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april 2004
volume 22, number 4
Sandra Day O'Connor to Lecture at
OCU's Centennial Celebration
Compromise to Allow States to Grant
Civil Unions
andra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice of the
United States Supreme Court, will give a public
address and receive an honorary doctorate from
Oklahoma City University at 4:00 p.m., Monday, April 12
at an academic convocation in the Kirkpatrick Auditorium
on the OCU campus. This event is a part of Oklahoma City
University's Centennial Celebration.
The April 12 academic convocation featuring Justice
O'Connor is free and open to the public; however, seating
is limited, and those wishing to attend must request admission tickets in advance of the occasion. Tickets are
limited to two (2) per reservation and can be obtained by
visiting www.okcu.edu/law, or by e-mail or telephone to
Shyla Hadzellis, Special Events Coordinator, at shadzellis@okcu.edu or (405)521-5197. For more information
about the Oklahoma City University School of Law, visit
the Web site at www.okcu.edu/law.
he chief sponsors of a federal constitutional amendment
to ban gay marriage clarified their proposal so that it
would allow state legislatures to grant civil unions and
domestic-partner benefits, a rewording designed to win more
support in Congress.
On the eve of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the
legislation, opponents called the announcement by two Colorado Republicans -- Senator Wayne Allard and Representative
Marilyn Musgrave -- a political concession that does not
change the substance of the amendment, which would codify
marriage as the union of a man and a woman and prevent
courts from rµling that same-sex marriages are required under
any state constitution .
The principal change deletes a phrase that could have been
interpreted as banning any state law from allowing same-sex
couples to receive civil partnership rights. The revised version
of the amendment does not explicitly say states could approve
civil unions or partner benefits, but omitting the ban would
allow legislatures to do so.
The proposed amendment -- the only one introduced in Congress -- has become a hot political issue since the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling on gay marriage in November and the issuing of marriage licenses to same-sex couples
in San Francisco and other jurisdictions.
Last month, President Bush announced his support for
amending the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage, but did
not endorse the Allard-Musgrave proposal. However, Bush has
recently suggested that states should have the right to consider civil unions, which only Vermont has authorized. A recent
Washington Post-ABC News poll indicates that a slim majority
of Americans surveyed support civil unions for gay and lesbian
couples and that a slightly larger majority oppose amending
the Constitution.
The Massachusetts Legislature is poised to vote on an
amendment to the state constitution that would ban same-sex
marriage. Legislators are meeting in another constitutional
convention to debate the proposed amendments.
In California, the State Supreme Court issued a ruling that
halted the flood of marriage licenses being issued to same-sex
couples in San Francisco. The high court said it will decide
whether Mayor Newsom had the authority to defy the state law
which defines marriage as only between a man and a woman.
Governor Schwarzenegger said he would be fine if voters
changed the state's family code to allow same-sex marriages.
And in Canada, Quebec became the third province to allow
same-sex marriage after its high court ruled that the traditional definition of marriage is discriminatory and unjustified.
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Plan now for the
Herland Spring Retreat
May 14-16, 2004
Roman Nose State Park
With entertainment by
IRIS
Lots of great workshops, hiking,
and fun! See page 2 for registration form .
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www.herlandsisters.org
herland sister resources, 2312 nw 39th, oklahoma city, ok 73112
(405) 521-9696
email: herlandsisters@cox.net
bookstore hours: saturdays 1-5 pm
Berland &
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Saturday, April 3, 2004
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Snacks and a cash bar! Party Pictures! Silent Art Auction! Vote for King, Queen & Fairy Princess!
Dress is casual, funky, dressy, or creative-whatever you want it to be!
Plenty of Parking across 13"' Street in the business parking lots
Tickets on sa!e at Herland, from any OGLPC or Herland Board member, & available at the door
For more information call 405/521-9696 or click on www.oglpc.org or www.herlandsisters.org
Herland Spring Women's Retreat Registration Form
Roman Nose State Park - May 14-16, 2004
Below are guidelines to help you select an appropriate registration amount. Deadline for pre-registration is May
10th. Please remember that dogs are welcome but must remain on leashes and are not allowed in the dining hall.
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Sliding Scale Registration Guidelines Based on Income
Single Person
Annual Income
Household
Annual Income
under $6,500
under $13,300
$15
$6,500-$13,300
$13,300-$18,000
$25
$13,300-$19,500
$18,000-$26,000
$35
City: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State: _ _ _ Zip: _ _ __
$19,500-$30,000
$26,000-$50,000
$45
email (optional):
over $30,000
over $50,000
$60
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( ) I'm enclosing an additional $- to help provide scholarships.
( ) I'm bringing_ children (girls of all ages and boys under age 10 are welcome).
Please return registration form and check to: Her1and Sister Resources, 2312 NW 39th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
A retreat packet with all information will be sent to you.
Herland Video Night
Join us at 7 pm on Saturday, April 10, for the movie Gaudi Afternoon
(pronounced gow-dee in Barcelona, Spain) starring Judy
Davis and Marsha Gay
Harden, directed by Susan
Seidelman. A light mystery
with distinctive characters,
visually vibrant as only Spain
can pull off. Afilm as deep or
shallow as the viewer would
like to make it Popcorn provided and beverages offered
for a Helland donation.
Herland Hiking
The Herland Hiking Group will
have its regular monthly outing to Martin Nature Park, 5000 W. Memorial, at 10 am on Saturday,
April 10. There is also an optional coffee gathering beforehand at
Panera's, comer of Memorial & Meridian, at 9:00 am.
Herland Supper Club
Last month, 26 women joined us for Supper Club! This month, on Saturday, April 17th, we will go to Grand
House, 2701 N. Classen, at 5 pm for
Chinese food. At 7 pm we will go to
the OKC Lightning women's football
game at Taft Stadium, NW 27th &
.May. Tickets to the game are $8 ($5
if you have a student ID). Meet at
Herland at 4:30 pm if you wish to
carpool. Join us for a great evening!
For more info, call Ginger at 9421535.
Womyn of Color
Womyn of Color group meets the 2nd Sunday of each month. Please
email womynofcolor@gay.com or call (405) 842-3464 or (405) 9477691 for more information.
Native American Women
OKC Two-Spirit Society is having meetings for lesbian and bi-sexual
women of Native American descent. Please call the OKC Two-Spirit
Hotline number at (405) 317-7283 for information about the next meeting.
Herland Cleanup Day
Put on your work gloves and join us on
Saturday, April 10, for an afternoon of
cleanup around Herland. If ifs raining,
we'll be indoors painting and fixing walls.
If ifs dry, we'll also be outdoors weeding
gardens and trimming trees. We'll start
about noon (after the hike) and go till
about 5 pm. Please come and help for
any part of the afternoon!
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• Friday. April 2: Peggy Johnson and Tara Henry in AIDS
: Benefit Concert (and Silent Auction), Church of the Open
• Arms, 3131 N. Penn, 8:30 pm, $5
• Saturday. April 3: Miss Brown to You at the Her/and/
•• OGLPC April Fool's Dance, First Unitarian Church, 8
•pm, $5
: April 3 & 4: IRIS at Chelsea's in Eureka Springs for Diversity
• Weekend
: Saturday. April 10: Herland Hike at Martin Nature Park, 5000
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: Saturday. April 10: Herland Cleanup Day, noon-5 pm
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Sunday. Apri I 11: Womyn of Color Meeting, call 842-3464 for
details
Monday. April 12: OGLPC Monthly Meeting at the Center,
2135 NW 39th, 7 pm
Saturday. April 17: Church of the Open Arm's Strut Your
Mutt, Deli on the Labyrinth, NW 32nd & Classen , 1 pm
Saturday. April 17: Herland Supper Club at Grand House, 5
pm, followed by OKC Lightning Football Game at Taft Stadium 7 pm
Sunday. April 18: Herland Potluck, 3 pm, followed by Herland
Board Meeting, 4 pm
Sunday. Apri I 25: March for Women's Lives, Washington DC
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Saturday. May 8: May Music Fest Benefit for RAIN, Farmer's
Market, 311 S. Klein, 7 pm
May 14--16: Her/and Spring Retreat at Roman Nose with
IRIS
May 19-22: Third National Lesbian Health Conference ChiI
cago, IL
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Website of the Month
Oklahoma Independent Media Center
www.okimc.org
Livin', Lovin', Losin' Songs of the Louvin Brothers
Free workshop "Acupuncture and Traditional
Eastern Medicine in the 21st Century"
By Jill Gamer
s Americans look for alternatives to medications and
expensive healthcare, Acupuncture, the ancient form
of healing, has taken on new popularity in modern
society. There are a variety of illnesses and ailments which
can be treated with acupuncture including stress, depression,
insomnia, muscular pain, sports injuries and arthritis.
Have you wondered what the needles look like, does it
hurt, how does it work and will it work for you?
Massage therapy is becoming more common as people begin
to understand the general health benefits reaped by it both
physically and mentally. Massage has been shown to relieve
and reduce stress, depression, anxiety, tension, back pain,
headache and some chronic pain and repetitive stress injuries. How to pick a good massage therapist and how can
massage therapy benefit you?
To help answer your questions and to learn more about
these ancient forms of treatment Kevin Gardner Singleton,
B.S., M.S., DIPL., (ACU/CH) and the Wellness Project is offering a complementary workshop on Acupuncture and Traditional Eastern Medicine in the 21st Century. For confidential
questions relating to personal healthcare, a private 30-minute
complementary consultation on Acupuncture and this ancient
form of Eastern medicine may be scheduled. To reserve
seating for one of the workshops, make an appointment, or
to get information on workshop dates and times call 8403331. The Wellness Project is located at 5500 N. Western,
Suite 214, Oklahoma City.
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hrough the 1950s into the early 60s, Charlie and
Ira Louvin, influenced by the close-harmony
country brother duets of the Blue Sky Boys, the
Delmore Brothers, the Callahans Brothers and the Monroe Brothers, made their mark on the music world. With
Ira's incredibly high tenor and Charlie's smooth melody
tenor, the duo began with gospel and then convinced the
record company to let them move into non-secular music. It worked for them and the Louvin's have influenced
a wide range of artists from Johnny Cash, the Everly
Brothers, Gram Parsons and Elvis Costello. Emmylou
Harris had her first hit with "If I Could Only Win Your
Love" and the Louvin's themselves scored with "Cash on
the Barrelhead" and "When I Stop Dreaming" among
many others.
This CD, Songs of the Louvin Brothers, consists of duets by many well-known artists, and a few not so well
known. I love it and all the combinations work for me.
Most of the duets are male/female with the women doing
Ira's part because not many men can sing like he could.
All are big fans of the Louvin's and jumped into this project willingly, thanks in large part to Ira Louvin's daughter Kathy, who sings on the lively "I Wish You Knew",
and Carl Jackson, a wonderful singer and musician who
appears on several songs on the collection.
One of my favorite duets on the CD is "When I Stop
Dreaming" sung by Glen Campbell and Leslie Satcher.
Satcher is an incredible singer who I've been blessed to
be a fan of since I first heard her on a Gram Parson's
collection. A couple of more unlikely duets that I can't
get enough of are James Taylor and Alison Krauss on
"How's the World Treating You" and Vince Gill and Terri
Clark singing "I Can't Keep You in Love With Me." All
have incredible voices and to hear the harmony they do
is just inspiring. Linda Ronstadt adds her talent along
with Carl Jackson on "The New Partner Waltz", and two
of my very favorites, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, team up beautifully on "My Baby's Gone." Patty
Loveless sings with one of my new favorite male voices,
Jon Randall, on "Are You Teasing Me", Ronnie Dunn
(from Brooks and Dunn) and Rebecca Lynn Howard meld
on "If I Could Only Win Your Love", and Rhonda Vincent,
Dolly Parton and Pam Tillis all sing songs on this collection.
This is one I highly recommend. Not only are there
some of the most beautiful female voices on these
songs, but the harmony that the Louvin brothers were
loved for is recreated with all of these duets. It's truly a
fitting tribute and I only wish it were a box set because
15 songs just aren't enough. The Louvins split up as a
duo in 1963 and Ira Louvin was killed in a car accident in
1965. But their legacy lives on and if you've never
heard of them, let this collection be your first introduction. Hopefully you11 be inspired to want more.
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7 pm, Saturday, May 8th
at the historic Oklahoma City Farmer's Market 311 S. Klein
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RAIN and CarePoint have come together again to host an event that benefits people living with HIVI AIDS across the Western region
of our state. RAIN-Oklahoma provides unique, volunteer-based services that are not duplicated in any other program in the state. In
addition to training volunteers to provide non-medical, practical support, RAIN works within all types of community groups to reduce
the stigma of AIDS through education. In 2002, RAIN served 205 people through 400+ volunteers.
CarePoint is a primary point of entry into Oklahoma's HIV service delivery system. HIV positive persons living in the 405 and 580
area codes are eligible for their services. These include case management, homeless outreach, education, housing assistance, medication management and testing and counseling. In addition, CarePoint offers peer support and HIV+ prevention case management.
For tickets or more information, contact Jean Ann Van Krevelen, Executive Director RAIN-Oklahoma, at www.rainoklahoma.org or
405-947-3434.
And on Friday, April 9, from 6 to 9 pm, shop for your spring garden at Precure Garden Center, 4535 NW 63rd Street - to benefit
RAIN Oklahoma. A portion of proceeds from the sale will be donated to RAIN to support their services for people living with HIVI
AIDS.
Herland Web Site Gets a Makeover
A
newly redesigned and expanded Herland Web site
debuts in April. The site, located at
www.herlandsisters.org, will now feature an online
edition of the Her/and Voice, as well as Web-only features
like a guestbook and searchable archives. Each month's
"Events at a Glance" and featured events will be easily
accessed from the main page, so finding something to do
in the community will be one click away.
For the past two years, the Herland site has been faithfully maintained by Pat Reaves. It has provided basic information about the organization, and featured the
monthly events calendar. Pat has handed the webkeeping
work over to Serena Blaiz, who now chairs a committee
which will oversee the site and future online outreach. "So
much information and networking is now accessed through
the Internet," Serena noted. "We want the site to continue
to evolve and become an even more valuable resource for
keeping our community informed and active."
For those who are into the technical details, the content
management of the updated site is being powered by the
popular open-source blog software, Movable Type.
(What's a blog? We'll have an article about biogs and the
GLBT community in an upcoming issue of the Voice.) The
online discussion group (listserv) and the email version of
the Voice will continue as before, and can be accessed via
the "new" site.
The other members of the Web committee are: Margaret
Cox, Joann B, Beth, Judy, and Margy. Pat Reaves will continue to serve in an advisory role as the committee gets
going. Anyone who would like to be involved can contact
Serena at (405) 615-9401 or the Herland office at (405)
521-9696.
Please check out our updated site and let us know what
you think!
AIDS Benefit Concert
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Peggy Johnson
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Tara Henry
Friday, April 2, 2004
8:30-11 :30 pm
Church of the Open Arms
3131 N. Penn
$5 Admission
Church of the Open Arms
Strut Your Mutt
6th Annual Dog Contest
l pm to 3 pm,
Saturday, April 17th
At Deli on the Labyrinth
NW 32nd & Classen
Live music by Peggy, Terri, and Gloria! Games! Prizes!
Free doggy goody bags! Coloring contest for kids! Trophies! Contest is free! (Contest categories include Best Tail
Wag, Most Talented. Best Dressed, Best Kiss, Most Talented,
Owner Look a Like, Best Smile, and Most Lovable Mug.)
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