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VlYICS'C:i
::s llJDfES PROGRAM
University of Oklahoma
VOLUME I,
No. 2
Jan.
30, 19 82
The ERA is not Dead!
bY VJ Redick
NORMAN - - The Oklahoma State
Senate voted down the Passaee
of the ERA , but the ~eoPle
runnine the NOW sponsored
offices saY the ERA is not
dead.
The women runnine the
Norman office are takin~
a Positive attitude toward
the future of the ERA.
1 1The ERA issue wi 11 not
eo away nationa I I Y or in
Oklahoma,,, Dorothy Sale,
NOW National Board reeion al co-director said.
11There has been no decision made to stop the
national camPaien. We wil I
continue to oreanize and
stay in Oklahoma,,, Sale said.
FiftY-nine Years of women
suffraeettes canvasine from
house to house and district
to district has netted the
ratification of 35 states
throueh an oPen -state vote.
The PeoPle workine in the
Norman office said the ratification was essential to
brid~e the 59-cent ~~ee eaP
that exists for al I women in
One of the manY Youne women
attendine the ERA PraYer Vieil.
the United States.
EmPloYed women are Paid onlY
59 cents for every dot tar Paid
to men, statistics show. This
wa~e eaP exists PrimarilY
because women are concentrated
at the bottom of the occuPational
ladder in low-PaYine, dead
end jobs.
Constituants believe that
without the ERA, female workers
of not only this, but the next
eeneration will face rePeated
forms of discrimination.
Because of discrimination in
educational institutions women
continue to be tracked into
the same tow-PaYine clerical
and service jobs. TheY believe
that without fut I equality under
the Constitution, the Pattern
will not chanee.
11 If the ERA is ratified we
hoPe to see a Constitutional
PrinciPal where PeoPle wil I be
treated as individuals with an
~QUAL chance in society,,,
Dorothy Sale, said.
,,our main objective at
the Countdown ofJice is to
chanee the existine climate in
Oklahoma and to feed and activate ERA suPPorters in this
crucial ti me,,, Sale said.
Three more states must
r a t i.f, Y th e amen dmen t b y J u n e
30, 1982 or the time, exPense
and hoPes wit I once aeain
fal I to the deaf ears on the
Coneressiona I f l_oo r.
The text of the Equal Riehts
Amendment states:
SECTION 1: Equality of riP.hts
under the I aw sha I I not be denied
or abrideed bY the United States
or bY anY State on account of
sex.
Inside ................... .
News Briefs
Pa~e 2
Editorials
Paees 3, 6
Fiction
Paee 7
, ERA suPPorters rallied for
Passaee at the state capitol on
oPenine daY of the leeislature.
SECTION 2: The Coneress shal I
have the Power to enforce, bY
aPProPriate leeislation, the
Provisions of this ~rticle.
SECTION 3: This amendment shal I
take effect two Years after the
date of ratification.
The Countdown office re~earch
showed that minority women
have Ion~ been the victims of
double discrimination, sufferine from effects of both racism
NEW S BRIEFS
GA A RE-FORMS
NORMAN -The University of Oklahoma Gay Activists Alliance
Plctns to take advantaee of
its victory in the State
Supreme Court bY reoreanizi ne
it membershi p and eettine to
work Plannine social and
counseline Proerams, Steve
Ke 11 er, a erouP sPokesPers on
said.
The State SuPreme Court
ruled December 22 that the
OU Reeents acted imProPerlY
in denYine the a I I iance •
recoenitio n a~ a student
E!rouP.
BUT THE FIGHT ISN1T OVER YET
NORMAN -A State leE!islatu re, Representative Bi I I Graves from Ok I ahoma
CitY, denounced the state SuPreme
Court decision on eaY erouPs, and
said he wit I introduce leeislatio n·
to Prevent homosexua l oreanizations from recievine state funds
as recoenized student erouPs.
ERA
coht. from paee 1
and sexism. Their hoPes are that
the ERA would euarantee equal
justice under the law for ALL
women and Provide a vital IY
important tool in the fieht
for minority riehts.
SUPPorters state that the
ERA is the st roneest I eea I
weaPon available for
eliminatin e sex discrimin ation
in our nation. It is an assurance that women wil I be fairlY
Paid, eet an equal education ,
and be entitled to chal lenee
sex discrimin ation in courts
and have the opportuni ty to
lead lives b~~ed oh ~conomic
s.e cu ri t Y.
Sale said the response from
local PeoPII! has been 11tremendous • 1, but u ~eed anY ahd al I
PeoPle ~nt~re~ted in helPine
to contact the Countdown
office at Norman at 329-8063,
or the Oklahbma City office
at 528-0400, (312 NE 28th,
Ok~ahoma CitY, 73105.>
The Norman ·ERA office is
located at the corner of
University and Main Street.
WISCONSIN PASSES GA'Y BILL MADISON, WISCONSIN -A bil I which Prohibits
discrimin ation on the basis
of sexual orientatio n has
been Passed bY one chamber
of the Wisconsin state leeislature, and sui>Porter s are
• confident that it wil I Pass
the other chamber earlY
next Year.
The bil I, AB70, Prohibits
discrimin ation in emPloYmen t,
housinE!, and Public accomodations in both Public and
Private sectors. It also
bans discrimin ation bY anY
contracto r doine business
with the state of Wisconsin .
If Passed, the bit I would be
the first in anY state Prohibitine anti-eaY discrimina tion.
The Brazen HUSSY Ra~
Staff: Jana Birch um, TonYa
Jones, VJ Redick, MarY B.,
Susan s., JR Roeers, Joni D.
SPecial Thanks to
Charlie
Women 1 s Bookstore to 0Pen
Women in Oklahoma City are
Put{ine toeether a women's
bookstore at 1630 NW 19.
TheY are askine for anY
and or all donations of used
books, contributi ons and
vo I untee rs wi 11 inf! to donate
their time. Volunteer s are
needed Saturdays from 12 to
6 P.m. and SundaYs from 12 to
4 P.m.
Fo r info rm at ion contact
TJ at 528-4494.
,e
..
'JJarker' s 9.'lf . .Repair
Free Estimates
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
949-1406
After 5:00 P.M.
Artemis House
The Womenis Resource
Center of Norman is startin~
a feminist coffeehous e ..
The concept is to have
a Place where feminists can
come toeether, meet one
another and have a chance to
talk.
Entertainm ent wil I be
Provided bY women.
The Artemis House wi I I
oPen for the first time in
honor of Susan B. AnthonY's
birthday on Feb. 15 from
8 to 11 o.m. at the old
Lovelieht Restauran t at 755
Jenkins in Norman.
The meetine Place is
tentative . For informatio n
call DaPhne McClellan at
364-9424 or NancY Welch at
360-0306.
NEW GAY GROUP
FORMS IN NORMAN
bY Mark Adams
No rm an , 0 k I ah om a , is cons i dered bY some to be one of the
more Proeressiv e cities in the
sta~e - it can also be one of
the loneliest if You are or
think You are eaY.
When one comes out, You find
Yourself askine questions Jike:
,,where can I meet other eaY
Pe0Ple?11 , 11How do I tell mY
familY and friends?, ,, or
11Should I tell mY familY
anYthine? ,1 Sometimes the
questions are more like~ 11Js
it wrone to be E!aY?'' EverYone
must fin~ their own answers.
The GaY Awareness Oreanizati on
<GAO> has been formed to Provide help and SUPPOrt for
PeoPle searchine for those
answers. The GAO is a nonPolitical oreanizati on interested in advancine Gay understandine, rather than Gay riehts.
GAO meets the 1st and 3rd
Sundays of ea~h month at 7:30
P.m. on the second floor of
El I ison Hal I, UniversitY of
Oklahoma campus. The meetines
are oPen to the Public. If
cc-nt. on Pa~e s
EDITORIALS
On Motherhood
by Jo
,,Mama~,,
It is a voice I know,
a voice I ~ave birth to,
a voice I lon~ed for. No
other voice has ever stirred
such emotion within me.
I
want to hold and Protect
and lau~h with this child.
This is the chi1d who sucked
at mY breasts- - the child
I introduced to sunsets
and California waves. Why
is it then, that this voice
ca u s es s.o mu ch am b iv a I enc e
within rre?
I am a lesbian woman,
and he is a male child.
Nearly five Years 1~0, I
made a conscious choice to
~et Preinant; have mY child;
and do it alone. It was at
a time in mY life when I
was ·,otin~er and felt readY
to take on the whole world.
Now, as I look back, I
can see that it has been
hard, lonelY, and even isolatin~. Stil I, it has been
intense, warm, and rewardin~.
At this time in mY life,
however, bein~ 11mother11
is not enou~h - I also need
mY sisters as Part of mY life.
It is from mY son and wimmin
that I ~ain the most Positive ener~Y. And I am haunted bY a question: ,,can I
brin~ these two worlds to~ether?11
A lover once asked me,
,,werentt You Pissed when
Your babY was a bOY?I I
I have been told, 11Havine a son wil I be a handicap to ~e in the lesbian
co·mmunitY. 11
MY response to this is:
This child is of my flesh.
I do not believe, nor will
I ever accePt, that the
fact he was born with a
Penis means he is doomed.
Recently mY son sat in
a room fu1 I of Lesbians.
He was held, hu~~ed, and
talked to. I felt warm
and content inside as I
watched. Then, it occured
to me that somedaY he wil I
be sixteen. Wil I he then
be al lowed to enter the
room?
We theorize from time
to time about buildine our
own communitY or state,
and livine toeether. ManY
times I have wanted to ask;
but fear has held me back:
11Sisters, will You leave
me behind with mY son? 11
I am not free to eo to the
bars at whim; to be out to
the Point where I wil I lose
mY job; to move easily; or
to think alwaYs of mYself
first. There are times
when I resent that. I am
free, however, to love;
to share our lives; and to
be involved. I need the
community. And I think
mY son and I can add to it eiven the chance.
Yes, I respond to 11Mama11
sPoken bY a sma 11 ma I e voice but I respond no less to
word ,,sister,, as spoken
bY lesbians everYwhere.
ON THE EDGE
bY Elaine Barton
Home for the holidaYs ...
MaYbe Your mother has stop Ped Pro~ine to see if there
are anY new men in Your life.
MaYbe she has reached a Point
of accePtance, ereetine Your
doe and cat at the door
like erandchildren.
Holidays are the time
when families eet toeether
and who is eettine toeether is chaneine. No lon~er is the nuclear unit the
dominant form of human bondine. The latest statistics
on distribution of PeoPle in
households is:
30.5% of households consist of married couPles
with no children livine
at home
20.6% are sinele-Person
households, Cof these
1/3 are women over 65>
18.5% include both the
father and mother as
wa~e earners, Plus
one or more children
at home
15.9% of al I households
include a father as
the sole wa~e earner,
a mother as a fulltime homemaker, and
at least one child
6.2" are headed bY
women who are sinele
Parents, with one or
~ore children at home
5.3% consist of female
or male headed households that include
relatives other than
2.5% consist of unrelated
Persons I ivine to~ether
0.6% include sinele mali
• Parents
,1977 U.S. Statistical
Abstract 11Moral MajoritY"
ProPaeanda would have us
think the traditional nuclear
family (15.9%) is stil I the
11American1, way of life
<some statistics are as low
as 7.8%).
What does Your family look
like? Friends can be familY
and Provide that intimate
and memorable contact. If I
maY quote a friend of mine,
11holidaYs are the time when
You I eave the ones You I ove
and visit Your f am i I Y. , ,
This doesnit need to be seen
as a neeative view of the
familY, but rather an active
validation of alternative
relationshiPs.
For lesbian COUPies,
holidaY arraneements are
u~ual I Y made with caution
cwetd make ereat double
aeents), if itlS not a
matter of simPIY drivine
or flYin~ off in OPPOSite
directions. Tradine
holidays is a solution for
some if You can depend on
your familY to come UP with
reasonable exPlanations as
to your Presence: ,,1 know
that Ion~ drive is hard bY
Yourself,11 or 1tisn1t it
nice You have someone to
keep You comPanY.,, It
cont. on Pa~e 8
THE FESTIVALS
·I
Gayle Marie Joined the
Alberta Jackson Band with
the e~tusias~ inherent
to MichiE'.an.
Not al I transportation
was reliant on oneis Addidas.
Jan Martinel Ii - a veteran
of Professional jazz circuits•
Michiean is one Place where
cleanliness becomes a social
event.
by JR
Out of the nieht came the
sound of Percussion instruments. The land swelled with
women. In the darkness, joined bY the moon ~nd stars, women
danced. The Primal beat hittine
a common chord in our hearts
resoundine from Pre-historY.
Diana was there, Persephone was
there, Artemis was there. TheY
w~re al I at the Sixth·Annual
Michiean WomYns Music Festival.
The Sixth Annual Michiean
WomYns Music Festival. An annual
celebration of Mothers and
Dauehters. Sisters from al I
over the country and the world.
And the above exPerience is
onlY one of manY. There were
many others. A time of firsts.
A citY womanis first camPine
experience. The first time to
Put UP a tent. To bat~e with
manY other women in a creek,
sPlashine water, sharine soaP,
washine backs. Feeline for the
first time in a Ion~ time
secure in the beauty of the
nieht. CaPable with mY sisters
in the lieht of daY. Volunteerine
service and knowine it is welcomed and needed.
A meetine of the minds - a
time for talkine frankly for
the first time with disabled
women, separatists, Irish
lesbians, fat ~Ykes, anarchists.
A time for honesty. Beine at
the lareest workshop held at
the POiiticai tent - the work-
Everyone had a chance to
be heard - one waY, or
another.
photos by
pat c.
shoP on Sadomasochism, and
hearine women talk, areue,
aeree and disaeree on the
feelines.
Networkine, reachine out to
women from al I over the wort d.
Meetine new faces, ereetine
old ones. Feeline safe, feeline
stranee. Goine to the womb for
the lovine care that onlY
women can eive. Hearine Alix
Dobkin talk about the Internatior:tal <Yes, I said International> Lesbian Movement. Hearine
Merle Macklin, one of the oldest
lesbians there, eet on staee
and sine an orieinal sane.
Hearine Robin TYi er cal I for
a lesbian network of filmmakers
and video artists. Seeine the
women whose music Itve sPent
manY hours enjoYine. Dancine
with mY sisters to .the strains
of 11we Are FamilY" and feelin~
a bond with each and everYone.
Knowine that, if we have nothin~
else in common, we have all
consciously chosen to love
women.
And then saYine eoodbYe, have
a safe triP, Please write, see
You next Year and I love You.
YOSEMITE
GATHERING
DRAWS
MIXED
REACTION
bY Lisa Kohl
Th e I i s t o f Pe r f o rm e rs an d
workshop leaders read like
a Whois Who in the Woments
Movement. Mee Christian and
Chari otte Bunch. Ho 11 Y Near
and Kate Millet . Flo KennedY
and Maiden VoYaee. Directed
bY Torie Osborn . Produced
and emceed bY Robin TYier,
Camp Mother, SePtember 10-13.
A trip into an unusual and
visionary world created bY,
for and about women. 11sunb at h in e , , , s. wi :nm in E! i r a I a k e
n i! xt to a lawn area for jam
sessions, hikine in t he
woods of Yosemi te, wom en
d i sP l a Yi n E!t heir c r a fts - thi s
was to be a c el ebration,
a fest i val. Th in k of it 4 , 000 women camPine in the
woods! Nirvana!
The reality was more like
LITTLE PILGRIMS, PROGRESS,
with heaven nowhere in sieht.
Women attendine discovered ,
once aeain, that if there is
anY Possibilit Y for disaereement or confronta tion, we wi 11
find it.
The environme nt itself
tried the Patience of even
the most hardY. Dust was so
thick many women wore breathine masks. It was imPossible
to find a clean Place to sit.
Fina I I Y, sh owe rs had to be
rationed, in order to keep
the water Pressure UP du~ to
the threat of fires.
Brief rain showers did not
beein to settle the dust. But
they were sufficien t to d~laY
the evenine concerts; anY
water on the sound e~uiPment would ha ve ended al I
Perfor mances.
The hieh fire risk
made campfires or the use
of cookine equiPment out
of the quest i on. Fi nd i ne hot
wate r for coffee o r tea was
a doomed venture in frustration.
VeP.etarian cookinP. was
the order of the daY. It
was very eood. The Problem
was the wait i n line. We
waited an hour in each meal
I ine ... shuff I inP. feet in the
dust, straininP to hear the
classical strinP. ensemble,
nerves straininE! to the
snaPPinE! Point.
AddinE! to the frustratio n,
communica tion Problems develOPed. women camPinP. out in
the woods had no way of
knowin~ th a t mea l t im e s
had b een ch anP.ed. The ti me
a nd Pl ace of work s hops
chaneed wi th maddenine reeu l aritY. Even when the workshops rema i ned in Place and
started on time, the inability o f manY women to
show UP on time disruPted
the Pr oceedines .
But the most devastati n~
event of the festival was
a Protest, or~anized bY the
third world women, and it
consPired to drain enereY
away even from the music the very essence of whY we
were ~athered toP.ether.
Of course, the entire
festival was not without
its briP.ht moments. The
musical . asPects of the
festival were outstandin e.
From the classical strin~
ensemble at dinner to
the late niP.ht dance
bands, the dePth, variety
and Perfection of womenis
music is so methine to be
Proud of.
The crafts on disPlaY
evidenced a wide variety
of talents and interests.
The care and consideration for d isabled women
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K a t e ~1 i I I e t ,
wi t h h e r
low voice and PhilosoPhical el liPticism, SPoke
on the f irst niP.ht of
icommunitY ,. ,,we must,,,
she said,,, rise to a
new level of communitY ."
The forces aP.ainst us
in the country todaY are
too ereat ·, and unless we
discover this new level
of co mm unit Y, we wi I I
fail as a movement.
I think Kate Mi I I et is
r i eh t . Women must rise to
a new I e ve I of c o mmunit Y.
Th is fest i val i i lustrat e d
Pa i nfu 11 Y that we are not
there, that we are dissiPatine ou r enereY in internal bi c kerine, lackine
a sense o f Pride, not an
effective force i n the world,
not · even an effective force
in our ow n l ives.
The ev e nt ominouslY
ePitomized so me fundamenta l
questions facinP. the womenis
movement! If we are fiP.htinP.
amone ou rse Ives, who wi I I
fieht the enemY? If we are
ienorant in our treatment
of each other, who wil I enliehten the world? If we
dontt resP~ct the talent
that we have, i·f we donit
respect ourselves - who
wil I resPect us?
GAY
cont. fro m Paee 2
You are eaY, straieht, or _
bi-sexual You are welcome.
GAO has many lectures,
discussion s, and activities
Planned for the future, feel
free to attend! Also, GAO
wo rk s clos el Y with Oklahomans
for Huma n Riehts COHR> mannine
th e Gay Hotl ine. GAO also
Prov i des ri des to OKC to
attend OHR meetines on the 2nd
SundaY of ea ch month.
From ear l y ti mes in history,
ho mosexual i tY has been a
taboo subject. Itis ti me to
oPen the door and steP out
into a world of lieht.
My Point of View
bY T. Bennet t
In this edition and the
fol lowine: edition s, I will
try to share with You that
which has been hidden , known
onl Y bY a smal I number of
PeoPle throue: hout the ae:es
UP to this time. In this
hidden knowled e:e i~ contain ed the heritae :e and' destiny
of a race of PeoPle , who
at this time do not as a
whole know that theY are a
race set aside from al I Y
other races. A race cal led
out from al I other races.
We are a most unique
PeoPte, for we are the
only race of PeoPle that
need not reProdu ce itself.
Should everY GaY Person in
the world die at this instant in time, in the verY
next e:enera tion we GaY People
would be here once ae:ain.
Our race cannot be exterminate d. We have been here
on earth alwaYs . God Put
us here. We are not a selfcreatio n.
For 2,000 Years a Great
lie has been Per~et rated
uPon the PeoPle of the
Western World. GaY PeoPle
have been fair e:ame for this
2,000 Years . .We have Persecuted, murder ed and slan~e red. Our ~iP-nitY and our
Divine Mission was taken from
us, and· truth was hidden
away. Our Godlin ess was
taken from us and we were
cal led evil, cursed of God.
Great truths were hidden
awaY. Words were e:iven new
meanine : and the Great lie
became as truth. Not onlY
did the PeoPle as a whole
fall for this Great lie,
but as time Passed , so did
most GaY People . But not
al I, ands~ from one e:eneration to the next the
t r u th Cwe I I h' i d den > was
Passed on to this time.
Al I Gay People were born
into the world as Gay PeoPle .
We did not become GaY. This
fact is just now beinP- realized bY most PeoPle . We Gay
People remain at a fairlY
const~n t Percent ae:e of the
e:enera l POPUia tion, 10%.
This 10% can be found in
everY country on earth, no
matter what culture one maY
examin e. This is for a reason.
For -this is a law of God.
90% of all that the People
have is theirs. But 10% of
everYth ine: belone: s to God.
We GaY PeoPle are that 10%.
We are the tith~ from mankind to God the Creato r.
You see, in al I of the
Creato ris dealinP -s with
PeoPle , God require d · that
10% of a I I that Pe .o PI e had
be returne d to God to do
the Creato ris work.
Gay PeoPle are here on
Earth as a s Pecia I PeoP I e
for a sPecial reason. We
are here to chane:e the
world we I ive in, and to
brine: about the new
order Jesus often spoke of.
This new order was not the
advent of the church . But
somethi ne: else total IY. It
was the order which unified
a race of PeoPle into the
Brother hood of Man and the
Sisterh ood of Woman. Their
mission was to do the work
of God and to serve Godts
Great · creatio n - man and
womank ind, to bri~e: Peace to
Earth and to Protec t our
Earth, mother of us al I.
There is much more I
could talk about, but it
wil' I wait. A few words and
their meanine :s wil I fol low.
These words have been e:iven
inacura te meanine :s. Al I GaY
People should know these
words and there true meanine:s:
CELIBATE - one who
abstain s from sexual intercourse with the oPPosi te
sex. A celibat e is a GaY
Person. Gay PeoPle make
love.
REPROBATE - one who ene:ae:es in sexual interco urse
with the OPPOSi te sex. A
reproba te is a heterosexual . Hetero sexuals make
. babies .
COMPASSION - an emotion
that one man feels for
anothe r man or one woman
feels for anothe r woman.
Like l!ravitY .
I
PASSION - an emotion a
man feels for a woman or a
woman feels for a man. GaY
PeoPle do not have this
emotio n. Passion serves as
a tYPe of e:ravitY that ~raws
a man & woman toe:eth er to
reprodu ce.
In future article s we
wil I discuss such toPics
as sexual ity and nonsexual itY. If You. are
GaY You are a non-se xual,
not homo-s exual.
What a fisher of men is.
What is the most sacred
animal , and manY others .
CorresP ondanc e to:
T. Bennet t
700 Cruce St. APt. B
Norman , OK 73069
DYK EW ISE
by R.onin
I went to the bar the other
ni~ht. Just thoue:h t ltd amble
on UP to the bar and e:et a
Bud. Wei I, the bartend er
fastene d uPon me a suspici ous
e:lare and said e:rufflY , 11No
Bud - COORS. 11 I, not want in!!
to aPPear forward , inquire d
if there mie:ht not be a few
other brands I could choose
from. Wei I, the bartend er
scratch ed her head thoue:h tful IY for a minute and then
ProudlY affirme d that theY
also had Coors Lie:ht, as if
that oue:ht to be enoue:h
selecti on for anYbodY. She
went on to saY that Coors
suPPor ted her and she in turn
suPPor ted Coors. I went on to
ask her how in the he! I she
fie:ured that, and she said
that whenev er the B~r Owner$
Associ ation has e functio n
Coo rs donates free beer.
CNow those of You with a head
for math, follow closelY .>
Letts saY Coors e:ives 8 to 10
free kee:s of beer Per Year, in
turn Coors enjoys overwhe lmine:
PoPula ritY, and in some cases
outril! ht monopo ly, at the bars.
Coors ComPanY makes lots of
moneY, a substa ntial Portion
of which e:oes to the Coors
/
familY . The Coors familY memb~t s
in turn donate thousan ds of
<contin ued on Pal!e 7>
FICTION
hermit's riddles
when I say
come to me.
enwrapped in your arms
I am the fire.
am I weaving
with fog-crystal cloud
a web of illusions?
when I know
truely as
sun sets in west
I am empty.
can I sleep
peacefully, under starry sky
should I close my eyes?
when I hold
in my hand
your heart's secret key
I am the power.
am I the phoenix
rainbow feathers charred
flying a spiraling path?
when I tell yot,.1
we are interwomen
fabric pattern of karma
I am on fire·.
am I burning
as a·yod from the sun
or a witch in the night?
when I hold you
to keep cold f rorn the night
through the winter
I am hearth to you.
Am i burning an altar
casting flickering golden light
of no gooddesses' name.
when you see me
smile for another
with eyes of longiAg
I am seeking
am I finding
a wholeness in myself
or merely false masks?
when I see
before me now
a future of past echo's
I am seeing
am I deceiving
tree-top view image of
myself about these things?
when I say
the cosmos
is within us,
I am the center.
am I believing
the waves crest bringing
these lucid truths myself?
An Evening Alone
bY VJ Redick
She listened to the roarinl!
of the room
while silence absorded the
sheet rock
Al!e had at last tempered
the blow
while cYnicism offered
consolatio n
The search for destructio n
Nears to a Peacefu I end
Tempered bY the warmth of
whiskey
We are
where and wbat
We hide
and how well
We hide
within ourselves
myra fourwinds 11-j12-80
DYKEWISE
<continued from Pal!e 6>
do 11 ars to ril!ht-winl ! causes,
includinl! the Moral MajoritY.
In fact, a 1979 Federal Election
Commission RePort stated that
25% of al I Private donations
to the Moral MajoritY were from
the Coors famil Y. Now, I 1 m no
mathemati cal wizard, but it
seems to.mt that someone is
l!ettinl! the short end of the
stick. Itts not the Moral
Majority, itts not the riE?ht •
winl!, it1s not the Coors
familY, or the Coors ComPanY.
So whots l!ettinl! screwed?
Thatis ril!ht! We are.
I donit denY that Joe Coors
is a verY l!enerous man. He
l!ives lots of moneY to l!rouPs
like the HERITAGE FOUNDATION,
Ph YI I is Sch I a f I Y, s EAGLE FORUM,
the MOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL
FOUNDATION, and the JOHN BIRCH
SOCIETY, to mention a few. Some
of you maY have never heard of
these ~rouPs, but You had better
start listeninl! , because theY
are workinl! oPenlY aeainst
Lesbian and Gay Civi I Ril!hts,
and al!ainst ERA. TheY have
money and theY have Power, and
theY are usinl! it al!ainst YOU.
Thatis a Pretty hil!h Price for
a few kel!s of beer, dontt You
think?
The Coors ComPanY is cominl!
on with thfs wounded dil!nitY
triP, saYinl! Aw-come on! Wetre
not such bad l!uYs, donit we
l!ive You al I that.-/'-free
beer?
.
We I I , b o y s , i t wa s th e d·a mrre- d
least YOU could do toeive us
a little kiss whil~ we were
l!ettinl! screwed.
The Brazen HUSSY Raf! would
like to l!ive special thanks
to the fol lowinl! PeoPle for
their incredible helP in
documenta tion and for SUPPort:
J.R., INTERCHANGE Resource
Center <1201 16th St., Suite
405, Washinl!to n, D.C., 20036);
Jil I Clarke of Gay Community
News - Boston; and Eul!ene
Haberman of Gay Alaska
newspaper , Anchoral!e , Alaska.
cont. from Pa~e 3
maY be a bit stressful to
brin~ Your iover home, but
the benefits maY outwei ~h
the costs when the alternative is to be aPart.
If itts Your home, You
are more aware of Your
families, habits; because
YOU ~rew UP there YOU maY
be able to adjust more
readily to the subtle interactions, the nonverbal~.
You owe it to YOur lover
to keep her informed as
to thi ima~es You both
have and want to have,
but itts hard to control
for not saYin~ ,,thank You,
dear,, when You are Poured
a cuP of coffee.
There are advanta~es to
brin~in~ a womanlover home
as oPPosed to a man,
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but the advanta~es are a
result of woments invisibilitY. You maY ~et the bedroom
with the doub-le bed, unless
your brother and his wife
are there. You would h~ve
~otten to sit at the bi~
table but Your aunt and
uncle came to dinner. Marria~e le~itimizes, and our
society needs to reco~nize
and confirm relationships
between committed women as
we I I.
The question to tel I the
familY or PlaY the 11we1re
just ~ood friends,, role
is somethin~ manY have decided to let the familY
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ask? The reason theY should
is in the askin~ theY saY,
,,1 see YOU~''' or ,,1 wil I
reco~nize Your existenct,
Your involvement in a
relationsPiP aPart from the
societal necessity to , tHave
a man sanction You.'' You
will be whollY Present and
accounted for from there on.
EverYoneis familY has
been confronted with the
11issue11 of homosexuality.
In the media it is ~aY
ri~hts, ~hild custody suits,
discriminatory hirin~ and
firin~, lesbians in the NavY,
iaYs in the Air Force,
Christopher Street, Mardi
Gras, the Stonewal I riots,
GaY Pride Week. Mo·st evenone has been confFonted
PersonallY also, whether
theY know it or not.
Parents maY be tolerant or
support the
people
who
\
support you
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disa~reee with the choi ce to
be I esbian a5 an , , issue,,,
but when it becomes Personal, whe n itis their dau~hter, ofte n anY Previous rationale is clouded with
emotion - iwhat did we do
wron~?, WhY ask whY? The
choice to be lesbian is
onlY different to the choice
to be heterosexual because
heterosexual is what most
men teach and insist uPon.
·For Parents I think it1s
very Painful for some. TheY
maY be unable to think Past
what aPPears to be a cancellation of their lifestYle
and what theY hoPed for
their children. But disaPPointment does not have to
fol low difference and difference doesnit have to mean
rejection. Because sexuality in its most traditional
form has not been esPecial IY wel I understood, it
hasnit been comfortin~ for
PeoPle to talk about it
much or ~et Past themselves
in order to see even one
other Per5on, let alone
PeoPle who are different
sexual IY. But manY traditions aren·1t so traditional
anYmore. On an individual
- level, we must affirm ourselves as best we can and
talk with whom wt can.
For Appointment Call
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