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Volume 20, Number 12
December 2002
New Book Club Starting
in 2003
H erland
is starting a new GLBT
Book club in January. Books of
all genres - fiction, non-fiction, classic
Naiad romances, philosophy,
biography, and erotica - by glbt writers
will be selected at the first meeting.
To get things started, the first
selection will be the jazzy, funky,
outrageous and fun Rubyfruit Jungle by
Rita Mae Brown. Other popular titles
for consideration are Lesbian Nation by
Jill Johnston, Homophobia, a Weapon
of Sexism by Suzanne Pharr, and The
Fire Next Time by James Baldwin.
More possibilities are some of the new
authors who send us their books, like
Cora Corbett or perhaps old classics,
such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman's
fabulous Her/and or her seminal
feminist work The Yeiiow Wai/paper.
The _first book club gathering will be
Wednesday, January 15, W03 from
7 pm to 8 pm. Cookies, brownies
coffee, & cocoa will be served. Join
us!
~Help Plan a Concert )l
Herland would like to plan a bigger
name concert next summer or possibly
fall and needs committed women to
help with the planning and organizing.
If you have an interest in womyn's
music and would like to get involved in
producing and promoting a concert,
you're the one( s) we're looking for.
Experience is a plus but dedication is
even more important. To join, call
Herland at 521-9696 and leave a
message for Margaret.
Family Pride Christmas Gathering
Family Pride, a group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender parents and their children, will
host a Christmas Gathering on Friday, December 20, at Church of the Open Arms, 3131 N.
Penn. The evening starts with a Potluck Christmas Dinner (bring your favorite Christmas dish),
followed by a present exchange for children. Bring a wrapped, unisex (appropriate for a child
of either sex) gift for your child's age group (0-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-18). Following the
potluck will be Christmas stories/songs and maybe a surprise visitor! The Gathering begins at
6 :30 pm with the Potluck starting at 7:00 pm. Please email any questions to
familyprideokc@cox.net or call Dedra or Kandice at 350-0607.
World Attention Focused on Nigerian Woman's Sentence
A
31 -year-old Muslim woman has been sentenced to death by stoning by a northern
Nigerian Islamic court after allegedly confessing to having had a child outside of
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marriage. Adultery is punishable by death according to newly introduced Islamic laws in
Nigeria. The decision has
attracted worldwide attention
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and outrage and even sparked a
boycott by some participants in
the Miss World pageant set to
begin December
in Nigeria.
(The pageant organizers
announced this week they are
moving the contest to London
in the wake of raging violence
in the city where the contest
was to be held.) Religious
in Chickasha
tensions have been raised in
Nigeria by three years of
flickering sectarian violence
This month's supper club features Tex-Mex
since the end of military rule.
dining in a casual environment at Eduardo's
More than 100 people have
followed
by a drive through Chickasha's annual
been killed and at least 500
seriously injured in clashes in
Festival of Light, S. 9th & Grand. For those
the northern city of Kaduna.
wishing to carpool, meet at Herland. at 4:30 pm.
The Nigerian Government,
desperate to play down the
controversy surrounding the
woman's sentence, has given
assurances that it would intervene to save her once the legal process has been exhausted. For
more information on this story or the plight of women around the world, visit
www.womenforwomen.org or the Amnesty International website at www .amnestyusa.org.
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Womyn of Color Soul Food Potluck
WEBSITE OF THE MONTH
www. vday. org
www.herlandsisters.org
The Womyn of Color group will meet at Herland at 4 pm on Sunday, December 8th. Following
the regular meeting will be a Soul Food Potluck that is open to anyone that would like to
attend. The meeting is at 4 pm and Potluck at 5:30 pm. For any questions or information
about the organization, please email womynofcolor@gay.com or call (405)842-3464 or
( 405)947-7691.
Herland Sister Resoul'Ce5, 2312 NW 39, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Email: herlandsisters@cox.net
Bookstore hours: Saturdays 1-5 pm
405-521-9696
Adoption Workshop Update
H
erland would like to thank
Sandy Ingraham and Nancy
and Charlie for their very
infonnative and encouraging
presentation for non-traditional
families wishing to adopt. It was of
great help and interest to several
couples and individuals interested in
beginning the adoption process. With
the generous cooperation of the
presenters, Herland is planning
another Adoption Workshop next
Spring. In the meantime, for those
interested in adopting or fostering,
there is an adoption-support group
which meets the 2nd Sunday of most
months. Call Mary at 947-5711 for
the details.
Congratulations
Jim Roth, was elected County
Commissioner of District One (which
encompasses Herland) in Oklahoma
County. Jim is Oklahoma's first
openly-gay elected official. As a
proud gay man and friend of the
community, his influence in our city
may be akin to that of Jackie Robinson
in baseball and Bill Cosby on
television. Congratulations, Jimmy!
And on the national level, Nancy
Pelosi is the first woman to be elected
leader of a major political party. Tue
62 year old liberal congresswoman
from California was elected minority
leader by congressional Democrats by
a vote of 177 to 29.
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lferland's ·Plumbing and
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· Lisa C. ThUrman, Suzanne Pharr,
Jo Sosk.e~ Donna Roy, Janis Heer,
Anonymous (3)
Bridal Veil Falls Angels
·Elaine Barton, Mary M. Lane and
Steven P. Davis, Anonymous,
Damron Women's Traveler
Niagra Falls Angels
Janet McHard, Dan Hardt & Joe
Kirk, Pat Reaves, Jean Kelsey,
In Honor of Paula Jo (Pepper)
Leech, In Memory of Kay Gardner
Saint Sybil Presents: Guest Feminists, Part III
S
aint Sybil continues to offer her space to gentle souls seeking to define feminism. This
month's column is by Peggy Johnson.
I'm having a really hard time defining feminist. The political definition is useful to a
point but does not take us far enough if we are willing to go further.
On a psychological level and a deep-in-the-gut, permeate the soul level, my understanding of
feminism has come full circle. It is as Jill Johnston and all those early lesbian feminist writers
put it in the seventies and from whose books I honed my heart, my philosophy and my starving
intellect. Putting the political model aside for sake of deeper understanding (and also using
dictionary spellings), a feminist is a woman-identified-woman who is on the side of women,
rooting for women, not against women, no brick walls, no holds barred, no psychological
barriers to what is really) nside, cut to the chase, what does the woman think, feel, believe
about her hopes and dreams and abilities. A feminist strives to bring her true abilities into action
in the world by being the real whoever she is based on what her particular body and mind and
soul contains inherently, uncovered from any subterfuge laid on top of the true nature or hidden
behind to discount the inherent ability. Example: If I have the strength to pick up the heavy
bag of sand, I will pick it up. If I have the ability to think through the problem, I will think it
through. If I want to have a baby, I will have a baby. If I don't want to have a baby, I won't
have a baby. I could increase the list ad infinitum.
I agree with the definitions of feminist spotlighted so far. Equal pay for equal work. Striving
toward an egalitarian alternative to patriarchy. Tue personal is, indeed, political. In my world,
the political is also very personal. My political explorations have grown from my love of women
and not vice versa.
Here's my definition in less than 25 words: Feminist: a woman-identified-woman who
explores her own will, her own life, her own body to become the being she truly is.
Work for Peace
T
he Emergency OKC Coalition Against the War with Iraq wants you to join with them to
help to avert war. Tuey vigil for Peace with Iraq on Wednesdays from 4 pm till dark and
Saturdays from noon to 1 pm at two locations in Oklahoma City: the comer of Classen
Blvd. and NW 23'd Street (park by the Gold Dome bank) and the comer of Pennsylvania Ave and
Northwest Highway (park on the NW corner at the AT&T office).
Emergency actions are planned in case the U.S. government unilaterally initiates war against
Iraq. To be on a mailing/phone/email list for notification of such actions, please call or email
the Peace House at (405)524-5577 or Batchokc@aol.com.
Support your Voice
Dear Readers and Herland Supporters. The Herland Voice is free to all who wish to receive it.
We do ask an annual donation, from those who are able, to help cover printing and mailing
expenses. Tue cost of printing and mailing the Herland Voice is approximately $2,700 a year.
This does not include labor, since volunteer hours are donated to produce it. Your donation -of
$5, $10, $20 or more helps to defray this annual Newsletter expense. If you enjoy receiving the
Voice and wish to contribute toward its support, please send whatever amount you can and
indicate "Newsletter" in the memo space on your check. A self-addressed envelope is enclosed.
If you have already contributed this year, thank you.
Herland Hikes
M
artin Nature Park was so popular with the hiking group, it will be the regular hiking place
until Spring arrives and longer hikes can be planned. Saturday, December 14, the group
will meet at 9:30 am at
Panera Bread, 4401 W. Memorial
Road (NE comer of Memorial &
The Voice is published by: Hertand Sister Resources, Inc. 2312
Meridian) for coffee. Then, at
NW 39th, Oklahoma Oty, OK 73112. The Voice is offered as
10:00 am, the group will go to
an open forum for community discourse. Articles reflect the
Martin Nature Park, 5000 W.
opinions of the author and not necessarily those of Hertand
Sister Resources. Unsolicited artides and letters to the editor
Memorial, for an easy and pleasant
are welcomed and must be signed by the writer with full name
hike. Look for details next month
and address. Upon request, letters or artides may be printed
about plans for hikes/camping trips
under a pseudonym or anonymously. Subscriptions to The
to the Wichita Wildlife Refuge, the
Voice are free upon request although a donation is requested
Great Salt Plains, and the Ouachita
to meet publication and distribution costs.
National Forest.
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Book Review: Our
Fundamentalist Future?
Half Nation Under God: A Novel, by
Cora Corbett, Eru Books, 2002.
Reviewed by jaw
. . . f you like suspense thrillers
. . . and you are concerned about
women's rights and the
separation of church and state, you
will love this book. The setting is
sometime in the future. The religious
right has succeeded in bringing about
religious rule in many states and is
working toward ratifying a change in
the constitution to make the United
States a religious Nation.
The story takes place mostly in
Arizona, a religious state. Sharon
Clark is a reporter for a medium-size
newspaper wanting to break the big
story. She is assigned to investigate
what life is like under religious rule in
Arizona and to write an expose in time
to prevent Southern California from
voting in upcoming elections to
become a religious state. During this
assignment, Sharon discovers human
rights violations, including
imprisonment, torture, corruption and
murder. The fundamentalists will stop
at nothing to advance their agenda.
So does Sharon make it back to
Southern California in time to save the
state? Read the book - available in
the Herland lending library.
OBUPride Challenges
School Policy
T
his fall, as Oklahoma Baptist
University (OBU) was being
ranked as the state's top
comprehensive college by U.S. News
& World Report, twelve OBU alumni
were gathered at a nearby restaurant
to charter an organization whose
mission would challenge the school's
long-standing policy against gay,
lesbian, bisexual, and transgender
students and their allies (GLBTA).
The group calls itself OBUPride, and
its mission is "to provide compassion,
understanding, advocacy and support
to GLBTA who have been associated
with Oklahoma Baptist University."
OBUPride's main goals are to provide
a safe community and connection for
anyone who has been associated with
OBU, either as an alumnus, employee
or current student. The organization
also provides support to GLBTA who
have been adversely affected by the
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influence of religious teachings and policies; provides truthful information and educational
resources to GLBTA; provides a voice for the full inclusion and acceptance of GLBTA; works
towards ending discriminatory, anti-GLBT policies; and protects the anonymity of persons
involved with OBUPride who are not yet comfortable with being out.
A formal letter was sent to OBU
informing the university of
OBUPride's mission and goals, and
expressing the hope that the
university's policy makers would
accept OBUPride as a positive
development, allowing OBU's gay,
lesbian, bisexual, and transgender
alumni, employees, and current
students to fully participate in the
life of the University. OBU officials
responded that the school's policy
is based upon biblical teachings
and will not be changed. The OBU
Board of Trustees adopted an antigay policy in March 1985 that calls
for mandatory counseling of
professed or practicing homosexual
students to deal with
homosexuality as an inappropriate
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acquiescing to its position that
homosexuality is biblically acceptable. Baptists will continue to face attacks and demands to
compromise, as we have in the past. We will be ridiculed and declared to be extremist, narrowminded and uncaring. So be it." As word about OBUPride continues to spread, more and more
GLBT alumni have begun to join the organization and share their stories with other members.
OBUPride membership is open to all persons in the GLBT community and their allies who have
been associated with Oklahoma Baptist University as students or employees. Former students
reside in all parts of the world, and are encouraged to join in the work to affect a positive
change in the university's policy. The OBUPride website, www.obupride.org, also features links
to resources that deal with homosexuality and scripture in modern, scholarly works.
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