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(HERLAND VOICE
Volume 21, Number 8
August 2003
LGBT YOUTH SPEAK OUTI
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id you attend high school or middle
school during the past school year
(2002-2003)? Tell us about your
experiences in school by completing
GL5EN's 2003 National School Climate Survey on-line!
First conducted in 1999, the National
School Climate Survey is the only national
survey that specifically examines the experiences of LGBT youth in school. The survey
examines the prevalence of school-based
harassment and victimization, the frequency
with which students hear biased language
(e.g., homophobic or racist remarks), and
the factors that contribute to or detract from
an overall feeling of comfort or safety at
school.
Take action by filling out an anonymous
survey online and letting the public know
what really goes on in school. To fill out
this survey, please go to:
www .glsen.org/templates/news/
record.html?section=20&record= 1618
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Peggy Johnson and Wende Allyn at Herland Fall Retreat
Osage Hills State Park September 5th-7th
The Herland Fall Retreat is proud to feature two fine Oklahoma singer/songwriters at its
upcoming Fall Retreat at Osage Hills State Park. Veteran performer, Peggy Johnson is a
native Georgian that made Oklahoma her home many years ago. Peggy has become the
musical voice of social justice in Oklahoma City, donating her time and effort to causes
from education to equal
rights to peace.
In addition to penning the
poignant title track for the
Herland CD, Dustbowl Lullaby, Peggy has released
three solo titles over the
years - Time to Do It, Lost
Wax Trains, and her latest
release Pearls.
Wende Allyn is also a very
popular performer in the
OKC area. Her CD, Catalina
Days, showcases her fine
musical sense and songwriting ability with the lively title
track and the hauntingly
beautiful, Marilyn in the Moon. In addition to Oklahoma, Wende has also called california
and Hawaii home. Wende has opened for such acts as Janis Ian and Ray Wylie Hubbard.
Greg Johnson of the Blue Door has said that Wende is one of the best young songwriters
in America today.
Osage Hills State Park is located five miles north of Pawhuska on SH-99, then 8 miles
east on US-60. A densely wooded park nestled in lush, rolling hills, this area is largely
untouched as it was part of the Osage Indian settlement. The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
is only a few miles away and a group outing to the site is planned for Saturday morning.
The preserve is host to bison, coyotes, bobcats, and white-tail deer. Hiking trails take
visitors across grasslands, into wooded ravines, and across the oak savannah.
Other nearby attractions include the Woolaroc Museum, Tom Mix Museum, Prairie Song,
Osage Historical Museum, and the Prairie National Wild Horse Refuge .
Retreat activities typically include workshops on Saturday morning and an afternoon
open mic where everyone has a chance to share their talents. The Saturday evening potluck begins at 5:30 pm and usually features some true gastronomical delights.
Registration includes all retreat activities, Friday supper, Saturday and Sunday breakfasts, and bunk space in a cabin. See page 4 for retreat pre-registration form.
Native American Women
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he OKC Two-Spirit Society is having meetings for lesbian and bi-sexual women of
Native American descent. Come and share a meal with us at Herland on August 28th
at 6:30pm. The OKC Two-Spirit Hotline number is (405) 317-7283.
Womyn of Color Club
The Womyn of Color group meets the 2nd Sunday of each month. Please email
womynofcolor@gay.com or call (405) 842-3464 or (405) 947-7691 for more information.
www .her1andsisters.org
Email: herlandsisters@cox.net
Herland Sister Resources, 2312 NW 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
(405) 521-9696
Bookstore Hours: Saturdays 1-5 pm
Herland Book Club
Herland to Participate in OU Campus Block Party
The Herland Book Club will meet on Monday, August 4th, at 7 pm to discuss Zami: A
New Spelling of My Name by Audre Larde.
Everyone is welcome.
T
Book Review
Woman on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy, Reviewed by GG
The woman on the edge of time in Marge
Piercy's 1976 novel is Consuelo Ramos, held
against her will in a New York mental hospital. Befriended by Luciente, a person from
2137, Connie time-travels to the seemingly
idyllic village of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
where she meets an array of socialist and
environmentalist alternatives to the violent
and exploitive society that victimizes her in
her own time.
Idyllic Mattapoisett is at war with another
.·.·.·. alternative future, a horrid
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o celebrate National Women's Equality Day and five years of providing education and
support services to the Norman community, The Women's Outreach Center is throwing a block party on August 26, 2003 on the South Oval of the OU campus from 3 pm
to 7 pm. On August 26, 1920, after a 72-year struggle, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote. Several decades later, President
Jimmy Carter declared August 26th Women's Equality Day. Today, Women's Equality Day
is a day to celebrate past successes and the on-going struggle for equal rights.
The block party will kick off at 3 pm with several important keynote speakers from the
OU campus and the Norman community. There will also be local performers providing entertainment throughout the event.
The Women's Outreach Center has planned a myriad of exciting events, information tables, and activities. The block party will feature belly dancing, yoga, face painting, henna
body art, and Party Pix of Norman. Participating organizations, including Herland Sister
Resources, the Society of Women Students and Supporters, Hillel Jewish Student Foundation, Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Susan G. Kamen
Breast Cancer Foundation, OU Habitat for Humanity, and many others, will staff booths in
order to provide information for interested students and participants.
Don't miss the chance to enjoy these exciting activities, to learn about the resources
available to the community, and to commemorate the women's struggle for equal treatment
The Oklahoma Spiritual Walk for Peace Takes a New Tac;:k
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"richies" enjoy long life on
space platforms
above the degraded polluted
earth filled with poor people kept drugged
and complacent, to be used as organ banks
and sex toys for the "richies."
Part science fiction, part Utopian novel,
part radical political tract, the novel is not to
everyone's liking. Some called the frame
too depressing, while others found the future worlds too far out. In any case, the
book is complex, imaginative, and provocative.
ith the strong perception in the mind of the general public that the Iraq war is
over and should be forgotten, we have put aside our Sunday walks and are instead planning special events. Four different entities have been spun off which
we hope will make a difference for peace in Oklahoma and the world. We hope one of
them will appeal to you and that you will join us.
Peace Circles - Imagine millions of people throughout the world, joined in small, intimate
circles of spiritual support, praying together, meditating together, envisioning a healed and
peaceful world, and creating among its members a sense of sacred communion. Hundreds
of Peace Circles, sponsored by the Global Renaissance Alliance, exist around the world today with more forming daily. The only membership criteria is the personal desire to seek
the spiritual healing of our individual and collective wounds. Contacts for Peace Circles are:
Donna Compton in OKC at (405)751-6956 and Lydia Gill Polley in NE Oklahoma at (918)
487-5603.
Department of Peace Campaign - On April 8, 2003 Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
introduced a landmark bill to establish a U.S. Department of Peace. HR 1673 would make
peace and non-violence the organizing principles in our society. A cabinet level .Secretary
of Peace would head seven offices: Peace Education and Training, Domestic Peace Activities, International Peace Activities, Technology for Peace, Arms Control and Disarmament,
Peaceful Coexistence and Non-violent Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights arid Economic
Rights. We have the unique opportunity to confront the root causes of war, violence, and
human rights abuse. Contact: Lydia Gill Polley at (405)206-6061 or (918)487-5603. ) . .
Peace PoUuck ''Program and Possibilities" - This group will create monthly gatherings 'for
interested peace activists to gather, .share food and solidarity, enjoy Cl.program, or take
action. It has been proposed that we meet on the fourth Sunday afternoon of each month ·
from 3 pm to 5 pm. If interested in joining this team, contact: Nathaniel Batchelder, Peace
House, ( 405)524-5577 or email BatchOKC@aol.com.
Peace Education - The Peace Education Team meets to brainstorm creative ways to include elements of peace-making in the school curriculum at every level - elementary
through college. Ideas and energy and needed. American youth are the most competitive
in the world. While this has its positive
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side, American youth are less able than
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gentler side. More schools and colleges
are teaching principles of nonviolence and
conftict resolution through mediation.
Contact: Marge and Bob Delaney at (405)
424-1025 or email Margdbob@swbell.net.
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of Hertand Sister Resources. Unsolicited articles and letters
to the editor are welcomed and must be signed by the
writer with full name and address. Upon request, letters or
articles may be printed under a pseudonym or an()nymously. Subscriptions to The Voice are free upon request
although a donation is requested to meet publication and
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LGBT Community Center opens in
Hometown of Rush Limbaugh
V
isions ofPride LGBT Community Center opened July
1, 2003, at 30 N. Pacific, Cape Girardeau, MO. The
cottage is located adjacent to beautiful gardens so
that the feel of the center will be homey and peaceful. The
organizer, Denise Eaker, said her "vision" is for the local
LGBT community to come together under one roof that will
provide a safe place for LGBT people to share community
and grow together without fear, disapproval, or shame.
Planned activities include INSISTERHOOD (lesbian support group) twice monthly, EQUALFOOTING (LGBT support
group) twice monthly, potlucks, Friday night coffee house,
and a library with LGBT information and books.
Eaker is using her own savings and disability income to
rent the building and to create a safe haven for those who
identify as LGBT. The inspiration for such a center came
from the pain and isolation she felt being alone in a Southern town in 1989 that had no support system for the LGBT
community. After feeling desperately depressed with the
situation, Eaker called a crisis line and was told she was
going to bum in hell for being a lesbian.
That incident lit a fire in Eaker to start a support group
for lesbians. Then she saw the need for a community phone
line and a mixed group to address the needs of the men in
the community.
Eaker plans to make Visions ofPride a nonprofit organization, so funding can be sought and donations can be a tax
deductible. There won't be any membership fees and
monthly costs of the center will be covered by passing the
basket contribution. Events involving a fee will have a sliding scale so that everyone will be able to partake in offered
events.
Donations are welcome and needed, whether it's books,
magazines, time, or financial assistance. Please call Denise
Eaker if you want more info at (573) 651-6220 or e-mail
her at DELTADYKE@aol.com or write her at Denise Eaker,
PO Box 0623, Cape Girardeau, MO 63702-0623.
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• Sunday. August 3: Miss Brown to You <ind Sisters o( Swing at
: Mount St. Mary's School, SW 28th <ind Sh;:irtel, 6:30 pm
• Tuesday. August 5: Louise and Mary at G;:ilileo, 3009 Paseo, 8
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• Saturday. August 9: Herland Hike at Martin Nature Park, 5000
: W. Memorial. 10 am
• Saturday. August 9: Louise, Mary, and Emily l<.qitz at the Claude
: Anderson Festiv;:il on the Paseo, 11 am
• Saturday. August 9: Herland Supper Club at Galileo, 3009 Paseo,
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• Sunday. August 10: Womyn o( Color Meeting
: Monday. August 11: OGLPC Monthly Meeting at the Center,
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• White Street in Norman, 7:30 pm, $5 cover
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Saturday. September 13: Mary Reynolds and Greg Jacobs at the
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Request for Donations
M Coleen Woody
Her1and is a nonprofit, entirely volunteer organization that
needs your donations to survive. If you value and appreciate
the services that Herland provides to the community, such as
the newsletter, concerts, retreats, supper dubs, bookstore and
lending library, please consider sending a donation today. Your
support - emotional and financial - is critical to our success.
Thank you!
Attorney at Law
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
(405) 245-1626
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Volunteers!
Saint Sybil
V
ear Saint Sybil,
What in the name of heaven is going on with this paintball "hunting?" Men in camouflage with paintball guns, hunting their prey: naked women. How on earth can
our country sanction this renting of a woman's body - and her soul - for "sport" and her
total degradation. How can this be permitted?
So they have a contract - but surely an agreement to participate in an illegal act doesn't
make a valid contract. For instance, if you want to commit suicide, you can't contract with
someone to kill you. That would still be murder. And if one of those paintballs hits a
woman in her temple, it will be just that, murder. Now, these women running and hiding
naked in the woods, hunted by "sportsmen," did not contract to be killed. No, they merely
contracted for assault and battery upon themselves: men shooting them with paintballs that
travel at 200 miles per hour. Apologists say, Well, they are well paid - up to $2,500 a
"hunt". And the same people, when they see the fury in the eye of their listener, fall back
on the ultimate put-down and justification: Well, they're only prostitutes, anyway. As if
prostitutes are a sub species. As if they aren't someone's daughter, mother, sister, lover,
aunt, niece, wife, friend. As if prostitutes are in it for the good pay, safe working conditions
and excellent benefits. As if prostitutes ... don't have souls.
So my first question is how can it be legal, and why don't the authorities stop it right
now!? My second question is this: how can the men who participate dare go out in daylight, why are they not pariahs, outcasts, in their communities and families? I would cut a
father, a brother, a husband, a fi"iend out of my heart with a dull knife if he participated in
one of these odious hunts. And anyone who condones them is little better.
Yours in horror and dismay,
Mags
olunteers are the heart and soul of
Herland. We have been very active
this past year, and could do it only
because of the tremendous help we have
gotten from scores of volunteers.
Some of the things you do: staff the store
on weekends, lead hikes, write grants, present workshops, sing at our events, drive in
from distant towns, log in library books, run
sound, run open mic, post fliers, sell tickets,
facilitate Board retreats, serve on committees, write book reviews and other articles
for the Voice, wield chainsaws, brick up
windows, paint, buy food for our entertainers, build campfires, cook, clean, hang
lights, do layout... ..
And some of you are (in no particular
order): Betsy, Silver, Jonalu, Joanna,
Cathy, Kathy, Linda, Fran, Ginny, Wende,
Peggy, Stephanie, Kendra, Andy, Riki,
Welda, Jill, Sandra, Jane, Nancy, Karen,
Linda, Peggy, Cindi, Dorothy, Linda, Judith,
Elaine, Jacqueline, Beth, Laura, Judy, Lydia,
Margaret, Jerita, Jan, Diane, Ginger,
Marilyn, Shirley, Audrey, Joanna, Sherry,
Janis, Sarah, Ruth, Pat, Jean, Regina,
Rhonda, Sandy, Elyse, and Gail.
And you whose name we have inadvertently left off this list! We are deeply indebted and grateful to you. Thank you, you
are Herland.
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Dear Mags,
You know, being a saint sitting on the great Continuum, I can all too often spot two sides
of an issue. It's a curse. In this case, however, there's only one side, and you are squarely
on it This "game" is an abomination. '111y is it legal? '111en there is enough ofan outay,
reasons will be found tr:J make it illegal. '111y do the participants go home from their ''sport"
and not find the locks changed and all their worldly goods in a pile in the street? For the
same reason women stay with abusive husbands, and the same reason women who serve
as the prey in these "games" participate: they are women beaten down by all of the facets
ofa sexist and unjust society, economy, and culture.
Don't let them get away with ie Mags.
Yours in sorrow,
Sybil
IIerlCllld SprilJ.q Wome1l's Retreat Registration Form
osaqe Bills State Park - Septelllber 5-1, 2003
Below are guidelines to help you select an appropriate registration amount. Deadline for pre-registration is Sept. 2nd.
Please rememl1er that dogs are welcome 11ut 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
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$13,300-$19,500
$18,000-$26,000
$35
$19,500-$30,000
$26,000-$50,000
$45
email (optional):
over $30,000
over $50,000
$60
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-$25 -$35 -$45 -$60
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per person
1-Saturday only (workshops, concert, & one night stay) - $25
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only - $10
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( ) I need a scholarship to attend.
( ) 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: Herland Sister Resources, 2312 NW 39th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
A retreat packet with all information will be sent to you.
Women's Equality Day Quiz
To help celebrate Women's Equality Day, the National Women's History Project has developed a quiz to stimulate your thinking.
1. August 26th is celebrated as Women's Equality Day to commemorate
a. the work women did during the Second World War
b. the anniversary of women winning the right to vote
c. the flappers of the 1920's
d. the contemporary women's rights movement
2. In what year did Congresswoman Bella Abzug introduce legislation to ensure that this important American anniversary would be celebrated?
a. 1992
b. 1984
c. 1971
d. 1965
3. In what year did women in the United States win the right to vote?
a. 1776
b. 1848
c. 1920
d. 1946
4. How many years did it take for women to win the right to vote in the United States?
a. 72 years
b. 120 years
c. 20 years
d. 51 years
5. Women in most of the western states won the right to vote years before the Federal Amendment was secured. This is the 90th anniversary of women in Kansas and Oregon winning the vote. What other state is celebrating the 90th anniversary of women winning the right
to vote in their state.
a. New York
b. Florida
c. Maine
d. Arizona
6. What was the name given to t:he 19th Amendment to the Constitution which guaranteed women's right to vote in the United States?
a. Abigail Adams Amendment
b. Sojourner Truth Amendment
c. Susan B. Anthony Amendment
d. Gloria Steinem Amendment
7. Women who worked for women's right to vote were called
a. radical
b. immoral
c. suffragists
d. all of the above
8. The term suffragist is derived from
a. one who suffers
b. a voting tablet in ancient t imes
c. the.Constitution .
d. the Bill of Rights
9. How many other countries had already guaranteed women's right to vote before the campaign was won in the United States?
a. 6
b. 2
c. 1
d. 16
10. What was the first country that granted women the right to vote?
a.canada
b. Germany
c. New Zealand
d. United Kingdom
And one question from Herland: In what year did the
Equal Rights Amendment become the law of the land?
a) 1948
b) 1972
c) 1982
d) Huh?
Yep, "d' is right, we're still waiting.
Answers: 1. b; 2. c; 3. c; 4. a (from the first Women's Rights Convention in 1848 to 1920); 5. d; 6. c; 7. d; 8. b; 9. d (New Zealand (1893), Australia
(1902), Rnland (1906), Norway (1913), Denmark (1915), USSR (1917), Canada (1918), Germany (1918), Poland (1918), Austria (1919), Belgium (1919),
Great Britain (1919), Ireland (1919), Luxembourg (1919), the Netherlands (1919), Sweden (1919); 10. c (1893)
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