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Tobacco Companies Target the LGBT Comrnunity
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If you smoke, you're not alone. Research shows that smoking is
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more prevalent among lesbians and gay men than almost any
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social pressure this community experiences from a long history of
discrimination no doubt contributes to these higher rates of
smoking . But LGBT people also smoke because the tobacco industry actively targets them.
The tobacco companies were among the very first advertisers to recognize the
LGBT community as a specific market. Today, tobacco ads continue to multiply
in the gay press. In addition to these ads, which are often created to appeal
specifically to lesbian and gay audiences, the tobacco industry successfully uses
corporate sponsorship to sell an addictive product that kills thousands of LGBT
persons every year .
Claiming to care about the LGBT community, tobacco companies sponsor gay and
lesbian events such as Pride marches, give money to AIDS organizations, and profess support of political issues like "lifestyle freedom . " What the tobacco companies don ' t mention is that they are exploiting LGBT people and thelr need for
financial and political support-support that other industries don't provide-to
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The next Herland Winter Coffeehouse will be
on Saturday, February 23 , at 7 pm and will feature Joan Ackley. A native Oklahoman , Joan is
a singer, songwriter, musician who enjoys performing a wide range of musical styles. You
can expect her to play a little bit of everyt hing-funny, serious, originals, and covers.
She has written songs about the environment,
I~ relationships , and even the ghost of Wiley Post .
Come expecting a fun time and you won't be
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disappointed. The coffeehouses are free but
~"_ 9onations are greatly appreciated.
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The Herland Voice is a publication of Herland Sister Resources, 2312 NW 39th , OKC, OK 73112 . Our bookstore and lending library is open
Saturdays from 1-5 pm . Contact us at (405) 521-9696 or herland@herlandsisters.org. Visit us on the web at www.herlandsisters.org.
February Events
·Saturday February 2nd Louise ft
Mary Full Circle 7-9 pm
·Tuesday Feb 5 PFLAG OKC
Church of the Open Arms 7 pm
·Saturday February 9 Her/and
Supper Club at Belle Isle Brewery,
50 Penn Place, 5:30 pm, followed
by Games at Her/and, 7:30 pm
·Monday Feb 11 OGLPC Meeting
at Neighborhood Alliance 7:00 pm
Herland Supper Club
Join us on Saturday, February 9,
at 5:30 pm for the Herland Supper Club at Belle Isle Brewery,
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located in 50 Penn Place, NW
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50th and Penn. Belle Isle Brew·
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ery is one of our most popular
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restaurants for Supper Club be·"
cause of their good food , varied menu, reasonable prices, and excellent service. After Supper Club, we will head back to Herland
for card games, board games, and who knows what?
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Herland Scrabble Day
Herland Scrabble Day for this
month is Saturday, February
16, at 2 pm . Put your brain
cells through a good workout
and enjoy some good company
at the same time. Players of all
levels welcome.
•Thursday Feb 14 PFLAG Norman
St Stephen's Church 7 pm
·Saturday February 16 Her/and
Scrabble Day 2 pm
·Saturday February 16 Peggy
Johnson Red Cup 8 pm
·Sunday February 17 Her/and
Board Meeting 4 pm everyone
welcome (eat at Gushers afterward)
·Saturday February 23 Her/and
Winter Coffeehouse 7 pm
·Tuesday Feb 26 Louise ft Mary
Galileo Bar ft Grill 8:30 pm no
cover
·Friday February 29 Louise ft
Mary Full Circle Bookstore
Looking Ahead
Sexuality Identity & Spirituality Conference in
March A coalition of six OKC area churches are planning a Sexual Identity and Spirituality Conference to be held on Friday & Saturday, March 7 & 8, 2008. Watch for more details in next month ' s
Voice.
2nd Cimarron Summit Coming in April Cimarron
Alliance Foundation and its community partners are planning a second LGBT Summit to be held on Saturday, April 5, 2008. Watch for
details for this exciting gathering to move LGBT advocacy forward
in Oklahoma.
Eureka Springs Diversity Weekend in April IRIS,
the band, will be playing the spring show at Chelsea's on Diversity
Weekend Spring 2008, so mark your calendar. It is the first weekend in April.
Tobacco (continued from page 1)
Freedom 'to Marry
Week Feb 10-16
gain and keep customers (replacement smokers) by trying to create a
sense of loyalty. Indeed , only one thing motivates the tobacco industry's sponsorship of, contribution to , and interest in the LGBT community: increased cigarette sales.
The organization Freedom to Marry
today announces the launch of a
dynamic new website at
Fi ghti ng back can start right here in Oklahoma County. First of all,
LGBT Oklahomans can put the tobacco issue on thei r community's
agenda. Also, this community can stop supporting organizations and
publications that accept tobacco money. Without this support, tobacco companies could no longer carry on their fa<;:ade of a supportive
corporate citizen. And every cigarette LGBT people refuse to smoke is
less money for these companies. Despite all appearances, the tobacco
industry is not a friend .
www. freedomtomarry.org .
The newly reorganized and more
user-friendly website is designed to
serve the nationwide civil rights
movement aimed
at
ending the ex~
clusion of sameTO MARRY
sex couples and
their families
from marriage . It also provides a
starting point for all Americans
seeking to learn more about the latest news on marriage equality, and
contains an archive of tools to help
people find their voice on why marriage matters, how the denial of
ma r ri age harms children and our
country, and how to achieve fairness
for all families .
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The Central Oklahoma Turning Point Tobacco Use Prevention Coalition
wants to help the LGBT community fight back against the tobacco industry. For more information, call Patty Norton Armond at 405-425 4328.
Show Me the Money!
It's that time of year again- yep, we ' re going to ask you
to go to your bedroom , pull out the piggy bank and check
to see i f you can ' t send us a donation . Herland doesn't require a large budget because you helped us buy
the Herland bookstore building. But, we still need
donations to pay the utilities and insurance, and to
print and mail the newsletter. Please check and see if
you can't send us a donation-every little bit helps!
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extent allowed by law.
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Freedom to Marry i s the gay and
non-gay partnership working to win
marriage equality nationwide.
Launched in 2003 , Freedom to Marry
is headed by Evan Wolfson , nationally recognized as a central
"architect of the marriage equality
movement.·· Freedom to Marry
guides and focuses this social justice
movement on a nationwide level,
serving as a strategy and support
center for national , state, and local
partners, a catalyst that drives and
shapes the national debate on marriage equality, and an alliancebuilder fostering support from nongay allies.
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"In 2008, as the freedom to marry
continues to be the subject of debate and decision, we have the
chance to help people push past
their discomfort and continue moving toward inclusion ," said Wolfson.
Progress f'Jlade
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Infant Mortality
In Good Conscience
The number of children who die before their fifth birthday fell below 10
million in 2006, but much more still needed to be done, said a report by
the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) released Monday. The UNICEF report attributed the progress in children's mortality rates largely
to improvements in healthcare. By comparison, an estimated 20 million
children under five were dying every year at the beginning of the
1960s.
Among the good news reported was that between 1990 and 2004 more
than 1.2 billion people gained access to safe drinking water, which resulted in fewer deaths from
infection diseases. Vaccination and other forms of public health care have also
made great strides and have
become more accessible.
More than four times as many
children received the recommended two doses of vitamin
A in 2005 as in 1999, according to the report.
All countries in sub-Saharan
Africa made progress in expanding coverage of insecticide-treated mosquito nets,
a fundamental tool in halting
malaria, with 16 of these 20
countries at least tripling
coverage since 2000. And in
the 47 countries, where 95 percent of measles deaths occur, measles
immunization coverage increased from 57 percent in 1990 to 68 percent
in 2006, UNICEF pointed out.
Education, a key tool for improving public health care, has become
more accessible, UN researchers noted. The number of primary-schoolage children who were out of school fell from 115 million in 2002 to 93
million in 2005-2006 while many developing countries have come close
to providing universal primary education .
The study also found an appalling lack of basic sanitation , hygiene and
drinkable water, which contributes to the deaths of more than 1.5 million children each year from diarrhea and related ailments . About 158
million children between ages five and 14 were still engaged in child
labour around the world, UNICEF estimated . Moreover, the number of
people living worldwide with HIV-AIDS has continued to rise, affecting
child welfare as well.
Only 11 percent of more than two million pregnant women living with
HIV in the majority of developing nations in 2005 received antiretroviral
prophylaxis to prevent them from infecting their babies, according to
the study. In low- and middle-income countries, only 15 percent of HIVinfected children under age 15 actually received treatment in 2006 .
In Barbara Rick's acclaimed documentary, In Good Conscience, a most
unlikely and very funny rebel - an
American nun - finds herself at the
center of a human rights storm with
leaders of one of the world's most revered institutions, the Roman Catholic
Church.
The film chronicles the true story of
Sister Jeannine Gramick, who is defying a Vatican edict that she shut down
her compassionate ministry to gay and
lesbian Catholics, and silence herself
permanently on the subject of homosexuality. Her battle takes her all the
way to Rome where she attempts an
audience with her key adversary over
the years - none other than Cardinal
Joseph Ratzinger - the Inquisitor who
would become Pope Benedict XVI .
Sister Jeannine has worked within the
church for more than thirty years on
behalf of the LGBT community and its
fight for acceptance, recognition , and
equality. When issued this ultimatum
from Cardinal Ratzinger and Pope John
Paul II - denounce homosexuality or
lose everything - she quietly and respectfully refused.
Theila Ralphine Elliott
August 1, 1944 - December 15, 2007
Theila Ralphine Elliott, known by the many who loved
her as Tre, slipped away in her sleep on Saturday, December 15, 2007, at her home in Oklahoma City, following a lengthy illness. Tre was born August 1, 1944,
in Vinita, Oklahoma; the daughter of Lucille and Ralph
Elliott. She graduated from Vinita High School and
Oklahoma State University, with a degree in Physical
Education.
Tre believed passionately in equality for all, and when
the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment came to
Oklahoma, she threw herself into the fray, volunteering her time, efforts and even her house. Tre was a
most faithful and loving friend, and she loved to dance
and bring laughter into the lives of others.
She is survived by her best friend and partner, Marilyn
Best; and a sister, brother, and aunt. Tre was one of
the founding mothers of Herland and was an early promoter of womyn's music in Oklahoma. She and
Marilyn hosted an annual New Year's Eve party for
many years for Herlanders. A Celebration of her life
was held on New Year"s Eve at her home in Oklahoma
City.
Vicki Escajeda, BA, CM ( 405) 202-7051
P.O . Box 12247, Oklahoma City, OK 73157-2247-(405) 637-8000
Tre was a fabulous athlete, highly skilled in sports as
varied as fencing, field hockey and swimming. In the
days before women received scholarships, Tre was a
scholar/athlete. She also was a musician, playing the
guitar, bongos, harmonica, kazoo, and on more than
one occasion, the comb. She also wrote music and
loved to dance. She was also a master jewelry maker,
selling her work at festivals like the Paseo, and sharing with friends. She collected antiques, especially
antique games. There was nothing she was not interested in .
Tre loved children, and taught in the Ponca City and
Oklahoma City School systems for 27 years, teaching
almost all sports, including modern dance and track &:
field . She took her students to State in swimming,
and was Camp Director for Campfire Girls. Tre was an
enrolled Cherokee, and greatly proud of it; it helped
define her identity.
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Licensed Professional Counselor
Licensed Marital & Family Therapist
5005 N. Pennsylvania #204 OKC, OK
405-232-3296
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