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- Dimensions : v.10: no.1(1996:July.)
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- Dimensions was a lesbian lifestyle magazine published in Lubbock, TX from July 1986 until the end of 1996. Content includes national news, poetry, book reviews, advice columns, and horoscopes.
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Pi Oj)^!ty of the Center
Volume 10, Issue 1
July 1996
PLAZA
FOUR ATTITUDES • FOUR
Only 10 Minutes From Montrose • ONE COVER FOR ALL THE FUN
Patrolled, Well-Ut Parking for 300 Oars • Men Always Welcome!
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Baked Potatos with all the trimmings
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 3
CoHlTElSTSi
Volume 10, Issue 1 • July1996
Feature
Then & Now: A Short History of Women's Rights 13
The Coeeee Ceiib
Lesbian Literature, Music, Movies & More 20
How big a Bitch Are You?? 22
What A WoRTD, What A Woru>
Humor by Comedian Nancy Ford 18
Mo]!«THET
P.O. Box 856 • Lubbock, TX 79408
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Features
5 News • 9 What's GoiN' On
12 Dear Agnes • 24 Horoscope
26 DiRECTORY • 29 ClASSiFiEDS
Managing Editors
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P.O. Box 856, Lubbock, TX 79408, Phone(806)797-
Tasho Sumner
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sions or its staff. Publication of the names ofany person
Dimensions is published by Visions Publishing Co.,
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so requested.
The
From Around the Region, the Country & the World
Anti-Lesbian Bias
Being Considered in
Slayings
Washington, DC - Attorney General
versation with an FBI official involved
in the case and from various statements
to the press by investigators that indi
cated the possibility ofanti-lesbian bias
was being prematurely dismissed. Ex
Janet Reno has assured the National
ecutive Director Melinda Paras issued
Gay and Lesbian Task Force(NGLTF)
that investigators are considering
anti-lesbian bias as a possible motiva
tion in the slaying ofJulianne Williams
the following statement in response to
the Attorney General's letter:
We are gratified and relieved that the
Justice Department is examining all
possible motives in the tragic murder of
andLollieWinans. In a letter to NGLTF
executive director Melinda Paras,Reno
Julie Williams andLollieWinans. With
stated investigators are "... pursuing all
motives, including the possibility that
the crime was motivated by the sexual
anti-lesbian bias is being seriously con
sidered, the Task Force is now able to
orientation of the victims."
Williams and Winans were found mur
dered in Virginia's Shenandoah Na
tional Park on June 1. Many in the
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
community and others familiar with the
nature of hate crimes fear the killings
could have been an anti-lesbian hate
crime. This fear stems from the fact that
the women, according to press reports
and friends of the women, were lesbi
ans; robbery was not involved in the
criine; and no other motive has appar
ently been established. Also,the Appa
lachian Trail was the site of the 1988
murder of Rebecca Wight. Wight was
murdered, and her partner, Claudia
Brenner, was seriously injured after
being shot because they were lesbians.
Attorney General Reno's assurance that
express confidence in the investigation
to our community and all involved in
the struggle against bias violence.
NGLTF will, of course, continue to
monitorthe investigation with vigilance.
We do not know ifJulie and Lollie were
killed because they were lesbians. We
do know, unfortunately, such a possi
bility is all too real. We also know it is
important that all hate crimes be identi
fied accurately and honestly by the
media and the criminal justice system.
Silence about such crimes feeds the
apathy and ignorance that often sur
rounds them. Silence around hate vio
lence and the possibility of such vio
lence also ignores the other victims of
these crimes - whole communities who
live in fear and danger as a result of
individual anti-gay attacks.
The Task Force contacted Attorney
Shirley Lesser of Virginians for Jus
General Reno by letter on June 7 when
tice, a statewide organization that ad
vances equal justice gay, lesbian bi
concerns were raised that the possibil
ity of a hate crime was not being seri
ously considered by investigators.
sexual and transgender citizens of the
Commonwealth of Virginia,issued the
These concerns stemmed from a con
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 5
following statement in response to the
Attorney General's letter:
Virginians for Justice (VJ) is pleased
that Department of Justice listened and
responded in a timely fashion to our
concerns. Though individual investi
gators assured us that all possible mo
tives are being pursued, we are relieved
to have this officially confirmed by the
Attorney General. VJ will continue to
work closely with the Virginia State
Police and the investigative team to
ensure a quick resolution to this case.
Oregon Group Aban
dons Signature Drive
Portland, OR - The Oregon Citizens
Alliance, a radical right-wing group,
has announced they will abandon their
drive to gather signatures for another
ballotmeasure asking to write discrimi
nation into the Oregon Constitution.
The decision came as no surprise to
anti-discrimination advocates in light
of the US Supreme Court's ruling in
Romer v.Evans.The ruling struck down
a discriminatory measure(Amendment
2) passed in the state of Colorado.
"It's not often that Lon Mabon and the
OCA make our day!" declares Julie
Davis, Executive Director of Basic
Rights Oregon, an organization that
advocates basic legal rights for all Or
egon citizens. "While the high court's
ruling affirms our belief in the judicial
system, recognition of the legal rights
of all Oregonians won't happen in the
courts alone. We've got a lot ofeducat
ing to do throughout the state. Recent
surveys show that 80% of the public
doesn't know that IT IS CURRENTLY
LEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST GAY MEN AND LESBI
ANS IN OREGON.
Page 6 • Dimensions • July 1996
"The decision of the OCA to abandon
this year's pro-discrimination measure
is a good sign," says Eric Fishman,
Co-Chair ofBasic Rights Oregon Steer
ing Committee, "but it's important to
remember thatthe US Supreme Court's
decision in Romer didn't happen in a
vacuum. Numerous groups have been
working in Oregon and nationally orga
nizing, litigating and educating people
about basic legal rights."
Basic Rights Oregon will move for
ward aggressively with the planning
and implementation of a six-point pro
gram that includes:
The Fair Workplace Project - a state
wide educational program thatincludes
a fully produced seven minute video
featuring former Attorney General Dave
Fohnmayer, retired Oregon Supreme
Court Justices, Oregon business lead
ers and testimonials of local workers
who have experienced employmentdis
crimination telling the truth about their
experience in the workplace.
Changing the legal status of lesbians
and gay men in Oregon. Oregonians
can still be discriminated against in the
areas of employment, housing, public
accommodations and credit simply be
cause oftheir actual or perceived sexual
orientation. Neither the US Supreme
Court ruling in Romer nor the OCA's
decision to abandon its 1996 ballot box
attack have an effect in these areas. In
Oregon protections against discrimina
tion exist in only four Oregon Cities —
Ashland, Corvallis, Eugene and Port
land.Basic Rights Oregon will be work
ing with other organizations to change
Oregon law so that discrimination is no
longer legal anywhere in our state. This
will be done through a combination of
educational, legislative and electoral
efforts.
Continuing efforts to identify base of
supporters through voter identification
criminatory ballot measures including
those aimed at women's reproductive
freedom, immigrants, affirmative ac
tion and public education.
Basic Rights Oregon exists to advance
and protect human rights. It is building
the broadest possible coalition to counter
the activities of groups such as the Or
egon Citizens Alliance; and to defeat
calls, pledge card drives and outreach
work from Pendelton to Astoria, from
state fairs to church meetings.
Developing leaders and training local
or community organizers to assist with
Basic Rights Oregon's ongoing projects
on a statewide basis and identify and
train campaign workers.
attempts to deny basic rights through the
electoral process. The organization in
cludes a full-time professional staff and
a wide array of business, labor, educa
tion, religious, gay and lesbian organi
Building on existing coalition by ex
panding and strengthening relation
ships with other organizations, reli
gious institutions, businesses and other
potential allies.
Educating supporters about other dis
zations and more than 5,000 committed
volunteers throughout the state.
BUY GAY.
The Job You Save May Be Your Lover's.
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July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 7
3903 Cedar Springs
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AND ONE PLACE
TOGO
Page 8 • Dimensions • Juiy 1996
What's Goia' Oa
A Monthly Listing Of Special Events All Around The Area
DALLAS - The Hope Counseling
Center is a non-profit program of Ca
thedral of Hope MCC offering indi
vidual, couples and family counseling
and Lesbian Support Groups facilitated
by licensed professional therapists. For
more information,call(214)351-5657.
SAN ANTONIO - The Gay and Les
bian Community Center of San An
groups for gay parents and their chil
dren and fun activities for gay families.
AMARILLO - The Amarillo Lesbian
Gay Alliance will hold its Queer Din
ner Club on Thursday, June 11th at
Los Insurgentes (Celia's) at 7:30pm
and on Thursday, July 18th at Italian
Delights at 7:30pm. Everyone is in
tonio has an immediate need for volun
vited to attend. For more information
aboutthe Dinner Club and other ALGA
teers to help at the Center, located at
923East Mistletoe,Community-minded
events, call the ALGA Information
Line at(806)373-5725.
individuals are asked to donate four
hours a week. Help is needed with of
fice work,fundraising,the Hotline,com
puter data entry and peer counseling.
For more information or to provide
assistance please call (210) 732-4300
and leave your name and phone num
ber,or drop by the office from noon to
OKLAHOMA CITY - Herland Sis
8 PM.
the 3rd Sunday of each month). To
ter Resources is looking for volunteers
to serve on the Board, keep Herland
open on weekends,improve the grounds
and building, write for the newsletter
and lots ofother tasks. All are invited to
attend the monthly meeting(4:30pm on
volunteer call (504) 521-9696 or stop
by 2312 NW 39th.
DALLAS - The Oak Lawn Soccer
Club is a lesbian/gay soccer club,field
OFINTERESTTO ALL
ing teams in local leagues and national
Mark your calendars now for the week
and international tournaments.They are
end of October 11-13 for the 2nd An
nual lYG National Youth Festival.
looking for players of all skill levels.
Call (214) 942-3566 or e-mail to:
astrojet@aol.com for more info.
This year's festival will be held in
Washington,D.C. where lYG will host
the first ever Gay Youth March on
HOUSTON - The Houston Gay and
Lesbian Parents Group will have
"Water Fun" days for their family ac
tivity on July 20th and August 11th.
Washington.The theme for this year's
conference is"Free 2b Me."The week
end will coincide with the Names
Project Foundation's display of the
They also have a new phone number
you can call formore information.(713)
entire AIDS Memorial Quilt on the
666-8260. The HGLP offers support
register, see the lYG web site at http;//
National Mall. For more info or to
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 9
www.youth.org/loco/iyg or call (317)
tion, write P.O.Box 819,Provincetown,
541-8726.
MA 02657 or call (508)487-3684^
The 9th Annual Provincetown Har
bor Swim for Life and Mermaid
Brunch AIDS Benefit is scheduled for
Saturday, September 7th. This is a 1.4
mile open water
swim
to
benefit
AIDS and gay/les
bian organizations.
Many other activities
are planned for the
weekend including
Real Estate Finance
POW ER
FIINAiXClAL
CORPORATION
swimmer registra
tion, pledge sheets
and more informa
Refinance
Good Credit/Bad Credit OK!
Foreclosure Bailout
Alternative Financing
the Celebration of
Life Concert. For
Home Loans
GAY FRIENDLY
State/Nationwide
CALL TAMMY CHAMBERLAIN AT
(800) 979-6883 or(512) 345-1913 in Austin
^ Desert Hearts
uko^men's festiifiil
October 11, 12 & 13
Coumbus Day Weekend
Uendors,talent, volunteers &'Testi-goers"
call(210)796-7446
Join Hundreds of women on a rugged women's ranch, tucked
away in the woods in the beautifulTexas Hill Country and enjoy
mother nature, sisterhood and entertainment under the stars.
For ticket information and details leave your name,full address
and phone number for a discreetly mailed flyer. Make plans
now and bring all your girlfriends. Big discounts for early tickets.
Page 10 • Dimensions • Juiy 1996
Dear
Answers to your questions about love,
RELATIONSHIIPS & PERSONAL PROBLEMS
This Dear Agnes Column appeared In the
first Issue of Dimensions In July 1986
does not work and further more, she
per day,or year,or decade and then they
just quit. In all likelihood, she will get
anotherjob in her field sometime in the
future without counseling. However,it
hasn't worked in a couple of years ex
cept for a bartendingjob here and there,
over again.
Dear Agnes,
I am ready to run away from home,My
lover is 40 years old and I am 39. She
mowing someone's lawn or doing small
maintenance jobs for friends. These
jobs of hers last from one to six months
and then there are long lapses in-between
when she does nothing until I throw a fit
and insist that we need the extra money.
Is there something wrong with her? I
can't imagine not having my own
money.It doesn't seem to bother her. I
work in a highly professional position
and it really irks me to come home and
find she hasn't done anything all day.I
know she is a bright woman and ca
pable ofhandling ajob. Up until 2 years
ago she was working as a professional
in herfield at$25,000 per year. One day
she threw a fit and just walked off the
job. This situation in driving a wedge
is probably just the same cycle starting
I strongly suggest counseling in this
instance. A person cannot grow to their
full potential unless they are willing to
take responsiblity for themselves and
the person they would like to become.
You will probably need to consider
counseling as a couple. You seem to
have built up a grudge about this situa
tion that will not be easily reconciled
and which will only hinder you lover's
progress towards independence.
Dear Agnes,
I have been living with a beautiful
woman for the past five years and we
have a wonderful life together except
for sex. I am a very sexual " person.
When we first started living together
between us and I'm not sure what to do
we were very compatible but for the
about it. I love her very much and I
past 2 years there has been a sharp
don't want to leave but I can't take it
decline in our sex life. I have tried
much longer.
Confused
talking to her about it but she seems to
avoid the question orjust tells me there
is nothing wrong with us. When we do
Dear Confused,
have sex, she takes the directors chair
and I find I don't enjoy it very much. I
The first thing on the agenda is to con
am at wits end, I cannot tolerate this
vince her to go to either a counselor or
a career counseling center. She appar
situation much longer. A two month
ently has problems dealing with the
reality of responsibility. Some people
can only take so much responsibility
should I do? What can I do?
holding period is now in effect. What
Deprived
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 11
Dear Deprived,
It is normal for any relationship to go
into a sexual decline from time to time
due to stress, depression, or
pre-occupation with other problems.
There may be a problem in her life of
which you are unaware. Try talking
with her about other aspects of her life
(other than your relationship). Sex is
one ofthe hardest areas to discuss within
a relationship.Frequently, partners fear
talking about negative sexual seelings.
This fear is based on how your partner
"thinks" you will react. The fear you
to talk about her feelings. Counseling
for couples can help, provided you are
both willing to go and air your feelings.
Sex is certainly not the most important
aspect of a relationship but it is one of
them.
^
DO YOU HAVE
A PROBLEM?
Write To "Agnes" At:
P.O. Box 856
Lubbock, 7X 79408
might leave the relationship and/or seek
a new sexual partner.Explain to her that
you understand she may have these
fears and that you understand. This
approach could open her up and get her
or e-mail her at:
visions782@aol.com
KROiD
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A short history of the woman's & flay right's movements of the
20th century that first ran in the April 1993 issue of Dimensions
There are those who believe that "you can't
really appreciate where you are going until
you understand where you've been."
As I write this, events leading up to the
historic '93 March on Washington for Les
bian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Libera
outside the home and beginning to domi
nate professions such as nursing and teach
ing. Out of 369 occupations listed in the
census of 1890, women could befound in all
but nine. Although the federal government
didn't give in until the '20s, many munici
tion are just beginning. The March itself
palities allowed women to vote in local
won't happen for another week. In the
midst of all the excitement, 1 thought this
would be an appropriate time to look at
elections as early as the 1900s and four
where we came from. So here it is — a short
history of both women and the lesbian/gay
community in the 20th century.
1900s # 1910s
At the beginning of this century women m
most states were the property of their hus
bands (or fathers, brothers or other close
male relatives) with no legal control over
their own earnings, children or property.
Women were not allowed to vote,one fourth
of the states did not allow wives to make
states (Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and
Idaho) allowed women to vote in state and
federal elections. By 1914 six additional
states had given the vote to women.
Lesbians and gay men were isolated by a
largely rural population and homosexuality
was rarely mentioned outside the realm of
church or medical journals. There were a
few pockets of gay life in the larger cities,
evidenced by the opening ofSan Francisco's
first gay bar. The Dash, in 1908. By and
large, lesbianism was not thought to be
possible, thus the advent of "Boston Mar
riages", close "friendships" (with definite
romantic overtones)formed by middle class
contracts, and women could not enter into
business partnerships without male con
sent.
But,it wasn't all bad news. From 1890 until
the beginning of World War I, the womens
movement was alive and well. By 1900
twenty percent of women were employed
On August 18,1920,the Nineteenth Amend
ment gave women all over the U.S.the right
to vote. With this victory came a definite
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 13
downturn in the Suffrage movement—with
no great cause to unite them and bring in
new members, women drifted from the
movement. The"New Woman" waited un
til later to marry,wore shorter skirts,smoked
cigarettes and generally had more freedom.
This explosion of women in the work force
gave lesbians the opportunity(many for the
first time) to make a comfortable living
without the aid of a man. Many women
discovered that they were lesbians during
this time.
The freer morals of the '20s brought in
creased freedom for women as well as ho
mosexuals. Many homosexual men had en
countered the relative freedom of gays in
large European cities during the first World
War and brought this expanded view back
to the States with them.The growing shift of
the population from rural to urban also helped
things along.
f 930S
TTie Great Depression brought severe set
backs to women's employment opportuni
ties. With fewer jobs to go around, many
women were forced out of the job market.
Those that did hang on to their jobs were
often faced with wage and hour cuts. When
an advertisement for 150jobs as soap dem
onstrators was advertised in St. Louis,over
1,000 women stormed an office building to
apply for the jobs.
Homosexuals were also affected by the
Depression. With urban areas being espe
cially hard hit, the small gay communities
The attitudes of Senator Joseph McCarthy
and the House UnAmerican Activities Com
mittee influenced both the women's and the
gay communities.The overriding conserva
tism of the decade did not allow for any
radical action by women's organizations.
Many women did not re-enter the work
force after World War II and the media
image of women shifted from "Rosie the
Riveter" to the perky housewife.
Persecution ofhomosexuals came into vogue
with massive military purges and fear of
communism. The early fifties saw the first
forerunners of our modem gay organiza
tions founded in California — West
Coast-One, Inc., the Mattachine Society,
and, in 1955, the first lesbian organization,
the Daughters of Bilitis. The groundwork
for the gay rights movement had been laid.
that had formed in the twenties were forced
to focus on economic instead of emotional
needs. As a result, they retreated further
underground so as not to lose hard earned
The advent of"the pill" and the civil rights
movement both played a role in bringing
feminism back to the forefront of national
jobs, apartments and family support.
politics in the sixties. More and more women
were moving into the work force out of
economic necessity. The National Organi
1940S
zation for Women was founded in 1966.
More than 6 million women went to work
content, they were translating it into action.
for the first time with the advent of World
The number of Lesbian and Gay activists
Women were not only expressing their dis
War II. In the media, women at work were
were growing all across the country. They
pictured as positive role models. Many state
governments repealed legislation that pre
were beginning to realize that maybe they
weren't the ones who had a problem, and
that only by changing the attitudes of those
vented women from working in "danger
ous" positions to encourage women to work
in war plants. Women were also seen in
Then in 1969,on Friday,June 27th, the gay
military uniforms.
movement erupted. The Stonewall Inn, a
Page 14 • Dimensions • July 1996
around them would they ever be accepted.
What A Worih,
Wh^ta Worth
BATHROOM HUMOR
BY Nancy Ford
Who would believe it? It's been ten
years since Dimensions hit the hot little
hands of the collective Texas lesbian.
Since that time, Tasha and the gang
have brought you pieces ofinformation
and enlightenment every month — po
etry and prose and newsflashes and
stuff that you might not miss until it's
not here anymore. With that in mind,I
would publicly like to thank Tasha and
her support system at Dimensions for
providing me with such an excellent
Undoubtedly, the success of Twister:
The Movie will result in a resurgence of
curiosity in Twister: The Board Game.
Introduced in 1966 by Milton Bradley,
the smelly,plastic tarp-with-dots prom
ised "to turn the human body into a vital
component of play." It was the most
popular new game of the 60s (not in
cluding playing Dodge Bullet at Kent
State,) and sold more than 3 million
units its first year.
And now, on to the funny stuff —
You may be wondering how I came to
be such an authority on such an inane
subject. First of all, it ain't brain sur
It's summer! Time for pool parties!
to me. These Twister facts and many
Time for the beach! Time for SPF 983!
more like them can be found in a fasci
Time to get out of the sun, and into a
cool, dark movie theater, which means
John's Bathroom Reader,published by
forum to communicate with you.
gery, which explains much ofits appeal
nating book dubiously entitled Uncle
— it's time for summer blockbuster
St. Martin's Press.
movies!
Love the book, hate the title. But I
swear, this book is really neat. It con
Being a Texas-transplanted biological
product ofthe Midwest(which explains
the excess com and ham in my DNA,)
I have decided to bypass at least one of
tains quick, one-or-two page bits of
information, obviously designed to be
absorbed in the span of a couple or so
this season's smash hits: Twister.
minutes,that might not ever come up in
Granted, I've never had a tractor fly
through my windshield,butI have lived
conversation. But then again, they
through plenty enough real-life torna
does as a child to balk at paying $7.50
might, and you want to be ready, don't
you? UJBR also contains the following
pearls which I couldn't resist passing
to sit through a fake one as an adult.
along to you.
I wish this Twister were a tribute to the
popular board game. Now, there's a
According to one survey,2/3 of men
childhood memory that bears replay
ing. More than just Candyland with
in America believe in love at first
choreography,the original Twister pro
vided millions of us less-than-
athletically-gifted children of the 60s
the semblance of physical exertion and
competition without the embarrassment
of wearing some dorky team uniform.
sight. Fine, but do these men have re
volving charge accounts with U-Haul?
In 1987,a 1,400-year-old still-edible
lump of cheese was unearthed in Ire
land. My question is, how was this
cheese determined to be "still edible?"
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 15
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gay bar in Greenwich Village was raided by
the police — and patrons decided to fight
back. The fight moved into the streets and
was soon joined by people on the street and
from other bars in the area.
ment continues to gain momentum and win
small victories in States and municipalities
nationwide.
The eighties saw the birth of the AIDS
Quilt, Gay TV,National Coming Out Day,
the Gay Games,the first March On Wash
ington and the National Museum ofLesbian
& Gay History.
Feminism was growing steadily in both
numbers and appeal in the early seventies.
Women formed feminist theatre troupes,
rock groups and made feminist movies. Ms.
magazine went into publication. The Su
preme Courtgave women the right to choose
an abortion in 1973 with the decision in Roe
V. Wade.. By 1975, 32 of the required 38
states had passed the ERA amendment.
The San Francisco gay community held the
first Gay Freedom Day Parade in 1970 to
celebrate the anniversary of the Stonewall
riots. In 1972 the American Psychiatric
Association removed homosexuality from
iggos
Although we still have our share of prob
lems, both the women's and gay move
ments are making headway.The passage of
Amendment 2 in Colorado and the fight
over Proposition 9 in Oregon led to ever
increasing violence against gays in those
states.On the positive side,with the election
of Bill Clinton we have seen the first female
attorney general, and the first openly gay
cabinet appointees. Although Clinton s
"gays in the military" proposal was ex
fomialegalizedhomosexuality.Harvey Milk
tremely controversial with both the gay and
staight communities, at least it brought the
their list of mental disorders. In 1975 Cali-
was elected supervisor of San Francisco in
issue into the open.
1977 and was fatally shot by ex-supervisor
The second March on Washington hap-
Dan White in 1978.
penedon April 25,1993.Someestimate that
19SOS
In the past few years we have seen legisla
tion aimed at suppressing lesbian and gay
relationships and we have seen the Supreme
more than one million people attended.
Three of the bastions of almost exclusively
male domain were broken when Sandra
Day O'Cormor was appointed to serve on
Court overturn such legislation. We have
watched and waited to see if Icsbi
gay
the Supreme Court in 1981, Sally Ride
marriage will be made legal in Hawaii,an
became the first woman crew member of a
space flight in 1983 and Geraldine Ferraro
we will contine to watch to see ow t e
American public responds if it is-
became the first woman on a major party
presidential ticket. Women moved into the
medical and law fields and started their own
businesses in unprecedented numbers.More
and more women were winning elections at
all levels of government.
The gay community was(and continues to
be) hit hard by the onset of the AIDS epi
demic. Anti-gay violence increased as fear
of the disease grows. The Supreme Court
upholds the right of States to make sodomy
a crime with Bowers vs. Hardwick. Despite
these setbacks and hardships,the gay move-
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f
It's up to us. The future is what we make it.
Both the women's and gay community have
seen ups and downs over the past years
and that trend will surely continue far into
the 21st century. But, without the help and
support of us all, both will have a hard time
gaining recognition and support.
Wouldn't the plastic wrapper have dis
integrated by, say, around the time of
the Potato Famine? Speaking of which,
how did said cheese escape consump
tion during the Potato Famine? Has the
phrase au gratin no Irish/English
equivalent? And why would we listen
Travel Agent to Customer:"111 be happy
to help you with your flight reserva
tions to Dildo. Will that be one way or
two way?"
Road Comedian from Noisy Phone
Booth to Friend: "Can you speak up?
I'm playing Dildo and can't hear a
to anyone who would volunteer to eat a
thing."
1,4C)0-year-old lump ofanything? Most
importantly, why am I yammering on
■What is their high school mascot — the
Fighting Dildoes. the Flying Dildoes or
the Flaming Dildoes? for that matter, is
the plural dildoes or dildosl What is
their chief export? Do they celebrate
the Dildo Festival every summer or the
running of the dildoes in the spring? Do
they crown a Miss Dildo? How's the
tourist industry there? It frightens me
how muchIwant to visit. Just to get the
and on about this?
Elvis collected statuettes of Joan of
Arc and Venus de Milo.Let's think for
a moment about this, shall we? Joan's
arms were bound to her sides, and Ve
nus had no arms at all. Run, 'Cilia!
The average human being has seven
T-shirt.
sex fantasies a day. And at $2.99 a
Tarantula spiders have been known
minute, that's a lot of cash.
A shark lives for about 100 years.
Seldom, though, do they continue to
to live for over two years without
eating. Now we know why they're so
mean.
smoke cigars, drink martinis, chase
decades-younger women, or play Ve
gas will into their nineties. Long live
An average person laughs about 15
times a day.Ihope today finds you way
George Burns. Based on this criteria,
above average.
I'm not convinced ol' George wasn't a
lesbian.
Nancy Ford is a Houston-based writer
If a room contains 100 American
and comedian who does all her own
women, four will probably not be
wearing panties. If the room were in
stunts.
my neighbor
hood,four ofthe
women
will
TRAVEL
probably not be
Vickie L. Butte
women.
210-366-1955
800-460-3755
There is a town
in Newfound
land, Canada
called Dildo.
fr
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July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 19
The Coffee Ceiib
Lesbians In The Arts • Books, Music, Movies, Etc.
This Month, Tasha Sumner Introduces:
All
lUanted
AfHfiOOlTS JoNSS
Side Tracks
by Teresa Stores
The first book we'll look at this month
an instant success with the girls ofFalls
is All She Wanted by New York Times
City. "He" had many girlfriends and
bestselling author Aphrodite Jones.The
even became engaged to one woman.
book is an in-depth look at the circum
stances surrounding the murder ofTeena
some didn't. But when Brandon started
Brandon and two of her friends.
Twenty-one-year-old Teena Brandon
was living as a man in the town of Falls
City, Nebraska. She was on the run
from the law for forging checks and
hiding from her family. Brandon was
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Some of these girls knew the truth;
to date Lana Tisdel, his luck ran out.
On Christmas Eve, two of Lana's
ex-boyfriends learned the truth about
Brandon's gender. They took her to a
deserted parking lot, beat and raped her,
and threatened her life if she went to the
police. Less than a week later, after the
with interesting characters. It gives an
police had put out a warrant for the two
intriguing look into the life of the
men's arrest, Brandon and two other
"hobo."
friends were found shot to death in an
Side Tracks is available from your
isolated farmhouse. One perpetrator is
local bookstore or by mail for $10.95
now on death row; the other is serving
from Naiad Press,Inc.,P.O.Box 10543,
three consecutive life terms for the
Tallahassee,FL 32302. Complete cata
logs are available upon request.
murders.
All She Wanted is based on exclusive
interviews with Brandon's family,
friends and the murderers. The book is
an intriguing look atone young woman's
turmoil about her sexual identity and
orientation and is well worth reading.
All She Wanted is available for $6.99
at bookstores nationwide and is pub
lished by Pocket Books, a division of
Simon & Schuster, the publishing op
eration of Viacom Inc.
Next, we'll look at Side Tracks by
Teresa Stores. The story begins in the
middle of the Great Depression when
Maxine McCarthy loses her New York
factory job and realizes she must leave
to avoid more beatings from her
step-father. Around the same time in
Florida, Josephine Lee wins a scholar
ship to a Northern College, but her
preacher father refuses to let her go,
insisting that she must marry and have
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Both girls run away from home to "ride
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each other. This is great novel filled
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 21
™ How Big A
Bitch Are You?
This Quiz originaiiy ran in the March 1987 issue of Dimensions
and is our most popular ever. Answer the questions and foiiow
the instructions to find out if you're a bitch!
l.You feel most irritable:
d. Silence is the fastest healer
(check as many as apply)
a. in the morning
5. The only reason you would be
b. at night
unfaithful to you lover is:
c. in late afternoon
a. Revenge!
d. before your period
b. You have the afternoon off
and nothing better to do
e. Mondays
f. during a full moon
c. Love
g.when you drink
d. Lust
h. 24 hourd a day, 365 days
a year
i. when you are hungry
6. During a fight with your lover,
you:
a. throw things
2. You are most bitchy with:
b. verbally abuse her
a. other bitches
c. Cry
d. Leave, slamming doors
all the way
b. people who have power over you
c. people you have power
over
d. lovers, friends, relatives
7. How would you rate yourself
3. When you someone tells you
(E-excellent, S-satisfactory, F-fair,
unsavory gossip about a friend, you:
a. dig for all the details
b. pass the news along to
everyone you've ever known
U-unsatisfactory)
c. refuse to discuss it
c. Sex life
d. Job or Career
e. Home enviroment
on the following?
d. wonder if they talk about you
behind your back
4. Do you agree or disagree with the
following statements?
a. The greasy wheel gets the
grease
b. Do unto others...first!
c. Understanding is the key
to forgiveness
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a. Relationships with other
women
b. Appearance
f. Personality
g. Charisma
8. Your best friends lover, whom
you are very attracted to, asks
you out. You:
a. Turn her down
b. Turn her down and call
your friend to tell her about it
c. Go out with her and then call
If You Scored:
d. Go out with her and suggest an
106-74 points
affair
Bitchy? Yes! Manipulative? Of
Course! Everyone is fair game when
you're on the rampage. Mom,Dad,
9. Your lover is 2 hours late for your
birthday party. You:
a. Throw a drink in her face when she
comes in th door.
b. Hook up with the most attractive
the Boss, Friends, Lovers...all are a
target! Of course, you get lots of
respect, but you don't inspire much
affection. You can be very aggressive
woman at the party
c. Go ahead and party, after
all, it is your birthday
matter how small. You do have a
d. pout all night long
softer side but you don't let it show
10. You have problems with:
very much. If you did you might find
yourself with better relationships with
(check as many as apply)
everyone in your life.
if anything or anyone stands between
you and something you want, no
a. strong food cravings
b. migraines or headaches
c. an addiction to caffeine
d. an addiction to cigarettes
e. Insomnia
f. hinging on sweets
g. frequent bloating
73-41 points
You tend to keep your bitchy side to
yourself but when something triggers
your anger, watch out! Once you re
mad you let the chips fall where they
may and give no thought to the
consequences. This tendency to hold
Scoring
everything in and then explode can
Give yourself points as follows:
1. a-g 1 point, h-4, i-1
get you into trouble and you may feel
2. a-4, b-3, c-l,d-2
3. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
more than a little guilty once it s out
of your system. Don't worry, you ve
got to release tension somewhere an
4.AgreeDisagree
besides, life would be very boring
a
without an occasional emotional
4
1
b. 5
0
c. 2
3
d. 2
3
5. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
6. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
outburst!
40-10 points
You are the nice one. Too nice. You
let people walk on you until your own
7.E S F U
self-confidence falters and on come
a.l 234
the tears, buckets of them. Stand up
b.4 1 2 3
c.l 234
d.l 234
e.l 23 4
f.4 1 2 3
g-4 1 2 3
8. a-2, b-l,c-3, d-4
for yourself once in awhile, not only
will you feel better about yourself but
about everyone around you! You may
shock some people at first with your
new self, but they'll have much more
respect for you in the long run.
9. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
10. One point for each checked
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 23
Horoscope
The following article on the Chinese Horoscope originally
ran In the second Issue of Dimensions In August 1986.
The Chinese Horoscope is not based on the
sun signs but instead, on the moon or lunar
years. Instead of the month of birth, these
Rat
The Rat may at first seem charming and fun
loving, but beneath this dashing exterior is
signs are based on the birth year. The cycle
is divided into 12 signs that change yearly.
stant recklessness.
THE YEARS & THEIR SIGNS
Year
1948
I960
1972
1984
Sign
RAT
1954 HORSE
1966*
1978
1990
a quick tempered agressiveness and con
You can always find a Rat at a sale "saving
money"on things she will never use. How
ever,the money "saved" is probably not her
own. She is often happier living off those
around her than making it on her own.
The Rat will be sentimental about anything
1949 BUFFALO
1955 GOAT
in her past. Honesty is her greatest asset.
The best romantic partners for the Rat are
the Dragon and the Buffalo. She should
1961
1967
avoid the Horse and the Cat.
1973
1979
1985
1991
Buffalo
1950 TIGER
1956 MONKEY
The Buffalo hides behind a plodding
1962
1968
facade, but underneath you will find a
quick and creative mind. She is the inspirer
1974
1980
of confidences but likes to be alone quite
1986
1992
1963
1969
often. She is likely to be engaged in the
fanatic pursuit of outdated ideals.
The Buffalo is subject to violent fits of
temper. It is best not to cross her. She
1975
1981
demands fidelity from a lover and will,
1987
1993
herself, remain faithful.
1952 DRAGON
1958 DOG
1964
1970
She is a hard worker and will prosper in
business and agriculture. She should avoid
careers in sales or politics.
1976
1982
The Buffalo will work best in romantic
1988
1994
1951
CAT
1957 ROOSTER
situations with the Rat and the Rooster. She
should watch out for the Monkey,the Tiger
1953 SNAKE
1959 PIG
and the Goat.
1965
1971
1977
1983
Tiger
1995
The Tiger is rebellious. She is the ring
1989
leader and always the first tojump into any
*The year of the Fire Horse occurs once
every 60 years in the year ofthe Horse. In
this century, the years 1906 & 1966 are the
only years ofthe Fire Horse.
situation. You would be well advised to
think things over before following her. Her
love of being on the edge often leads to her
downfall.
The Tiger likes to be the boss and hates to
take orders from anyone.
Page 24 • Dimensions • Juiy 1996
The Tiger will make a great boss,army chief
or possibly a gangster. Anywhere she is in
the lead suits her perfectly.
She will have good relationships with the
Horse, the Dragon or the Dog. She should
stay away from the Snake,the Monkey,the
sions where she must work too hard.
Snakes tend to have a "wandering eye
when it comes to affairs of the heart.
Buffalo and the Cat.
She will be happy with the Bufffalo and the
Cat
Cats are the happiest people. They are good
company and have a great many good quali
ties. However,they are also superficial and
that means their good qualities are superfi
Tiger.
She is lucky in money matters but she sjust
a little stingy.
She is fairly lazy and should avoid profes
Rooster but should avoid the Pig and the
cial also.
The Cat is a great party goer and hostess.
She has great taste in clothes and all other
material things. She loves to show off her
intelligence and culture.
She is not easily provoked.
She is adept at handling money and will
probably do well in any aspect of trade.
Politics are also good to the Cat.
She will prosper in relationships with the
Goat, the Pig and the Dog. She will be
unhappy with the Rooster, the Rat and the
Tiger.
Dragon
Horse
The Horse is tops in sex appeal.She lojes to
be around lots of people and is a wonderful
companion, but a bit of a gossip, e is
always popular.
She has a terrible temper and is very impa
tient. She can be immature and has a
tendency to be very selfish.
She can make it in any career involving
people(lots ofthem). She has the ability to
sway a crowd and does best in politics.
She will be happiest in relationships with
the Goat, the Dog and the Tiger. She
should stay away from the Rat.
•The Fire Horse occurs only every sixty
years (1906, 1966, 2026, etc...) and has all
these qualities but they are much more
pronounced.
The Dragon is direct and honest even at the
expense ofothers. She is also gullible. She
can be demanding because she expects
perfection in everything.
Goat
The Goat is a pessimistic womer. S e c^
also be elegant,charming & artistic.
She will be a success wherever she goes.
She is often loved but loves herself little.
always certain something better
She is in great demand as a lover but will
disappoint many lovers. Many Dragons
around the next comer.She has no
time and often irritates the peop e a
stay single all their lives because of their
self-suffiency.
She
often takeseven
advantage
her;sometimes
livingof
offthose
o e^ound
^
In love, the Dragon will work best with the
Rat, the Snake, the Rooster and especially
can adapt herself to living with the m
the Monkey. Bad times will come with the
Tiger and the Dog.
her with her lateness.
,„„nH
mum amount of security. She mevita y
leaves all major decisions to ot ers
life.
The Goat will do well in the ^s, as a
Snake
The Snake has greatintuition,almost a sixth
sense. She makes her decisions quickly and
sticks by them.
She keeps her pocketbook close to her and
gives her help in works rather than money.
carpenter or other craftsperson. owever,
she dreams of a rich lover so she oesn
have to work at all.
She will do well with the Cat, the Pig and
continued on page 31
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 25
The Directory
A Listing of Service Organizations, Businesses & Clubs
ALBUQUEFtQUE,NM (area code 505)
organizations
AIDS Resource Center •P.O. Box 190712 75219
Asians & Friends•PO Box 914275209*392-3339
Sister Souite Coope(3^ & Lesbian Resource Line
Calheckal of Hope MCC * 5910 Cedar Spfiigs Rd•351-1901
CornmiJiity Churdi & Colege of Drviie Metaphysics
144 Harvard SE-268-2116
4001 Live Oak #401 * 826-7110, Exl 401
AMARILLO,TX (aea code806)
organizations
Date Gay and Lesbian Aiance
CcngnegationBethQBfiah*P.O.Box 191188 75219*497-1591
Couples Metro D^*PO Box 803156 75380•504-«775
P.O. Box 19071275219 * 528-4233•FAX 522-4604
L0stiianGayAiai<»>POBo*9361 79105»37J5725
DateGay/LesbianHistoricArchives*P.O.Box 19071275219 * 821-1653
MCC o( Amarib•PO Box 1276•372-4557
Date Gay Youth Gftwp•300 Turtle Creek Plaza #116•307-7203
ARUNGTON,TX (area code BIT)
organizations
Date Tavern Guld * 3900 Lemmon Ave. #220•526-5292
C«asNames Project•POBck 190669 75219<B69*(214)520-SEWS
Ddtas Outdoors•P.O. Box 35474 75235 * 276-5270
DjgnityyDalas * PO Box 19013375219* 2264101
Fbird^tion for Human Understancfrig•528-4233
GayA^ian Association of UTA
Gay/Lesbian Gardeners'PC Box 190552 75219*339^787
P.O. Box 19348-77. UTA Si 76019•794-5140
TrinlyMCC'331 Aaron Ave..Ste 125 •265-5454
GLAADDates* P.O. Box 190712 75219 *526-01^^
AUSTIN,TX (area code 512)
dubs
Nexus-305W.SIh •mslSB
organizations
Affiimation(MelhodBl)•7403 Shoai Creek•451-2329
Austii Latro'a LesbiarVQay Organiotlon
Grace Felowsh'p h Christ Jesus * 2727 Oak Lawn •528-2811
LesbiarVGay Democrats of Texas•521-5342 ext. 229
Lesbiarv'Gay Poitical Coafbon•P.O. Box 224424 75222•828-9662
Lesbian Resource Center•1315 Skies * 821-3999
Lesbian VBbnaiies * PO Box 191443 75219* 521-5342 X 844
UL(Lesbian Wo Line *521-5342 ext. 298
SPROUTS(coming out group)* 521-5342 ext. 256
TWIGS (the wymn in gay society)*521-5342 ext. 269
The New Vision (newsjoomal)•521-5342 ext. 255
POBox1350 78787 * 280^107
MetropiexRepiijIcans 'P.O.Box 191033 75219 * 941-8114
Oak Lawn Ccrrmunly Services 4300 MacArthur* 520-8108
Austin Lesbian'Gay Poftica!Caucus•P.O. Box 822 78767•4740750
Oak Lawn Synphonic Band * P.O. Box 190973 75219•966-1751
Centerfor Baflered Women* (Lesbian Group)385-5181 or 928-9070
PFLAG/Date * He^ine 5588640
GayA.e5bian Student Assodation at LIT Austin
Impenal Sovereign Royal Court * P.O. Box 190464 75245•521-8446
458-3971 *80x27516X331)00178712-7338
Seventh-DayAdrentistKrship *4181358
White Rock Conmunity Church *722 Tenison Mem. Rd•3280043
Womyn Together•3920 Cedar Springs *528-4233
Lssbiarv^Ric^Lobby *POBox2579 70768*474-5475
Lesbian Mothers-Karen *339-8506
Live Wke Productions•PO Box 141202 78714
Metropoftan Community Church * 1100 Springdaie Rd.* 929-3660
Oasis Ministry•5555 N. Lanar BW.#L101 •441-9191
P-Flag (Parents/Friends Lesbians'Gays)•331-8445
SapphfirBl•Lesbian Social Group * 4500659
Meeting Address*825 E.531/2 St.. Ste E103
Maiing Address•201W.Stassney,Ste.#321 78745-3156
Waterloo CoiJiselng Center *507 Powel 78703•322-9654
Texas Human Ri$^ Fouidation • P.O. Box 49740 78765•479-8473
AIDS Legal Assistance 1-8000280417
The Treehouse(Lesbiai Mothers Support Group)
607 Nueces St. 78701 *477-5822
ATHENS,TX (area code 903)
organizations
P-Rag (Parents/Friends Lesbians/Gays)*675-8326
DENTON.TX(area code 817)
organizations
COURAGE Lesbian Gay Student Org.
P.O. Box 5067 76203•382-3813
Harvest MCC•5900 S.Stemmons 76205•1-808497-HMCC
P-Flag (Parantsfriends Lesbians'Gays)•387-1491
DRIPPING SPRINGS,TX(area code 512)
accommodations
Recreefion Plantation •Campground* HC01 box 48A 78620*894-0567
EL PASO,TX(area code 915)
organizations
Lambda Services * PO Box 3132179931-0321 * 24 hour Brie 562-GAyS
BANDERA,TX (area code 210)
MCC B Paso•916 Yoidel•542-1227
accornirradations
P-F)ag (Parents/Friends Lesb'ians/Gays)•Spanish & English •591-4664
Desert HaaJts Cowgiil CU)•Women's Guest Rand)
HO 3,Box 650 78003•796-7446
FT. WORTH(area code 817)
organizations
DALLAS,TX (area code 214)
Agape MCC•4615 SE Ijxip 820•535-5002
AfBniiation (Melhotist)•478-7837
businesses
impedal Court de Fort Worth/Arfnglon•870-1555 w 535-7188
Business Detvery Systems•14902 Preston Rd.75240 •733-1108
l-^iaiVGay PoBcal CoaKon ol Tarant County•263-9008 or8800326
dubs
P-Flag (Parents/Friends LostkanstGays)•498-5607/498-4855
Suo Ellen's•3903 Cedar Spritgs•5590707
RESPECT •828 Hardwood Rd.•Hurst, TX 76054
organizations
Tarrant County ITG Allarco•3327 Writtirop,Suie 24378118•7838544
Atfrnatton•PO Box 22583175222•948-1546
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GROESBECK,TX (area code 817)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (area code 405)
accommodations
organizations
Raitow Rancii CEmpground•RL 2, Bo* 165 76642•a88675-7596
Oasis the Comminity Center
HOUSTON,TX (area code 713)
Heriand Sister Resources. Inc.
2135 NW 39th 73112•525-AIDS
businesses
hkfings Bookshop"1846 RicJitwnd*521-3369
dubs
•9218 Buffalo SfxXvy.•666-3464
Ms. Bs"9208 Buffalo Spdwy."666-3356
XTC•9212 Buffab Spdwy."666-3356
organizations
AIDS Foundation•3927 Essex Lane•6238796
AIDS HOTLINE "c^o Swtettxwti•5283211
2312 NW 39th 73112"521-9696
SAN ANGELO, TX (area code 915)
organizations
P-Flag (Parents/Riends Lesbians/Gays)"944-4323
Concho Valey Gay/Lesbian Afance
P.O. Box 750 76902•653-2956
SAN ANTONIO,TX (area code 210)
(3ay/Lesbian Students Unh/ersity of Houston"4800 CatxMjn•529-3211
GayA^ianSwitchboanJ"PC Box66591 77266"529-3211
clubs
Houston Gay & Lesbian Parents"960-7995
Nexus San Antonio "8021 Pinebrook" 341-2818
Houston Gay Poitical Caucus•P.O. Box 66664 77266"521-1000
htegrity" P.O. Box 66006 772666006"432-0414
Bonham Exchange "411 Bonham* 224-9219
organizations
Deaf Rainbow •804-1904 TTY
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She will do well with the Cat, the Pig
and the Horse. No other sign does well
with the Goat, especially the Buffalo
and the Dog.
Monkey
The Monkey is the most mischevious
and fun of all the signs. She is a practi
094
^ Conler
^Jragon. She should stay
away from the Cat and other Roosters.
Dog
The Dog isa worrier—always on alert.
She is an introvert, extremely cynical
and very sharp tongued. She looks for
faults in everything.
She doesn't like to be around people
and gives the impression of being a
"cold fish" in the bedroom. She isn't
cal joker and can be very devious.
really cold, only lacking in confidence.
She will read everything that comes
within her grasp.She has agood memory
and remembers everything.
She is very inventive and has great
problem solving ability. She will lie, as
She is the most honest and faithful ofall
long as she knows she can get away
the signs. She can keep a secret to her
deathbed.
She will be happiest with the Horse,the
Tiger and the Cat. She would be wise to
avoid the Dragon and the Goat.
with it.
The Monkey will succeed in any
Pig
professioon. She has good chance of
You can trust a Pig in all matters. She is
a good sport, always understanding her
becoming famous,or at least well known
within her field.
own faults and those of others. She is
She will make a good partner for the
incredibly sincere.
She is a great companion and will be
Dragon and the Rat. She would be well
advised to stay away from the Tiger.
alot of fun once she lets her hair down.
booster
She can be very obstinate underneath
the deceptive appearance of compli
The Rooster is a boastful dreamer and
ance. Once she has come to a decision,
likes to be flattered. She speaks her
mind to the point of rudeness.
She likes to be noticed and may have a
She would do well to settle down with
tendency to dress flashily. She is very
nothing will change her mind.
the Cat but must stay away from the
Snake and the Goat.
conservative in politics and all other
areas of her life.
She is very independent and never con
fides in anyone.She loves to dream,but
fiae to her conservatism, has a very
limited imagination. She has a tenfianey to make promises that are bigger
Ifian she can keep.
Rooster has a reputation for being
^•^le to find money in the most unlikely
places.
will be happy with the Buffalo,the
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Anti-Lesbian Bias
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Slayings
Washington, DC - Attorney General
versation with an FBI official involved
in the case and from various statements
to the press by investigators that indi
cated the possibility ofanti-lesbian bias
was being prematurely dismissed. Ex
Janet Reno has assured the National
ecutive Director Melinda Paras issued
Gay and Lesbian Task Force(NGLTF)
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anti-lesbian bias as a possible motiva
tion in the slaying ofJulianne Williams
the following statement in response to
the Attorney General's letter:
We are gratified and relieved that the
Justice Department is examining all
possible motives in the tragic murder of
andLollieWinans. In a letter to NGLTF
executive director Melinda Paras,Reno
Julie Williams andLollieWinans. With
stated investigators are "... pursuing all
motives, including the possibility that
the crime was motivated by the sexual
anti-lesbian bias is being seriously con
sidered, the Task Force is now able to
orientation of the victims."
Williams and Winans were found mur
dered in Virginia's Shenandoah Na
tional Park on June 1. Many in the
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
community and others familiar with the
nature of hate crimes fear the killings
could have been an anti-lesbian hate
crime. This fear stems from the fact that
the women, according to press reports
and friends of the women, were lesbi
ans; robbery was not involved in the
criine; and no other motive has appar
ently been established. Also,the Appa
lachian Trail was the site of the 1988
murder of Rebecca Wight. Wight was
murdered, and her partner, Claudia
Brenner, was seriously injured after
being shot because they were lesbians.
Attorney General Reno's assurance that
express confidence in the investigation
to our community and all involved in
the struggle against bias violence.
NGLTF will, of course, continue to
monitorthe investigation with vigilance.
We do not know ifJulie and Lollie were
killed because they were lesbians. We
do know, unfortunately, such a possi
bility is all too real. We also know it is
important that all hate crimes be identi
fied accurately and honestly by the
media and the criminal justice system.
Silence about such crimes feeds the
apathy and ignorance that often sur
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lence and the possibility of such vio
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these crimes - whole communities who
live in fear and danger as a result of
individual anti-gay attacks.
The Task Force contacted Attorney
Shirley Lesser of Virginians for Jus
General Reno by letter on June 7 when
tice, a statewide organization that ad
vances equal justice gay, lesbian bi
concerns were raised that the possibil
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ously considered by investigators.
sexual and transgender citizens of the
Commonwealth of Virginia,issued the
These concerns stemmed from a con
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 5
following statement in response to the
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concerns. Though individual investi
gators assured us that all possible mo
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Attorney General. VJ will continue to
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ensure a quick resolution to this case.
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has announced they will abandon their
drive to gather signatures for another
ballotmeasure asking to write discrimi
nation into the Oregon Constitution.
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anti-discrimination advocates in light
of the US Supreme Court's ruling in
Romer v.Evans.The ruling struck down
a discriminatory measure(Amendment
2) passed in the state of Colorado.
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OCA make our day!" declares Julie
Davis, Executive Director of Basic
Rights Oregon, an organization that
advocates basic legal rights for all Or
egon citizens. "While the high court's
ruling affirms our belief in the judicial
system, recognition of the legal rights
of all Oregonians won't happen in the
courts alone. We've got a lot ofeducat
ing to do throughout the state. Recent
surveys show that 80% of the public
doesn't know that IT IS CURRENTLY
LEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST GAY MEN AND LESBI
ANS IN OREGON.
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"The decision of the OCA to abandon
this year's pro-discrimination measure
is a good sign," says Eric Fishman,
Co-Chair ofBasic Rights Oregon Steer
ing Committee, "but it's important to
remember thatthe US Supreme Court's
decision in Romer didn't happen in a
vacuum. Numerous groups have been
working in Oregon and nationally orga
nizing, litigating and educating people
about basic legal rights."
Basic Rights Oregon will move for
ward aggressively with the planning
and implementation of a six-point pro
gram that includes:
The Fair Workplace Project - a state
wide educational program thatincludes
a fully produced seven minute video
featuring former Attorney General Dave
Fohnmayer, retired Oregon Supreme
Court Justices, Oregon business lead
ers and testimonials of local workers
who have experienced employmentdis
crimination telling the truth about their
experience in the workplace.
Changing the legal status of lesbians
and gay men in Oregon. Oregonians
can still be discriminated against in the
areas of employment, housing, public
accommodations and credit simply be
cause oftheir actual or perceived sexual
orientation. Neither the US Supreme
Court ruling in Romer nor the OCA's
decision to abandon its 1996 ballot box
attack have an effect in these areas. In
Oregon protections against discrimina
tion exist in only four Oregon Cities —
Ashland, Corvallis, Eugene and Port
land.Basic Rights Oregon will be work
ing with other organizations to change
Oregon law so that discrimination is no
longer legal anywhere in our state. This
will be done through a combination of
educational, legislative and electoral
efforts.
Continuing efforts to identify base of
supporters through voter identification
criminatory ballot measures including
those aimed at women's reproductive
freedom, immigrants, affirmative ac
tion and public education.
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and protect human rights. It is building
the broadest possible coalition to counter
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or community organizers to assist with
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attempts to deny basic rights through the
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DALLAS - The Hope Counseling
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and Lesbian Support Groups facilitated
by licensed professional therapists. For
more information,call(214)351-5657.
SAN ANTONIO - The Gay and Les
bian Community Center of San An
groups for gay parents and their chil
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AMARILLO - The Amarillo Lesbian
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and on Thursday, July 18th at Italian
Delights at 7:30pm. Everyone is in
tonio has an immediate need for volun
vited to attend. For more information
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and lots ofother tasks. All are invited to
attend the monthly meeting(4:30pm on
volunteer call (504) 521-9696 or stop
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DALLAS - The Oak Lawn Soccer
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OFINTERESTTO ALL
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Mark your calendars now for the week
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the first ever Gay Youth March on
HOUSTON - The Houston Gay and
Lesbian Parents Group will have
"Water Fun" days for their family ac
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Washington.The theme for this year's
conference is"Free 2b Me."The week
end will coincide with the Names
Project Foundation's display of the
They also have a new phone number
you can call formore information.(713)
entire AIDS Memorial Quilt on the
666-8260. The HGLP offers support
register, see the lYG web site at http;//
National Mall. For more info or to
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www.youth.org/loco/iyg or call (317)
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Dear
Answers to your questions about love,
RELATIONSHIIPS & PERSONAL PROBLEMS
This Dear Agnes Column appeared In the
first Issue of Dimensions In July 1986
does not work and further more, she
per day,or year,or decade and then they
just quit. In all likelihood, she will get
anotherjob in her field sometime in the
future without counseling. However,it
hasn't worked in a couple of years ex
cept for a bartendingjob here and there,
over again.
Dear Agnes,
I am ready to run away from home,My
lover is 40 years old and I am 39. She
mowing someone's lawn or doing small
maintenance jobs for friends. These
jobs of hers last from one to six months
and then there are long lapses in-between
when she does nothing until I throw a fit
and insist that we need the extra money.
Is there something wrong with her? I
can't imagine not having my own
money.It doesn't seem to bother her. I
work in a highly professional position
and it really irks me to come home and
find she hasn't done anything all day.I
know she is a bright woman and ca
pable ofhandling ajob. Up until 2 years
ago she was working as a professional
in herfield at$25,000 per year. One day
she threw a fit and just walked off the
job. This situation in driving a wedge
is probably just the same cycle starting
I strongly suggest counseling in this
instance. A person cannot grow to their
full potential unless they are willing to
take responsiblity for themselves and
the person they would like to become.
You will probably need to consider
counseling as a couple. You seem to
have built up a grudge about this situa
tion that will not be easily reconciled
and which will only hinder you lover's
progress towards independence.
Dear Agnes,
I have been living with a beautiful
woman for the past five years and we
have a wonderful life together except
for sex. I am a very sexual " person.
When we first started living together
between us and I'm not sure what to do
we were very compatible but for the
about it. I love her very much and I
past 2 years there has been a sharp
don't want to leave but I can't take it
decline in our sex life. I have tried
much longer.
Confused
talking to her about it but she seems to
avoid the question orjust tells me there
is nothing wrong with us. When we do
Dear Confused,
have sex, she takes the directors chair
and I find I don't enjoy it very much. I
The first thing on the agenda is to con
am at wits end, I cannot tolerate this
vince her to go to either a counselor or
a career counseling center. She appar
situation much longer. A two month
ently has problems dealing with the
reality of responsibility. Some people
can only take so much responsibility
should I do? What can I do?
holding period is now in effect. What
Deprived
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 11
Dear Deprived,
It is normal for any relationship to go
into a sexual decline from time to time
due to stress, depression, or
pre-occupation with other problems.
There may be a problem in her life of
which you are unaware. Try talking
with her about other aspects of her life
(other than your relationship). Sex is
one ofthe hardest areas to discuss within
a relationship.Frequently, partners fear
talking about negative sexual seelings.
This fear is based on how your partner
"thinks" you will react. The fear you
to talk about her feelings. Counseling
for couples can help, provided you are
both willing to go and air your feelings.
Sex is certainly not the most important
aspect of a relationship but it is one of
them.
^
DO YOU HAVE
A PROBLEM?
Write To "Agnes" At:
P.O. Box 856
Lubbock, 7X 79408
might leave the relationship and/or seek
a new sexual partner.Explain to her that
you understand she may have these
fears and that you understand. This
approach could open her up and get her
or e-mail her at:
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A short history of the woman's & flay right's movements of the
20th century that first ran in the April 1993 issue of Dimensions
There are those who believe that "you can't
really appreciate where you are going until
you understand where you've been."
As I write this, events leading up to the
historic '93 March on Washington for Les
bian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Libera
outside the home and beginning to domi
nate professions such as nursing and teach
ing. Out of 369 occupations listed in the
census of 1890, women could befound in all
but nine. Although the federal government
didn't give in until the '20s, many munici
tion are just beginning. The March itself
palities allowed women to vote in local
won't happen for another week. In the
midst of all the excitement, 1 thought this
would be an appropriate time to look at
elections as early as the 1900s and four
where we came from. So here it is — a short
history of both women and the lesbian/gay
community in the 20th century.
1900s # 1910s
At the beginning of this century women m
most states were the property of their hus
bands (or fathers, brothers or other close
male relatives) with no legal control over
their own earnings, children or property.
Women were not allowed to vote,one fourth
of the states did not allow wives to make
states (Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and
Idaho) allowed women to vote in state and
federal elections. By 1914 six additional
states had given the vote to women.
Lesbians and gay men were isolated by a
largely rural population and homosexuality
was rarely mentioned outside the realm of
church or medical journals. There were a
few pockets of gay life in the larger cities,
evidenced by the opening ofSan Francisco's
first gay bar. The Dash, in 1908. By and
large, lesbianism was not thought to be
possible, thus the advent of "Boston Mar
riages", close "friendships" (with definite
romantic overtones)formed by middle class
contracts, and women could not enter into
business partnerships without male con
sent.
But,it wasn't all bad news. From 1890 until
the beginning of World War I, the womens
movement was alive and well. By 1900
twenty percent of women were employed
On August 18,1920,the Nineteenth Amend
ment gave women all over the U.S.the right
to vote. With this victory came a definite
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 13
downturn in the Suffrage movement—with
no great cause to unite them and bring in
new members, women drifted from the
movement. The"New Woman" waited un
til later to marry,wore shorter skirts,smoked
cigarettes and generally had more freedom.
This explosion of women in the work force
gave lesbians the opportunity(many for the
first time) to make a comfortable living
without the aid of a man. Many women
discovered that they were lesbians during
this time.
The freer morals of the '20s brought in
creased freedom for women as well as ho
mosexuals. Many homosexual men had en
countered the relative freedom of gays in
large European cities during the first World
War and brought this expanded view back
to the States with them.The growing shift of
the population from rural to urban also helped
things along.
f 930S
TTie Great Depression brought severe set
backs to women's employment opportuni
ties. With fewer jobs to go around, many
women were forced out of the job market.
Those that did hang on to their jobs were
often faced with wage and hour cuts. When
an advertisement for 150jobs as soap dem
onstrators was advertised in St. Louis,over
1,000 women stormed an office building to
apply for the jobs.
Homosexuals were also affected by the
Depression. With urban areas being espe
cially hard hit, the small gay communities
The attitudes of Senator Joseph McCarthy
and the House UnAmerican Activities Com
mittee influenced both the women's and the
gay communities.The overriding conserva
tism of the decade did not allow for any
radical action by women's organizations.
Many women did not re-enter the work
force after World War II and the media
image of women shifted from "Rosie the
Riveter" to the perky housewife.
Persecution ofhomosexuals came into vogue
with massive military purges and fear of
communism. The early fifties saw the first
forerunners of our modem gay organiza
tions founded in California — West
Coast-One, Inc., the Mattachine Society,
and, in 1955, the first lesbian organization,
the Daughters of Bilitis. The groundwork
for the gay rights movement had been laid.
that had formed in the twenties were forced
to focus on economic instead of emotional
needs. As a result, they retreated further
underground so as not to lose hard earned
The advent of"the pill" and the civil rights
movement both played a role in bringing
feminism back to the forefront of national
jobs, apartments and family support.
politics in the sixties. More and more women
were moving into the work force out of
economic necessity. The National Organi
1940S
zation for Women was founded in 1966.
More than 6 million women went to work
content, they were translating it into action.
for the first time with the advent of World
The number of Lesbian and Gay activists
Women were not only expressing their dis
War II. In the media, women at work were
were growing all across the country. They
pictured as positive role models. Many state
governments repealed legislation that pre
were beginning to realize that maybe they
weren't the ones who had a problem, and
that only by changing the attitudes of those
vented women from working in "danger
ous" positions to encourage women to work
in war plants. Women were also seen in
Then in 1969,on Friday,June 27th, the gay
military uniforms.
movement erupted. The Stonewall Inn, a
Page 14 • Dimensions • July 1996
around them would they ever be accepted.
What A Worih,
Wh^ta Worth
BATHROOM HUMOR
BY Nancy Ford
Who would believe it? It's been ten
years since Dimensions hit the hot little
hands of the collective Texas lesbian.
Since that time, Tasha and the gang
have brought you pieces ofinformation
and enlightenment every month — po
etry and prose and newsflashes and
stuff that you might not miss until it's
not here anymore. With that in mind,I
would publicly like to thank Tasha and
her support system at Dimensions for
providing me with such an excellent
Undoubtedly, the success of Twister:
The Movie will result in a resurgence of
curiosity in Twister: The Board Game.
Introduced in 1966 by Milton Bradley,
the smelly,plastic tarp-with-dots prom
ised "to turn the human body into a vital
component of play." It was the most
popular new game of the 60s (not in
cluding playing Dodge Bullet at Kent
State,) and sold more than 3 million
units its first year.
And now, on to the funny stuff —
You may be wondering how I came to
be such an authority on such an inane
subject. First of all, it ain't brain sur
It's summer! Time for pool parties!
to me. These Twister facts and many
Time for the beach! Time for SPF 983!
more like them can be found in a fasci
Time to get out of the sun, and into a
cool, dark movie theater, which means
John's Bathroom Reader,published by
forum to communicate with you.
gery, which explains much ofits appeal
nating book dubiously entitled Uncle
— it's time for summer blockbuster
St. Martin's Press.
movies!
Love the book, hate the title. But I
swear, this book is really neat. It con
Being a Texas-transplanted biological
product ofthe Midwest(which explains
the excess com and ham in my DNA,)
I have decided to bypass at least one of
tains quick, one-or-two page bits of
information, obviously designed to be
absorbed in the span of a couple or so
this season's smash hits: Twister.
minutes,that might not ever come up in
Granted, I've never had a tractor fly
through my windshield,butI have lived
conversation. But then again, they
through plenty enough real-life torna
does as a child to balk at paying $7.50
might, and you want to be ready, don't
you? UJBR also contains the following
pearls which I couldn't resist passing
to sit through a fake one as an adult.
along to you.
I wish this Twister were a tribute to the
popular board game. Now, there's a
According to one survey,2/3 of men
childhood memory that bears replay
ing. More than just Candyland with
in America believe in love at first
choreography,the original Twister pro
vided millions of us less-than-
athletically-gifted children of the 60s
the semblance of physical exertion and
competition without the embarrassment
of wearing some dorky team uniform.
sight. Fine, but do these men have re
volving charge accounts with U-Haul?
In 1987,a 1,400-year-old still-edible
lump of cheese was unearthed in Ire
land. My question is, how was this
cheese determined to be "still edible?"
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 15
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gay bar in Greenwich Village was raided by
the police — and patrons decided to fight
back. The fight moved into the streets and
was soon joined by people on the street and
from other bars in the area.
ment continues to gain momentum and win
small victories in States and municipalities
nationwide.
The eighties saw the birth of the AIDS
Quilt, Gay TV,National Coming Out Day,
the Gay Games,the first March On Wash
ington and the National Museum ofLesbian
& Gay History.
Feminism was growing steadily in both
numbers and appeal in the early seventies.
Women formed feminist theatre troupes,
rock groups and made feminist movies. Ms.
magazine went into publication. The Su
preme Courtgave women the right to choose
an abortion in 1973 with the decision in Roe
V. Wade.. By 1975, 32 of the required 38
states had passed the ERA amendment.
The San Francisco gay community held the
first Gay Freedom Day Parade in 1970 to
celebrate the anniversary of the Stonewall
riots. In 1972 the American Psychiatric
Association removed homosexuality from
iggos
Although we still have our share of prob
lems, both the women's and gay move
ments are making headway.The passage of
Amendment 2 in Colorado and the fight
over Proposition 9 in Oregon led to ever
increasing violence against gays in those
states.On the positive side,with the election
of Bill Clinton we have seen the first female
attorney general, and the first openly gay
cabinet appointees. Although Clinton s
"gays in the military" proposal was ex
fomialegalizedhomosexuality.Harvey Milk
tremely controversial with both the gay and
staight communities, at least it brought the
their list of mental disorders. In 1975 Cali-
was elected supervisor of San Francisco in
issue into the open.
1977 and was fatally shot by ex-supervisor
The second March on Washington hap-
Dan White in 1978.
penedon April 25,1993.Someestimate that
19SOS
In the past few years we have seen legisla
tion aimed at suppressing lesbian and gay
relationships and we have seen the Supreme
more than one million people attended.
Three of the bastions of almost exclusively
male domain were broken when Sandra
Day O'Cormor was appointed to serve on
Court overturn such legislation. We have
watched and waited to see if Icsbi
gay
the Supreme Court in 1981, Sally Ride
marriage will be made legal in Hawaii,an
became the first woman crew member of a
space flight in 1983 and Geraldine Ferraro
we will contine to watch to see ow t e
American public responds if it is-
became the first woman on a major party
presidential ticket. Women moved into the
medical and law fields and started their own
businesses in unprecedented numbers.More
and more women were winning elections at
all levels of government.
The gay community was(and continues to
be) hit hard by the onset of the AIDS epi
demic. Anti-gay violence increased as fear
of the disease grows. The Supreme Court
upholds the right of States to make sodomy
a crime with Bowers vs. Hardwick. Despite
these setbacks and hardships,the gay move-
Page 18 • Dimensions • July 1996
f
It's up to us. The future is what we make it.
Both the women's and gay community have
seen ups and downs over the past years
and that trend will surely continue far into
the 21st century. But, without the help and
support of us all, both will have a hard time
gaining recognition and support.
Wouldn't the plastic wrapper have dis
integrated by, say, around the time of
the Potato Famine? Speaking of which,
how did said cheese escape consump
tion during the Potato Famine? Has the
phrase au gratin no Irish/English
equivalent? And why would we listen
Travel Agent to Customer:"111 be happy
to help you with your flight reserva
tions to Dildo. Will that be one way or
two way?"
Road Comedian from Noisy Phone
Booth to Friend: "Can you speak up?
I'm playing Dildo and can't hear a
to anyone who would volunteer to eat a
thing."
1,4C)0-year-old lump ofanything? Most
importantly, why am I yammering on
■What is their high school mascot — the
Fighting Dildoes. the Flying Dildoes or
the Flaming Dildoes? for that matter, is
the plural dildoes or dildosl What is
their chief export? Do they celebrate
the Dildo Festival every summer or the
running of the dildoes in the spring? Do
they crown a Miss Dildo? How's the
tourist industry there? It frightens me
how muchIwant to visit. Just to get the
and on about this?
Elvis collected statuettes of Joan of
Arc and Venus de Milo.Let's think for
a moment about this, shall we? Joan's
arms were bound to her sides, and Ve
nus had no arms at all. Run, 'Cilia!
The average human being has seven
T-shirt.
sex fantasies a day. And at $2.99 a
Tarantula spiders have been known
minute, that's a lot of cash.
A shark lives for about 100 years.
Seldom, though, do they continue to
to live for over two years without
eating. Now we know why they're so
mean.
smoke cigars, drink martinis, chase
decades-younger women, or play Ve
gas will into their nineties. Long live
An average person laughs about 15
times a day.Ihope today finds you way
George Burns. Based on this criteria,
above average.
I'm not convinced ol' George wasn't a
lesbian.
Nancy Ford is a Houston-based writer
If a room contains 100 American
and comedian who does all her own
women, four will probably not be
wearing panties. If the room were in
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The Coffee Ceiib
Lesbians In The Arts • Books, Music, Movies, Etc.
This Month, Tasha Sumner Introduces:
All
lUanted
AfHfiOOlTS JoNSS
Side Tracks
by Teresa Stores
The first book we'll look at this month
an instant success with the girls ofFalls
is All She Wanted by New York Times
City. "He" had many girlfriends and
bestselling author Aphrodite Jones.The
even became engaged to one woman.
book is an in-depth look at the circum
stances surrounding the murder ofTeena
some didn't. But when Brandon started
Brandon and two of her friends.
Twenty-one-year-old Teena Brandon
was living as a man in the town of Falls
City, Nebraska. She was on the run
from the law for forging checks and
hiding from her family. Brandon was
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Some of these girls knew the truth;
to date Lana Tisdel, his luck ran out.
On Christmas Eve, two of Lana's
ex-boyfriends learned the truth about
Brandon's gender. They took her to a
deserted parking lot, beat and raped her,
and threatened her life if she went to the
police. Less than a week later, after the
with interesting characters. It gives an
police had put out a warrant for the two
intriguing look into the life of the
men's arrest, Brandon and two other
"hobo."
friends were found shot to death in an
Side Tracks is available from your
isolated farmhouse. One perpetrator is
local bookstore or by mail for $10.95
now on death row; the other is serving
from Naiad Press,Inc.,P.O.Box 10543,
three consecutive life terms for the
Tallahassee,FL 32302. Complete cata
logs are available upon request.
murders.
All She Wanted is based on exclusive
interviews with Brandon's family,
friends and the murderers. The book is
an intriguing look atone young woman's
turmoil about her sexual identity and
orientation and is well worth reading.
All She Wanted is available for $6.99
at bookstores nationwide and is pub
lished by Pocket Books, a division of
Simon & Schuster, the publishing op
eration of Viacom Inc.
Next, we'll look at Side Tracks by
Teresa Stores. The story begins in the
middle of the Great Depression when
Maxine McCarthy loses her New York
factory job and realizes she must leave
to avoid more beatings from her
step-father. Around the same time in
Florida, Josephine Lee wins a scholar
ship to a Northern College, but her
preacher father refuses to let her go,
insisting that she must marry and have
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July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 21
™ How Big A
Bitch Are You?
This Quiz originaiiy ran in the March 1987 issue of Dimensions
and is our most popular ever. Answer the questions and foiiow
the instructions to find out if you're a bitch!
l.You feel most irritable:
d. Silence is the fastest healer
(check as many as apply)
a. in the morning
5. The only reason you would be
b. at night
unfaithful to you lover is:
c. in late afternoon
a. Revenge!
d. before your period
b. You have the afternoon off
and nothing better to do
e. Mondays
f. during a full moon
c. Love
g.when you drink
d. Lust
h. 24 hourd a day, 365 days
a year
i. when you are hungry
6. During a fight with your lover,
you:
a. throw things
2. You are most bitchy with:
b. verbally abuse her
a. other bitches
c. Cry
d. Leave, slamming doors
all the way
b. people who have power over you
c. people you have power
over
d. lovers, friends, relatives
7. How would you rate yourself
3. When you someone tells you
(E-excellent, S-satisfactory, F-fair,
unsavory gossip about a friend, you:
a. dig for all the details
b. pass the news along to
everyone you've ever known
U-unsatisfactory)
c. refuse to discuss it
c. Sex life
d. Job or Career
e. Home enviroment
on the following?
d. wonder if they talk about you
behind your back
4. Do you agree or disagree with the
following statements?
a. The greasy wheel gets the
grease
b. Do unto others...first!
c. Understanding is the key
to forgiveness
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a. Relationships with other
women
b. Appearance
f. Personality
g. Charisma
8. Your best friends lover, whom
you are very attracted to, asks
you out. You:
a. Turn her down
b. Turn her down and call
your friend to tell her about it
c. Go out with her and then call
If You Scored:
d. Go out with her and suggest an
106-74 points
affair
Bitchy? Yes! Manipulative? Of
Course! Everyone is fair game when
you're on the rampage. Mom,Dad,
9. Your lover is 2 hours late for your
birthday party. You:
a. Throw a drink in her face when she
comes in th door.
b. Hook up with the most attractive
the Boss, Friends, Lovers...all are a
target! Of course, you get lots of
respect, but you don't inspire much
affection. You can be very aggressive
woman at the party
c. Go ahead and party, after
all, it is your birthday
matter how small. You do have a
d. pout all night long
softer side but you don't let it show
10. You have problems with:
very much. If you did you might find
yourself with better relationships with
(check as many as apply)
everyone in your life.
if anything or anyone stands between
you and something you want, no
a. strong food cravings
b. migraines or headaches
c. an addiction to caffeine
d. an addiction to cigarettes
e. Insomnia
f. hinging on sweets
g. frequent bloating
73-41 points
You tend to keep your bitchy side to
yourself but when something triggers
your anger, watch out! Once you re
mad you let the chips fall where they
may and give no thought to the
consequences. This tendency to hold
Scoring
everything in and then explode can
Give yourself points as follows:
1. a-g 1 point, h-4, i-1
get you into trouble and you may feel
2. a-4, b-3, c-l,d-2
3. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
more than a little guilty once it s out
of your system. Don't worry, you ve
got to release tension somewhere an
4.AgreeDisagree
besides, life would be very boring
a
without an occasional emotional
4
1
b. 5
0
c. 2
3
d. 2
3
5. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
6. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
outburst!
40-10 points
You are the nice one. Too nice. You
let people walk on you until your own
7.E S F U
self-confidence falters and on come
a.l 234
the tears, buckets of them. Stand up
b.4 1 2 3
c.l 234
d.l 234
e.l 23 4
f.4 1 2 3
g-4 1 2 3
8. a-2, b-l,c-3, d-4
for yourself once in awhile, not only
will you feel better about yourself but
about everyone around you! You may
shock some people at first with your
new self, but they'll have much more
respect for you in the long run.
9. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
10. One point for each checked
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 23
Horoscope
The following article on the Chinese Horoscope originally
ran In the second Issue of Dimensions In August 1986.
The Chinese Horoscope is not based on the
sun signs but instead, on the moon or lunar
years. Instead of the month of birth, these
Rat
The Rat may at first seem charming and fun
loving, but beneath this dashing exterior is
signs are based on the birth year. The cycle
is divided into 12 signs that change yearly.
stant recklessness.
THE YEARS & THEIR SIGNS
Year
1948
I960
1972
1984
Sign
RAT
1954 HORSE
1966*
1978
1990
a quick tempered agressiveness and con
You can always find a Rat at a sale "saving
money"on things she will never use. How
ever,the money "saved" is probably not her
own. She is often happier living off those
around her than making it on her own.
The Rat will be sentimental about anything
1949 BUFFALO
1955 GOAT
in her past. Honesty is her greatest asset.
The best romantic partners for the Rat are
the Dragon and the Buffalo. She should
1961
1967
avoid the Horse and the Cat.
1973
1979
1985
1991
Buffalo
1950 TIGER
1956 MONKEY
The Buffalo hides behind a plodding
1962
1968
facade, but underneath you will find a
quick and creative mind. She is the inspirer
1974
1980
of confidences but likes to be alone quite
1986
1992
1963
1969
often. She is likely to be engaged in the
fanatic pursuit of outdated ideals.
The Buffalo is subject to violent fits of
temper. It is best not to cross her. She
1975
1981
demands fidelity from a lover and will,
1987
1993
herself, remain faithful.
1952 DRAGON
1958 DOG
1964
1970
She is a hard worker and will prosper in
business and agriculture. She should avoid
careers in sales or politics.
1976
1982
The Buffalo will work best in romantic
1988
1994
1951
CAT
1957 ROOSTER
situations with the Rat and the Rooster. She
should watch out for the Monkey,the Tiger
1953 SNAKE
1959 PIG
and the Goat.
1965
1971
1977
1983
Tiger
1995
The Tiger is rebellious. She is the ring
1989
leader and always the first tojump into any
*The year of the Fire Horse occurs once
every 60 years in the year ofthe Horse. In
this century, the years 1906 & 1966 are the
only years ofthe Fire Horse.
situation. You would be well advised to
think things over before following her. Her
love of being on the edge often leads to her
downfall.
The Tiger likes to be the boss and hates to
take orders from anyone.
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The Tiger will make a great boss,army chief
or possibly a gangster. Anywhere she is in
the lead suits her perfectly.
She will have good relationships with the
Horse, the Dragon or the Dog. She should
stay away from the Snake,the Monkey,the
sions where she must work too hard.
Snakes tend to have a "wandering eye
when it comes to affairs of the heart.
Buffalo and the Cat.
She will be happy with the Bufffalo and the
Cat
Cats are the happiest people. They are good
company and have a great many good quali
ties. However,they are also superficial and
that means their good qualities are superfi
Tiger.
She is lucky in money matters but she sjust
a little stingy.
She is fairly lazy and should avoid profes
Rooster but should avoid the Pig and the
cial also.
The Cat is a great party goer and hostess.
She has great taste in clothes and all other
material things. She loves to show off her
intelligence and culture.
She is not easily provoked.
She is adept at handling money and will
probably do well in any aspect of trade.
Politics are also good to the Cat.
She will prosper in relationships with the
Goat, the Pig and the Dog. She will be
unhappy with the Rooster, the Rat and the
Tiger.
Dragon
Horse
The Horse is tops in sex appeal.She lojes to
be around lots of people and is a wonderful
companion, but a bit of a gossip, e is
always popular.
She has a terrible temper and is very impa
tient. She can be immature and has a
tendency to be very selfish.
She can make it in any career involving
people(lots ofthem). She has the ability to
sway a crowd and does best in politics.
She will be happiest in relationships with
the Goat, the Dog and the Tiger. She
should stay away from the Rat.
•The Fire Horse occurs only every sixty
years (1906, 1966, 2026, etc...) and has all
these qualities but they are much more
pronounced.
The Dragon is direct and honest even at the
expense ofothers. She is also gullible. She
can be demanding because she expects
perfection in everything.
Goat
The Goat is a pessimistic womer. S e c^
also be elegant,charming & artistic.
She will be a success wherever she goes.
She is often loved but loves herself little.
always certain something better
She is in great demand as a lover but will
disappoint many lovers. Many Dragons
around the next comer.She has no
time and often irritates the peop e a
stay single all their lives because of their
self-suffiency.
She
often takeseven
advantage
her;sometimes
livingof
offthose
o e^ound
^
In love, the Dragon will work best with the
Rat, the Snake, the Rooster and especially
can adapt herself to living with the m
the Monkey. Bad times will come with the
Tiger and the Dog.
her with her lateness.
,„„nH
mum amount of security. She mevita y
leaves all major decisions to ot ers
life.
The Goat will do well in the ^s, as a
Snake
The Snake has greatintuition,almost a sixth
sense. She makes her decisions quickly and
sticks by them.
She keeps her pocketbook close to her and
gives her help in works rather than money.
carpenter or other craftsperson. owever,
she dreams of a rich lover so she oesn
have to work at all.
She will do well with the Cat, the Pig and
continued on page 31
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A Listing of Service Organizations, Businesses & Clubs
ALBUQUEFtQUE,NM (area code 505)
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AIDS Resource Center •P.O. Box 190712 75219
Asians & Friends•PO Box 914275209*392-3339
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Calheckal of Hope MCC * 5910 Cedar Spfiigs Rd•351-1901
CornmiJiity Churdi & Colege of Drviie Metaphysics
144 Harvard SE-268-2116
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Fbird^tion for Human Understancfrig•528-4233
GayA^ian Association of UTA
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Austii Latro'a LesbiarVQay Organiotlon
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LesbiarVGay Democrats of Texas•521-5342 ext. 229
Lesbiarv'Gay Poitical Coafbon•P.O. Box 224424 75222•828-9662
Lesbian Resource Center•1315 Skies * 821-3999
Lesbian VBbnaiies * PO Box 191443 75219* 521-5342 X 844
UL(Lesbian Wo Line *521-5342 ext. 298
SPROUTS(coming out group)* 521-5342 ext. 256
TWIGS (the wymn in gay society)*521-5342 ext. 269
The New Vision (newsjoomal)•521-5342 ext. 255
POBox1350 78787 * 280^107
MetropiexRepiijIcans 'P.O.Box 191033 75219 * 941-8114
Oak Lawn Ccrrmunly Services 4300 MacArthur* 520-8108
Austin Lesbian'Gay Poftica!Caucus•P.O. Box 822 78767•4740750
Oak Lawn Synphonic Band * P.O. Box 190973 75219•966-1751
Centerfor Baflered Women* (Lesbian Group)385-5181 or 928-9070
PFLAG/Date * He^ine 5588640
GayA.e5bian Student Assodation at LIT Austin
Impenal Sovereign Royal Court * P.O. Box 190464 75245•521-8446
458-3971 *80x27516X331)00178712-7338
Seventh-DayAdrentistKrship *4181358
White Rock Conmunity Church *722 Tenison Mem. Rd•3280043
Womyn Together•3920 Cedar Springs *528-4233
Lssbiarv^Ric^Lobby *POBox2579 70768*474-5475
Lesbian Mothers-Karen *339-8506
Live Wke Productions•PO Box 141202 78714
Metropoftan Community Church * 1100 Springdaie Rd.* 929-3660
Oasis Ministry•5555 N. Lanar BW.#L101 •441-9191
P-Flag (Parents/Friends Lesbians'Gays)•331-8445
SapphfirBl•Lesbian Social Group * 4500659
Meeting Address*825 E.531/2 St.. Ste E103
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Waterloo CoiJiselng Center *507 Powel 78703•322-9654
Texas Human Ri$^ Fouidation • P.O. Box 49740 78765•479-8473
AIDS Legal Assistance 1-8000280417
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607 Nueces St. 78701 *477-5822
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organizations
COURAGE Lesbian Gay Student Org.
P.O. Box 5067 76203•382-3813
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businesses
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (area code 405)
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organizations
Raitow Rancii CEmpground•RL 2, Bo* 165 76642•a88675-7596
Oasis the Comminity Center
HOUSTON,TX (area code 713)
Heriand Sister Resources. Inc.
2135 NW 39th 73112•525-AIDS
businesses
hkfings Bookshop"1846 RicJitwnd*521-3369
dubs
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Ms. Bs"9208 Buffalo Spdwy."666-3356
XTC•9212 Buffab Spdwy."666-3356
organizations
AIDS Foundation•3927 Essex Lane•6238796
AIDS HOTLINE "c^o Swtettxwti•5283211
2312 NW 39th 73112"521-9696
SAN ANGELO, TX (area code 915)
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P-Flag (Parents/Riends Lesbians/Gays)"944-4323
Concho Valey Gay/Lesbian Afance
P.O. Box 750 76902•653-2956
SAN ANTONIO,TX (area code 210)
(3ay/Lesbian Students Unh/ersity of Houston"4800 CatxMjn•529-3211
GayA^ianSwitchboanJ"PC Box66591 77266"529-3211
clubs
Houston Gay & Lesbian Parents"960-7995
Nexus San Antonio "8021 Pinebrook" 341-2818
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htegrity" P.O. Box 66006 772666006"432-0414
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P-Flag (Parents/Friends LesbianaGays)•822-4135
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SALGA - San Antonio Lesbian/Gay Assembly
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19igDecatur"861-9149
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PWA CoaRicn - Houston" 1475 W. Gray #163•522-6428
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LubbockLesblarVGayAiance&Wjidt^deWest Prod.
P.O. Box 64746 79464"791-4499
MCC Lil)bock"5502 34th St"792-5562
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4204^ SOIh St. 79413•1-008627-7079"796-7068
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Student Pride Soiree * PO Box 12715 78212"7364329
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P-Fleg (Pa6rts/Frie(*js Lesbians/Gays)•750-7211
PC Box 1021 "Evanston. lL 60204
AIDS Action Cound"729 Ei£^ St. S.E. Suite 200
Washington, DC 20003"(202)5473101
AIDS 800" 1-800-221-7044
Conference For Catholic Lesbians
PC Box 436, Planetarium Station • New York, NY 10024
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Hate Crime Line" 1-800-347-HATE
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Lesbian Mothers' National Defense Fund
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She will do well with the Cat, the Pig
and the Horse. No other sign does well
with the Goat, especially the Buffalo
and the Dog.
Monkey
The Monkey is the most mischevious
and fun of all the signs. She is a practi
094
^ Conler
^Jragon. She should stay
away from the Cat and other Roosters.
Dog
The Dog isa worrier—always on alert.
She is an introvert, extremely cynical
and very sharp tongued. She looks for
faults in everything.
She doesn't like to be around people
and gives the impression of being a
"cold fish" in the bedroom. She isn't
cal joker and can be very devious.
really cold, only lacking in confidence.
She will read everything that comes
within her grasp.She has agood memory
and remembers everything.
She is very inventive and has great
problem solving ability. She will lie, as
She is the most honest and faithful ofall
long as she knows she can get away
the signs. She can keep a secret to her
deathbed.
She will be happiest with the Horse,the
Tiger and the Cat. She would be wise to
avoid the Dragon and the Goat.
with it.
The Monkey will succeed in any
Pig
professioon. She has good chance of
You can trust a Pig in all matters. She is
a good sport, always understanding her
becoming famous,or at least well known
within her field.
own faults and those of others. She is
She will make a good partner for the
incredibly sincere.
She is a great companion and will be
Dragon and the Rat. She would be well
advised to stay away from the Tiger.
alot of fun once she lets her hair down.
booster
She can be very obstinate underneath
the deceptive appearance of compli
The Rooster is a boastful dreamer and
ance. Once she has come to a decision,
likes to be flattered. She speaks her
mind to the point of rudeness.
She likes to be noticed and may have a
She would do well to settle down with
tendency to dress flashily. She is very
nothing will change her mind.
the Cat but must stay away from the
Snake and the Goat.
conservative in politics and all other
areas of her life.
She is very independent and never con
fides in anyone.She loves to dream,but
fiae to her conservatism, has a very
limited imagination. She has a tenfianey to make promises that are bigger
Ifian she can keep.
Rooster has a reputation for being
^•^le to find money in the most unlikely
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Justice Department is examining all
possible motives in the tragic murder of
andLollieWinans. In a letter to NGLTF
executive director Melinda Paras,Reno
Julie Williams andLollieWinans. With
stated investigators are "... pursuing all
motives, including the possibility that
the crime was motivated by the sexual
anti-lesbian bias is being seriously con
sidered, the Task Force is now able to
orientation of the victims."
Williams and Winans were found mur
dered in Virginia's Shenandoah Na
tional Park on June 1. Many in the
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
community and others familiar with the
nature of hate crimes fear the killings
could have been an anti-lesbian hate
crime. This fear stems from the fact that
the women, according to press reports
and friends of the women, were lesbi
ans; robbery was not involved in the
criine; and no other motive has appar
ently been established. Also,the Appa
lachian Trail was the site of the 1988
murder of Rebecca Wight. Wight was
murdered, and her partner, Claudia
Brenner, was seriously injured after
being shot because they were lesbians.
Attorney General Reno's assurance that
express confidence in the investigation
to our community and all involved in
the struggle against bias violence.
NGLTF will, of course, continue to
monitorthe investigation with vigilance.
We do not know ifJulie and Lollie were
killed because they were lesbians. We
do know, unfortunately, such a possi
bility is all too real. We also know it is
important that all hate crimes be identi
fied accurately and honestly by the
media and the criminal justice system.
Silence about such crimes feeds the
apathy and ignorance that often sur
rounds them. Silence around hate vio
lence and the possibility of such vio
lence also ignores the other victims of
these crimes - whole communities who
live in fear and danger as a result of
individual anti-gay attacks.
The Task Force contacted Attorney
Shirley Lesser of Virginians for Jus
General Reno by letter on June 7 when
tice, a statewide organization that ad
vances equal justice gay, lesbian bi
concerns were raised that the possibil
ity of a hate crime was not being seri
ously considered by investigators.
sexual and transgender citizens of the
Commonwealth of Virginia,issued the
These concerns stemmed from a con
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 5
following statement in response to the
Attorney General's letter:
Virginians for Justice (VJ) is pleased
that Department of Justice listened and
responded in a timely fashion to our
concerns. Though individual investi
gators assured us that all possible mo
tives are being pursued, we are relieved
to have this officially confirmed by the
Attorney General. VJ will continue to
work closely with the Virginia State
Police and the investigative team to
ensure a quick resolution to this case.
Oregon Group Aban
dons Signature Drive
Portland, OR - The Oregon Citizens
Alliance, a radical right-wing group,
has announced they will abandon their
drive to gather signatures for another
ballotmeasure asking to write discrimi
nation into the Oregon Constitution.
The decision came as no surprise to
anti-discrimination advocates in light
of the US Supreme Court's ruling in
Romer v.Evans.The ruling struck down
a discriminatory measure(Amendment
2) passed in the state of Colorado.
"It's not often that Lon Mabon and the
OCA make our day!" declares Julie
Davis, Executive Director of Basic
Rights Oregon, an organization that
advocates basic legal rights for all Or
egon citizens. "While the high court's
ruling affirms our belief in the judicial
system, recognition of the legal rights
of all Oregonians won't happen in the
courts alone. We've got a lot ofeducat
ing to do throughout the state. Recent
surveys show that 80% of the public
doesn't know that IT IS CURRENTLY
LEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST GAY MEN AND LESBI
ANS IN OREGON.
Page 6 • Dimensions • July 1996
"The decision of the OCA to abandon
this year's pro-discrimination measure
is a good sign," says Eric Fishman,
Co-Chair ofBasic Rights Oregon Steer
ing Committee, "but it's important to
remember thatthe US Supreme Court's
decision in Romer didn't happen in a
vacuum. Numerous groups have been
working in Oregon and nationally orga
nizing, litigating and educating people
about basic legal rights."
Basic Rights Oregon will move for
ward aggressively with the planning
and implementation of a six-point pro
gram that includes:
The Fair Workplace Project - a state
wide educational program thatincludes
a fully produced seven minute video
featuring former Attorney General Dave
Fohnmayer, retired Oregon Supreme
Court Justices, Oregon business lead
ers and testimonials of local workers
who have experienced employmentdis
crimination telling the truth about their
experience in the workplace.
Changing the legal status of lesbians
and gay men in Oregon. Oregonians
can still be discriminated against in the
areas of employment, housing, public
accommodations and credit simply be
cause oftheir actual or perceived sexual
orientation. Neither the US Supreme
Court ruling in Romer nor the OCA's
decision to abandon its 1996 ballot box
attack have an effect in these areas. In
Oregon protections against discrimina
tion exist in only four Oregon Cities —
Ashland, Corvallis, Eugene and Port
land.Basic Rights Oregon will be work
ing with other organizations to change
Oregon law so that discrimination is no
longer legal anywhere in our state. This
will be done through a combination of
educational, legislative and electoral
efforts.
Continuing efforts to identify base of
supporters through voter identification
criminatory ballot measures including
those aimed at women's reproductive
freedom, immigrants, affirmative ac
tion and public education.
Basic Rights Oregon exists to advance
and protect human rights. It is building
the broadest possible coalition to counter
the activities of groups such as the Or
egon Citizens Alliance; and to defeat
calls, pledge card drives and outreach
work from Pendelton to Astoria, from
state fairs to church meetings.
Developing leaders and training local
or community organizers to assist with
Basic Rights Oregon's ongoing projects
on a statewide basis and identify and
train campaign workers.
attempts to deny basic rights through the
electoral process. The organization in
cludes a full-time professional staff and
a wide array of business, labor, educa
tion, religious, gay and lesbian organi
Building on existing coalition by ex
panding and strengthening relation
ships with other organizations, reli
gious institutions, businesses and other
potential allies.
Educating supporters about other dis
zations and more than 5,000 committed
volunteers throughout the state.
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What's Goia' Oa
A Monthly Listing Of Special Events All Around The Area
DALLAS - The Hope Counseling
Center is a non-profit program of Ca
thedral of Hope MCC offering indi
vidual, couples and family counseling
and Lesbian Support Groups facilitated
by licensed professional therapists. For
more information,call(214)351-5657.
SAN ANTONIO - The Gay and Les
bian Community Center of San An
groups for gay parents and their chil
dren and fun activities for gay families.
AMARILLO - The Amarillo Lesbian
Gay Alliance will hold its Queer Din
ner Club on Thursday, June 11th at
Los Insurgentes (Celia's) at 7:30pm
and on Thursday, July 18th at Italian
Delights at 7:30pm. Everyone is in
tonio has an immediate need for volun
vited to attend. For more information
aboutthe Dinner Club and other ALGA
teers to help at the Center, located at
923East Mistletoe,Community-minded
events, call the ALGA Information
Line at(806)373-5725.
individuals are asked to donate four
hours a week. Help is needed with of
fice work,fundraising,the Hotline,com
puter data entry and peer counseling.
For more information or to provide
assistance please call (210) 732-4300
and leave your name and phone num
ber,or drop by the office from noon to
OKLAHOMA CITY - Herland Sis
8 PM.
the 3rd Sunday of each month). To
ter Resources is looking for volunteers
to serve on the Board, keep Herland
open on weekends,improve the grounds
and building, write for the newsletter
and lots ofother tasks. All are invited to
attend the monthly meeting(4:30pm on
volunteer call (504) 521-9696 or stop
by 2312 NW 39th.
DALLAS - The Oak Lawn Soccer
Club is a lesbian/gay soccer club,field
OFINTERESTTO ALL
ing teams in local leagues and national
Mark your calendars now for the week
and international tournaments.They are
end of October 11-13 for the 2nd An
nual lYG National Youth Festival.
looking for players of all skill levels.
Call (214) 942-3566 or e-mail to:
astrojet@aol.com for more info.
This year's festival will be held in
Washington,D.C. where lYG will host
the first ever Gay Youth March on
HOUSTON - The Houston Gay and
Lesbian Parents Group will have
"Water Fun" days for their family ac
tivity on July 20th and August 11th.
Washington.The theme for this year's
conference is"Free 2b Me."The week
end will coincide with the Names
Project Foundation's display of the
They also have a new phone number
you can call formore information.(713)
entire AIDS Memorial Quilt on the
666-8260. The HGLP offers support
register, see the lYG web site at http;//
National Mall. For more info or to
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 9
www.youth.org/loco/iyg or call (317)
tion, write P.O.Box 819,Provincetown,
541-8726.
MA 02657 or call (508)487-3684^
The 9th Annual Provincetown Har
bor Swim for Life and Mermaid
Brunch AIDS Benefit is scheduled for
Saturday, September 7th. This is a 1.4
mile open water
swim
to
benefit
AIDS and gay/les
bian organizations.
Many other activities
are planned for the
weekend including
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CALL TAMMY CHAMBERLAIN AT
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uko^men's festiifiil
October 11, 12 & 13
Coumbus Day Weekend
Uendors,talent, volunteers &'Testi-goers"
call(210)796-7446
Join Hundreds of women on a rugged women's ranch, tucked
away in the woods in the beautifulTexas Hill Country and enjoy
mother nature, sisterhood and entertainment under the stars.
For ticket information and details leave your name,full address
and phone number for a discreetly mailed flyer. Make plans
now and bring all your girlfriends. Big discounts for early tickets.
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Dear
Answers to your questions about love,
RELATIONSHIIPS & PERSONAL PROBLEMS
This Dear Agnes Column appeared In the
first Issue of Dimensions In July 1986
does not work and further more, she
per day,or year,or decade and then they
just quit. In all likelihood, she will get
anotherjob in her field sometime in the
future without counseling. However,it
hasn't worked in a couple of years ex
cept for a bartendingjob here and there,
over again.
Dear Agnes,
I am ready to run away from home,My
lover is 40 years old and I am 39. She
mowing someone's lawn or doing small
maintenance jobs for friends. These
jobs of hers last from one to six months
and then there are long lapses in-between
when she does nothing until I throw a fit
and insist that we need the extra money.
Is there something wrong with her? I
can't imagine not having my own
money.It doesn't seem to bother her. I
work in a highly professional position
and it really irks me to come home and
find she hasn't done anything all day.I
know she is a bright woman and ca
pable ofhandling ajob. Up until 2 years
ago she was working as a professional
in herfield at$25,000 per year. One day
she threw a fit and just walked off the
job. This situation in driving a wedge
is probably just the same cycle starting
I strongly suggest counseling in this
instance. A person cannot grow to their
full potential unless they are willing to
take responsiblity for themselves and
the person they would like to become.
You will probably need to consider
counseling as a couple. You seem to
have built up a grudge about this situa
tion that will not be easily reconciled
and which will only hinder you lover's
progress towards independence.
Dear Agnes,
I have been living with a beautiful
woman for the past five years and we
have a wonderful life together except
for sex. I am a very sexual " person.
When we first started living together
between us and I'm not sure what to do
we were very compatible but for the
about it. I love her very much and I
past 2 years there has been a sharp
don't want to leave but I can't take it
decline in our sex life. I have tried
much longer.
Confused
talking to her about it but she seems to
avoid the question orjust tells me there
is nothing wrong with us. When we do
Dear Confused,
have sex, she takes the directors chair
and I find I don't enjoy it very much. I
The first thing on the agenda is to con
am at wits end, I cannot tolerate this
vince her to go to either a counselor or
a career counseling center. She appar
situation much longer. A two month
ently has problems dealing with the
reality of responsibility. Some people
can only take so much responsibility
should I do? What can I do?
holding period is now in effect. What
Deprived
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 11
Dear Deprived,
It is normal for any relationship to go
into a sexual decline from time to time
due to stress, depression, or
pre-occupation with other problems.
There may be a problem in her life of
which you are unaware. Try talking
with her about other aspects of her life
(other than your relationship). Sex is
one ofthe hardest areas to discuss within
a relationship.Frequently, partners fear
talking about negative sexual seelings.
This fear is based on how your partner
"thinks" you will react. The fear you
to talk about her feelings. Counseling
for couples can help, provided you are
both willing to go and air your feelings.
Sex is certainly not the most important
aspect of a relationship but it is one of
them.
^
DO YOU HAVE
A PROBLEM?
Write To "Agnes" At:
P.O. Box 856
Lubbock, 7X 79408
might leave the relationship and/or seek
a new sexual partner.Explain to her that
you understand she may have these
fears and that you understand. This
approach could open her up and get her
or e-mail her at:
visions782@aol.com
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A short history of the woman's & flay right's movements of the
20th century that first ran in the April 1993 issue of Dimensions
There are those who believe that "you can't
really appreciate where you are going until
you understand where you've been."
As I write this, events leading up to the
historic '93 March on Washington for Les
bian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Libera
outside the home and beginning to domi
nate professions such as nursing and teach
ing. Out of 369 occupations listed in the
census of 1890, women could befound in all
but nine. Although the federal government
didn't give in until the '20s, many munici
tion are just beginning. The March itself
palities allowed women to vote in local
won't happen for another week. In the
midst of all the excitement, 1 thought this
would be an appropriate time to look at
elections as early as the 1900s and four
where we came from. So here it is — a short
history of both women and the lesbian/gay
community in the 20th century.
1900s # 1910s
At the beginning of this century women m
most states were the property of their hus
bands (or fathers, brothers or other close
male relatives) with no legal control over
their own earnings, children or property.
Women were not allowed to vote,one fourth
of the states did not allow wives to make
states (Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and
Idaho) allowed women to vote in state and
federal elections. By 1914 six additional
states had given the vote to women.
Lesbians and gay men were isolated by a
largely rural population and homosexuality
was rarely mentioned outside the realm of
church or medical journals. There were a
few pockets of gay life in the larger cities,
evidenced by the opening ofSan Francisco's
first gay bar. The Dash, in 1908. By and
large, lesbianism was not thought to be
possible, thus the advent of "Boston Mar
riages", close "friendships" (with definite
romantic overtones)formed by middle class
contracts, and women could not enter into
business partnerships without male con
sent.
But,it wasn't all bad news. From 1890 until
the beginning of World War I, the womens
movement was alive and well. By 1900
twenty percent of women were employed
On August 18,1920,the Nineteenth Amend
ment gave women all over the U.S.the right
to vote. With this victory came a definite
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 13
downturn in the Suffrage movement—with
no great cause to unite them and bring in
new members, women drifted from the
movement. The"New Woman" waited un
til later to marry,wore shorter skirts,smoked
cigarettes and generally had more freedom.
This explosion of women in the work force
gave lesbians the opportunity(many for the
first time) to make a comfortable living
without the aid of a man. Many women
discovered that they were lesbians during
this time.
The freer morals of the '20s brought in
creased freedom for women as well as ho
mosexuals. Many homosexual men had en
countered the relative freedom of gays in
large European cities during the first World
War and brought this expanded view back
to the States with them.The growing shift of
the population from rural to urban also helped
things along.
f 930S
TTie Great Depression brought severe set
backs to women's employment opportuni
ties. With fewer jobs to go around, many
women were forced out of the job market.
Those that did hang on to their jobs were
often faced with wage and hour cuts. When
an advertisement for 150jobs as soap dem
onstrators was advertised in St. Louis,over
1,000 women stormed an office building to
apply for the jobs.
Homosexuals were also affected by the
Depression. With urban areas being espe
cially hard hit, the small gay communities
The attitudes of Senator Joseph McCarthy
and the House UnAmerican Activities Com
mittee influenced both the women's and the
gay communities.The overriding conserva
tism of the decade did not allow for any
radical action by women's organizations.
Many women did not re-enter the work
force after World War II and the media
image of women shifted from "Rosie the
Riveter" to the perky housewife.
Persecution ofhomosexuals came into vogue
with massive military purges and fear of
communism. The early fifties saw the first
forerunners of our modem gay organiza
tions founded in California — West
Coast-One, Inc., the Mattachine Society,
and, in 1955, the first lesbian organization,
the Daughters of Bilitis. The groundwork
for the gay rights movement had been laid.
that had formed in the twenties were forced
to focus on economic instead of emotional
needs. As a result, they retreated further
underground so as not to lose hard earned
The advent of"the pill" and the civil rights
movement both played a role in bringing
feminism back to the forefront of national
jobs, apartments and family support.
politics in the sixties. More and more women
were moving into the work force out of
economic necessity. The National Organi
1940S
zation for Women was founded in 1966.
More than 6 million women went to work
content, they were translating it into action.
for the first time with the advent of World
The number of Lesbian and Gay activists
Women were not only expressing their dis
War II. In the media, women at work were
were growing all across the country. They
pictured as positive role models. Many state
governments repealed legislation that pre
were beginning to realize that maybe they
weren't the ones who had a problem, and
that only by changing the attitudes of those
vented women from working in "danger
ous" positions to encourage women to work
in war plants. Women were also seen in
Then in 1969,on Friday,June 27th, the gay
military uniforms.
movement erupted. The Stonewall Inn, a
Page 14 • Dimensions • July 1996
around them would they ever be accepted.
What A Worih,
Wh^ta Worth
BATHROOM HUMOR
BY Nancy Ford
Who would believe it? It's been ten
years since Dimensions hit the hot little
hands of the collective Texas lesbian.
Since that time, Tasha and the gang
have brought you pieces ofinformation
and enlightenment every month — po
etry and prose and newsflashes and
stuff that you might not miss until it's
not here anymore. With that in mind,I
would publicly like to thank Tasha and
her support system at Dimensions for
providing me with such an excellent
Undoubtedly, the success of Twister:
The Movie will result in a resurgence of
curiosity in Twister: The Board Game.
Introduced in 1966 by Milton Bradley,
the smelly,plastic tarp-with-dots prom
ised "to turn the human body into a vital
component of play." It was the most
popular new game of the 60s (not in
cluding playing Dodge Bullet at Kent
State,) and sold more than 3 million
units its first year.
And now, on to the funny stuff —
You may be wondering how I came to
be such an authority on such an inane
subject. First of all, it ain't brain sur
It's summer! Time for pool parties!
to me. These Twister facts and many
Time for the beach! Time for SPF 983!
more like them can be found in a fasci
Time to get out of the sun, and into a
cool, dark movie theater, which means
John's Bathroom Reader,published by
forum to communicate with you.
gery, which explains much ofits appeal
nating book dubiously entitled Uncle
— it's time for summer blockbuster
St. Martin's Press.
movies!
Love the book, hate the title. But I
swear, this book is really neat. It con
Being a Texas-transplanted biological
product ofthe Midwest(which explains
the excess com and ham in my DNA,)
I have decided to bypass at least one of
tains quick, one-or-two page bits of
information, obviously designed to be
absorbed in the span of a couple or so
this season's smash hits: Twister.
minutes,that might not ever come up in
Granted, I've never had a tractor fly
through my windshield,butI have lived
conversation. But then again, they
through plenty enough real-life torna
does as a child to balk at paying $7.50
might, and you want to be ready, don't
you? UJBR also contains the following
pearls which I couldn't resist passing
to sit through a fake one as an adult.
along to you.
I wish this Twister were a tribute to the
popular board game. Now, there's a
According to one survey,2/3 of men
childhood memory that bears replay
ing. More than just Candyland with
in America believe in love at first
choreography,the original Twister pro
vided millions of us less-than-
athletically-gifted children of the 60s
the semblance of physical exertion and
competition without the embarrassment
of wearing some dorky team uniform.
sight. Fine, but do these men have re
volving charge accounts with U-Haul?
In 1987,a 1,400-year-old still-edible
lump of cheese was unearthed in Ire
land. My question is, how was this
cheese determined to be "still edible?"
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 15
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Pf opet ty of the Center
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San Antonio
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gay bar in Greenwich Village was raided by
the police — and patrons decided to fight
back. The fight moved into the streets and
was soon joined by people on the street and
from other bars in the area.
ment continues to gain momentum and win
small victories in States and municipalities
nationwide.
The eighties saw the birth of the AIDS
Quilt, Gay TV,National Coming Out Day,
the Gay Games,the first March On Wash
ington and the National Museum ofLesbian
& Gay History.
Feminism was growing steadily in both
numbers and appeal in the early seventies.
Women formed feminist theatre troupes,
rock groups and made feminist movies. Ms.
magazine went into publication. The Su
preme Courtgave women the right to choose
an abortion in 1973 with the decision in Roe
V. Wade.. By 1975, 32 of the required 38
states had passed the ERA amendment.
The San Francisco gay community held the
first Gay Freedom Day Parade in 1970 to
celebrate the anniversary of the Stonewall
riots. In 1972 the American Psychiatric
Association removed homosexuality from
iggos
Although we still have our share of prob
lems, both the women's and gay move
ments are making headway.The passage of
Amendment 2 in Colorado and the fight
over Proposition 9 in Oregon led to ever
increasing violence against gays in those
states.On the positive side,with the election
of Bill Clinton we have seen the first female
attorney general, and the first openly gay
cabinet appointees. Although Clinton s
"gays in the military" proposal was ex
fomialegalizedhomosexuality.Harvey Milk
tremely controversial with both the gay and
staight communities, at least it brought the
their list of mental disorders. In 1975 Cali-
was elected supervisor of San Francisco in
issue into the open.
1977 and was fatally shot by ex-supervisor
The second March on Washington hap-
Dan White in 1978.
penedon April 25,1993.Someestimate that
19SOS
In the past few years we have seen legisla
tion aimed at suppressing lesbian and gay
relationships and we have seen the Supreme
more than one million people attended.
Three of the bastions of almost exclusively
male domain were broken when Sandra
Day O'Cormor was appointed to serve on
Court overturn such legislation. We have
watched and waited to see if Icsbi
gay
the Supreme Court in 1981, Sally Ride
marriage will be made legal in Hawaii,an
became the first woman crew member of a
space flight in 1983 and Geraldine Ferraro
we will contine to watch to see ow t e
American public responds if it is-
became the first woman on a major party
presidential ticket. Women moved into the
medical and law fields and started their own
businesses in unprecedented numbers.More
and more women were winning elections at
all levels of government.
The gay community was(and continues to
be) hit hard by the onset of the AIDS epi
demic. Anti-gay violence increased as fear
of the disease grows. The Supreme Court
upholds the right of States to make sodomy
a crime with Bowers vs. Hardwick. Despite
these setbacks and hardships,the gay move-
Page 18 • Dimensions • July 1996
f
It's up to us. The future is what we make it.
Both the women's and gay community have
seen ups and downs over the past years
and that trend will surely continue far into
the 21st century. But, without the help and
support of us all, both will have a hard time
gaining recognition and support.
Wouldn't the plastic wrapper have dis
integrated by, say, around the time of
the Potato Famine? Speaking of which,
how did said cheese escape consump
tion during the Potato Famine? Has the
phrase au gratin no Irish/English
equivalent? And why would we listen
Travel Agent to Customer:"111 be happy
to help you with your flight reserva
tions to Dildo. Will that be one way or
two way?"
Road Comedian from Noisy Phone
Booth to Friend: "Can you speak up?
I'm playing Dildo and can't hear a
to anyone who would volunteer to eat a
thing."
1,4C)0-year-old lump ofanything? Most
importantly, why am I yammering on
■What is their high school mascot — the
Fighting Dildoes. the Flying Dildoes or
the Flaming Dildoes? for that matter, is
the plural dildoes or dildosl What is
their chief export? Do they celebrate
the Dildo Festival every summer or the
running of the dildoes in the spring? Do
they crown a Miss Dildo? How's the
tourist industry there? It frightens me
how muchIwant to visit. Just to get the
and on about this?
Elvis collected statuettes of Joan of
Arc and Venus de Milo.Let's think for
a moment about this, shall we? Joan's
arms were bound to her sides, and Ve
nus had no arms at all. Run, 'Cilia!
The average human being has seven
T-shirt.
sex fantasies a day. And at $2.99 a
Tarantula spiders have been known
minute, that's a lot of cash.
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The Coffee Ceiib
Lesbians In The Arts • Books, Music, Movies, Etc.
This Month, Tasha Sumner Introduces:
All
lUanted
AfHfiOOlTS JoNSS
Side Tracks
by Teresa Stores
The first book we'll look at this month
an instant success with the girls ofFalls
is All She Wanted by New York Times
City. "He" had many girlfriends and
bestselling author Aphrodite Jones.The
even became engaged to one woman.
book is an in-depth look at the circum
stances surrounding the murder ofTeena
some didn't. But when Brandon started
Brandon and two of her friends.
Twenty-one-year-old Teena Brandon
was living as a man in the town of Falls
City, Nebraska. She was on the run
from the law for forging checks and
hiding from her family. Brandon was
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Some of these girls knew the truth;
to date Lana Tisdel, his luck ran out.
On Christmas Eve, two of Lana's
ex-boyfriends learned the truth about
Brandon's gender. They took her to a
deserted parking lot, beat and raped her,
and threatened her life if she went to the
police. Less than a week later, after the
with interesting characters. It gives an
police had put out a warrant for the two
intriguing look into the life of the
men's arrest, Brandon and two other
"hobo."
friends were found shot to death in an
Side Tracks is available from your
isolated farmhouse. One perpetrator is
local bookstore or by mail for $10.95
now on death row; the other is serving
from Naiad Press,Inc.,P.O.Box 10543,
three consecutive life terms for the
Tallahassee,FL 32302. Complete cata
logs are available upon request.
murders.
All She Wanted is based on exclusive
interviews with Brandon's family,
friends and the murderers. The book is
an intriguing look atone young woman's
turmoil about her sexual identity and
orientation and is well worth reading.
All She Wanted is available for $6.99
at bookstores nationwide and is pub
lished by Pocket Books, a division of
Simon & Schuster, the publishing op
eration of Viacom Inc.
Next, we'll look at Side Tracks by
Teresa Stores. The story begins in the
middle of the Great Depression when
Maxine McCarthy loses her New York
factory job and realizes she must leave
to avoid more beatings from her
step-father. Around the same time in
Florida, Josephine Lee wins a scholar
ship to a Northern College, but her
preacher father refuses to let her go,
insisting that she must marry and have
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July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 21
™ How Big A
Bitch Are You?
This Quiz originaiiy ran in the March 1987 issue of Dimensions
and is our most popular ever. Answer the questions and foiiow
the instructions to find out if you're a bitch!
l.You feel most irritable:
d. Silence is the fastest healer
(check as many as apply)
a. in the morning
5. The only reason you would be
b. at night
unfaithful to you lover is:
c. in late afternoon
a. Revenge!
d. before your period
b. You have the afternoon off
and nothing better to do
e. Mondays
f. during a full moon
c. Love
g.when you drink
d. Lust
h. 24 hourd a day, 365 days
a year
i. when you are hungry
6. During a fight with your lover,
you:
a. throw things
2. You are most bitchy with:
b. verbally abuse her
a. other bitches
c. Cry
d. Leave, slamming doors
all the way
b. people who have power over you
c. people you have power
over
d. lovers, friends, relatives
7. How would you rate yourself
3. When you someone tells you
(E-excellent, S-satisfactory, F-fair,
unsavory gossip about a friend, you:
a. dig for all the details
b. pass the news along to
everyone you've ever known
U-unsatisfactory)
c. refuse to discuss it
c. Sex life
d. Job or Career
e. Home enviroment
on the following?
d. wonder if they talk about you
behind your back
4. Do you agree or disagree with the
following statements?
a. The greasy wheel gets the
grease
b. Do unto others...first!
c. Understanding is the key
to forgiveness
Page 22 • Dimensions • Juiy 1996
a. Relationships with other
women
b. Appearance
f. Personality
g. Charisma
8. Your best friends lover, whom
you are very attracted to, asks
you out. You:
a. Turn her down
b. Turn her down and call
your friend to tell her about it
c. Go out with her and then call
If You Scored:
d. Go out with her and suggest an
106-74 points
affair
Bitchy? Yes! Manipulative? Of
Course! Everyone is fair game when
you're on the rampage. Mom,Dad,
9. Your lover is 2 hours late for your
birthday party. You:
a. Throw a drink in her face when she
comes in th door.
b. Hook up with the most attractive
the Boss, Friends, Lovers...all are a
target! Of course, you get lots of
respect, but you don't inspire much
affection. You can be very aggressive
woman at the party
c. Go ahead and party, after
all, it is your birthday
matter how small. You do have a
d. pout all night long
softer side but you don't let it show
10. You have problems with:
very much. If you did you might find
yourself with better relationships with
(check as many as apply)
everyone in your life.
if anything or anyone stands between
you and something you want, no
a. strong food cravings
b. migraines or headaches
c. an addiction to caffeine
d. an addiction to cigarettes
e. Insomnia
f. hinging on sweets
g. frequent bloating
73-41 points
You tend to keep your bitchy side to
yourself but when something triggers
your anger, watch out! Once you re
mad you let the chips fall where they
may and give no thought to the
consequences. This tendency to hold
Scoring
everything in and then explode can
Give yourself points as follows:
1. a-g 1 point, h-4, i-1
get you into trouble and you may feel
2. a-4, b-3, c-l,d-2
3. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
more than a little guilty once it s out
of your system. Don't worry, you ve
got to release tension somewhere an
4.AgreeDisagree
besides, life would be very boring
a
without an occasional emotional
4
1
b. 5
0
c. 2
3
d. 2
3
5. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
6. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
outburst!
40-10 points
You are the nice one. Too nice. You
let people walk on you until your own
7.E S F U
self-confidence falters and on come
a.l 234
the tears, buckets of them. Stand up
b.4 1 2 3
c.l 234
d.l 234
e.l 23 4
f.4 1 2 3
g-4 1 2 3
8. a-2, b-l,c-3, d-4
for yourself once in awhile, not only
will you feel better about yourself but
about everyone around you! You may
shock some people at first with your
new self, but they'll have much more
respect for you in the long run.
9. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
10. One point for each checked
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 23
Horoscope
The following article on the Chinese Horoscope originally
ran In the second Issue of Dimensions In August 1986.
The Chinese Horoscope is not based on the
sun signs but instead, on the moon or lunar
years. Instead of the month of birth, these
Rat
The Rat may at first seem charming and fun
loving, but beneath this dashing exterior is
signs are based on the birth year. The cycle
is divided into 12 signs that change yearly.
stant recklessness.
THE YEARS & THEIR SIGNS
Year
1948
I960
1972
1984
Sign
RAT
1954 HORSE
1966*
1978
1990
a quick tempered agressiveness and con
You can always find a Rat at a sale "saving
money"on things she will never use. How
ever,the money "saved" is probably not her
own. She is often happier living off those
around her than making it on her own.
The Rat will be sentimental about anything
1949 BUFFALO
1955 GOAT
in her past. Honesty is her greatest asset.
The best romantic partners for the Rat are
the Dragon and the Buffalo. She should
1961
1967
avoid the Horse and the Cat.
1973
1979
1985
1991
Buffalo
1950 TIGER
1956 MONKEY
The Buffalo hides behind a plodding
1962
1968
facade, but underneath you will find a
quick and creative mind. She is the inspirer
1974
1980
of confidences but likes to be alone quite
1986
1992
1963
1969
often. She is likely to be engaged in the
fanatic pursuit of outdated ideals.
The Buffalo is subject to violent fits of
temper. It is best not to cross her. She
1975
1981
demands fidelity from a lover and will,
1987
1993
herself, remain faithful.
1952 DRAGON
1958 DOG
1964
1970
She is a hard worker and will prosper in
business and agriculture. She should avoid
careers in sales or politics.
1976
1982
The Buffalo will work best in romantic
1988
1994
1951
CAT
1957 ROOSTER
situations with the Rat and the Rooster. She
should watch out for the Monkey,the Tiger
1953 SNAKE
1959 PIG
and the Goat.
1965
1971
1977
1983
Tiger
1995
The Tiger is rebellious. She is the ring
1989
leader and always the first tojump into any
*The year of the Fire Horse occurs once
every 60 years in the year ofthe Horse. In
this century, the years 1906 & 1966 are the
only years ofthe Fire Horse.
situation. You would be well advised to
think things over before following her. Her
love of being on the edge often leads to her
downfall.
The Tiger likes to be the boss and hates to
take orders from anyone.
Page 24 • Dimensions • Juiy 1996
The Tiger will make a great boss,army chief
or possibly a gangster. Anywhere she is in
the lead suits her perfectly.
She will have good relationships with the
Horse, the Dragon or the Dog. She should
stay away from the Snake,the Monkey,the
sions where she must work too hard.
Snakes tend to have a "wandering eye
when it comes to affairs of the heart.
Buffalo and the Cat.
She will be happy with the Bufffalo and the
Cat
Cats are the happiest people. They are good
company and have a great many good quali
ties. However,they are also superficial and
that means their good qualities are superfi
Tiger.
She is lucky in money matters but she sjust
a little stingy.
She is fairly lazy and should avoid profes
Rooster but should avoid the Pig and the
cial also.
The Cat is a great party goer and hostess.
She has great taste in clothes and all other
material things. She loves to show off her
intelligence and culture.
She is not easily provoked.
She is adept at handling money and will
probably do well in any aspect of trade.
Politics are also good to the Cat.
She will prosper in relationships with the
Goat, the Pig and the Dog. She will be
unhappy with the Rooster, the Rat and the
Tiger.
Dragon
Horse
The Horse is tops in sex appeal.She lojes to
be around lots of people and is a wonderful
companion, but a bit of a gossip, e is
always popular.
She has a terrible temper and is very impa
tient. She can be immature and has a
tendency to be very selfish.
She can make it in any career involving
people(lots ofthem). She has the ability to
sway a crowd and does best in politics.
She will be happiest in relationships with
the Goat, the Dog and the Tiger. She
should stay away from the Rat.
•The Fire Horse occurs only every sixty
years (1906, 1966, 2026, etc...) and has all
these qualities but they are much more
pronounced.
The Dragon is direct and honest even at the
expense ofothers. She is also gullible. She
can be demanding because she expects
perfection in everything.
Goat
The Goat is a pessimistic womer. S e c^
also be elegant,charming & artistic.
She will be a success wherever she goes.
She is often loved but loves herself little.
always certain something better
She is in great demand as a lover but will
disappoint many lovers. Many Dragons
around the next comer.She has no
time and often irritates the peop e a
stay single all their lives because of their
self-suffiency.
She
often takeseven
advantage
her;sometimes
livingof
offthose
o e^ound
^
In love, the Dragon will work best with the
Rat, the Snake, the Rooster and especially
can adapt herself to living with the m
the Monkey. Bad times will come with the
Tiger and the Dog.
her with her lateness.
,„„nH
mum amount of security. She mevita y
leaves all major decisions to ot ers
life.
The Goat will do well in the ^s, as a
Snake
The Snake has greatintuition,almost a sixth
sense. She makes her decisions quickly and
sticks by them.
She keeps her pocketbook close to her and
gives her help in works rather than money.
carpenter or other craftsperson. owever,
she dreams of a rich lover so she oesn
have to work at all.
She will do well with the Cat, the Pig and
continued on page 31
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 25
The Directory
A Listing of Service Organizations, Businesses & Clubs
ALBUQUEFtQUE,NM (area code 505)
organizations
AIDS Resource Center •P.O. Box 190712 75219
Asians & Friends•PO Box 914275209*392-3339
Sister Souite Coope(3^ & Lesbian Resource Line
Calheckal of Hope MCC * 5910 Cedar Spfiigs Rd•351-1901
CornmiJiity Churdi & Colege of Drviie Metaphysics
144 Harvard SE-268-2116
4001 Live Oak #401 * 826-7110, Exl 401
AMARILLO,TX (aea code806)
organizations
Date Gay and Lesbian Aiance
CcngnegationBethQBfiah*P.O.Box 191188 75219*497-1591
Couples Metro D^*PO Box 803156 75380•504-«775
P.O. Box 19071275219 * 528-4233•FAX 522-4604
L0stiianGayAiai<»>POBo*9361 79105»37J5725
DateGay/LesbianHistoricArchives*P.O.Box 19071275219 * 821-1653
MCC o( Amarib•PO Box 1276•372-4557
Date Gay Youth Gftwp•300 Turtle Creek Plaza #116•307-7203
ARUNGTON,TX (area code BIT)
organizations
Date Tavern Guld * 3900 Lemmon Ave. #220•526-5292
C«asNames Project•POBck 190669 75219<B69*(214)520-SEWS
Ddtas Outdoors•P.O. Box 35474 75235 * 276-5270
DjgnityyDalas * PO Box 19013375219* 2264101
Fbird^tion for Human Understancfrig•528-4233
GayA^ian Association of UTA
Gay/Lesbian Gardeners'PC Box 190552 75219*339^787
P.O. Box 19348-77. UTA Si 76019•794-5140
TrinlyMCC'331 Aaron Ave..Ste 125 •265-5454
GLAADDates* P.O. Box 190712 75219 *526-01^^
AUSTIN,TX (area code 512)
dubs
Nexus-305W.SIh •mslSB
organizations
Affiimation(MelhodBl)•7403 Shoai Creek•451-2329
Austii Latro'a LesbiarVQay Organiotlon
Grace Felowsh'p h Christ Jesus * 2727 Oak Lawn •528-2811
LesbiarVGay Democrats of Texas•521-5342 ext. 229
Lesbiarv'Gay Poitical Coafbon•P.O. Box 224424 75222•828-9662
Lesbian Resource Center•1315 Skies * 821-3999
Lesbian VBbnaiies * PO Box 191443 75219* 521-5342 X 844
UL(Lesbian Wo Line *521-5342 ext. 298
SPROUTS(coming out group)* 521-5342 ext. 256
TWIGS (the wymn in gay society)*521-5342 ext. 269
The New Vision (newsjoomal)•521-5342 ext. 255
POBox1350 78787 * 280^107
MetropiexRepiijIcans 'P.O.Box 191033 75219 * 941-8114
Oak Lawn Ccrrmunly Services 4300 MacArthur* 520-8108
Austin Lesbian'Gay Poftica!Caucus•P.O. Box 822 78767•4740750
Oak Lawn Synphonic Band * P.O. Box 190973 75219•966-1751
Centerfor Baflered Women* (Lesbian Group)385-5181 or 928-9070
PFLAG/Date * He^ine 5588640
GayA.e5bian Student Assodation at LIT Austin
Impenal Sovereign Royal Court * P.O. Box 190464 75245•521-8446
458-3971 *80x27516X331)00178712-7338
Seventh-DayAdrentistKrship *4181358
White Rock Conmunity Church *722 Tenison Mem. Rd•3280043
Womyn Together•3920 Cedar Springs *528-4233
Lssbiarv^Ric^Lobby *POBox2579 70768*474-5475
Lesbian Mothers-Karen *339-8506
Live Wke Productions•PO Box 141202 78714
Metropoftan Community Church * 1100 Springdaie Rd.* 929-3660
Oasis Ministry•5555 N. Lanar BW.#L101 •441-9191
P-Flag (Parents/Friends Lesbians'Gays)•331-8445
SapphfirBl•Lesbian Social Group * 4500659
Meeting Address*825 E.531/2 St.. Ste E103
Maiing Address•201W.Stassney,Ste.#321 78745-3156
Waterloo CoiJiselng Center *507 Powel 78703•322-9654
Texas Human Ri$^ Fouidation • P.O. Box 49740 78765•479-8473
AIDS Legal Assistance 1-8000280417
The Treehouse(Lesbiai Mothers Support Group)
607 Nueces St. 78701 *477-5822
ATHENS,TX (area code 903)
organizations
P-Rag (Parents/Friends Lesbians/Gays)*675-8326
DENTON.TX(area code 817)
organizations
COURAGE Lesbian Gay Student Org.
P.O. Box 5067 76203•382-3813
Harvest MCC•5900 S.Stemmons 76205•1-808497-HMCC
P-Flag (Parantsfriends Lesbians'Gays)•387-1491
DRIPPING SPRINGS,TX(area code 512)
accommodations
Recreefion Plantation •Campground* HC01 box 48A 78620*894-0567
EL PASO,TX(area code 915)
organizations
Lambda Services * PO Box 3132179931-0321 * 24 hour Brie 562-GAyS
BANDERA,TX (area code 210)
MCC B Paso•916 Yoidel•542-1227
accornirradations
P-F)ag (Parents/Friends Lesb'ians/Gays)•Spanish & English •591-4664
Desert HaaJts Cowgiil CU)•Women's Guest Rand)
HO 3,Box 650 78003•796-7446
FT. WORTH(area code 817)
organizations
DALLAS,TX (area code 214)
Agape MCC•4615 SE Ijxip 820•535-5002
AfBniiation (Melhotist)•478-7837
businesses
impedal Court de Fort Worth/Arfnglon•870-1555 w 535-7188
Business Detvery Systems•14902 Preston Rd.75240 •733-1108
l-^iaiVGay PoBcal CoaKon ol Tarant County•263-9008 or8800326
dubs
P-Flag (Parents/Friends LostkanstGays)•498-5607/498-4855
Suo Ellen's•3903 Cedar Spritgs•5590707
RESPECT •828 Hardwood Rd.•Hurst, TX 76054
organizations
Tarrant County ITG Allarco•3327 Writtirop,Suie 24378118•7838544
Atfrnatton•PO Box 22583175222•948-1546
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GROESBECK,TX (area code 817)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (area code 405)
accommodations
organizations
Raitow Rancii CEmpground•RL 2, Bo* 165 76642•a88675-7596
Oasis the Comminity Center
HOUSTON,TX (area code 713)
Heriand Sister Resources. Inc.
2135 NW 39th 73112•525-AIDS
businesses
hkfings Bookshop"1846 RicJitwnd*521-3369
dubs
•9218 Buffalo SfxXvy.•666-3464
Ms. Bs"9208 Buffalo Spdwy."666-3356
XTC•9212 Buffab Spdwy."666-3356
organizations
AIDS Foundation•3927 Essex Lane•6238796
AIDS HOTLINE "c^o Swtettxwti•5283211
2312 NW 39th 73112"521-9696
SAN ANGELO, TX (area code 915)
organizations
P-Flag (Parents/Riends Lesbians/Gays)"944-4323
Concho Valey Gay/Lesbian Afance
P.O. Box 750 76902•653-2956
SAN ANTONIO,TX (area code 210)
(3ay/Lesbian Students Unh/ersity of Houston"4800 CatxMjn•529-3211
GayA^ianSwitchboanJ"PC Box66591 77266"529-3211
clubs
Houston Gay & Lesbian Parents"960-7995
Nexus San Antonio "8021 Pinebrook" 341-2818
Houston Gay Poitical Caucus•P.O. Box 66664 77266"521-1000
htegrity" P.O. Box 66006 772666006"432-0414
Bonham Exchange "411 Bonham* 224-9219
organizations
Deaf Rainbow •804-1904 TTY
Kingdom Community ChufCh"614E 19th"862-7533
Digiity/San Antonio•202 N. St. Mary's•349-3632
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PC Box 150006 78212"684-4920
LTT4 Houston•Lesbian Teacher Netwoik
Gay & Lesbian Community Center*0 Box 15857 78212•822-3533
PC Box 1835" Bel^.TX 77402•5283211
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Lesbian Gay Switchboard"733-7300
USA (Lesbian information SA)"828-LlSA (5472)
P-Flag (Parents/Friends LesbianaGays)•822-4135
River City Uvfig Church"202 HolltfKl 78212 "822-1121
Montrose PoolL0agua/BiliafdS"PJ 8636482
SALGA - San Antonio Lesbian/Gay Assembly
MetropoBan Community Church Of The Resurrection
19igDecatur"861-9149
The Movie Club "867-9454
P-Fbg (Parents/Friends LesbiansASays)•867-9020
PWA CoaRicn - Houston" 1475 W. Gray #163•522-6428
The Women's Group"5296871
Womynspace"P.O. Box 960601 770983601
Women's Softbal League"6431 Pneshade"8686256
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organizations
LubbockLesblarVGayAiance&Wjidt^deWest Prod.
P.O. Box 64746 79464"791-4499
MCC Lil)bock"5502 34th St"792-5562
P-Fbg (Parents/Friends Lesbians/Gays)•7986529
South Pbhs AIDS Resource Center(SPARC)
4204^ SOIh St. 79413•1-008627-7079"796-7068
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SALSA -
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PO Box 12715 78212" SALSA Line 736-4329
Student Pride Soiree * PO Box 12715 78212"7364329
San Antonio AIDS Foundation
PC Box 120113 78212-9313
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PC Box 1021 "Evanston. lL 60204
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AIDS 800" 1-800-221-7044
Conference For Catholic Lesbians
PC Box 436, Planetarium Station • New York, NY 10024
GLAAD/USA"00 Varick St. #3E" NY. NY 10013
Hate Crime Line" 1-800-347-HATE
Gay & Lesbian Parents Coaritlon Intematlonal(GLPCI)
PC Box 50360, Washington, DC 20091 •(202)583-8029
Lesbian Mothers' National Defense Fund
PC Box 21567•Seattle. WA 98111"(206)325-2643
Lesbian Teachers Network(LTN)
PC Box 638•Solon. lA 52333
National Gay Alliance for Young Adufts, Inc.
PC Box 190426 "Dallas. TX 75219"(214)307-7203
National Gay/Lesbian Clearinghouse
666 Broadway 4th Roor• NY. NY 10012
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She will do well with the Cat, the Pig
and the Horse. No other sign does well
with the Goat, especially the Buffalo
and the Dog.
Monkey
The Monkey is the most mischevious
and fun of all the signs. She is a practi
094
^ Conler
^Jragon. She should stay
away from the Cat and other Roosters.
Dog
The Dog isa worrier—always on alert.
She is an introvert, extremely cynical
and very sharp tongued. She looks for
faults in everything.
She doesn't like to be around people
and gives the impression of being a
"cold fish" in the bedroom. She isn't
cal joker and can be very devious.
really cold, only lacking in confidence.
She will read everything that comes
within her grasp.She has agood memory
and remembers everything.
She is very inventive and has great
problem solving ability. She will lie, as
She is the most honest and faithful ofall
long as she knows she can get away
the signs. She can keep a secret to her
deathbed.
She will be happiest with the Horse,the
Tiger and the Cat. She would be wise to
avoid the Dragon and the Goat.
with it.
The Monkey will succeed in any
Pig
professioon. She has good chance of
You can trust a Pig in all matters. She is
a good sport, always understanding her
becoming famous,or at least well known
within her field.
own faults and those of others. She is
She will make a good partner for the
incredibly sincere.
She is a great companion and will be
Dragon and the Rat. She would be well
advised to stay away from the Tiger.
alot of fun once she lets her hair down.
booster
She can be very obstinate underneath
the deceptive appearance of compli
The Rooster is a boastful dreamer and
ance. Once she has come to a decision,
likes to be flattered. She speaks her
mind to the point of rudeness.
She likes to be noticed and may have a
She would do well to settle down with
tendency to dress flashily. She is very
nothing will change her mind.
the Cat but must stay away from the
Snake and the Goat.
conservative in politics and all other
areas of her life.
She is very independent and never con
fides in anyone.She loves to dream,but
fiae to her conservatism, has a very
limited imagination. She has a tenfianey to make promises that are bigger
Ifian she can keep.
Rooster has a reputation for being
^•^le to find money in the most unlikely
places.
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Anti-Lesbian Bias
Being Considered in
Slayings
Washington, DC - Attorney General
versation with an FBI official involved
in the case and from various statements
to the press by investigators that indi
cated the possibility ofanti-lesbian bias
was being prematurely dismissed. Ex
Janet Reno has assured the National
ecutive Director Melinda Paras issued
Gay and Lesbian Task Force(NGLTF)
that investigators are considering
anti-lesbian bias as a possible motiva
tion in the slaying ofJulianne Williams
the following statement in response to
the Attorney General's letter:
We are gratified and relieved that the
Justice Department is examining all
possible motives in the tragic murder of
andLollieWinans. In a letter to NGLTF
executive director Melinda Paras,Reno
Julie Williams andLollieWinans. With
stated investigators are "... pursuing all
motives, including the possibility that
the crime was motivated by the sexual
anti-lesbian bias is being seriously con
sidered, the Task Force is now able to
orientation of the victims."
Williams and Winans were found mur
dered in Virginia's Shenandoah Na
tional Park on June 1. Many in the
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
community and others familiar with the
nature of hate crimes fear the killings
could have been an anti-lesbian hate
crime. This fear stems from the fact that
the women, according to press reports
and friends of the women, were lesbi
ans; robbery was not involved in the
criine; and no other motive has appar
ently been established. Also,the Appa
lachian Trail was the site of the 1988
murder of Rebecca Wight. Wight was
murdered, and her partner, Claudia
Brenner, was seriously injured after
being shot because they were lesbians.
Attorney General Reno's assurance that
express confidence in the investigation
to our community and all involved in
the struggle against bias violence.
NGLTF will, of course, continue to
monitorthe investigation with vigilance.
We do not know ifJulie and Lollie were
killed because they were lesbians. We
do know, unfortunately, such a possi
bility is all too real. We also know it is
important that all hate crimes be identi
fied accurately and honestly by the
media and the criminal justice system.
Silence about such crimes feeds the
apathy and ignorance that often sur
rounds them. Silence around hate vio
lence and the possibility of such vio
lence also ignores the other victims of
these crimes - whole communities who
live in fear and danger as a result of
individual anti-gay attacks.
The Task Force contacted Attorney
Shirley Lesser of Virginians for Jus
General Reno by letter on June 7 when
tice, a statewide organization that ad
vances equal justice gay, lesbian bi
concerns were raised that the possibil
ity of a hate crime was not being seri
ously considered by investigators.
sexual and transgender citizens of the
Commonwealth of Virginia,issued the
These concerns stemmed from a con
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 5
following statement in response to the
Attorney General's letter:
Virginians for Justice (VJ) is pleased
that Department of Justice listened and
responded in a timely fashion to our
concerns. Though individual investi
gators assured us that all possible mo
tives are being pursued, we are relieved
to have this officially confirmed by the
Attorney General. VJ will continue to
work closely with the Virginia State
Police and the investigative team to
ensure a quick resolution to this case.
Oregon Group Aban
dons Signature Drive
Portland, OR - The Oregon Citizens
Alliance, a radical right-wing group,
has announced they will abandon their
drive to gather signatures for another
ballotmeasure asking to write discrimi
nation into the Oregon Constitution.
The decision came as no surprise to
anti-discrimination advocates in light
of the US Supreme Court's ruling in
Romer v.Evans.The ruling struck down
a discriminatory measure(Amendment
2) passed in the state of Colorado.
"It's not often that Lon Mabon and the
OCA make our day!" declares Julie
Davis, Executive Director of Basic
Rights Oregon, an organization that
advocates basic legal rights for all Or
egon citizens. "While the high court's
ruling affirms our belief in the judicial
system, recognition of the legal rights
of all Oregonians won't happen in the
courts alone. We've got a lot ofeducat
ing to do throughout the state. Recent
surveys show that 80% of the public
doesn't know that IT IS CURRENTLY
LEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST GAY MEN AND LESBI
ANS IN OREGON.
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"The decision of the OCA to abandon
this year's pro-discrimination measure
is a good sign," says Eric Fishman,
Co-Chair ofBasic Rights Oregon Steer
ing Committee, "but it's important to
remember thatthe US Supreme Court's
decision in Romer didn't happen in a
vacuum. Numerous groups have been
working in Oregon and nationally orga
nizing, litigating and educating people
about basic legal rights."
Basic Rights Oregon will move for
ward aggressively with the planning
and implementation of a six-point pro
gram that includes:
The Fair Workplace Project - a state
wide educational program thatincludes
a fully produced seven minute video
featuring former Attorney General Dave
Fohnmayer, retired Oregon Supreme
Court Justices, Oregon business lead
ers and testimonials of local workers
who have experienced employmentdis
crimination telling the truth about their
experience in the workplace.
Changing the legal status of lesbians
and gay men in Oregon. Oregonians
can still be discriminated against in the
areas of employment, housing, public
accommodations and credit simply be
cause oftheir actual or perceived sexual
orientation. Neither the US Supreme
Court ruling in Romer nor the OCA's
decision to abandon its 1996 ballot box
attack have an effect in these areas. In
Oregon protections against discrimina
tion exist in only four Oregon Cities —
Ashland, Corvallis, Eugene and Port
land.Basic Rights Oregon will be work
ing with other organizations to change
Oregon law so that discrimination is no
longer legal anywhere in our state. This
will be done through a combination of
educational, legislative and electoral
efforts.
Continuing efforts to identify base of
supporters through voter identification
criminatory ballot measures including
those aimed at women's reproductive
freedom, immigrants, affirmative ac
tion and public education.
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and protect human rights. It is building
the broadest possible coalition to counter
the activities of groups such as the Or
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calls, pledge card drives and outreach
work from Pendelton to Astoria, from
state fairs to church meetings.
Developing leaders and training local
or community organizers to assist with
Basic Rights Oregon's ongoing projects
on a statewide basis and identify and
train campaign workers.
attempts to deny basic rights through the
electoral process. The organization in
cludes a full-time professional staff and
a wide array of business, labor, educa
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DALLAS - The Hope Counseling
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and Lesbian Support Groups facilitated
by licensed professional therapists. For
more information,call(214)351-5657.
SAN ANTONIO - The Gay and Les
bian Community Center of San An
groups for gay parents and their chil
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AMARILLO - The Amarillo Lesbian
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and on Thursday, July 18th at Italian
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individuals are asked to donate four
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and lots ofother tasks. All are invited to
attend the monthly meeting(4:30pm on
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DALLAS - The Oak Lawn Soccer
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Mark your calendars now for the week
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the first ever Gay Youth March on
HOUSTON - The Houston Gay and
Lesbian Parents Group will have
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Washington.The theme for this year's
conference is"Free 2b Me."The week
end will coincide with the Names
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They also have a new phone number
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entire AIDS Memorial Quilt on the
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www.youth.org/loco/iyg or call (317)
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Dear
Answers to your questions about love,
RELATIONSHIIPS & PERSONAL PROBLEMS
This Dear Agnes Column appeared In the
first Issue of Dimensions In July 1986
does not work and further more, she
per day,or year,or decade and then they
just quit. In all likelihood, she will get
anotherjob in her field sometime in the
future without counseling. However,it
hasn't worked in a couple of years ex
cept for a bartendingjob here and there,
over again.
Dear Agnes,
I am ready to run away from home,My
lover is 40 years old and I am 39. She
mowing someone's lawn or doing small
maintenance jobs for friends. These
jobs of hers last from one to six months
and then there are long lapses in-between
when she does nothing until I throw a fit
and insist that we need the extra money.
Is there something wrong with her? I
can't imagine not having my own
money.It doesn't seem to bother her. I
work in a highly professional position
and it really irks me to come home and
find she hasn't done anything all day.I
know she is a bright woman and ca
pable ofhandling ajob. Up until 2 years
ago she was working as a professional
in herfield at$25,000 per year. One day
she threw a fit and just walked off the
job. This situation in driving a wedge
is probably just the same cycle starting
I strongly suggest counseling in this
instance. A person cannot grow to their
full potential unless they are willing to
take responsiblity for themselves and
the person they would like to become.
You will probably need to consider
counseling as a couple. You seem to
have built up a grudge about this situa
tion that will not be easily reconciled
and which will only hinder you lover's
progress towards independence.
Dear Agnes,
I have been living with a beautiful
woman for the past five years and we
have a wonderful life together except
for sex. I am a very sexual " person.
When we first started living together
between us and I'm not sure what to do
we were very compatible but for the
about it. I love her very much and I
past 2 years there has been a sharp
don't want to leave but I can't take it
decline in our sex life. I have tried
much longer.
Confused
talking to her about it but she seems to
avoid the question orjust tells me there
is nothing wrong with us. When we do
Dear Confused,
have sex, she takes the directors chair
and I find I don't enjoy it very much. I
The first thing on the agenda is to con
am at wits end, I cannot tolerate this
vince her to go to either a counselor or
a career counseling center. She appar
situation much longer. A two month
ently has problems dealing with the
reality of responsibility. Some people
can only take so much responsibility
should I do? What can I do?
holding period is now in effect. What
Deprived
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 11
Dear Deprived,
It is normal for any relationship to go
into a sexual decline from time to time
due to stress, depression, or
pre-occupation with other problems.
There may be a problem in her life of
which you are unaware. Try talking
with her about other aspects of her life
(other than your relationship). Sex is
one ofthe hardest areas to discuss within
a relationship.Frequently, partners fear
talking about negative sexual seelings.
This fear is based on how your partner
"thinks" you will react. The fear you
to talk about her feelings. Counseling
for couples can help, provided you are
both willing to go and air your feelings.
Sex is certainly not the most important
aspect of a relationship but it is one of
them.
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A PROBLEM?
Write To "Agnes" At:
P.O. Box 856
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A short history of the woman's & flay right's movements of the
20th century that first ran in the April 1993 issue of Dimensions
There are those who believe that "you can't
really appreciate where you are going until
you understand where you've been."
As I write this, events leading up to the
historic '93 March on Washington for Les
bian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Libera
outside the home and beginning to domi
nate professions such as nursing and teach
ing. Out of 369 occupations listed in the
census of 1890, women could befound in all
but nine. Although the federal government
didn't give in until the '20s, many munici
tion are just beginning. The March itself
palities allowed women to vote in local
won't happen for another week. In the
midst of all the excitement, 1 thought this
would be an appropriate time to look at
elections as early as the 1900s and four
where we came from. So here it is — a short
history of both women and the lesbian/gay
community in the 20th century.
1900s # 1910s
At the beginning of this century women m
most states were the property of their hus
bands (or fathers, brothers or other close
male relatives) with no legal control over
their own earnings, children or property.
Women were not allowed to vote,one fourth
of the states did not allow wives to make
states (Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and
Idaho) allowed women to vote in state and
federal elections. By 1914 six additional
states had given the vote to women.
Lesbians and gay men were isolated by a
largely rural population and homosexuality
was rarely mentioned outside the realm of
church or medical journals. There were a
few pockets of gay life in the larger cities,
evidenced by the opening ofSan Francisco's
first gay bar. The Dash, in 1908. By and
large, lesbianism was not thought to be
possible, thus the advent of "Boston Mar
riages", close "friendships" (with definite
romantic overtones)formed by middle class
contracts, and women could not enter into
business partnerships without male con
sent.
But,it wasn't all bad news. From 1890 until
the beginning of World War I, the womens
movement was alive and well. By 1900
twenty percent of women were employed
On August 18,1920,the Nineteenth Amend
ment gave women all over the U.S.the right
to vote. With this victory came a definite
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 13
downturn in the Suffrage movement—with
no great cause to unite them and bring in
new members, women drifted from the
movement. The"New Woman" waited un
til later to marry,wore shorter skirts,smoked
cigarettes and generally had more freedom.
This explosion of women in the work force
gave lesbians the opportunity(many for the
first time) to make a comfortable living
without the aid of a man. Many women
discovered that they were lesbians during
this time.
The freer morals of the '20s brought in
creased freedom for women as well as ho
mosexuals. Many homosexual men had en
countered the relative freedom of gays in
large European cities during the first World
War and brought this expanded view back
to the States with them.The growing shift of
the population from rural to urban also helped
things along.
f 930S
TTie Great Depression brought severe set
backs to women's employment opportuni
ties. With fewer jobs to go around, many
women were forced out of the job market.
Those that did hang on to their jobs were
often faced with wage and hour cuts. When
an advertisement for 150jobs as soap dem
onstrators was advertised in St. Louis,over
1,000 women stormed an office building to
apply for the jobs.
Homosexuals were also affected by the
Depression. With urban areas being espe
cially hard hit, the small gay communities
The attitudes of Senator Joseph McCarthy
and the House UnAmerican Activities Com
mittee influenced both the women's and the
gay communities.The overriding conserva
tism of the decade did not allow for any
radical action by women's organizations.
Many women did not re-enter the work
force after World War II and the media
image of women shifted from "Rosie the
Riveter" to the perky housewife.
Persecution ofhomosexuals came into vogue
with massive military purges and fear of
communism. The early fifties saw the first
forerunners of our modem gay organiza
tions founded in California — West
Coast-One, Inc., the Mattachine Society,
and, in 1955, the first lesbian organization,
the Daughters of Bilitis. The groundwork
for the gay rights movement had been laid.
that had formed in the twenties were forced
to focus on economic instead of emotional
needs. As a result, they retreated further
underground so as not to lose hard earned
The advent of"the pill" and the civil rights
movement both played a role in bringing
feminism back to the forefront of national
jobs, apartments and family support.
politics in the sixties. More and more women
were moving into the work force out of
economic necessity. The National Organi
1940S
zation for Women was founded in 1966.
More than 6 million women went to work
content, they were translating it into action.
for the first time with the advent of World
The number of Lesbian and Gay activists
Women were not only expressing their dis
War II. In the media, women at work were
were growing all across the country. They
pictured as positive role models. Many state
governments repealed legislation that pre
were beginning to realize that maybe they
weren't the ones who had a problem, and
that only by changing the attitudes of those
vented women from working in "danger
ous" positions to encourage women to work
in war plants. Women were also seen in
Then in 1969,on Friday,June 27th, the gay
military uniforms.
movement erupted. The Stonewall Inn, a
Page 14 • Dimensions • July 1996
around them would they ever be accepted.
What A Worih,
Wh^ta Worth
BATHROOM HUMOR
BY Nancy Ford
Who would believe it? It's been ten
years since Dimensions hit the hot little
hands of the collective Texas lesbian.
Since that time, Tasha and the gang
have brought you pieces ofinformation
and enlightenment every month — po
etry and prose and newsflashes and
stuff that you might not miss until it's
not here anymore. With that in mind,I
would publicly like to thank Tasha and
her support system at Dimensions for
providing me with such an excellent
Undoubtedly, the success of Twister:
The Movie will result in a resurgence of
curiosity in Twister: The Board Game.
Introduced in 1966 by Milton Bradley,
the smelly,plastic tarp-with-dots prom
ised "to turn the human body into a vital
component of play." It was the most
popular new game of the 60s (not in
cluding playing Dodge Bullet at Kent
State,) and sold more than 3 million
units its first year.
And now, on to the funny stuff —
You may be wondering how I came to
be such an authority on such an inane
subject. First of all, it ain't brain sur
It's summer! Time for pool parties!
to me. These Twister facts and many
Time for the beach! Time for SPF 983!
more like them can be found in a fasci
Time to get out of the sun, and into a
cool, dark movie theater, which means
John's Bathroom Reader,published by
forum to communicate with you.
gery, which explains much ofits appeal
nating book dubiously entitled Uncle
— it's time for summer blockbuster
St. Martin's Press.
movies!
Love the book, hate the title. But I
swear, this book is really neat. It con
Being a Texas-transplanted biological
product ofthe Midwest(which explains
the excess com and ham in my DNA,)
I have decided to bypass at least one of
tains quick, one-or-two page bits of
information, obviously designed to be
absorbed in the span of a couple or so
this season's smash hits: Twister.
minutes,that might not ever come up in
Granted, I've never had a tractor fly
through my windshield,butI have lived
conversation. But then again, they
through plenty enough real-life torna
does as a child to balk at paying $7.50
might, and you want to be ready, don't
you? UJBR also contains the following
pearls which I couldn't resist passing
to sit through a fake one as an adult.
along to you.
I wish this Twister were a tribute to the
popular board game. Now, there's a
According to one survey,2/3 of men
childhood memory that bears replay
ing. More than just Candyland with
in America believe in love at first
choreography,the original Twister pro
vided millions of us less-than-
athletically-gifted children of the 60s
the semblance of physical exertion and
competition without the embarrassment
of wearing some dorky team uniform.
sight. Fine, but do these men have re
volving charge accounts with U-Haul?
In 1987,a 1,400-year-old still-edible
lump of cheese was unearthed in Ire
land. My question is, how was this
cheese determined to be "still edible?"
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gay bar in Greenwich Village was raided by
the police — and patrons decided to fight
back. The fight moved into the streets and
was soon joined by people on the street and
from other bars in the area.
ment continues to gain momentum and win
small victories in States and municipalities
nationwide.
The eighties saw the birth of the AIDS
Quilt, Gay TV,National Coming Out Day,
the Gay Games,the first March On Wash
ington and the National Museum ofLesbian
& Gay History.
Feminism was growing steadily in both
numbers and appeal in the early seventies.
Women formed feminist theatre troupes,
rock groups and made feminist movies. Ms.
magazine went into publication. The Su
preme Courtgave women the right to choose
an abortion in 1973 with the decision in Roe
V. Wade.. By 1975, 32 of the required 38
states had passed the ERA amendment.
The San Francisco gay community held the
first Gay Freedom Day Parade in 1970 to
celebrate the anniversary of the Stonewall
riots. In 1972 the American Psychiatric
Association removed homosexuality from
iggos
Although we still have our share of prob
lems, both the women's and gay move
ments are making headway.The passage of
Amendment 2 in Colorado and the fight
over Proposition 9 in Oregon led to ever
increasing violence against gays in those
states.On the positive side,with the election
of Bill Clinton we have seen the first female
attorney general, and the first openly gay
cabinet appointees. Although Clinton s
"gays in the military" proposal was ex
fomialegalizedhomosexuality.Harvey Milk
tremely controversial with both the gay and
staight communities, at least it brought the
their list of mental disorders. In 1975 Cali-
was elected supervisor of San Francisco in
issue into the open.
1977 and was fatally shot by ex-supervisor
The second March on Washington hap-
Dan White in 1978.
penedon April 25,1993.Someestimate that
19SOS
In the past few years we have seen legisla
tion aimed at suppressing lesbian and gay
relationships and we have seen the Supreme
more than one million people attended.
Three of the bastions of almost exclusively
male domain were broken when Sandra
Day O'Cormor was appointed to serve on
Court overturn such legislation. We have
watched and waited to see if Icsbi
gay
the Supreme Court in 1981, Sally Ride
marriage will be made legal in Hawaii,an
became the first woman crew member of a
space flight in 1983 and Geraldine Ferraro
we will contine to watch to see ow t e
American public responds if it is-
became the first woman on a major party
presidential ticket. Women moved into the
medical and law fields and started their own
businesses in unprecedented numbers.More
and more women were winning elections at
all levels of government.
The gay community was(and continues to
be) hit hard by the onset of the AIDS epi
demic. Anti-gay violence increased as fear
of the disease grows. The Supreme Court
upholds the right of States to make sodomy
a crime with Bowers vs. Hardwick. Despite
these setbacks and hardships,the gay move-
Page 18 • Dimensions • July 1996
f
It's up to us. The future is what we make it.
Both the women's and gay community have
seen ups and downs over the past years
and that trend will surely continue far into
the 21st century. But, without the help and
support of us all, both will have a hard time
gaining recognition and support.
Wouldn't the plastic wrapper have dis
integrated by, say, around the time of
the Potato Famine? Speaking of which,
how did said cheese escape consump
tion during the Potato Famine? Has the
phrase au gratin no Irish/English
equivalent? And why would we listen
Travel Agent to Customer:"111 be happy
to help you with your flight reserva
tions to Dildo. Will that be one way or
two way?"
Road Comedian from Noisy Phone
Booth to Friend: "Can you speak up?
I'm playing Dildo and can't hear a
to anyone who would volunteer to eat a
thing."
1,4C)0-year-old lump ofanything? Most
importantly, why am I yammering on
■What is their high school mascot — the
Fighting Dildoes. the Flying Dildoes or
the Flaming Dildoes? for that matter, is
the plural dildoes or dildosl What is
their chief export? Do they celebrate
the Dildo Festival every summer or the
running of the dildoes in the spring? Do
they crown a Miss Dildo? How's the
tourist industry there? It frightens me
how muchIwant to visit. Just to get the
and on about this?
Elvis collected statuettes of Joan of
Arc and Venus de Milo.Let's think for
a moment about this, shall we? Joan's
arms were bound to her sides, and Ve
nus had no arms at all. Run, 'Cilia!
The average human being has seven
T-shirt.
sex fantasies a day. And at $2.99 a
Tarantula spiders have been known
minute, that's a lot of cash.
A shark lives for about 100 years.
Seldom, though, do they continue to
to live for over two years without
eating. Now we know why they're so
mean.
smoke cigars, drink martinis, chase
decades-younger women, or play Ve
gas will into their nineties. Long live
An average person laughs about 15
times a day.Ihope today finds you way
George Burns. Based on this criteria,
above average.
I'm not convinced ol' George wasn't a
lesbian.
Nancy Ford is a Houston-based writer
If a room contains 100 American
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The Coffee Ceiib
Lesbians In The Arts • Books, Music, Movies, Etc.
This Month, Tasha Sumner Introduces:
All
lUanted
AfHfiOOlTS JoNSS
Side Tracks
by Teresa Stores
The first book we'll look at this month
an instant success with the girls ofFalls
is All She Wanted by New York Times
City. "He" had many girlfriends and
bestselling author Aphrodite Jones.The
even became engaged to one woman.
book is an in-depth look at the circum
stances surrounding the murder ofTeena
some didn't. But when Brandon started
Brandon and two of her friends.
Twenty-one-year-old Teena Brandon
was living as a man in the town of Falls
City, Nebraska. She was on the run
from the law for forging checks and
hiding from her family. Brandon was
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Some of these girls knew the truth;
to date Lana Tisdel, his luck ran out.
On Christmas Eve, two of Lana's
ex-boyfriends learned the truth about
Brandon's gender. They took her to a
deserted parking lot, beat and raped her,
and threatened her life if she went to the
police. Less than a week later, after the
with interesting characters. It gives an
police had put out a warrant for the two
intriguing look into the life of the
men's arrest, Brandon and two other
"hobo."
friends were found shot to death in an
Side Tracks is available from your
isolated farmhouse. One perpetrator is
local bookstore or by mail for $10.95
now on death row; the other is serving
from Naiad Press,Inc.,P.O.Box 10543,
three consecutive life terms for the
Tallahassee,FL 32302. Complete cata
logs are available upon request.
murders.
All She Wanted is based on exclusive
interviews with Brandon's family,
friends and the murderers. The book is
an intriguing look atone young woman's
turmoil about her sexual identity and
orientation and is well worth reading.
All She Wanted is available for $6.99
at bookstores nationwide and is pub
lished by Pocket Books, a division of
Simon & Schuster, the publishing op
eration of Viacom Inc.
Next, we'll look at Side Tracks by
Teresa Stores. The story begins in the
middle of the Great Depression when
Maxine McCarthy loses her New York
factory job and realizes she must leave
to avoid more beatings from her
step-father. Around the same time in
Florida, Josephine Lee wins a scholar
ship to a Northern College, but her
preacher father refuses to let her go,
insisting that she must marry and have
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July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 21
™ How Big A
Bitch Are You?
This Quiz originaiiy ran in the March 1987 issue of Dimensions
and is our most popular ever. Answer the questions and foiiow
the instructions to find out if you're a bitch!
l.You feel most irritable:
d. Silence is the fastest healer
(check as many as apply)
a. in the morning
5. The only reason you would be
b. at night
unfaithful to you lover is:
c. in late afternoon
a. Revenge!
d. before your period
b. You have the afternoon off
and nothing better to do
e. Mondays
f. during a full moon
c. Love
g.when you drink
d. Lust
h. 24 hourd a day, 365 days
a year
i. when you are hungry
6. During a fight with your lover,
you:
a. throw things
2. You are most bitchy with:
b. verbally abuse her
a. other bitches
c. Cry
d. Leave, slamming doors
all the way
b. people who have power over you
c. people you have power
over
d. lovers, friends, relatives
7. How would you rate yourself
3. When you someone tells you
(E-excellent, S-satisfactory, F-fair,
unsavory gossip about a friend, you:
a. dig for all the details
b. pass the news along to
everyone you've ever known
U-unsatisfactory)
c. refuse to discuss it
c. Sex life
d. Job or Career
e. Home enviroment
on the following?
d. wonder if they talk about you
behind your back
4. Do you agree or disagree with the
following statements?
a. The greasy wheel gets the
grease
b. Do unto others...first!
c. Understanding is the key
to forgiveness
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a. Relationships with other
women
b. Appearance
f. Personality
g. Charisma
8. Your best friends lover, whom
you are very attracted to, asks
you out. You:
a. Turn her down
b. Turn her down and call
your friend to tell her about it
c. Go out with her and then call
If You Scored:
d. Go out with her and suggest an
106-74 points
affair
Bitchy? Yes! Manipulative? Of
Course! Everyone is fair game when
you're on the rampage. Mom,Dad,
9. Your lover is 2 hours late for your
birthday party. You:
a. Throw a drink in her face when she
comes in th door.
b. Hook up with the most attractive
the Boss, Friends, Lovers...all are a
target! Of course, you get lots of
respect, but you don't inspire much
affection. You can be very aggressive
woman at the party
c. Go ahead and party, after
all, it is your birthday
matter how small. You do have a
d. pout all night long
softer side but you don't let it show
10. You have problems with:
very much. If you did you might find
yourself with better relationships with
(check as many as apply)
everyone in your life.
if anything or anyone stands between
you and something you want, no
a. strong food cravings
b. migraines or headaches
c. an addiction to caffeine
d. an addiction to cigarettes
e. Insomnia
f. hinging on sweets
g. frequent bloating
73-41 points
You tend to keep your bitchy side to
yourself but when something triggers
your anger, watch out! Once you re
mad you let the chips fall where they
may and give no thought to the
consequences. This tendency to hold
Scoring
everything in and then explode can
Give yourself points as follows:
1. a-g 1 point, h-4, i-1
get you into trouble and you may feel
2. a-4, b-3, c-l,d-2
3. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
more than a little guilty once it s out
of your system. Don't worry, you ve
got to release tension somewhere an
4.AgreeDisagree
besides, life would be very boring
a
without an occasional emotional
4
1
b. 5
0
c. 2
3
d. 2
3
5. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
6. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
outburst!
40-10 points
You are the nice one. Too nice. You
let people walk on you until your own
7.E S F U
self-confidence falters and on come
a.l 234
the tears, buckets of them. Stand up
b.4 1 2 3
c.l 234
d.l 234
e.l 23 4
f.4 1 2 3
g-4 1 2 3
8. a-2, b-l,c-3, d-4
for yourself once in awhile, not only
will you feel better about yourself but
about everyone around you! You may
shock some people at first with your
new self, but they'll have much more
respect for you in the long run.
9. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
10. One point for each checked
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 23
Horoscope
The following article on the Chinese Horoscope originally
ran In the second Issue of Dimensions In August 1986.
The Chinese Horoscope is not based on the
sun signs but instead, on the moon or lunar
years. Instead of the month of birth, these
Rat
The Rat may at first seem charming and fun
loving, but beneath this dashing exterior is
signs are based on the birth year. The cycle
is divided into 12 signs that change yearly.
stant recklessness.
THE YEARS & THEIR SIGNS
Year
1948
I960
1972
1984
Sign
RAT
1954 HORSE
1966*
1978
1990
a quick tempered agressiveness and con
You can always find a Rat at a sale "saving
money"on things she will never use. How
ever,the money "saved" is probably not her
own. She is often happier living off those
around her than making it on her own.
The Rat will be sentimental about anything
1949 BUFFALO
1955 GOAT
in her past. Honesty is her greatest asset.
The best romantic partners for the Rat are
the Dragon and the Buffalo. She should
1961
1967
avoid the Horse and the Cat.
1973
1979
1985
1991
Buffalo
1950 TIGER
1956 MONKEY
The Buffalo hides behind a plodding
1962
1968
facade, but underneath you will find a
quick and creative mind. She is the inspirer
1974
1980
of confidences but likes to be alone quite
1986
1992
1963
1969
often. She is likely to be engaged in the
fanatic pursuit of outdated ideals.
The Buffalo is subject to violent fits of
temper. It is best not to cross her. She
1975
1981
demands fidelity from a lover and will,
1987
1993
herself, remain faithful.
1952 DRAGON
1958 DOG
1964
1970
She is a hard worker and will prosper in
business and agriculture. She should avoid
careers in sales or politics.
1976
1982
The Buffalo will work best in romantic
1988
1994
1951
CAT
1957 ROOSTER
situations with the Rat and the Rooster. She
should watch out for the Monkey,the Tiger
1953 SNAKE
1959 PIG
and the Goat.
1965
1971
1977
1983
Tiger
1995
The Tiger is rebellious. She is the ring
1989
leader and always the first tojump into any
*The year of the Fire Horse occurs once
every 60 years in the year ofthe Horse. In
this century, the years 1906 & 1966 are the
only years ofthe Fire Horse.
situation. You would be well advised to
think things over before following her. Her
love of being on the edge often leads to her
downfall.
The Tiger likes to be the boss and hates to
take orders from anyone.
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The Tiger will make a great boss,army chief
or possibly a gangster. Anywhere she is in
the lead suits her perfectly.
She will have good relationships with the
Horse, the Dragon or the Dog. She should
stay away from the Snake,the Monkey,the
sions where she must work too hard.
Snakes tend to have a "wandering eye
when it comes to affairs of the heart.
Buffalo and the Cat.
She will be happy with the Bufffalo and the
Cat
Cats are the happiest people. They are good
company and have a great many good quali
ties. However,they are also superficial and
that means their good qualities are superfi
Tiger.
She is lucky in money matters but she sjust
a little stingy.
She is fairly lazy and should avoid profes
Rooster but should avoid the Pig and the
cial also.
The Cat is a great party goer and hostess.
She has great taste in clothes and all other
material things. She loves to show off her
intelligence and culture.
She is not easily provoked.
She is adept at handling money and will
probably do well in any aspect of trade.
Politics are also good to the Cat.
She will prosper in relationships with the
Goat, the Pig and the Dog. She will be
unhappy with the Rooster, the Rat and the
Tiger.
Dragon
Horse
The Horse is tops in sex appeal.She lojes to
be around lots of people and is a wonderful
companion, but a bit of a gossip, e is
always popular.
She has a terrible temper and is very impa
tient. She can be immature and has a
tendency to be very selfish.
She can make it in any career involving
people(lots ofthem). She has the ability to
sway a crowd and does best in politics.
She will be happiest in relationships with
the Goat, the Dog and the Tiger. She
should stay away from the Rat.
•The Fire Horse occurs only every sixty
years (1906, 1966, 2026, etc...) and has all
these qualities but they are much more
pronounced.
The Dragon is direct and honest even at the
expense ofothers. She is also gullible. She
can be demanding because she expects
perfection in everything.
Goat
The Goat is a pessimistic womer. S e c^
also be elegant,charming & artistic.
She will be a success wherever she goes.
She is often loved but loves herself little.
always certain something better
She is in great demand as a lover but will
disappoint many lovers. Many Dragons
around the next comer.She has no
time and often irritates the peop e a
stay single all their lives because of their
self-suffiency.
She
often takeseven
advantage
her;sometimes
livingof
offthose
o e^ound
^
In love, the Dragon will work best with the
Rat, the Snake, the Rooster and especially
can adapt herself to living with the m
the Monkey. Bad times will come with the
Tiger and the Dog.
her with her lateness.
,„„nH
mum amount of security. She mevita y
leaves all major decisions to ot ers
life.
The Goat will do well in the ^s, as a
Snake
The Snake has greatintuition,almost a sixth
sense. She makes her decisions quickly and
sticks by them.
She keeps her pocketbook close to her and
gives her help in works rather than money.
carpenter or other craftsperson. owever,
she dreams of a rich lover so she oesn
have to work at all.
She will do well with the Cat, the Pig and
continued on page 31
July 1996 • Dimensions • Page 25
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P.O. Box 19071275219 * 528-4233•FAX 522-4604
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DateGay/LesbianHistoricArchives*P.O.Box 19071275219 * 821-1653
MCC o( Amarib•PO Box 1276•372-4557
Date Gay Youth Gftwp•300 Turtle Creek Plaza #116•307-7203
ARUNGTON,TX (area code BIT)
organizations
Date Tavern Guld * 3900 Lemmon Ave. #220•526-5292
C«asNames Project•POBck 190669 75219<B69*(214)520-SEWS
Ddtas Outdoors•P.O. Box 35474 75235 * 276-5270
DjgnityyDalas * PO Box 19013375219* 2264101
Fbird^tion for Human Understancfrig•528-4233
GayA^ian Association of UTA
Gay/Lesbian Gardeners'PC Box 190552 75219*339^787
P.O. Box 19348-77. UTA Si 76019•794-5140
TrinlyMCC'331 Aaron Ave..Ste 125 •265-5454
GLAADDates* P.O. Box 190712 75219 *526-01^^
AUSTIN,TX (area code 512)
dubs
Nexus-305W.SIh •mslSB
organizations
Affiimation(MelhodBl)•7403 Shoai Creek•451-2329
Austii Latro'a LesbiarVQay Organiotlon
Grace Felowsh'p h Christ Jesus * 2727 Oak Lawn •528-2811
LesbiarVGay Democrats of Texas•521-5342 ext. 229
Lesbiarv'Gay Poitical Coafbon•P.O. Box 224424 75222•828-9662
Lesbian Resource Center•1315 Skies * 821-3999
Lesbian VBbnaiies * PO Box 191443 75219* 521-5342 X 844
UL(Lesbian Wo Line *521-5342 ext. 298
SPROUTS(coming out group)* 521-5342 ext. 256
TWIGS (the wymn in gay society)*521-5342 ext. 269
The New Vision (newsjoomal)•521-5342 ext. 255
POBox1350 78787 * 280^107
MetropiexRepiijIcans 'P.O.Box 191033 75219 * 941-8114
Oak Lawn Ccrrmunly Services 4300 MacArthur* 520-8108
Austin Lesbian'Gay Poftica!Caucus•P.O. Box 822 78767•4740750
Oak Lawn Synphonic Band * P.O. Box 190973 75219•966-1751
Centerfor Baflered Women* (Lesbian Group)385-5181 or 928-9070
PFLAG/Date * He^ine 5588640
GayA.e5bian Student Assodation at LIT Austin
Impenal Sovereign Royal Court * P.O. Box 190464 75245•521-8446
458-3971 *80x27516X331)00178712-7338
Seventh-DayAdrentistKrship *4181358
White Rock Conmunity Church *722 Tenison Mem. Rd•3280043
Womyn Together•3920 Cedar Springs *528-4233
Lssbiarv^Ric^Lobby *POBox2579 70768*474-5475
Lesbian Mothers-Karen *339-8506
Live Wke Productions•PO Box 141202 78714
Metropoftan Community Church * 1100 Springdaie Rd.* 929-3660
Oasis Ministry•5555 N. Lanar BW.#L101 •441-9191
P-Flag (Parents/Friends Lesbians'Gays)•331-8445
SapphfirBl•Lesbian Social Group * 4500659
Meeting Address*825 E.531/2 St.. Ste E103
Maiing Address•201W.Stassney,Ste.#321 78745-3156
Waterloo CoiJiselng Center *507 Powel 78703•322-9654
Texas Human Ri$^ Fouidation • P.O. Box 49740 78765•479-8473
AIDS Legal Assistance 1-8000280417
The Treehouse(Lesbiai Mothers Support Group)
607 Nueces St. 78701 *477-5822
ATHENS,TX (area code 903)
organizations
P-Rag (Parents/Friends Lesbians/Gays)*675-8326
DENTON.TX(area code 817)
organizations
COURAGE Lesbian Gay Student Org.
P.O. Box 5067 76203•382-3813
Harvest MCC•5900 S.Stemmons 76205•1-808497-HMCC
P-Flag (Parantsfriends Lesbians'Gays)•387-1491
DRIPPING SPRINGS,TX(area code 512)
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Recreefion Plantation •Campground* HC01 box 48A 78620*894-0567
EL PASO,TX(area code 915)
organizations
Lambda Services * PO Box 3132179931-0321 * 24 hour Brie 562-GAyS
BANDERA,TX (area code 210)
MCC B Paso•916 Yoidel•542-1227
accornirradations
P-F)ag (Parents/Friends Lesb'ians/Gays)•Spanish & English •591-4664
Desert HaaJts Cowgiil CU)•Women's Guest Rand)
HO 3,Box 650 78003•796-7446
FT. WORTH(area code 817)
organizations
DALLAS,TX (area code 214)
Agape MCC•4615 SE Ijxip 820•535-5002
AfBniiation (Melhotist)•478-7837
businesses
impedal Court de Fort Worth/Arfnglon•870-1555 w 535-7188
Business Detvery Systems•14902 Preston Rd.75240 •733-1108
l-^iaiVGay PoBcal CoaKon ol Tarant County•263-9008 or8800326
dubs
P-Flag (Parents/Friends LostkanstGays)•498-5607/498-4855
Suo Ellen's•3903 Cedar Spritgs•5590707
RESPECT •828 Hardwood Rd.•Hurst, TX 76054
organizations
Tarrant County ITG Allarco•3327 Writtirop,Suie 24378118•7838544
Atfrnatton•PO Box 22583175222•948-1546
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GROESBECK,TX (area code 817)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (area code 405)
accommodations
organizations
Raitow Rancii CEmpground•RL 2, Bo* 165 76642•a88675-7596
Oasis the Comminity Center
HOUSTON,TX (area code 713)
Heriand Sister Resources. Inc.
2135 NW 39th 73112•525-AIDS
businesses
hkfings Bookshop"1846 RicJitwnd*521-3369
dubs
•9218 Buffalo SfxXvy.•666-3464
Ms. Bs"9208 Buffalo Spdwy."666-3356
XTC•9212 Buffab Spdwy."666-3356
organizations
AIDS Foundation•3927 Essex Lane•6238796
AIDS HOTLINE "c^o Swtettxwti•5283211
2312 NW 39th 73112"521-9696
SAN ANGELO, TX (area code 915)
organizations
P-Flag (Parents/Riends Lesbians/Gays)"944-4323
Concho Valey Gay/Lesbian Afance
P.O. Box 750 76902•653-2956
SAN ANTONIO,TX (area code 210)
(3ay/Lesbian Students Unh/ersity of Houston"4800 CatxMjn•529-3211
GayA^ianSwitchboanJ"PC Box66591 77266"529-3211
clubs
Houston Gay & Lesbian Parents"960-7995
Nexus San Antonio "8021 Pinebrook" 341-2818
Houston Gay Poitical Caucus•P.O. Box 66664 77266"521-1000
htegrity" P.O. Box 66006 772666006"432-0414
Bonham Exchange "411 Bonham* 224-9219
organizations
Deaf Rainbow •804-1904 TTY
Kingdom Community ChufCh"614E 19th"862-7533
Digiity/San Antonio•202 N. St. Mary's•349-3632
Lantda ALANON"1214 Joanne"521-9772
Integrity/San Antonio
LesbjarVGayStudents-Unv. Houston Clear Lake "2700 Bay Area 77058
PC Box 150006 78212"684-4920
LTT4 Houston•Lesbian Teacher Netwoik
Gay & Lesbian Community Center*0 Box 15857 78212•822-3533
PC Box 1835" Bel^.TX 77402•5283211
MontroseCounseBigCenter" 701 Richmond 77006"5296037
Lesbian Gay Switchboard"733-7300
USA (Lesbian information SA)"828-LlSA (5472)
P-Flag (Parents/Friends LesbianaGays)•822-4135
River City Uvfig Church"202 HolltfKl 78212 "822-1121
Montrose PoolL0agua/BiliafdS"PJ 8636482
SALGA - San Antonio Lesbian/Gay Assembly
MetropoBan Community Church Of The Resurrection
19igDecatur"861-9149
The Movie Club "867-9454
P-Fbg (Parents/Friends LesbiansASays)•867-9020
PWA CoaRicn - Houston" 1475 W. Gray #163•522-6428
The Women's Group"5296871
Womynspace"P.O. Box 960601 770983601
Women's Softbal League"6431 Pneshade"8686256
LUBBOCK,TX (aea code 806)
organizations
LubbockLesblarVGayAiance&Wjidt^deWest Prod.
P.O. Box 64746 79464"791-4499
MCC Lil)bock"5502 34th St"792-5562
P-Fbg (Parents/Friends Lesbians/Gays)•7986529
South Pbhs AIDS Resource Center(SPARC)
4204^ SOIh St. 79413•1-008627-7079"796-7068
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Affirmation: Unied Methocfstsfor Lesbiarv^ Concerns
P.O. Box 12614 78212"697-3266
SALSA -
Antonio Lambda Students Alliance
PO Box 12715 78212" SALSA Line 736-4329
Student Pride Soiree * PO Box 12715 78212"7364329
San Antonio AIDS Foundation
PC Box 120113 78212-9313
SHERMAN,TX (area code 903)
organizations
AIDS Resouce Centef d Texhodia•813-1272 or80(W256381
AiaicolorUl6.POBo*1695 75091-892-9049
H1V/A1DS Setvicos•PO Bo* 1695 75091 •463-7258
WACO,TX (area code 817)
organizations
P-Fleg (Pa6rts/Frie(*js Lesbians/Gays)•750-7211
PC Box 1021 "Evanston. lL 60204
AIDS Action Cound"729 Ei£^ St. S.E. Suite 200
Washington, DC 20003"(202)5473101
AIDS 800" 1-800-221-7044
Conference For Catholic Lesbians
PC Box 436, Planetarium Station • New York, NY 10024
GLAAD/USA"00 Varick St. #3E" NY. NY 10013
Hate Crime Line" 1-800-347-HATE
Gay & Lesbian Parents Coaritlon Intematlonal(GLPCI)
PC Box 50360, Washington, DC 20091 •(202)583-8029
Lesbian Mothers' National Defense Fund
PC Box 21567•Seattle. WA 98111"(206)325-2643
Lesbian Teachers Network(LTN)
PC Box 638•Solon. lA 52333
National Gay Alliance for Young Adufts, Inc.
PC Box 190426 "Dallas. TX 75219"(214)307-7203
National Gay/Lesbian Clearinghouse
666 Broadway 4th Roor• NY. NY 10012
National Gay/Lesbian Task Force
1517 U Street NW "Washington D.C. 20009•202-332-6483
Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays(P-Flag)•1-800-4-FAMILY
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She will do well with the Cat, the Pig
and the Horse. No other sign does well
with the Goat, especially the Buffalo
and the Dog.
Monkey
The Monkey is the most mischevious
and fun of all the signs. She is a practi
094
^ Conler
^Jragon. She should stay
away from the Cat and other Roosters.
Dog
The Dog isa worrier—always on alert.
She is an introvert, extremely cynical
and very sharp tongued. She looks for
faults in everything.
She doesn't like to be around people
and gives the impression of being a
"cold fish" in the bedroom. She isn't
cal joker and can be very devious.
really cold, only lacking in confidence.
She will read everything that comes
within her grasp.She has agood memory
and remembers everything.
She is very inventive and has great
problem solving ability. She will lie, as
She is the most honest and faithful ofall
long as she knows she can get away
the signs. She can keep a secret to her
deathbed.
She will be happiest with the Horse,the
Tiger and the Cat. She would be wise to
avoid the Dragon and the Goat.
with it.
The Monkey will succeed in any
Pig
professioon. She has good chance of
You can trust a Pig in all matters. She is
a good sport, always understanding her
becoming famous,or at least well known
within her field.
own faults and those of others. She is
She will make a good partner for the
incredibly sincere.
She is a great companion and will be
Dragon and the Rat. She would be well
advised to stay away from the Tiger.
alot of fun once she lets her hair down.
booster
She can be very obstinate underneath
the deceptive appearance of compli
The Rooster is a boastful dreamer and
ance. Once she has come to a decision,
likes to be flattered. She speaks her
mind to the point of rudeness.
She likes to be noticed and may have a
She would do well to settle down with
tendency to dress flashily. She is very
nothing will change her mind.
the Cat but must stay away from the
Snake and the Goat.
conservative in politics and all other
areas of her life.
She is very independent and never con
fides in anyone.She loves to dream,but
fiae to her conservatism, has a very
limited imagination. She has a tenfianey to make promises that are bigger
Ifian she can keep.
Rooster has a reputation for being
^•^le to find money in the most unlikely
places.
will be happy with the Buffalo,the
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