library and bookstore, sponsors
workshops, retreats, concerts and other events for YOU. Herland's reason for being is to
provide a framework for a variety of projects for the support and enjoyment of the area
wimmin's community. It is a place to learn and grow, meet other wimmin, develop lasting
friendships, receive support and nurture the positive self-image that societal attitudes
sometimes make illusive to us. Herland exists to serve YOU.
Your donations are used to pay the mortgage and utilities on the resource center, and
printing and postage for the monthly HSR Newsletter and Friend of Herland cards.
All of Herland's services are free, including the Newsletter. This is why your donation is so
important. It is Herland's lifeblood.

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VOLUME 6, NUMBER 5
MAY, 1989

HERLAND SPRING RETREAT!
A WORD FROM OUR CAMP DIRECTOR

DANCING IN OUR MOMENT
Judy Fjell's performing career began
as a teenager when she picked up a guitar
at a garage sale, learned a few chords, and
began entertaining folks in her small
Montana home town with favorites
from the "Hootenanny!" radio program. She majored in art at St. Olaf
College in Minnesota and later became
an elementary music teacher, but she
spent much of her spare time learning
fingerpicking techniques and performing with friends at local coffeehouses.
Judy's career took a new turn when
she came into her own as a songwriter in
Oregon in the mid-'70's. Demand for
her original music led to the creation of
Honey Pie Music, the label which has
released four Judy Fjell recordings to
date. As she began to tour in the Northwest, audiences responded immediately
to her unforgettable songs, her clear
voice, her vibrant 12-string guitar playing, her quick wit, and her warm,
"down-home" style.
Judy's touring continued to expand in

Herland presents the 4th Annual Spring Retreat for Wimmin May 19-21,
1989 at Boiling Springs State Park. I feel this retreat will prove our
commitment to making each one better than the last.
This year's performer is Judy Fjell, musician, humorist and presentor. She
has been described as "the woman who's therapist reassures her that 14
personalities are better than none at all."
Judy will also present a workshop titled "Music Empowerment" on
Saturday morning. Other workshops available will be "Stress Management"
(I'll probably see you there); "Spirituality and Sexuality," by Beau McDan;iels;
and ''Adult Children of Alcoholics.'' More workshops are being schedul~ct 1 as
the newsletter goes to press.
Massages will be available from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday, arid 9 a.m. - noon
on Sunday in a private room in the main building. Costs will be: $30, full
body; $18, body; $10 neck. Portions of all proceeds from all booths will go to
Herland.
An orienteering race will be held on Saturday morning. this is a fun way to
enjoy a nature walk and have a chance to win prizes.
A button-making booth will also be available. Bring ideas or photos and $1.
All proceeds benefit Herland.
Meals will once again be available at the retreat at a price ot determined later.
Boiling Springs offers hiking trails where you might meet a few peer or wild
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turkeys. Alabaster Caverns is just 16 miles away.
Send in your registrations with ideas and comments. I plan on another
wonderful weekend for all.
Pre-registratio~ is $17-$20 and on-site is $25. Scholarships are in limited
supply. If you can offer to pay a scholarship, it would be of great help to those
who can share the fun yet cannot afford it. If you have any questions, give me a
call at 672-4141. See you there!
Laura
the '80's to include California and all of
the northwestern states. In 1985 she was
asked to showcase the National Women's Music Festival in Bloomington,
Indiana, and to emcee that stage in 1987.
Popular demand has brought her to the
mainstage of the West Coast Women's
Music and Comedy Festival and continues to be the basis for Judy's rise as a
performing artist. Wherever she appears,
audiences are captivated by her excellence as a musician, and disarmed by the
way she brings humor and heart to even
the most difficult of subjects.
June, 1988, marked the release of a new

Judy Fjell album, "DANCE IN THE
MOMENT," and plans for tours in the
United States, Canada, and Australia. In
addition to concerts for adults, Judy
teaches music empowerment workshops
and presents concerts for "children and
other playful people." She has developed a multi-media, multi-sensory show
with her puppet GRIN entitled "NO
ONE WAY TO SEE THINGS." As with
all of her musical appearances, there is
plenty of opportunity for audience members of all ages to sing along and to
experience the spontaneity of this multifaceted performer-Judy Fjell!
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MAY CALENDAR OF
LOCAL EVENTS
May 5 • Unfolding ceremony of the
Names Project Quilt, International
Trade Bldg., State Fairgrounds.
May 5 ~ Mary Reynolds ·solo at the
Cantina del Paseo, 3007 Paseo Blvd., 9
p.m.
May 6·7 • Names Project Quilt on
display, International Trade Bldg., State
Fairgrounds.
May 6-7 • Herland Garage Sale, 1630
NW 19th.
May 13 • Mary Reynolds and Linda
Waterfall to perform at Amarillo Peacefest, Amarillo bomb plant, Amarillo,

TX.
May 19·21 • Herland's Annual Spring
Retreat, Boiling Springs State Park.
May 21 ·Sisters of Swing, Neighbor-forNeighbor benefit, 1-4 p.m.
May 2 7 • Mary Reynolds solo, Cantina
del Paseo, 3007 Paseo Blvd., 9 p.m.

HERLAND NEEDS LIST
sponges .
toilet paper
3-hole punch
paper towels
money
cups
napkins
throw rugs
vaccuum cleaner
money
poster board
writing paper
3-ring binders
used books
rolls of clear
contact shelf paper
games
puzzles

board games
coffee (automatic drip)
children's games for
children's corner
money
ice cube trays
glue sticks (clear
liquid glue)
wood (plywood &
lx4" boards)
kleenex
dust mop
money
electrician's tape
liquid soap
light fixture
(basic ceiling
mounting)

paint brushes
paper plates
scotch tape
staples
plastic trash bags
typewriter
self-sticking labels
tupperware containers
plastic silverware
money
cleaning liquids
dishwashing liquid
money
coffee mugs
coffee filters
toilet bowl cleaner
toilet brush & holder

Herland looks to the community for support and is thankful for anyth~g
you can give. If you wish to make a donation of any of these tax deductible
items listed, please come by Herland Center. A receipt will be given to you
upon request.

MORE HERLAND NEEDS ...
A Plumber! To install new faucet in kitchen sink. The building may also
need water line replacement from hot water heater to kitchen sink, and
removal of old bathtub and capping of lines in the bathroom.
A Carpenter! To replace the building's front door (a new door is already
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Anyone out there who is a plumber or carpenter or knows one who is willing
to help is asked to please call Peggy at 524-5332 or Karen at 1-872-8673.

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Pre-registration is $17 - $20, based on your ability to pay. Upon receipt of your check, a map to the campsite and list of
suggested items to bring will be mailed to you. Deadline for pre-registration is May 14, 1989.
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To participate, or for further informa
ion, please contact the Yale Project on
the Psychology of AIDS, Elizabeth Tse,
Director, at P.O. Box 7172 Yale Station
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520:
or call collect at (203) 436-0805.
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LESBIANS TO KEYNOTE
STATE CONFERENCE

LESBIAN SEPARATISTS UNITE
Second Annual Lesbian Separaties
Conference June 15-18, 1989. forinformation contact:
Burning Bush
P.O. Box 3065
Madison, WI 53704-0065

DYKES, DISABILITY AND STUFF
This newsletter is only in its third
issue but is quickly becoming an invaluable national network. They created a
stir by saying they wanted to live their
lives with lesbians at the center, but
using the word separatist rang people's
bells. They are clear about wanting to do
anti-racist, anti-class, anti-ablism. Items
include practical information, such as
Zana's suggestions for do-it-yourself
wheel chair comfort. Contact them at:
Dykes, Disability & Stuff
P.O. Box 6194
Boston, MA 02114

Houston - The second annual Texas
Lesbian Conference (TLC) will take
place on June 2-4, 1989 at the Astra
Village Hotel. The emphasis of the conference will be on "celebrating diversity" by bringing together women of all
races, economic backgrounds, political
identities, spiritualities and ages to share
in our lives as women who love women.
Two native Texas lesbians will keynote the event and over 1000 women are
expected to attend. Gloria Anzaldua,
chicana, tejana and co-editor of This
Bridge Called My Back: Writings by
Radical Women of Color, will keynote
the Saturday morning session. Her
address will focus on the borderland
experience: caught between two cultures, an alien in both.
Capturing the social diversity of Jexas
communities, Sunday presento~ and
lesbian novelist, Antoinette Azolakov
explores the contrasting views of the
feminist and the non-feminist and of the
women in traditional versus non-traditional occupations. Her published works
include Cass and the Stone Butch,
Skiptrace, and the Contactees Die

Young.

Altazor ··
Jennifer Berezan
BE'nY
Blazing Redheads
Blue Rose
Casselberry Bi: DuPree
Dance Brigade
Dianne Davidson
Disappear Fear
Ferron
Robin Flower
Bi: Libby McLaren
Mimi Fox
Kay Gardner Bi: Sunwomyn
Ensemble
Julie Homi
Jane's Aire
Katari Taiko
Klez-meydlekh
Ladygourd Sangoma
Libana
Margaret Sloan-Hunter
Jude Narita
Laura Nyro
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Ruth Pelham
Vicki Randle
Toshi Reagon
Carolyn Ritt Trio
Lorraine Segato
Stafford Street Sisters
Mahinaarangi Tocker
Teresa Trull
Edwina Lee Tyler
Cris Williamson
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The objectives of the conference are
to create a network of lesbians to facilitate communication, prm;note grass root
organizations and increase visibility.
The conference is being produced by
All Mujeres Interested in Getting Active
(AMIGA) and Womynspace of Houston. AMIGA is a lesbiana latina organization committed to increasing the
visibility of latinas and which works
toward civil rights for all. Womynspace
of Houston is a non-hierarchical feminist
organization founded to create an alternative space for womyn in a chemical free,
women only, supportive environment.
For more information on TLC '89
write: PO Box 980134, Houston, TX or
call (713) 520-5667. A TLC volunteer
orientation is scheduled for Saturday,
May 6; all interested women should call
or write. A press conference is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, June 4 at
4:00 p.m., in the Texas Lesbian Conference Hospitality Suite at the Astra
Village Hotel.
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NGLTF HIRES IVY YOUNG AS DIRcCTOR OF
NEW PROJECT TO SECURE RECOGNITION
OF LESBIAN & GAY RIGHTS

LITERARY AWARDS
Washington, DC - Lambda Rising
BOOK REPORT has announced
the finalists of the 1st Annual Lambda
Literary Awards.
Multiple finalists includeDr. Betty
Berzon's Permanent Partners, a
finalist in both Lesbian Nonfiction and
Gay Men's Nonfiction; Trash by Doro,
thy Allison in Lesbian Fiction and the
Lesbian Small Press Book Award;
Swimming-Pool Library by Alan
Hollinghurst in Gay Men's Fiction and
Gay Men's First Novel; Why Can't
Sharon Kowalski Come Home? by
Karen Thompson in Lesbian Nonfic,
tion and the Lesbian Small Press Award;
Mundan'e World by Judy Grahn in
Lesbian Mystery/Science Fiction and
Lesbian First Novel; and Michael
Nava's Goldenboy in Gay Men's
Small Press Book Award and Gay Men's
Mystery /Science Fiction. Paul Monette
placed with Love Alone: 18 Elegies
for Rog (Gay and Lesbian Poetry) and
Borrowed Time in both Gay Men's
Nonfiction and the Special AIDS
Category.
The finalists represent 53 different
titles, 58 authors and 31 publishers.
"During the nomination process, sup,
port of the Awards program came
from the entire gay and lesbian read,
ing community," said Jane Troxell,
editor of the sponsoring publication.
"Now a panel of 60 judges from
across the country will have the
difficult task of selecting a single
book in each category from among
the finalists."
The public is cordially invited to
attend the gala Awards banquet (black
tie optional) to be held June 2nd,
1989, at the Hyatt Regency Washing,
ton on Capitol Hill in Washington,
DC, to coincide with the American
Booksellers Association Convention.
At that time, the recipients of the 1st
Annual Lambda Literary Awards will
be announced. Emcee for the even,
ing's events will be author Armistead
Maupin.
For further information about the
awards program or the banquet,
please contact Will Guilliams:
BOOK REPORT, 1625 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC, 20009-1013 or Phone (202)
462-6965.
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The National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force launches the only national organ,
izing project on behalf of lesbian and
gay families on May 1, 1989 with the
hiring of veteran feminist and black
activist Ivy Young as Project Director.
The Lesbian & Gay Families Project
was formed through a unique-eollabora,
tion between the D.C.,based National
Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
and the San Francisco,based National
Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLRformerl y known as the Lesbian Rights
Project).
The Lesbian & Gay Families Project
will educate, advocate and organize for
full societal recognition of lesbian and
gay relationships and for the protection
of lesbian and gay families. The Families
Project will confront barriers facing
lesbian and gay partners and parents
and will tackle issues such as: securing
equal benefits for gay and lesbian part,
ners; fair and equal treatment for gay
and lesbian parents in custody, visita,
tion and co,parenting arrangements;
passage of non,discrimination laws
regarding adoption, foster care, and
artificial insemination; securing survi,
vors' rights and the fight to be involved
in medical decisions and treatment for
our loved ones.
Families Project director Ivy Young
joins the Task Force with a strong
background in media, grassroots organ,
izing, and politics. She is the former
General Manager of WWOZ,FM in
New Orleans and served as the Director
of Public Affairs for WBAJ,FM in New
York City from 1986 to 1988. Ms.
Young was editor and anchor of daily
newscasts at WHUR,FM in Washing,
ton DC from 1978 , 1982. She was
Communications Director for the Cen,
ter for Black Education in Washington
from 1969, 1973.
Ms. Young's political organizing work
involved her in the 1988 Presidential
election campaign during which she
helped organize Lesbians & Gays For_
Jesse Jackson in NYC. She was Editor
of Pacifica Radio's coverage of the
Democratic National Convention in
July 1988. In October of 1987, she
served as consultant to organizers of the

People of Color Stage (morning rally)
of the National March on Washington
For Lesbian and Gay Rights.
Ms. Young also has extensive grass,
roots organizing experience in the
women's political culture movements.
From 1982, 1985, Ms. Young was a staff
member of Roadwork, · Inc., the D.C
based non,profit women's culture pro,
duction company. In 1984 and 1985,
she was the producer of Sisterfire, Road,
work's multi,cultural, open,air festival
of women in the arts held annually in
Washington DC. She has worked with
the Program in Black American Culture
at the Smithsonian Institution, the
National Conference for Women In
Radio, and served as a U.S. Delegate to
the Third International Festival l~f New
Song held in Ecuador in 1985.
The National Center For Lesbian
Rights was founded in 1977 as the
Lesbian Rights Project of Equal Rights
Advocates and is a non,profit .public
interest law firm dedicated to preserv,
ing and increasing the rights of lesbians
and gay men. NCLR is the only national
lesbian organization dedicated to ex,
panding the legal and political rights of
all gay people.
The National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force is the leading political advocacy
and educational organization of the
lesbian and gay movement. Founded in
1973, NGLTF lobbies, organizes, edu,
cates and acts to secure full civil rights
for lesbians and gay men. NGLTF organ,
izing projects focus on violence, sodomy
law repeal, media advocacy, passage of
gay and lesbian rights protections and
lesbian and gay families.
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MEET SISTER 50!
By _Sondra Metzger
This month's board member is Margaret C., who calls herself "Sister 50"
because she just turned 50 years old last
year.
_ Marg_aret has. been an integral part of
Herland since 1985 when Barbara Cleveland convinced her to join the board.
Being involved with a volunteer organization is nothing new to Margaret. She is
the most politically active member of
the board, and has been very active with
the National Organization for Women
for seven years.
"My father was career Army, and I
was 'born at Ft. Sill,'' she said. "An
Army family life is very patriarchal, and
when I found out at the age of 10 that I
couldn't go to West Point, I decided to
buy into that type of family life. For the
next 20 years I tried to be a model of
what the traditional woman was
thought to be."
Margaret began working for women's
rights at the end of those 20 years and
while doing so discovered she was crazy
about women.
"I'm philosophically bi-sexual,'' she
said, "politically radical lesbian and
specifically, I'm straight."
Margaret is presently the entire staff
of what she calls one of the state's
smallest agencies. She spends her time in
her house in OKC with two dogs and a
cat when she's not working for NOW or
Her land.
"One of my first impressions of
Herland,'' she said, "was that they
would talk about something at the board
meeting and then I would see it done. I
don't think Herland has a reputation
among the sisters for getting things done
or following things through, but it was
better than NOW or any other organization at that time. The women are the best
thing about Herland. They're fun, dedicated, hard-working, competent and
very daring."
Like all of us, Margaret has her dreams
for Herland. She would like to see
Herland be the core of a real women's
resource center that has offices available
for women lawyers, a health practitioner
and a psychologist.

"I'd like to see us buy the church
building next door, she said. "I'd also
like to see NOW and the Women's
Political Caucus share office space and
rent the back room each month. I'd also
love to see someone staffing the store
seven days a week."
Margaret knows quite a bit about
staffing the store. As head of the Volunteer Committee, it is up to her to make
sure someone is there to work on the
weekends, which is sometimes not easy.
Margaret enjoys a wonderful relationship with her 20-year-old daughter,
Malika, who lives in Washington, D.C.
"She's named after Malcolm X,'' she
said. "Her father and I thought it was a
beautiful name, and we were quite
radical at the time. We're divorced now,
but we're still good friends. I feel very,
very lucky to have the relationship I do
with my daughter. She's really a great
kid."
Margaret had one word of advice for
those who haven't become involved
with Herland: "Working for the volunteer committee is the best way to meet
women!"
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Oops-The Editor Goofs Again!
As some have noticed, B.G. Canis's
article in the April issue of the HSR
Newsletter is missing something. Page
6, Column 3, 3rd line should read: "I'm
not condoning 'sneakiness.' If you're 'out'
be out when you infiltrate. Being out is a
personal decision and no one has any right
to interfere with your personal life."
My apologies to B.G. for this pasteup goof.
The Editor

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EDITOR: Karen Lewis
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Registration 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Registration Fee - $5 each or
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Where: Herland Sister Resource Center
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A BIG THANK YOU to those ambitious women who" cleaned up in and
around the Resource Center and the
old building on April 9. The place
looks great and your time and energy
are greatly appreciated . . .
we also tremendously appreciated the
response we got from our plea for $1
donation per subscriber. Thank you all
for coming through! . ..
pamphlets on this year's Michigan
Women's Festival are available at the
Resource Center (see ad this issue). It
has everything you need to know about
the festival if you are planning to go .. .
don't forget to mail in your reservations
for Herland's Spring Retreat. By registering early you can save a few bucks ...
is there a specific performer you would
like to see at one of Herland's coffeehouses? If so, let us know .. .
Herland now has an answering machine
thanks to a very generous sister. It's on
duty 24 hours a day and can be utilized
by calling 521-WMYN .. .
studio work is finished on the tape
being created by Friendships United.
They are hoping to have it available for
sale at the Quilt display on May 5 -7. .
After that, tapes may be purchased at ·
Herland, through ASP (525-6277) or
Friendships United (Friendships
United, c/o Peggy Johnson, P.O. Box
75842, OKC, 73147). Cost of the tape
was not available at press time .. .
we have not received the update on
Sharon Kowalski that was promised in
the last newsletter ...
did anyone go to the retreat in Arkansas
April 21-23? If so, drop us a line and let
us know how it was ...
did you know that Herland won an
award at the GALA banquet? It was for
best community event, which was the
Gay Pride Parade, and we shared the
award with Oasis Community Center.
How's that for networking .. .

Lambda Rising

be awar.e that at the April board
meeting, the board decided that smoking would not be allowed in the
Resource Center during a coffeehouse
or other event where there are a large
number of people, but is allowed in the
area of the front door. "Recreational"
drugs are not allowed anywhere on the
property at all, which includes the
building, the yards and the parking
area ...

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of Gay and Lesbian
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the West Coast Celebration and Conference by and for Old Lesbians II will be
held at the conference center at San
Francisco State University on August
4-6. Write P.O. Box 31787, San Francisco, CA 94131 for more info ...

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Rose" is available for "fledgling writers
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include articles on creative aging, senior
artists, music and travel. Subscriptions
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meeting. You must have some volunteer
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FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEO
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Call Sondra at 732-2315 or HSR at 521-WMYN
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HERLAND CENTER IS NOW OPEN:
THURSDAYS 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
SATURDAYS 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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want to miss any issues of the HSR Newsletter, please let us know you new address
BEFORE you move. For your protection the
Post Office wil not forward the Newsletter, and
Herland will not change your address without
your authorization. Therefore, to ensure
receipt of the Newsletter, fill out and mail us
this change-of-address form BEFORE you
move. The form may also be used to add your
name to the mailing list.

HERLAND CENTER WILL BE CLOSED MAY
20 & 21 DUE TO THE SPRING RETREAT.
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SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 2312 N.W. 39TH
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A non-profit corporation composed of a collective of wimmin - open to any womyn who
wants to be a part of it - which works to maintain a feminist library and bookstore, sponsors
workshops, retreats, concerts and other events for YOU. Herland's reason for being is to
provide a framework for a variety of projects for the support and enjoyment of the area
wimmin's community. It is a place to learn and grow, meet other wimmin, develop lasting
friendships, receive support and nurture the positive self-image that societal attitudes
sometimes make illusive to us. Herland exists to serve YOU.
Your donations are used to pay the mortgage and utilities on the resource center, and
printing and postage for the monthly HSR Newsletter and Friend of Herland cards.
All of Herland's services are free, including the Newsletter. This is why your donation is so
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