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FAMILY GARDEN AT MMOW
IS LARGEST EVER GLBT FAMILY EVENT
The Family Garden during the Millennium March on Washington (MMOW) drew 7,000 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered
parents and their children, friends and other family members to the
Mall in Washington, DC on Sunday, April 30. Martina Navratilova,
Melissa Etheridge and her partner Julie Cypher energized the Family
Garden crowd when they visited in the morning.
The event is the largest ever GLBT family event, and marks the
first time that a national march featured a special location devoted to
GLBT parents and their children.
The Family Pride Coalition, a national coalition of GLBT parenting groups and individual parents, and Children of Lesbians and
Gays Everywhere (COLACE) coordinated the Family Garden, with
sponsorship support from Gay.com. Volunteers from Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) also assisted during
the day. The Family Garden featured a special Toddler Zone with
toys; a picnic and game area that included three-legged races and tugof-war; a craft area; a quiet and private area for napping, diaperchanging or breast-feeding; and a stage that featured clowns,
drummers and other performers as well as spontaneous performances
by children throughout the day.
"During an election year, our opponents will use rhetoric about
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'family values' to attack GLBT individuals and families. The Family
Garden embodied the reality of our community's family valueslove, respect and commibnent, 11 said C. Ray Drew, Executive Director
of the Family Pride Coalition.
A Family March kicked off the day, with several hundred people
marching from the Smithsonian Castle to the Family Garden at 9 AM.
Throughout the Family Garden, which featured free snacks, water
and fruit juices, families picnicked, played, and met up with old
friends and made new ones. A group of men and their children
gathered around a sign that read, "Men with Strollers." Other T-shirts
and signs said, "My Mommies Rule," "Proud Bisexual Daughter of a
Lesbian Mother," and "I Love My Transgender Parent." Older
COLAGE kids painted the faces of younger children and helped make
signs and T-shirts with paints and glitter. Some families spent the
entire day at the Family Garden, while others stopped by to rest or
rejuvenate after a long day of marching and rallying.
"The Family Garden allowed parents to participate in the day's
events without leaving their children behind," Drew said. "GLBT
parents often face a choice between their families and their political
involvement. By creating a space for families, we warited to make
sure no families need to isolate themselves from political and
community events."
"Many parents told me that their children didn't want to leave
the Family Garden," said Suzette Southfox, Program Director for
Family Pride and a coordinator of the Family Garden. "Others said
that they almost didn't come to the march because they were worried
about their children in the crowd. They were tl1rilled when they heard
about the Family Garden."
The Family Garden at the MMOW was modeled after a similar
area at the GLBT pride festival in San Diego, which is where Family
Pride is based. Carolina Ramos, a longtime Family Pride supporter
and board member of the Latino/a Lesbian and Gay Organization
(LLEGO), originally created the idea and was instrumental in
producing the Family Garden at MMOW. Siobhan Hinckley
produced the event. COLAGE staff members and volunteers,
including executive director Felicia Park-R<)gersand Jude Koski and
DC area COLAGE member Ryan Lalonde, spearheaded numerous
activities for small children, teens and young adults. A smal1 but
dedicated group of volunteers helped ensure a smooth and safr
event.
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Every day is an empty f)Oge,waiting to see
what I will write on it.
£very day I am reborn, and
every day I con recreate myself.
by Stacy Chandler
TAURUS (APRIL 20 - MAY 20)
Every day I am the person I want to be.
T o some you seem rather pushy
A /though it's not always true/
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R ather meek and mild, with the heart of a
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celebratemy being.I am a new edition,a signedoriginal,a one-of-akind. I am wonderful,beautifulME!
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to feel all of them.
- Robyn Posinfrom Rememberings and Celebrations
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OUT ON BROADWAY
The original cast album of New Line Theatre's 1996 production of
Out on Broadway has been released on compact disc and is currently
available nationwide.
Out on Broadway, an evening of theater songs sung from a gay
perspective, was first produced in March 1996, and brought back in
August of the same year for additional performances. The original
cast members from 1996, many of whom were/ are gay or bisexual,
are the ones on the newly released CD and all but one will be
returning to perform Out on Broadway 2000 this spring.
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by LEELyNCH
ROAD PEEVISHNESS
I'm a turtle. I'm the kind of driver Alix Dobkin used to call "an
old man in a hat driving a Chrysler product." I'm the white-haired
woman you don't want to get behind when you have an appointment.
Lover fears I go so slow I might cause accidents. I'm the type who
brakes for yellow "suggested" speed signs because I don't relish
meeting a monster truck on a narrow curve with no where to go
but imagined frothy waters at the bottom of a ravine.
Last week I got a speeding ticket.
If the young officer hadn't been apologetic to the point of
obsequiousness I might have done something rash- like cried.
My first speeding ticket! My only ticket since the seventies when
1 went though a toll booth without paying in a Bug full of crazy
dykes. We thought it was revolutionary fun.
This wasn't fun. I was facing a ten hour drive as part of my job,
but I'd left enough time so that I could drive slowly over snowy
mountains and along roads threatening landslides. The trip was that
long because a landslide had plugged the north-south highway I
normally drive. I metamorphosed into a confused speed demon in the
midst of a complex maneuver from one unfamiliar road to the next
without the benefit of detour signs. This routing took me very briefly
in to the city's 25 M.P.H. speed limit. I was caught doing 40,
desperately looking for directional signs.
Here's what I suspect. The cop had done something that
annoyed his boss. He was assigned to drive the overpasses and
underpasses on this little interchange again and again till he got
dizzy. He was told to rack up enough speeding tickets to fill the
whole squad's quota for the month- and it was only the 14th.
1t was an easy enough assignment with all us bumpkins
squinting to find our way through a corner of this town of 45,000. "He
must have bagged bunches!" surmised a friend. I, of course,
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immediately decided the officer had po·unced the minute he saw my
Gore, food co-op, animal protection, Human Rights Alliance, literacy,
rainbow flag and Victory Fund stickers. On the other hand, it's a
university town, filled with kids in dread locks and soccer moms alike
driving vans or mini vans that sport "Question Authority" decals and
Darwin magnets. The cop probably thought I was a middle-of-theroader in comparison.
I bought my mini-van for safety. Although the candy-apple red
one my in-laws got made me froth with jealousy, I hadn't wanted a
vehicle that would attract the eyes of the law. Everyone says cops go
after red cars first. Convertibles, SUVs, sports cars, luxury carsthey're all supposed to get ticketed before turtles in mini vans.
In my young and reckless years I raced across America, doing
u-ies in unfamiliar territory. Never got stopped.
I sped wildly, hormone-fueled, along east coast parkways in the
dark of night to covert assignations. Never got stopped.
Decades ago I ignored traffic and substance abuse laws
simultaneously. Never got stopped.
I'd run into New York from Connecticut, speeding along with
the flow of traffic which was more like the flow of a river at flood
stage. Never got stopped.
In my cab I rode the brakes from pickup to pickup, weaving in
and out of traffic as if other cars and people were nothing but a
barrier between me and my next fare. No blinking lights ever shone in
my rearview mirror.
As a commuter I concentrated only on making up for that extra
time I spent in bed and drove as if I had a siren atop my car. But so
did everyone else.
To me, New York City was one gigantic dodge-em car
amusement park ride, the hills of New England free roller coasters. 1
guess my lawlessness finally caught up with me.
A ticket, though. Now, when I'm old enough to understand that
I'm not immortal and that traffic laws actually protect me, now I feel
like a criminal. When I really really flaunted the law I felt only
rebellious. I'm lucky to be alive. My next bumper sticker's going to
read, on a background of rainbow stripes, "I Brake For Turtles."
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So many secrets to keep in this savage place,
The dark shadows linger in all its space.
As we look deeply for the enchantress,
This mystery begins to undress.
The magic, the charm, and the delight,
The spell that seems to open this mystery light.
Make all things come forward and allure,
Allow the magician to endure.
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An estimated 800,000 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
people, along with their friends, families and allies, marched on the
national mall today as part of the Millennium march on Washington
for Equality.
"The gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and their
supporters sent a powerful message to the rest of the country today,"
said Dianne Hardy-Garcia, executive director of the Millennium
March on Washington. "We ushered in the new millennium by
declaring our commitment to families, employment nondiscrimination, racial justice and an end to hate crimes and
HIV/AIDS.
The crowd began by marching from the Washington Monument
to the National Mall. The crowd was led by activists including Melissa Etheridge, Ellen DeGeneres, Anne Heche, Wilson Cruz, the
parents of Matthew Shepard, Martina Navratilova, Rev. Troy Perry,
U.S. Reps Tammy Baldwin and Jerrold Nadler, co-chairs of the
Millennium March on Washington board of directors Nicole MurrayRamirez, Duane Cramer and several others.
The Millennium March on Washington was the fourth national
GLBT civil rights march to promote equal rights for all gay, lesbian,
bise>-.'Ual
and transgender individuals.
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Dear Savvy Sappho,
My sweetie has been playing the tuba for years now. She's
getting longer and louder, but she can't keep a tune. How should
I broach this subject?
Signed, Deef in both ears
Dear Deef,
You did not mention whether or not your sweetie is trying to
get into a symphony or a rock band. She may just reap great
pleasure from playing without any goal in mind at all. Pipe down
and double up on your ear plugs. She knows - say nothing if you
love him.
- SS
Dear Savvy Sappho,
I want to increase my physical activity. My partner is a couch
potato. How can I motivate her to come with me?
Signed, Road Runner
Dear RR,
You can ask, beg, plead. And even nag ... but the only person
you must really motivate is yourself.
- SS
If you are in need of some Savvy Sapphic Solutions for Successful Living,
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