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The Devil's Angels

you leaving already?" Tom asked me through a knowing chuckle. "Why, Doctor Cantara, it's only

nine o'clock," he teased. "I'm tired." It was a verbal shrug.

"I've had a long day." "You're bored, I'm bored," Tom

said. He was referring to the welcom-ing reception of Parson College's president, Damiani Belfus. "C'mon David," he continued, putting a com-panionable hand on my shoulder. "I need some air. I'll walk you out."

We made our way through the

crowd, finally gaining the front porch. A warm breeze off the mountains to the east rustled the leaves of the

maples and sycamores that lined the

brick-paved streets. "So, what do you think of the

place?" Tom asked. "The college? It's okay; halls of

ivy kind of school." I paused. "Okay,

I'm new here. What's this about the

Tuatha De Danann? The students

keep talking about them." "That's the old name," he

answered. "Most folks call them the

Devil's Angels. According to those

who say they've seen them, they look

like gargoyles with tails and cloven

nooves. On Hallowe'en they go roam-

ing, seize evil doers and whisk them

away on broomsticks and carry them

through the gate of Hell. They say, too,

that if you put out a Jack-o-Lantern on

Hallowe'en, you get a wish granted, like

good grades or the love of your life.

That's what the students want."

"Oh yeah?"

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"Yeah, but don't shrug this one off. I was born and raised around here. Strange things can happen on Hallowe'en. Why don't you try it?"

"Me? Set out a pumpkin?"

"Yeah. You're young, single, a

blond hair, blue-eyed boy. Ask for a girl.

It couldn't hurt. Besides, if you're going

to stay at Parson, you'll need a wife."

I didn't want that topic to go any

further. "Yeah, sure, why not?" I said

evasively and quickly changed the sub-

ject. Another of the rituals of the first

semester was convocation, held in the evening of the first Wednesday in October. According to Tom, there'd be prayers, hymns and Belfus would give a

speech. It was part of "old time values" he said. I put in a call to see about get-ting a job back east.

The Field House was crowded that night. The president was all decked out in his robes, making

him look like a reprobate renaissance pope. Around him sat his court of assorted deans and the Board of Trustees on a broad platform draped all in red. Before them sat the "lesser

sort"—faculty, staff and students. The townsfolk (peasants) packed the bleachers.

On the way in, I'd been handed a program, but hadn't looked at it. Taking time before the start of things, I did. To my shock, I saw that the title of Belfus's speech was "Sodomy Rears Its Head."

Some 20 minutes into the pro-

gram, Belfus heaved himself up to. the podium and launched in. The rea-son for his subject, he said, was that "two sodomites" had recently been

discovered and, he was proud to say,' duly expelled. He warned, however,

that there were more. He was sure of

that. Sodomy was infectious. The Devil, he raved, was at work at Parson

College. It sounded like when it came

to the train of thought, Belfus had

been having cocktails back in the

caboose. It was sickening. As Belfus raved on—and on, I

shifted uncomfortably in my chair. Suddenly, I saw a gargoyle

crouched down on one of the exposed

steel beams that supported the roof. I

blinked and blinked again. It was gone,

vanished as if it had never been. When

the program was over, I left the Field

House as quickly as I could. By the next

morning, I'd convinced myself that my

imagination had been working overtime.

A couple of evenings later, I was on

campus. It was late. 1 was hurrying

along when I heard a gritty male voice

say "Goddamn Fag!" followed by a thud

and a sharp cry of pain. I stopped.

Beneath a campus light, I saw four gt .•

standing over someone lyi,ig crumr:c,!

on the ground. "Queer boy!" one of

them cursed and kicked the victim. "What th' hell's going on here?" I

demanded as I charged toward them. "Get th' fuck away from him!"

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``I'm tired." It was a verbal shrug."I've had a lQng day."

"You're bored I'm bored," Tom

said. He was referring to the welcom-ing reception of Parson College's

president, Damiani Belfus. "C'monDavid," he continued, putting a com-pafi`ionable hand on my shoulder. "Ineed some air. 1'11 walk you out."

We made our way through thecrowd, finally gaining the front porch.A warm breeze off the mountains tothe east rustled the leaves of themaples and sycamores that lined thebri ck-paved streets.

"So, what do you think of the

place?" Tom asked."The college? It's okay; halls of

ivy kind of school." I paused. "Okay,I'm new here. What's this about theTuatha De Danann? The studentskeep talking about them."

"That's the old name," he

answered. "Most folks call them theDevil's Angels. According to thosewho say they've seen them, they looklike gargoyles with tails and clovenhooves. un Hallowe'en they go roam-ing, seize evil doers and whisk themaway on broomsticks and carry themthrough the gate of Hell. They say, too,that if you put out a Jack-o-Lantern onHallowe'en, you get a wish granted, like

good grades or the love of your life.That's what the students want."

"Oh yeah?„

"Yeah. You're young, single, a

blond hair, blue-eyed boy. Ask for a girl.It couldn't hurt. Besides, if you're goingto stay at Parson, you'll need a wife."

I didn't want that topic to go anyfurther. "Yeah, sure, why not?" I saidevasively and quickly changed the sub-ject.

Another of the rituals of the firstsemester was convocation, held in the

evening of the firstWednesday in October.According to Tom, there'dbe prayers, hymns andBelfus would give aspeech. It was part of "oldtime values" he said. I putin a call to see about get-ting ajob back east.

The Field House wascrowded that night. The

president was all deckedout in his robes, making

sort"-faculty, staff and students.The townsfolk (peasants) packed thebleachers.

On the way in, I'd been handed a

program, but hadn't looked at it.Taking time before the start of things,I did. To my shock, I saw that the titleof Belfus's speech was "SodomyRears Its Head."

Some 20 minutes into the pro-

gram, Belfus heaved himself up tothe podium` and launched in. The rea-son for his subject, he said, was that"two sodomites" had recently been

discovered and, he was proud to say,`'` .duly expelled. He warned, however,that there were more. He was sure ofthat. Sodomy was infectious. TheDevil, he raved, was at work at ParsonCollege. It sounded like when it cameto the train of thought, Belfus hadbeen having cocktails back in thecaboose. It was sickening.

As Belfus raved on-and on, Ishifted uncomfortably in my chair.

Suddenly, I saw a gargoylecrouched down on one of the exposedsteel beams that supported the roof. Iblinked and blinked again. It was gone,vanished as if it had never been. Whenthe program was over, I Icft the FieldHouse as quickly as I could. By the nextmorning, I'd convinced myself that myimagination had bccn working overtime.

A couple of evenin`Lis latcr` I was on

campus. It was late. I was hurryingalong when I heard a gritty male voicesay "Goddamn Fag!" followed by a thudand a sharp cry of pain. I stopped.Beneath a campus light, I saw four g`t ,'`standing over someone lyi,ig crumr:i`c!

on the ground. "Queer boy!" one ot`them cursed and kicked thi? victim.

"What th' hell's going on here?" I

demanded as I charged toward them."Get th' fuck away from him!"

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DEVIL'S ANGELS continued from page 1 The goons turned on me. I was

ready to fight when, suddenly, things

changed. "No!" one of them screamed,

pointing to a spot above my head. "No!"

His companions looked and screamed in

terror. . I turned my head to look, but could

see nothing. When I turned back, they

had taken to their heels and fled. What had caused their rout I had no

idea, but I didn't have time to care. I

knelt beside the guy on the ground.

"C'mon," I said softly. "It's alright now.

They're gone." He raised his head. In

the dim light from the walk lights fil-

tered through the trees, I saw who it

was. "Patrick." Patrick Sanz was one of my stu-

dents. He was of Mexican descent, short, slender and as cute as I thought it was possible to be. He had a way of smiling that made his soft eyes light up like stars while his brows arched into inverted V's. I helped him to his feet.

"Thanks, Doc," he said and col-lapsed into my arms.

The doctor at the emergency room said he'd suffered some bruised ribs. With some rest, he'd be okay. I took him to my apartment and put him to bed. The next morning over coffee, I told him what had happened to his attackers.

"Maybe it was the Tuatha De Danann," Patrick suggested. One eye-brow arched speculatively into an inverted V.

"Could have been," I replied. It was nine o'clock when we start-

ed the drive to campus. Dark, ominous clouds hid the top of Laurel Ridge only ten miles distant. A block from the school, I stopped for a light. "Patrick," I began and stopped unsure of how to go on.

"You ever think of dating a stu-dent'?" Patrick asked.

"No. Not until now, anyway. Dinner?"

"How 'bout lunch, too?" I quickly agreed.

When I got to my office, Tom was there and asked me if I'd heard what had happened.

"Suppose you tell me," I said and settled into my desk chair.

"The captain of the school's tennis team and our three star debaters were found early this morning on the roof of Old Main cackling like chickens. In fact, they think they are chickens, I hear. They were taken away."

"How sad. Maybe the gargoyles did it." I started to go through my mail.

Less than a week later, the roof of the Field House came off. I don't mean it blew off. It was as if it had been lifted off by some monster hand and placed upside down beside the building. That night, a fire of unknown origin con-sumed it all.

There was more to come. One morning in the third week in October, President Belfus's cherished Rolls was found on the third floor of the Fine Arts Building. The Silver Cloud, a present to Belfus from Lewis Bubwarpington (Bubby), the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, had been painted lavender and

pink inside and out. Belfus went ballistic. "All this is

the fault of these homos," he raged at a meeting of the Faculty Senate. Everyone knows Fine Arts is full of 'em." He brought a ham hand down on

the table. "I will not have it! I will not

have it, I say! We cannot have sodomites

among decent folk! I want them rooted

out and expelled like those other two!"

I was sitting at the far end of the

table. Patrick, one of three students rep-

resenting the Student Senate, was sitting nearby in a chair against the wall. I gath-ered my books and rose to my feet.

"Where are you going, Dr. Cantara?" Belfus demanded. "The meeting isn't over yet."

"I guess, Dr. Belfus, I just don't wanta pollute you decent folk." There was silence in the room. "See, I'm Gay, a Queer, a homo."

Belfus went bug-eyed. His mouth dropped open making him look like a fish about to be deprived of its guts. At the same time, I felt a hand slip into mine. I looked and saw Patrick standing beside me.

"Look, look:' Belfus screeched. "He's recruited the wet-back! I'll have you deported."

"To where?" Patrick snapped. "Madison, Wisconsin? I was born there."

"You're terminated!" Belfus shout-ed at me as Patrick and I walked out.

"Great. I quit." The next day, the morning of

Hallowe'en, campus security found Mark Rhodes's body. He was one of the four African-American students. According to the TV news, his corpse had been nailed to a tree and the word "Fag" cut into his brow.

There was blood on the campus now, innocent blood that cried out for vengeance. If the Devil's Angels exist-ed—and, after everything that had hap-pened, I was sure that they did—those

who had done this evil would get what

was coming to them this night. But not

only them. Those who had made the evil

inevitable. They, too, would go through

Hell's gate. I told this to Patrick and he

agreed.

We spent most of the day packing the car with the stuff from Patrick's dorm room and my office. All morning, iron-gray clouds built up over the moun-tains in the east. By that after-noon, the sky had begun to glow an angry shade of red.

After din-ner in a local bistro, Patrick and I started to drive back to my apartment. Though night had fallen, it wasn't dark. An ominous, red-dish light made it seem as if everything was bathed in blood. A wind had picked up. Lightening flashed in jagged streaks along Laurel Ridge and streaked the sky. Thunder rum-bled so loudly that the noise shook the ground.

"Look:' I said. "Look at the trees."

A bright red liquid was running in

streams down the trunks and dripping

from the branches onto everything

below. I turned on the wipers, but that

did no good. Finally, by the eastern edge

of the campus, I pulled over and

stopped. We got from the car. The wind

howled. As we looked, jack o' lanterns,

their lights still lit, bobbed and bounced

in the air as if they were weightless.

Lightening flashed around the roofs of

the buildings. The air smelled of sulfur

as if Hell itself had opened up. Suddenly, from overhead, I heard a

fiendish, cackling glee. We looked up

and saw a gargoyle riding a broomstick

with Belfus on behind. Though the air

was full of dust and leaves, and the

scene was far above our heads, still I

could make out the terror on the presi-

dent's face. The broomstick with its riders cir-

cled round Old Main's tower. As it did, it

was joined by others, each one ridden by

a gargoyle, each with a human hanging

on behind. The pumpkins continued

their demonic dance as a pillar of red-

orange light appeared on campus. It

widened revealing a raging inferno

within. Hell's gate, I thought. There was

a sucking sound, louder than the wind.

Everything was pulled toward it, pump-

kins, broomsticks, trees, even the build-

ings. In less than a minute, all was gone.

The gate snapped shut with a thunder-

ous clap. "There's nothing left," Patrick said

in an awestruck tone. He looked back. "Nothing of the town, either. It's all one

big vacant lot." Neither Patrick nor I felt any sor-

row for Belfus and his ilk, but we talked

a lot about all the others who had disap-peared into the gate. Finally, we decided

that those who don't resist evil become its partners. That seemed as good an explanation as any. Taking what we had

in the car, we drove off that night and never looked back.

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DEVIL'S ANGELS continued from page 1

The goons tuned on me. I wasready to fight when, suddenly, thingschanged.

"No!" one of them screamed,

pointing to a spot above my head. "No!"His companions looked and screamed interror. `

I turned my head to look, but couldsee nothing. When I tuned back, theyhad taken to their heels and fled. -

What had caused their rout I had noidea, but I didn't have time to care. Iknelt beside the guy on the ground."C.mon," I said softly. ``It's alright now.

They're gone." He raised his head. Inthe dim light from the walk lights fil-tered through the trees, I saw who itwas. ``Patrick."

Patrick Sanz was one of my stu-dents. He was of Mexican descent,short, slender and as cute as I thought itwas possible to be. He had a way ofsmiling that made his soft eyes light uplike stars while his brows arched intoinverted V's. I helped him to his feet.

`.Thanks, Doc," he said and col-

lapsed into my arms.The doctor at the emergency roo.in

said he'd suffered some bruised ribs.With some rest, he.d be okay. I took himto my apartment and put him to bed. Thenext morning over coffee, I told himwhat had happened to his attackers.

"Maybe it was the Tuatha De

Danann," Patrick suggested. One eye-brow arched speculatively into aninvci.ted V.

"Could have been," I replied.

It was nine o'clock when we start-ed the drive to campus. Dark, ominousclouds hid the top of Laurel Ridge onlytcn miles distant. A block from theschool, I stopped for a light. "Patrick," Ibegan and stopped unsure of how to goOn.

"You ever think of dating a stu-

dent?" Patrick asked.``No. Not until now, anyway.

Dinner?""How `bout lunch, too?" I quickly

agreed.When I got to my office, Tom was

thcrc and asked me if I'd heard what hadliappcned.

"Suppose you tell me," I said and

scttlcd into my desk chair."The captain of the school's tennis

team and our three star debaters werefound early this morning on the roof ofOld Main cackling like chickens. Infact, they think they are chickens, I hear.They were taken away."

"How sad. Maybe the gargoyles did

it." I started to go through my mail.Less than a week later, the roof of

the Field House came off. I don't meanit blew off. It was as if it had been liftedoff by some monster hand and placedup`side down beside the building. Thatnight, a fire of unknown origin con-sumcd it all.

There was more to come. Onemoming in the third week in October,President Belfus.s cherished Rolls wasfound on the third floor of the Fine ArtsBuilding. The Silver Cloud, a present toBelfus from Lewis Bubwarpington

(Bubby), the Chairman of the Board ofTrustees, had been painted lavender and

pink inside and out. ,Bclfus went ballistic. "All this is

the;` fault of these homos," he raged at ameeting of the Faculty Senate.Everyone knows Fine Arts is full of•cm." He brougllt a ham hand down on

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the table. "I will not have it! I will nothave it, I say! We cannot have sodomitesamong decent folk! I want them rootedout and expelled like those other two!"

I was sitting at the far end of thetable. Patrick, one of three students rep-

who had done this evil would get whatwas coming to them this night. But notonly them. Those who had made the evilinevitable. They, too, would go throughHell's gate. I told this to Patrick and heagreed.

resenting the Student Senate, was sittingnearby in a chair against the wall. I gath-ered my books and rose to my feet.

"Where are you going, Dr.

Cantara?" Belfus demanded. "Themeeting isn't over yet."

"I guess, Dr. Belfus, I just don't

wanta pollute you decent folk." Therewas silence in the room. "See, I'm Gay,a Queer, a homo."

Belfus went bug-eyed. His mouthdropped open making him look like afish about to be deprived of its guts. Atthe same time, I felt a hand slip intomine. I looked and saw Patrick standingbeside me.

"Look, look," Belfus screeched."He's recruited the wet-back! 1'11 have

you deported.""To where?" Patrick snapped.

"Madison, Wisconsin? I was born

there.""You're terminated!" Belfus shout-

ed at me as Patrick and I walked out."Great. I quit."

The next day` the morning ofHallowe'en, campus security foundMark Rhodes's body. He was one of thefour African-American students.According to the TV news, his corpsehad been nailed to a tree and the word"Fag" cut into his brow.

There was blood on the campusnow, innocent blood that cried out forvengeance. If the Devil's Angels exist-ed-and, after everything that had hap-pened, I was sure that they did-those

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We spent most of the day packingthe car with the stuff from Patrick'sdorm room and my office. All moming,iron-gray clouds built up over the moun-tains in the east.By that after-noon, the skyhad begun toglow an angryshade of red.

After - din-ner in a localbistro, Patrickand I started todrive back to myapartment.Though nighthad fallen, itwasn't dark. Anominous, red-dish light madeit seem as ifeverything wasbathed in blood.A wind hadpicked up.Lighteningflashed injagged streaksalong LaurelRidge andstreaked the sky.Thunder rum-bled so loudlythat the noiseshook theground.

"Look," I said. "Look at the trees."

A bright red liquid was running instreams down the tnmks and drippingfrom the branches onto everythingbelow. I turned on the wipers, but thatdid no good. Finally, by the eastern edgebf the campus, I pulled over andstopped.

We got from the car. The windhowled. As we looked jack o' lanterns,their lights still lit, bobbed and bouncedin the air as if they were weightless.Lightening flashed around the roofs ofthe buildings. The air smelled of sulfuras if Hell itself had opened up.

Suddenly, from overhead, I heard afien-dish, cackling glee. We looked upand saw a gargoyle .riding a broomstickwith Belfus on behind. Though the airwas full of dust and leaves, and thescene was far above our heads, still Icould make out the terror on the presi-dent's face.

The broomstick with its riders cir-cled round Old Main's tower. As it did, itwas joined by others, each one ridden bya gargoyle, each with a human hangingon behind. The pumpkins continuedtheir demonic danc`e as a pillar of red-orange light appeared on campus. Itwidened revealing a raging infernowithin. Hell's gate, I thought. There wasa sucking sound, louder than the wind.Everything was pulled toward it, pump-kins, broomsticks, trees, even the build-ings. In less than a minute, all was gone.The gate snapped shut with a thunder-ous clap.

``There's nothing left," Patrick said

in an awestruck tone. He looked back."Nothing of the town, either. It's all one

big vacant lot."Neither Patrick nor I felt any sor-

row for Belfus and his ilk, but we talkeda lot about all the others who had disap-

peared into the gate. Finally, we decidedthat those who don't resist evil becomeits partners. That seemed as good anexplanation as any. Taking what we hadin the car, we drove off that night andnever looked back.

Shepard . . . The Bashing Continues Since Friday, October 7, our offices

have been fairly inundated with emails, faxes, letters and phone calls related to the death of Matthew Shepard. It is all there in the news reports or is it? We can't ask Matthew Shepard. He never got to read them.

By all accounts, Matthew Shepard was the kind of person you would want as a friend. He spoke three languages. He was intelligent. He had dreams of serving his country in the diplomatic service. His friends say that he was caring and personable, but not over-bearing. Matthew Shepard was all of those things and now he is something else too - a victim.

Matthew Shepard went to a bar on the evening of Thursday, October 6. There he met Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. They told Shepard they were Gay. They convinced him that they wanted to be his "friend. The got this 5'2", 110-pound youth to leave the bar and enter their van.

Matthew Shepard never got to enjoy his new friends very much. That's because of what they did to him. The beating began in their van. Ignoring his pleas that he be allowed live, they dragged him from the vehicle, tied him to a fence post, burned him, beat him some more and fractured his skull, crushing his brainstem. Satisfied that they could inflict no more pain and damage to the now unconscious Shepard, Mc Kinney and Henderson left him in the freezing weather to die. While Shepard's life was ebbing away, his attackers went to see their girl-friends. Together they laughed about how Shepard begged for his life.

But Matthew Shepard wasn't laugh-ing. He would never laugh again. It would be 18 long, cold hours before a real human being would come into contact with him. A bicyclist riding down the road found what was left of Matthew Shepard. At first he mistook the battered body for a scarecrow. Only when he fell close to that body did he realized it was a human being.

The doctors at the hospital in Fort Collins said that Shepard's skull had been so badly damaged, they could not put it back together again. He was put on a life support machine. Matthew Shepard's brain was no longer capable of telling his lungs to function. The doctors probably wanted to tell Matthew Shepard how sorry they were. But Matthew Shepard couldn't hear them. Finally, even the machine didn't help. Matthew Shepard died.

Those are the bare documented facts. They do not tell the whole tale. Much of the reaction to this crime is almost as horrific as the murder itself.

The father of one of the accused murderers complained that the media was making too much of Shepard's death. He said that if Shepard had been heterosexual the news media. would not be all that interested. If Matthew Shepard had been heterosex-ual, he would be alive today.

The police in Wyoming suggest that robbery not hate was the motive. I wonder if everyone who is robbed in

An Analysis by Bill Meunier

that state winds up hanging from fence posts with bashed in skulls.

As Shepard lay dying in the hospi-tal at Fort Collins, there was a Colorado State University homecom-ing parade underway in that city. One of the floats featured a scarecrow. The scarecrow was painted "I am Gay" in the front and "Up my ass" in the back. The University is investigating 11 stu-dents over this incident. They can expel those responsible but they can't expel the revulsion we all feel over what those students did.

Apparently even in death, Matthew Shepard will continue to be bashed. The airwaves and the mainstream press have been filled with spokesper-sons for the reli-gious right. They tell us that if only Matthew Shepard had been straight he would have avoided all this unpleasantness. They defend their latest ad cam-paign, which again focuses on how they can "cure" us.

Matthew Shepard would tell them that it is the hate mongers who need to be cured. But then again Matthew Shepard can't talk anymore.

As always, the purveyors of hate deny any culpability for the fruits that have sprung from the seeds of venom they have so carefully planted. Yet, we know that some of the same newspa-pers and television stations that this week denounced the Shepard murder as a hate crime will accept the reli-gious right's money next week and run its ads.

One of the worst things we saw came from Wisconsin Christians United. It was a press release that denounced hate crime laws claiming that they provide special treatment, as if being protected against crimes based on hate is somehow special.

It went on to say that while Shepard's murderers should be pun-ished if only he had followed "the law against sodomy," he would be alive today. It accused, Shepard — without any evidence whatsoever — of "cruis-ing a bar for the purpose of finding a partner or two to commit vile acts." Matthew Shepard can't defend himself against Wisconsin Christians United anymore than he could defend himself against the two brutes who took his life.

We have seen other releases too. In one, a religious right group says that hate crimes laws would "intimidate the political opposition." I never knew that assaulting and murdering people were acts of political opposition.

The religious right says that every murder is a tragedy and that is true. In

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Then there are the outraged people of Wyoming, where Matthew Shepard went to school. I have read the sancti-monious statements from the President and Student Association of the University of Wyoming. "Oh yes," they tell us, "We are ever so concerned about the safety of our students." One

wonders where that concern was when their state on three separate occasions rejected a hate crime law. Matt Shepard might have asked that question but he can't ask anyone anything.

There have been other reactions too. In Madison 1,000 people marched up State Street and held a vigil at the State Capitol. In Milwaukee over 250 people mourned at a vigil and rally held on UWM's mall. In Eau Claire, Stevens Points and in other

places around the State and around the country there were rallies and vigils, too.

Appropriately, many of these events were sponsored by student groups. Matthew Shepard was a member of a Gay students group. His friends say that he really enjoyed meeting people through that organization. But

Shrine outside of Madison's Capitol building.

Matthew Shepard won't be attending anymore meetings.

President Clinton renewed his call for Congress to pass hate crimes legis-lation. Congress passed a resolution denouncing the killing, but the hate crime law is still stuck in the Judiciary Committee.

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Matthew Shepard would have agreed with those editorials, but now he can't read them.

No human beings were there when Matthew Shepard was bashed, but he is far from being alone in terms of being a victim. If you think, as some have suggested, that this occurred

One of over 200 people at the UW-Milwaukee vigil lights a candle in

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because Shepard lived in some hick town in Wyoming and the rest of us are safe, you are wrong.

In Chicago they are putting extra police on Halsted Street to combat the brutal bashings that are occurring there. Even liberal Madison has been experiencing a spate of Gay bashings. We have also received reports of bash-ings in Milwaukee's Gay bar district.

When we hear of these things, we try to get mow information so we can warn our readers. But the victims never want to talk, never want to take the chance that their names might appear in the paper, even though we will not print the names without their permission. Matthew Shepard never had the luxury of anonymity.

The bashing continues. The right's new "ex-Gay" ad campaign is reving up. Some of our elected officials talk about "special rights" compare us to criminals and with assert that we are sick, diseased, immoral peop! Thanks to them we are all Matth._•% Shepard, we are all tied to that fence every day of our lives.

We cannot escape the bashing. Until the purveyors of hate are isolat-ed, ineffective and largely ignored, we must fight against them as best as we are able. Matthew Shepard can't do that either, but we can.

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Shepard .Since Friday, October 7, our offices

have been fairly inundated withemails, faxes, letters and phone callsrelated to the death of MatthewShepard. It is all there in the newsreports or is it? We can't ask MatthewShepard. He never got to read them.

By all accounts, Matthew Shepardwas the kind of person you would wantas a friend. He spoke three languages.He was intelligent. He had dreams ofserving his country in the diplomaticservice. His friends say that he wascaring and personable, but not over-bearing. Matthew Shepard was all ofthose things and now he is s.omethingelse too - a victim.

Matthew Shepard went to a bar onthe evening of Thursday, October 6.There he met Aaron MCKinney andRussell Henderson. They told Shepardthey were Gay. They convinced himthat they wanted to be his~friend. The

got this 5'2",Ilo-pound youth toleave the bar and enter their van.

Matthew Shepard never got to enjoyhis new friends very much. That'sbecause of what they did to him. Thebeating began in their van. Ignoringhis pleas that he be allowed live, theydragged him from the vehicle, tied himto a fence post, burned him, beat himsome more and fractured his skull,crushing his brainstem. Satisfied thatthey could inflict no more pain anddamage to the now unconsciousShepard, Mc Kinney and Hendersonleft him in the freezing weather to die.While Shepard's life was ebbing away,his attackers went to see their girl-friends. Together they laughed abouthow Shepard begged for his life.

But Matthew Shepard wasn't laugh-ing. He would never laugh again. Itwould be 18 long, cold hours before areal human being would come intocontact with him. A bicyclist ridingdown the road found what was left ofMatthew Shepard. At first he mistookthe battered body for a scarecrow.Only when he fell close to that bodydid he realized it was a human being.

The doctors at the hospital in FortCollins said that Shepard's skull hadbeen so badly damaged they could notput it back together again. He was puton a life support machine. MatthewShepard's brain was no longer capableof telling his lungs to function. Thedoctors probably wanted to tellMatthew Shepard how sorry they

• were. But Matthew Shepard couldn'thear them. Finally, even the machinedidn't help. Matthew Shepard died.

Those are the bare documentedfacts. They do not tell the whole tale.Much of the reaction to this crime isalmost as horrific as the murder itself.

The father of one of the accusedmurderers complained that the mediawas making too much of Shepard'sdeath. He said that if Shepard hadbeen heterosexual the news media. Iwould not be all that interested. IfMatthew Shepard had been heterosex-ual, he would be alive today.

The police in Wyoming suggest thatrobbery not hate was the motive. Iwonder if everyone who is robbed in

. . The Bashing ContinuesAn Analysis by Bill Meunier

that state winds up hanging from fenceposts with bashed in skulls.

As Shepard lay dying in the hospi-tal at Fort Collins, there was aColorado State University homecom-ing parade underway in that city. Oneof the floats featured a scarecrow. Thescarecrow was painted "I am Gay" inthe front and "Up my ass" in the back.The University is investigating 11 stu-dents over this incident. They canexpel those responsible but they can'texpel the revulsion we all feel overwhat those students did.

Apparentlyeven in death,Matthew Shepardwill continue tobe bashed. Theairwaves and themainstream presshave been .filledwith spokesper-sons for the reli-

gious right. Theytell us that if onlyMatthew Shepardhad been straighthe would haveavoided all thisunpleasantness.They defend theirlatest ad cam-

paign, whichagain focuses onhow they can"cure" us.

a democracy, however, killing peoplebecause you hate what they are is mur-der of the worst kind. When thatoccurs, all `of us die at least a little,Matthew Shepard can't tell them that.He can't tell them anything.

Then there are the outraged peopleof Wyoming, where Matthew Shepardwent to school. I have read the sancti-monious statements from the Presidentand Student Association of theUniversity of Wyoming. "Oh yes,"they tell us, "We are ever so concernedabout the safety of our students." One

wonders where that

Matthew Shepard

Matthew Shepard would tell themthat it is the hate mongers who need tobe cured. But then again MatthewShepard can't talk anymore.

As always, the purveyors of hatedeny any culpability for the fruits thathave sprung from the seeds. of venomthey have so carefully planted. Yet, weknow that some of the same newspa-pers and television stations that thisweek denounced the Shepard murderas a hate crime will accept the reli-

gious right's money next week and runits ads.

One of the worst things we sawcame from Wisconsin ChristiansUnited. It was a press release thatdenounced hate crime laws claimingthat they provide special treatment, asif being protected against crimes basedon hate is somehow special.

It went on to say that whileShepard's murderers should be pun-ished if only he had followed "the lawagainst sodomy," he would be alivetoday. It accused, Shepard - withoutany evidence whatsoever - of "cruis-ing a bar for the purpose of finding apartner or two to commit vile acts."Matthew Shepard can't defend himselfagainst Wisconsin Christians Unitedanymore than he could defend himselfagainst the two brutes who took hislife.

We have seen other releases too. Inone, a religious right group says thathate crimes laws would "intimidate the

political opposition." I never knew thatassaulting and murdering people wereacts of political opposition.

The religious right says that everymurder is a tragedy and that is true. In

concern was whentheir state on threeseparate occasionsrejected a hatecrime law. MattShepard might haveasked that questionbut he can't askanyone anything.

There have beenother reactions too.In Madison 1,000

people marched upState Street andheld a vigil at theState Capitol. InMilwaukee over 250

people mourned at avigil and rally heldon UWM's mall. InEau Claire, StevensPoints and in other

places around the State and around thecountry there were rallies and vigils,too.

Appropriately, many of these eventswere sponsored by student groups.Matthew Shepard was a member of aGay students group. His friends saythat he really enjoyed meeting peoplethrough that organization. But

Shrine outside of Madison'sCapitol building.

Matthew Shepard won't be attendinganymore meetings.

President Clinton renewed his callfor Congress to pas-s hate crimes legis-lation. Congress passed a resolutiondenouncing the killing, but the hatecrime law is still stuck in the JudiciaryCommittee.

Newspapers across the countryhave raised the issue of homophobia,with many of them attacking the reli-

gious right and the political hate mon-gers while doing it. Madison's CapJ./a/ri.mes spoke for many when it said"But the real cause was hatred -

blind, uncontrolled rage, fostered bywillful ignorance and the climate ofintolerance created by political dema-

gogues who stir up opposition to Gayrights in order to win votes and raisemoney."

Matthew Shepard would haveagreed with those editorials, but nowhe can't read them.

No human beings were there whenMatthew Shepard was bashed but heis far from being alone in terms ofbeing a victim. If you think, as somehave suggested, that this occurred

One of over 200 people at the UW-Milwaukee vigil lights a candle in

Mathew's memory.

because Shepard lived in some hicktown in Wyoming and the rest of us aresafe, you are wrong.

In Chicago they are putting extra

police on Halsted Street to combat thebrutal bashings that are occurringthere. Even liberal Madison has beenexperiencing a spate of Gay bashings.We have also received reports of bash-ings in Milwaukee's Gay bar district.

When we hear of these things, wetry to get mops information so we canwarn our readers. But the victimsnever want to talk, never want to takethe chance that their riames mightappear in the paper, even though wewill not print the names without their

permission. Matthew Shepard neverhad the luxury of anonymity.

The bashing continiics. The right'snew "ex-Gay" ad campaign is revingup. Some of our elected officials talkabout "special rights" compare us tocriminals and with assert that we aresick, diseased, immoral peopl.'Thanks to them we are till Matthl`\\Shepard, we are all tied to that fenceevery day of our lives.

We cannot escape the bashing.Until the purveyors of hate are isolat-ed, ineffective and largely ignored, wemust fight against them as best as weare able. Matthew Shepard can't dothat either, but we can.

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Milwaukee AROUND THE STATE Madison i8-year-old Transvestite Stabbed, Beaten

An I 8-year-old male, dressed as a woman, was stabbed late October 13 on South Park Street, just hours after a rally/vigil was held on the Capitol steps at State Street in memory of the murdered college student in Laramie, Wyoming. Madison officials originally considered adding Wisconsin's Hate Crime enhancement charge onto the charge against the perpetrator, but backed off after carefully studying the law, and realizing "it didn't cover cross-dressing."

Johnny Louis Ellis, 43, was tentatively charged with aggravated battery while armed with a dangerous weapon. He was also accused of bail jumping because he was out of jail on bail on a domestic battery case. Ellis said to the victim, "I know what you are — you're a man."

Police say Ellis' comments don't show he "picked his victim because he thought he was Gay." Police Office Dave Gouran was quoted in the Wisconsin State Journal saying, "You can be a cross-dresser without being Gay and the (hate crime) statute doesn't specify cross-dressers."

The victim received about 60 stitches after being slashed in the abdomen — pos-sibly with glass from a broken beer bottle. The attack occurred on South Park Street. After treatment, the victim fled the hospital fearing the police found out he was want-ed for failing to appear in count on a charge of driving without a license. The victim has since been arrested and jailed for allegedly resisting officers, as well as the prior charge.

New Harvest Accepting Grant Applications Madison and Dane County's New Harvest Foundation, which raises and distrib-

utes funds to support LGB well being in that area, is seeking applications for its Spring/Summer 1999 grant cycle. All organizations and individuals working on pro-jects that benefit LGB's in the area are invited to apply before the Nov. 30, 1998 dead-line.

Awardces must either be a 50I(c)(3) tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization or use a qualifying fiscal agent. Grants focus on: social service, social change, public edu-cation, health care, arts, culture and LGB community development. Most awards are in the $300-2,000 range.

For more information, or to request application materials, contact the New Harvest Foundation, PO Box 1786, Madison, WI 53701-1786, phone (608) 256-4204.

AIDS Action Alert Call your County Supervisor Today

AIDS Action Wisconsin, concerned citizens advocating for responsible AIDS policies, is asking Milwaukee County residents to call their individual council mem-bers and urge them to approve the $100,000 in the county budget for needle exchange in the metro area.

While you're at it, County Exec. Tom Ament's office, (414) 278-4211, would like to hear from you too, since he is the one brave enough to include such a precedent setting public health initiative. As expected, a torrent of criticism has befallen him and all the board members thanks to heavy anti-needle on-air lobbying by some local radio talk show hosts.

It's been proven in study after study that providing clean needles does not increase new drug use and reduces HIV transmission by as much as 33%. Current IV drug users learn to keep their equipment clean with provided supplies, obtain fresh nee-dles on a trade basis, and receive counseling. A good number of them eventually decide to enter rehab through the LifePoint needle exchange, provided by the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin. Until now, LifePoint has had to depend entirely on public donations for this important health outreach to the highest risk group in the country today.

If you don't know the name of your County Supervisor, or even which one is yours, please call Laurie at (414) 225-1597.

PrideFest Returns to August in '99 After a record setting year in 1998, neither the PrideFest Council nor the

Milwaukee World Festivals Board of Directors took long to figure out that a perma-nent move of PrideFest to August was The Right Thing.

A different weekend this year, August 6-8 will not conflict with other regional LGBT events such as the Midwest Womyn's Music Festival or Chicago's Halsted Street Days.

The move was attributed, to a large part, to the August dates of the 28-30 this year, and buoyed by that success, organizers sent in their 1999 date request less than a month after PrideFest '98 ended.

PrideFest Co-Director Susan Cook commented: "We couldn't be any happier with our '99 dates. When we planned an August festival for '98, we were a little concerned that people would forget about our event when everyone else in the Midwest was doing June festivals and major parades."

WI Light called the ball on this one, when we, along with most of the people we had talked to, agreed it should be kept in August. The warmer weather and the fact there is no other Gay competition that month, gives a chance for LGBT Milwaukee and PrideFest to get its full share of the Gay media and publics attention. "By August,

Drugs, alcohol and depression are the first problem .... The next problem is finding a treatment center where you can safely be yourself and talk about the things you need to.

Fortunately, Pride Institute, the nation's leader in providing mental health & addiction treatment for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender commtaities, has a number of programs nationally.

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AROUND THE STATE

I8-year-old Transvestite Stabbed, BeatenAn 18-year-old male, dressed as a woman, was stabbed late October 13 on South

Park Street, just hours after a rally/vigil was held on the Capitol steps at State Streetin memory of the murdered college student in Laramie, Wyoming. Madison officialsoriginally considered adding Wisconsin's Hate Crime enhancement charge onto thecharge against the perpetrator, but backed off after carefully studying the law, andrealizing "it didn't cover cross-dressing."

Johnny Louis Ellis, 43, was tentatively charged with aggravated battery whilearmed with a dangerous weapon. He was also accused of bail jumping because hewas out of jail on bail on a domestic battery case. Ellis said to the victim, "I knowwhat you are -you're a man."

Police say Ellis' comments don't show he "picked his victim because he thoughthc was Gay." Police Office Dave Gouran was quoted in the W7scomsj.# S/cr/a /owmcr/saying, "You can be a cross-dresser without being Gay and the (hate crime) statutedoesn't specify cross-dressers."

The victim received about 60 stitches after being slashed in the abdomen -pos-sibly with glass from a broken beer bottle. The attack occurred on South Park Street.After treatment, the victim fled the hospital fearing the police found out he was want-cd for failing to appear in count on a charge of driving without a license. The victimhas since been arrested and jailed for allegedly resisting officers, as well as the priorcharge.

New Harvest Accepting Grant ApplicationsMadison and Dane County's New Harvest Foundation, which raises and distrib-

utcs funds to support LGB well being in that area, is seeking applications for itsSpring/Summer 1999 grant cycle. All organizations and individuals working on pro-

jccts that benefit LGB's in the area are invited to apply before the Nov. 30,1998 dead-line.

Awardees must either be a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization or usea qualifying fiscal agent. Grants focus on: social service, social change, pubhc edu-cation, health care, arts, culture and LGB community development. Most awards arein the $300-2,000 range.

For more information, or to request application materials, contact the New HarvestFoundation, PO Box 1786, Madison, WI 53701-1786, phone (608) 256-4204.

AIDS Action AlertCall your County Supervisor Today

AIDS Action Wisconsin, concerned citizens advocating for responsible AIDS

policies, is asking Milwaukee County residents to call their individual council mem-bers and urge them to approve the $ 100,000 in the county budget for needle exchangein the metro area.

While you're at it, County Exec. Tom Ament's office, (414) 278-4211, would liketo hear from you too, since he is the one brave enough to include such a precedentsetting public health initiative. As expected, a torrent of criticism has befallen himand all the board members thanks to heavy anti-needle omair lobbying by some localradio talk show hosts.

It's been proven in study after study that providing clean needles does not increasenew drug use and reduces HIV transmission by as much as 33%. Current IV drugusers learn to keep their equipment clean with provided supplies, obtain fresh nee-dles on a trade basis, and receive counseling. A good number of them eventuallydecide to enter rehab through the Lifepoint needle exchange, provided by the AIDSResource Center of Wisconsin. Until now, Lifepoint has had to depend entirely on

public donations for this important health outreach to the highest risk group in thecountry today.

If you don't know the name of your County Supervisor, or even which one isyours, please call Laurie at (414) 225-1597.

PrideFest Refurns to August in `99After a record setting year in 1998, neither the PrideFest Council nor the

Milwaukee World Festivals Board of Directors took long to figure out that a perma-nent move of PrideFest to August was The Right Thing.

A different weekend this year, August 6-8 will not conflict with other regionalLGBT events such as the Midwest Womyn's Music Festival or Chicago's HalstedStreet Days.

The move was attributed, to a large part, to the August dates of the 28-30 this year,and buoyed by that success, organizers sent in their 1999 date request less than amonth after PrideFest `98 ended.

PrideFest Co-Director Susan Cook commented: "We couldn't be any happier withour `99 dates. When we planned an August festival for `98, we were a little concernedthat people would forget about our event when everyone else in the Midwest wasdoing June festivals and major parades."

W7 £j.gfef called the ball on this one, when we, along with most of the people wehad talked to, agreed it should be kept in August. The warmer weather and the factthere is no other Gay competition that month, gives a chance for LGBT Milwaukeeand PrideFest to get its full share of the Gay media and publics attention. "By August,

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AROUND THE STATE everyone is so tired of ethnic festivals and family reunions, an August PrideFest ought to drag 'em in from even more states than before," quipped one Light staffer.

`99 SLOGAN CONTEST Members of the community are being urged to submit ideas for the 1999 slogan.

Entries must be received no later than Thursday, November 5, and should include the author's name and phone number. Entries can be faxed to (414) 272-3391, e-mailed to pridemilw@aol.com, snailmail: PO Box 511763, Milwaukee, WI 53203. (Milwaukee doesn't wait to participate in the international pride committee decision because of the length of time it takes them to decide each year's theme.)

H.I.T. hits loth The Holiday Invitational Tournament, the oldest Gay bowling tournament in the

world, celebrates its 20th year with the theme Carnivale Thanksgiving weekend, November 26-29. Over 300 bowlers from around the world are expected for the grand reunion.

Entry is $75 and deadline is November 10. AMF Regency at 76th and Florist will serve as official lanes, with the Hilton downtown as official headquarters hotel. Registration begins Thursday morning, and bowling occurs from Thursday evening through Saturday afternoon. The tournament is surrounded by parties, special events, and a grand finale banquet with awards. For more information, call the HIT Hotline at (414) 332-7142 or 871-4172. Roll a turkey!

Eagle Hosts Mr. IML '98 for Fundraiser The Milwaukee Eagle, a levi/leather bar, will host International Mr. Leather (IML)

Tony Mills, for a fundraiser establishing the Eagle's Brotherhood Relief Fund, on Saturday, October 31.

Patrons will get to meet and greet Mr. IML and pose for photos — for a price. That money will then go to the newly established Brotherhood Relief Fund . According to Eagle Manager Mike Walsh the fund, "is very important to us and was started because one of our regular Chicago customers, 37 year old Steven Zielke was Gay bashed in Chicago and suffered major head trauma." His prognosis is good, but physical reha-bilitation will take nearly a year. This is the least we can do to help a brother in need."

Now that it is established, the Brotherhood Fund will be an on-going fundraising device for those in the levi/leather brotherhood who need assistance. The organizers of the newly formed Mr. Wisconsin Leather Man Contest to be held February 20, 1999, will also receive a portion of the nights proceeds.

This Halloween night benefit coincides with the Eagle's 1st anniversary and Fantasy in Black : an un-Halloween Event with a request for all black attire. The evening kicks off at 8pm, and everyone wearing appropriate attire will receive a free drink.

Su I erior/Duluth Conference on G/L Issues

Surviving and Thriving: 2000 and Beyond, a day-long conference on issues con-cerning the Northland's LGBT communities will take place Sunday, Nov. 21 at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Conferees will have an opportunity to network, share ideas?, and build community — especially in small towns and rural areas. A reg-istration fee of $15 for the day will include lunch.

Workshops will cover a wide variety of topics, and vendor and organization tables will be available for information or to display wares. An evening concert, open to the public, will feature Lesbian singer-songwriter BeJae Fleming and drag entertainer Miss Richfield 1981. Conferees can attend for $7; others will be charged $10.

For more information, contact Stephanie at KUMD-FM, 130 Humanities Building, UWM, Duluth, MN 55812. Phone (218) 726-7181. E-mail kkersten@d.umn.edu.

Tidbits from Titletown By Mike Fitzpatrick, WI Light NE Wisconsin Bureau

Area LGBT Confab: The GLBT Roundtable, the semi-annual meeting of all the Gay

groups in the Northeast Wisconsin area, will be held Tuesday, October 27 from 6:30-

8:30pm at the Appleton office of the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW).

Out in Faith: Union Congregational UCC Church in Green Bay has started a new

LGBT group for its members called Union Out in Faith The social and discussion

group meets regularly and welcomesmon-members as well. For more information and

next meeting time, contact the church at (920) 437-9266. Supper's Ready: The Dinettes, northeast Wisconsin's Gay men's gourmet dining

group, kicked off their 6th year of haute cuisine recently at homes around Green Bay and

the Fox cities. There's no politics, no hidden sexual agendas — not even a lot of rules — just good

food enjoyed in good company. It's not a particularly unique idea is this part of the Gay

world. The Fox Valley Womyn's Potluck has also been around for about the same num-

ber of years. Gary Trudeau once waggishly suggested in his Doonesbury comic strip that possibly

the only selling point to being Gay was the food. In northeastern Wisconsin, that's no joke!

Silent Night? : The recently formed Green Bay Gay Men's Chorus has finally found a musical director, according to chorus honcho Steve Jones. However, due to the late start-up the group is not likely to have the Christmas Concert they had planned to debut with.

With the Bay City Chorus — Green Bay's other LGBT chorus — taking a year off, there will be no Gay Christmas musicale in the area for the first time in seven years. In the immortal words of Ebenezer Scrooge: "Bah Humbug!"

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(Milwaukee doesn't wait to participate in the international pride committee decisionbecause Of the length Of time it takes them to decide each year's theme.)

H.I.T. hits 2othThe Holiday Invitational Tournament, the oldest Gay bowling tournament in the

world, celebrates its 20th year with the theme C4mz.vcr/e Thanksgiving weekend,November 26-29. Over 300 bowlers from around the world are expected for the grandreunion.

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Eagle Hosts Mr. IML `98 for FundraiserThe Milwaukee Eagle, a levi/leather bar, will host International Mr. Leather (IML)

Tony Mills, for a fundraiser establishing the Eagle's Brotherhood Relief Fund, onSaturday, October 31.

Patrons will get to meet and greet Mr. IML and pose for photos - for a price. Thatmoney will then go to the newly established Brotherhood Relief Fund . According toEagle Manager Mike Walsh the fund, "is very important to us and was started becauseone of our regular Chicago customers, 37 year old Steven Zielke was Gay bashed inChicago and suffered major head trauma." His prognosis is good, but physical reha-bilitation will take nearly a year. This is the least we can do to help a brother in need."

Now that it is established, the Brotherhood Fund will be an on-going fundraisingdevice for those in the levineather brotherhood who need assistance. The organizersof the newly formed Mr. Wisconsin Leather Man Contest to be held February 20,1999, will also receive a portion of the nights proceeds.

This Halloween night benefit coincides with the Eagle's lst anniversary andFaH/cry i." B/ace : a# w#-f7¢//oween Eve#f with a request for all black attire. Theevening kicks off at 8pm, and everyone wearing appropriate attire will receive a freedrink.

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Workshops will cover a wide variety of topics, and vendor and organization tableswill be available for information or to display wares. An evening concert, open to the

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By Mike Fitzpatrick, W7 £i.grfef NE Wisconsin BureauArea LGBT Confab: The GLBT Roundtable, the semi-armual meeting of all the Gay

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Washington, DC - This month, October, NOW activists have organized Come Out Against Homophobia actions from coast-to-coast. "We are coming out against homophobia in October, and we're heading to the polls in November to support the candidates who support our issues and our families," NOW President Patricia Ireland said. NOW/PAC has field staff and volunteer activists working to elect openly Lesbian candidates for Congress Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Christine Kehoe (D-CA) and Margarethe Cammermeyer (D-WA).

Ireland's comments come on the heels of the so-called Coming Out of Homosexuality media campaign — which charges that homosexuality is a choice, not a sexual orientation. The campaign was launched by a coalition of radical right-wing groups.

"As the elections heat up, religious political extremists are trying to hide their hate-ful agenda behind a benign mask of 'hope and healing.' It's time for Focus on the Family and their cohorts to take off the masks and show the bigoted anti-woman, anti-Gay agenda lurking just beneath the surface. Feminists will not swallow sugarcoated Gay-bashing. And we will not let ourselves or our issues be shut out of Congress by

their manipulative use of homophobia as a wedge issue in November," Ireland said.

As part of its ongoing national Lesbian Rights Program, NOW is organizing the national Lesbian Rights Summit: A Feminist Strategy Session, to be held in Washington, D.C., April 23-25, 1999. Lesbians and their allies will come together from across the country to develop a political agenda for the next millennium.

Gays' Battle Continues in Cincinnati Cincinnati - A gay activist group promised to call for an economic boycott of

Cincinnati, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has let stand the city's denial of legal

protections for homosexuals. Stonewall Cincinnati also said it will begin collecting petition signatures for a May

1999 ballot initiative. It would be aimed at repealing Cincinnati's 1993 charter

amendment that forbids the city from enacting or enforcing laws based on sexual ori-

entation. The voter-approved measure bans policies or ordinances that give homo-

sexuals claims for legal protection from discrimination — in housing, employment or

otherwise — based on their sexual orientation. It also bars "any claim of minority or

protected status, quota preference or other preferential treatment." The high court's decision Tuesday, October 13 not to hear arguments about the

amendment means it is now in effect. Opponents of the amendment argued that it was identical to a Colorado measure

that would have nullified local Gay-rights ordinances in Aspen, Boulder and Denver.

The Supreme Court rejected that measure in 1996. But the court said the Cincinnati

issue was different because it was an action taken by voters within their city and did

not interfere with local decision-making authority in other communities.

Candidate Defamed Gay Group Says Court Detroit - Gay People's Chronicle reports that Wayne County Circuit Court Judge

Susan Borman awarded $15,000 in damages to the Triangle foundation after finding

that State Representative Deborah Whyman defamed the group in her campaign lit-

erature. • Whyman's literature said that the foundation supports sex between adults and

boys. The flyer explained that the claim was based on the foundation's bylaws, which

say the group works "to improve the life of sexual minorities." According to

Whyman, that included pedophiles. Judge Borman said that since Whyman quoted portions of the bylaws that she was

familiar with them and therefore knew that the group did not specifically support sex

with minors. That meant she knew her statements were false and malicious.

Jeff Montgomery, Triangle's Executive Director, reacted to ruling saying, "Never

before has a Gay and Lesbian organization successfully sued an elected official for

defamation." He added that the ruling should "send a clear message to public offi-

cials everywhere...that they will be held personally responsible for their lies about

us."

Texas Library Keeps Gay Children's Books Wichita Falls, TX (AP) The City Council in this Texas city is struggling with how

to answer protests over two Gay-themed children's books, Daddy's Roommate and

Heather Has Two Mommies. For six months, several area churches have been demanding that the books be

removed from the shelves of the local library — or at least placed behind the counter.

While no council member appears willing to ban the books outright, several members

are leaning towards placing the books in an area where children would need an adult

to read or check out the books. Mayor Kay Yeager and city Manager Jim Berzina have said they will not bring the

issue before the Council.

ADL Calls for Hate Crimes Laws Nationwide New York, NY - Mourning the tragic murder of Matthew Shepard, a Gay student

at the University of Wyoming, Howard P. Berkowitz, Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

National Chairman, and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, today called

for every state to enact hate crimes laws. ADL has been a pioneer in drafting and promoting hate crimes laws across the

country since 1981. Forty states have now enacted statutes based on or similar to

ADUs model legislation. The United States Supreme Court unanimously upheld the

constitutionality of ADL's penalty enhancement approach in 1993. The League has

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Washington, DC - This month, October, NOW activists have organized Come OutAgainst Homophobia actions from coast-to-coast. "We are coming out againsthomophobia in October, and we're heading to the polls in November to support thecandidates who support our issues and our families," NOW President Patricia Irelandsaid. NOwffAC has field staff and volunteer activists working to elect openlyLesbian candidates for Congress Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Christine Kehoe (D-CA)and Margarethe Cammermeyer (D-WA).

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As part of its ongoing national Lesbian Rights Program, NOW is organizing then&tiional Lesbian Rights Summit.. A Feminist Strategy Session, to be hctd inWashington, D.C., April 23-25, 1999. Lesbiaris and their allies will come togetherfrom across the country to develop a political agenda for the next millennium.

Gays' Battle Continues in CincinnatiCincinnati - A gay activist group promised to call for an economic boycott of

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The high court's decision Tuesday, October 13 not to hear arguments about theamendment means it is now in effect.

Opponents of the amendment argued that it was identical to a Colorado measurethat would have nullified local Gay-rights ordinances in Aspen, Boulder and Denver.The Supreme Court rejected that measure in 1996. But the court said the Cincinnatiissue was different because it was an action taken by voters within their city and didnot interfere with local decision-making authority in other communities.

Candidate Defamed Gay Group Says CourtDetroit - Gcz.v Pgap/c 5 CfrroHi.c/e reports that Wayne County Circuit Court Judge

Susan Borman awarded $15,000 in damages to the Triangle foundation after findingthat State Representative Deborah Whyman defamed the group in her campaign lit-erature. .

Whyman's literature said that the foundation supports sex between adults andboys. The flyer explained that the claim was based on the foundation's bylaws, whichsay the group works "to improve the life of sexual minorities." According toWhyman, that included pedophiles.

Judge Borman said that since Whyman quoted portions of the bylaws that she wasfamiliar with them and therefore knew that the group did not specifically support sexwith minors. That meant she knew her statements were false and malicious.

Jeff Montgomery, Triangle's Executive Director, reacted to ruling saying, "Neverbefore has a Gay and Lesbian organization successfully sued an elected official fordefamation." He added that the ruling should "send a clear message to public offi-cials everywhere. . .that they will be held personally responsible for their lies aboutus."

Texas Library Keeps Gay Children's BooksWichita Fa]]s, TX (AP) The City Council in this Texas city is struggling with how

to answer protests over two Gay-themed children's books, Daddy 3 Roommafe andHeather Has Two Mommies.

For six months, several area churches have been demanding that the books beremoved from the shelves of the local library - or at least placed behind the counter.While no council member appears willing to ban the books outright, several membersare leaning towards placing the books in an.area where children would need an adultto read or check out the books.

Mayor Kay Yeager and city Manager Jim Berzina have said they will not bring theissue before the Council.

ADL Calls for Hate Crimes Laws NationwideNew York, NY - Mourning the tragic murder of Matthew Shepard a Gay student

at the University of wyoming, Howard P. Berkowitz, Anti-Defamation League (ADL)National Chairman, and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, today calledfor every state to enact hate crimes laws.

ADL has been a pioneer in drafting and promoting hate crimes laws across thecountry since 1981. Forty states have now enacted statutes based on or similar toADL's model legislation. The United States Supreme Court unanimously upheld theconstitutionality of ADL's penalty enhancement approach in 1993. The League has

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also spearheaded efforts in Congress to secure passage of Federal hate 'crimes

statutes, including the currently pending Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization

fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, preju-

dice and bigotry.

Anti-Gay Slurs Shock Campus Detroit - Thursday, a rock on Michigan State University's campus became a can-

vas for hate-speech directed at some MSU students. The Alliance of Lesbian-Bi-Gay and Transgendered Students had painted the rock

in honor of National Coming Out Day. They woke the next morning to see that the

rock had been repainted with anti-Gay slurs. The front of the rock read "no packing zone." Other slurs on the rock and garbage can next to it read "I kill fags," "Kill flames" and "Fags." Those messages stayed on the rock until after noon, when it was painted over by university workers.

MSU police Chief Bruce Benson said police still are investigating the matter.

Dockers: Not Just "Nice Pants" New York, NY - In the November issue of OUT magazine, Dockers Khakis placed

a 12-page advertisement celebrating the achievements of 10 Lesbians and Gay men, "heroes" who "show personal conviction - and how to be true to yourself."

Those portrayed in the advertisement: actor/writer Guinevere Turner (Go Fish); actor Mitchell Anderson, costar of Party of Five; Wilson Cruz, actor and former GLAAD board member; humanitarian Thomas Rollerson; Rea Carey, youth advocate and executive director of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition; former Eagle Scout James Dale, who successfully fought the Boy Scouts of America's discriminatory pol-icy; writer Brad Gooch; Eve Fowler, photographer; television writer Max Mutchnick, co-creator and executive producer of Will & Grace; and Olympic athlete Bruce Hayes.

Corpus Christi Opens to Full House New York, NY - On Tuesday, October 13, 1998 three-time Tony Award-winning

playwright Terence McNally's new work, Corpus Christi, opened at the Manhattan Theater Club (MTC) to a full house - both in the theater and out. The lead character is Joshua, whose life and character bear a resemblance to those of Jesus Christ. The play depicts sometimes-erotic relationships with his disciples, and has been the object of controversy since its plot became known.

On opening night, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights organized a

group of demonstrators opposing the play, while People For the American Way con-

ducted a supportive action entitled "A Silent Walk For The First Amendment."

HRC Launches "Ray of Light" Project" Washington, DC - The Human Rights Campaign launched the "Ray of Light

Project" at a press conference at the National Press Club. The project will highlight

the abuses of so-called ex-Gay ministries and compile the latest research on the psy-

chological effects of these ministries. The press conference followed a press conference by the Family Research Council

where a national television ad campaign featuring "ex-Gays" was announced.

"Scapegoating Gay and Lesbian Americans is not going to heal what ails the

American family. What is going to help is the hard work of building a family that is

based on trust and mutual respect," said HRC Executive Director Elizabeth Birch in

her statement. The "Ray of Light Project" will invite former ex-Gays from around the nation to

share their stories with the Human Rights Campaign and lift the veil of secrecy sur-

rounding these ministries. The project will compile information by leading mental

health and medical experts on the most recent studies available. This project is an extension of the in-depth Mission Impossible report, released in

August and conducted by HRC Education Director Kim I. Mills. Mission Impossible

chronicles the misinformation and deception perpetuated by religious political

extremists about these ministries. In August 1997, the American Psychological Association overwhelmingly passed

a resolution at their APA convention that asserts there is no sound scientific evidence on the efficacy of "reparative therapy," which seeks to "cure" homosexuals. In 1973,

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On opening night, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights organized agroup of demonstrators opposing the play, while People For the American Way con-ducted a supportive action entitled "A Silent Walk For The First Amendment."

HRC Launches "Ray of Light" Project"Washington, DC - The Human Rights Campaign launched the ``Ray of Light

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The press conference followed a press conference by the Family Research Councilwhere a national television ad campaign featuring "ex-Gays" w-as announced.

"Scapegoating Gay and Lesbian Americans is not going to heal what ails the

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By Arlene Zaucha for"Her Turn," WORT-FM Community Radio

Lesbian health issues: that was the topic at a groundbreaking conference held in Chicago on September 11-12, 1998. Titled Creating Healthy Lives-Exploring the Diversity of Lesbian Health, the conference brought together over 150 Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, straight, and Transgender people from academia, public health and community organizations.

Michelle Hoersch is the Director of the Midwestern Regional Office of Women's Health, a division of the US Public Health Service. Hoersch says that women's health has often been relegated to the sidelines.

"In the field of women's health, we've had to fight to move health care as a whole beyond the myopia of the 180-pound white male and beyond the focus exclusively of our physiological ability as women to bear children.

And while we are making substantial strides to have the health care communi-ty better understand that women are in fact different than men, we still have far to go, and there remain groups of women whose health care needs contin-ue to go unmet."

As one of the conference planners, Hoersch says she was often asked why a conference on Lesbian health was need-ed. "I would ask these individuals who would ask me with true sincerity about why this was important." would ask "what if your health care provider just assumed some-thing about you that inaccurately represented who you are and that was central to who you are?"

"I've come to understand that these assumptions and stigmatization are often offensive and create true barriers to care. If there's one thing that participating in the planning of this conference has done, is that it has caused me to heighten my own awareness of diversity and the importance of inclusivity in approaching public health education and the provi-sion of sensitive and appropriate health care. If we strive to be sensitive to diverse needs, we are bound to be more effective health professionals in every aspect of our work, and we are bound to be empowered consumers of healthcare. My hope is that this conference serves as a catalyst to move us all in that direc-tion."

Conference participants say these are exciting times for Lesbian health issues. The Institute Of Medicine (IOM) will soon be announcing its findings from a 1997 study on Lesbian health that was commissioned by such top governmental agencies as the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and the Office of Research on Women's

"Lesbians are both under-studied and

under-served."

Health. One of the keynote speakers at the

conference, Judy Bradford, was a mem-ber of IOM's Committee on Lesbian Health Priorities. "Lesbians are both under-studied and under-served," she said. "For us, the challenge is, as mem-bers of the Lesbian health movement working in services, working in research, that these work together to make it difficult for progress to happen. An understudied population basically means that there's not enough research about them for people to be able to trust what they read. And as long as there's no strong commitment to research about Lesbians, we'll continue to be under-studied. This, we hope, is about to change."

More money for research on Lesbian health will make it possible to better serve the Lesbian community, argues Bradford. But another keynote speaker at the conference, longtime Lesbian health advocate Marj Plumb, asks if the Lesbian community is ready for the attention that the IOM's report is sure to bring.

"Do we have researchers with the expertise and credentials for them to compete for research grants? Is it safe enough in their institutions for them to be out and to participate in Lesbian-themed research? Does the mainstream

research communi-ty truly understand the importance of confidentiality and informed consent when researching this population? Do we have a com-munity that under-stands the impor-

tance of this research and the importance of being fully educated in the research process? If not, we risk more than any of us can imagine. For in the name of sci-ence, minority communities have been exploited in considerable numbers throughout history, and we need to make sure that we are not next."

"From the Nazi experimentations on Jews during WW II, to the Tuskegee syphilis experiments on African American males which did not end until 1972, to more recent examples of uneth-ical, blinded HIV drug and placebo trials currently happening in Africa on African women, medical research shows again and again that it is not benign. Research is an important tool, which is intended to provide invaluable information about the health risks, needs and behaviors of the individuals being studied. It is also a double-edged scalpel that is capable of harming as it is of healing."

Other topics addressed at the confer-ence included barriers to care for all, including disability rights, youth issues, transgender issues and racism in health care.

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Midwestern LesbianHealth Conference

ByArleneZauchafor"HerTurn,"WORT-FMCommunityRadio

Lesbian health issues: that was thetopic at a groundbreaking conferenceheld in Chicago on September 11-12,\998. Tt+led Creating Healtky Lives-Exploring the Diversity Of LesbianPea/ffe, the conference brought togetherover 150 Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay,straight, and Transgender people fromacademia, public health and communityorganizations.

Michelle Hoersch is the Director ofthe Midwestern Regional Office ofWomen's Health, a division of the USPublic Health Service. Hoersch says thatwomen's health has often been relegatedto the sidelines.

"In the field of women's health, we've

had to fight to move health care as awhole beyond the myopia of the 180-pound white male and beyond the focusexclusively of our physiological abilityas women to bear children.

And while we are making substantialstrides to have the health care communi-ty better understand that women are infact different than men, we still have farto go, and there remain groups ofwomen whose health care needs contin-ue to go urmet."

As one of the conference planners,Hoersch says she was often asked why aconference on Lesbian health was need-ed. "I would ask these individuals whowould ask me with true sincerity aboutwhy this wasimp ortant." Iwould ask "what ifyour health careprovider justassumed some-thing about youthat inaccuratelyrepresented whoyou are and that

Health.One of the keynote speakers at the

conference, Judy Bradford, was a mem-ber of IOM's Committee on LesbianHealth Priorities. "Lesbians are bothunder-studied and under-served," tshesaid. "For us, the challenge is, as mem-bers of the Lesbian health movementworking in services, working inresearch, that these work together tomake it difficult for progress to happen.An understudied population basicallymeans that there's not enough researchabout them for people to be able to trustwhat they read. And as long as there's nostrong commitment to research aboutLesbians, we'll continue to be under-studied. This, we hope, is about tochange."

More money for research on Lesbianhealth will make it possible to betterserve the Lesbian community, arguesBradford. But another keynote speakerat the conference, longtime Lesbianhealth advocate Map. Plumb, asks if theLesbian community is ready for theattention that the IOM's report is sure tobring.

"Do we have researchers with the

expertise and credentials for them tocompete for research grants? Is it safeenough in their institutions for them tobe out and to participate in Lesbian-themed research? Does the mainstream

research communi-

"Lesbians are both

under-studied andunder-served."

was central to who you are?""I've come to understand that these

assumptions and stigmatization are oftenoffensive and create true barriers to care.If there's one thing that participating inthe planning of this conference has done,is that it has caused me to heighten myown awareness of diversity and theimportance of`inclusivity in approachingpublic health education and the provi-sion of sensitive and appropriate healthcare. If we strive to be sensitive todiverse needs, we are bound to be moreeffective health professionals in everyaspect of our work, and we are bound tobe empowered consumers of healthcare.My hope is that this conference serves asa catalyst to move us all in that direc-tion.„

Conference participants say these areexciting times for Lesbian health issues.The Institute Of Medicine (IOM) willsoon be announcing its findings from a1997 study on Lesbian health that wascommissioned by such top governmentalagencies as the National Institutes ofHealth, Centers for Disease C6ntrol andthe Office of Research on Women's

ty truly understandthe importance ofconfidentiality andinformed consentwhen researchingthis population?Do we have a com-munity that under-.stands the impor-

tance of this research and the importanceof being fully educated in the researchprocess? If not, we risk more than any ofus can imagine. For in the name of sci-ence, minority communities have beenexploited in considerable numbersthroughout history, and we need to makesure that we are not next."

"From the Nazi experimentations on

Jews during WW 11, to the Tuskegeesyphilis experiments on AfricanAmerican males which did not end until1972, to more recent examples of uneth-ical, blinded HIV drug and placebo trialscurrently happening in Afiica on Africanwomen, medical research shows againand agaln that it is not benign. Researchis an important tool, which is intended toprovide invaluable information about thehealth risks, needs and behaviors of theindividuals being studied. It is also adouble-edged scalpel that is capable ofharming as it is of healing."

Other topics addressed at the confer-ence included barriers to care for all,including disability rights, youth issues,transgender issues and racism in healthCare.

Tineali Culture

On Sunday I sat listening to my new favorite CD, Indigo Girls, the 1989 release. How I managed to pass through my post-pubescent years until just last month, not having coveted in my possession an Indigo Girls CD, is as mind boggling a mystery to me as the recent popularity of inflatable fur-niture. I hadn't ever been exposed to the Indigo Girls, even once, until my husband ordered me that CD. Or had I?

Perhaps I heard them once, long ago, in my father's truck. We were dri-ving from Jacksonville Florida to his home in Tallahassee. I was in Florida then, visiting him and my stepmother as I sometimes did. I remember he was enthusiastic about some band and he was actually full of something resem-bling glee. He was proudly boasting that the band had been local or some such fact, and he popped the tape in the cassette player. The music fell on my deaf ears. It didn't move me, stir me, or arouse the least emotion within me that could heave my 19-year-old bosom. I must have been dead then, or worse yet, uncultivated.

I wasn't always 19, and I certainly hadn't spent my formative Lesbian years (otherwise known as the days of yore or my college daze) tied up in

by Tina Lee

some cave. So what could explain the absence of Gay pop culture in my unfolding life? Hadn't I dated a hot mama dyke role model? Didn't she shave her head and wear a nose ring? Hadn't she the fiercest ass tattoo on her belly? Why had she failed me? Why had the entire LGBT community kept secret the one vice that doesn't make you tired the day after you indulge in it? And, thank you, I'm referring to music.

Evidently, one of two things were the case; either there was no profound Gay cultural influence in my life or I had, without knowing it, lodged my head firmly and forcibly up my ass? The latter image shockingly being the more likely of the two. No one can see the light of day from that vantage-point, and no on can hear music. It's true, my life was a cultural abyss because my head was up my ass. I couldn't tell you beans about '80s and '90s Gay culture despite my having dated girls through them, gone to col-lege through them, even bartended on Lesbian nights through them. I was and still am, to an extent that would shock a timid recluse, almost utterly culturally illiterate. Almost, not entire-ly. Osmosis is inevitable.

I adore the grippingly intense Melissa Etheridge and the startling Pussy Tourette; but whose life is com-pete without them? Believe it, it was-

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n't until I was 22 that I saw the prob-ing Gay drama Maurice, and it was chance alone that united that film to me, definitely not mandate. Eventually I saw My Beautiful Launderette, another classic in Gay filmmaking, but that was for the singular perversion of getting a glimpse of a naked Daniel Day Lewis.

These days it's no different; I'm still so out of the Gay loop that I was gen-uinely shocked to discover that Cabaret addressed serious Gay issues. And as for literature, just tie me to the bench out back and tar and feather me (please), cause I haven't read a single Gay novel. Of course, that excludes Anne Rice novels, erotica, and many Lesbian short story compilations such as Daughters of Darkness, Lesbian Vampire Stories which, by the way, I really don't recommend.

You may be asking yourself, so what of all this? Tina's deprived along with be being depraved. What else is new? Well readers, this is my long-overdue, hitherto silent, cry. I would never have become the twisted waste-land of a woman I am today had I been exposed to a positive, adult Lesbian role model to hug and call my very own, and I most certainly would have by now completed a hardy chunk of the novels within the canon of Gay lit-erature or - hum, well - at least those containing torrid sex scenes. But woe! I wade in the shallow end of cultural competence. I can't talk the talk. I can wear flannel, but I can't discuss Stonewall and the Gay '60s.

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favorite CD, /#d!.go G!.I/a, the 1989release. How I managed to passthrough my post-pubescent years untiljust last month, not having coveted inmy possession an Indigo Girls CD, isas mind boggling a mystery to me asthe recent popularity of inflatable fur-niture. I hadn't ever been exposed tothe Indigo Girls, even once, until myhusband ordered me that CD. Or hadI?

Perhaps I heard them once, longago, in my father's truck. We were dri-ving from Jacksonville Florida to hishome in Tallahassee. I was in Floridathen, visiting him and my stepmotheras I sometimes did. I remember he wasenthusiastic about some band and hewas actually full of something resem-bling glee. He was proudly boastingthat the band had been local or somesuch fact, and he popped the tape inthe cassette player. The music fell onmy deaf ears. It didn't move me, stirme, or arouse the least emotion withinme that could heave my l9-year-oldbosom. I must have been dead then, orworse yet, uncultivated.

I wasn't always 19, and I certainlyhadn't spent my formative Lesbianyears (otherwise known as the days ofyore or my college daze) tied up in

absence of Gay pop culture in myunfolding life? Hadn't I dated a hotmama dyke role model? Didn't sheshave her head and wear a nose ring?Hadn't she the fiercest ass tattoo onher belly? Why had she failed me?Why had the entire LGBT communitykept secret the one vice that doesn'tmake you tired the day after youindulge in it? And, thank you, I'mreferring to music.

Evidently, one of two things werethe case; either there was no profoundGay cultural influence in my life or Ihad, without knowing it, lodged myhead firmly and forcibly up my ass?The latter image shockingly being themore likely of the two. No one can seethe light of day from that vantage-point, and no on can hear music. It'strue, my life was a cultural abyssbecause my head was up my ass. Icouldn't tell you beans about `80s and`90s Gay culture despite my having

dated girls through them, gone to col-lege through them, even bartended onLesbian nights through them. I wasand still am, to an extent that wouldshock a timid recluse, almost utterlyculturally illiterate. Almost, not entire-ly. Osmosis is inevitable.

I adore the grippingly intenseMelissa Etheridge and the startlingPussy Tourette; but whose life is com-pete without them? Believe it, it was-

n't until I was 22 that I saw the prob-ing Gay drama Mawrl.cc, and it waschance alone that united that film tome, definitely not mandate. EventuallyI sow My Beautiful Launderette,another classic in Gay filmmaking, butthat was for the singular perversion ofgetting a glimpse of a naked DanielDay Lewis.

These days it's no different; I'm stillso out of the Gay loop that I was gen-uinely shocked to discover thatCabaref addressed serious Gay issues.And as for literature, just tie me to thebench out back and tar and feather me(please), cause I haven't read a singleGay novel. Of course, that excludesAnne Rice novels, erotica, and manyLesbian short story compilations suchas Daughters Of Darkness, Lesbiany¢mplte Sfor[.cs which, by the way, Ireally don't recommend.

You may be asking yourself, sowhat of all this? Tina's deprived alongwith be being depraved. What else isnew? Well readers, this is my long-overdue, hitherto silent, cry. I wouldnever have become the twisted waste-land of a woman I am today had I beenexposed to a positive, adult Lesbianrole model to hug and call my veryown, and I most certalnly would haveby now completed a hardy chunk ofthe novels within the canon of Gay lit-erature or - hum, well - at least thosecontaining torrid sex scenes. But woe!I wade in the shallow end of culturalcompetence. I can't talk the talk. I canwear flannel, but I can't discussStonewall and the Gay `60s.

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ENDORSEMENTS Re-elect Russ Feingold

When Russ Feingold ran for the US Senate in 1992, he was considered the longest of long shots. Faced with two heavy hitters in the Democratic prima-ry, and an entrenched Republican incumbent, Feingold never blinked. He beat the field with refreshing honesty, and an innovative campaign.

That honesty and innovation have been the hallmarks of Feingold's first term in the Senate, and are among the many reasons why he should be re-elected by the voters for a second term.

When the odious Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, came before the Senate, Feingold took the floor and scolded his colleagues for even consid-ering it. He is a co-sponsor of ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. He worked hard at changing the way the Federal government distributes money to fight AIDS. His efforts are credited with bringing a huge increase in AIDS funds to Wisconsin. He has consistently supported funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.

His opponent, Mark Neumann, voted for DOMA, voted to overturn President Clinton's Executive order banning fed-eral job discrimination, and voted against funding the NEA. He even voted to punish the City of San Francisco for passing a domestic partners ordinance and to overturn a D.C. ordi-nance that would have allowed hospital visitation rights for same sex couples.

Contrary to what Neumann would have us believe, Russ Feingold is not a "raise our taxes spend-thrift liberal." Feingold has been a bud-get watchdog saving millions of tax dol-lars and promoting a budgetary policy that will for the first time in 40 years bring a federal budget surplus. He has fought for education programs, and Russ Feingold is one of the best friends Social Security ever had.

Moreover, Wisconsin can take pride in Feingold's work to eliminate abuses in the raising and spending of campaign funds. The Feingold — McCain Campaign Finance Reform act has set the tone for a badly needed national debate on how to insure that the system of government by the people is in fact owned by the people and not by big money special interests.

Feingold's approach is more in line with what the voters of Wisconsin expect and demand from those repre-senting them - honesty, integrity and a sense of fairness. He deserves another term.

Garvey for Governor

Tommy Thompson has been a popu-lar Governor for 12 years. During Thompson's tenure, taxes have gone up dramatically, our prisons have become overcrowded due to wrong headed poli-cies on crime prevention, and while the

rolls of individuals on welfare have decreased, the number of corporations on corporate welfare has increased.

Furthermore, Thompson's record on campaign finance is appalling. He has raised huge amounts of money, much of it coming from those seeking favors from the State. His Democratic oppo-nent, Garvey, on the other hand has lim-ited contributions to just $100 per indi-vidual.

Thompson has been very supportive of the fight against AIDS. He's played a

key role in making sure that needed funds are allocated by State govern-ment. But his record on issues of Gay and Lesbian equality is disturbing. While in the State Assembly, Thompson voted against both our Gay civil rights laws, AB - 70 and the consenting adults bill.

During the last session of the legisla-ture, Thompson announced that he would sign AB-104, an anti-Gay mar-riage law, if it reached his desk. The bill didn't get that far thanks to Democrats in the State Senate bottling it up in committee. Republicans are now in control of both houses of the legisla-ture. If that remains the case, as many believe it will, Wisconsin's Gays and Lesbians will need a Governor who will say no to the radical right.

Ed Garvey would be that kind of Governor. Garvey makes no secret of his support for equality. In fact, he was the first major party statewide candi-date ever to march in a Gay pride parade, which he did this summer.

It's time for a Governor who recog-nizes and will work to enhance the rights of all Wisconsin's citizens. It's time for a Governor who will owe noth-ing to the special interests. It's time for a change in the Governor's office. The voters would do well by making that change with Ed Garvey.

CONGRESSIONAL ENDORSEMENTS

FIRST DISTRICT - LYDIA SPOTTSWOOD

In the last election for this seat, Democrat Lydia Spottswood was barely edged out by Mark Neumann. This time with Neumann running for the US Senate, she is opposed by Paul Ryan, a former congressional aide, who can best be described as a Neumann clone. Although Spottswood's stand on gun control may disturb some, she deserves election to the post.

Spottswood has shown a genuine concern for ALL of the families of the district. Her campaign has correctly emphasized issues that are on the minds of the voters - Social Security, health care and education. There are serious problems in each of these areas. Spottswood recognizes that more of the same won't solve those problems. Spottswood would make an excellent Congresswoman.

SECOND DISTRICT - TAMMY BALDWIN Voters in Wisconsin's Second

District have an historic choice to make on November 3rd when they elect what could be Wisconsin's first congress-woman. The question is which woman will they pick? That choice should be Tammy Baldwin.

Tammy Baldwin has what it takes to make an impact in Congress. During her tenure in the State Legislature, she has shown exceptional skills in building bipartisan support for bills that address the very real problems confronting everyday people in their daily lives. Her work on behalf of the elderly, working families, children's issues, the environ-ment, health insurance reform and a host of other issues, including civil rights for all of Wisconsin's citizens, has been truly outstanding. Even many of her Republican counterparts admit that Baldwin has been one of the most effective legislators in the State Capitol.

Baldwin's opponent, Josephine Musser, has not put forth the kind of proposals that indicate a desire to pro-mote change. Equally disturbing is the amount of money given to her cam-paign by insurance companies. It seems obvious that Musser, a former Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner and a lobbyist for the insurance indus-try, cannot be counted on to address the problems faced by the uninsured and underinsured people of Wisconsin. In fact, her health insurance proposal looks like more of the same.

If Baldwin is elected, she will be the first open Lesbian in Congress. Musser has indicated a fair-minded stance on issues of concern to our community. But in the debate over civil rights, no

one can speak more forcefully or effec-tively on behalf of minority groups than someone who is herself a member of such a group.

On every level: experience, innova-tive proposals, ability and an under-standing of the issues, Tammy Baldwin is clearly superior. She is the right choice for the voters in Wisconsin's Second Congressional District.

THIRD DISTRICT - NO ENDORSEMENT Democratic incumbent, Ron Kind,

has been a friend of the Gay and Lesbian community. Nevertheless, his vote in favor of the current charade in Washington, the Republican sponsored impeachment investigation, is disturb-ing. By voting for an open-ended, any-thing goes investigation, Kind has sided with those who are using the impeach-ment process for partisan purposes. A four-year investigation in to Clinton's affairs is enough. The American people do not need or want another expensive inquisition.

Kind is preferable to his opponent, but his indefensible vote for the GOP impeachment hearings gives thoughtful voters reason to pause.

FOURTH DISTRICT - GERALD KLEZCKA

Incumbent Democratic Congress-man Gerald Klezcka has been basically supportive of Gay and Lesbian civil

rights. He is far superior to his opponent, Tom Reynolds. Reynold's backing comes largely from Christian funda-mentalists.

FIFTH DISTRICT - TOM BARRETT

Incumbent Tom Barrett has been an active and stal-

wart supporter of Gay and Lesbian rights. He fully understands that it is his job to represent the interests of ALL of his constituents. A consistent supporter of funding for the fight against AIDS and an end to discrimination against America's Gays and Lesbians, Tom Barrett deserves re-election.

SIXTH DISTRICT - DAVID OBEY The Democratic incumbent in this

district is one of the most respected members of Congress. While his record on Gay and Lesbian issues has been somewhat spotty at times, in general he has been supportive. He is far prefer-able to his opponent, perennial candi-date, Scott West.

EIGHTH DISTRICT - JAY JOHNSON The Democrat in this race, incum-

bent Jay Johnson, is locked in a tight battle against Republican State Representative Mark Green. Green is no friend of those who support equality for Gays and Lesbians. As the Majority Whip in the State Assembly, he led the charge for the odious AB-104, Wisconsin's proposed anti-same sex marriage law.

This is a district generally considered to be a conservative Republican one. Nevertheless, Johnson has stood on the side of equality and fair treatment. His votes have marked him as a politician who has the courage to stand up for his beliefs. He deserves re-election.

14 Wt ight October 22-November 4, 1998

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EDITORIAL

- ENDORSEMENTS -Re-elect Russ Feingold

When Russ Feingold ran for the USSenate in 1992, he was considered thelongest of long shots. Faced with twoheavy hitters in the Democratic prima-ry, and an entrenched Republicanincumbent, Feingold never blinked. Hebeat the field with refreshing honesty,and an innovative campaign.

That honesty and innovation havebeen the hallmarks of Feingold's firstterm in the Senate, and are among themany reasons why he should be re-elected by the voters for a second term.

When the odious Defense ofMarriage Act, DOMA, came before theSenate, Feingold took the floor andscolded his colleagues for even consid-ering it. He is a co-sponsor of ENDA,the Employment Non-DiscriminationAct. He worked hard at changing theway the Federal government distributesmoney to fight AIDS. His efforts arecredited with bringing a huge increasein AIDS funds to Wisconsin. He hasconsistently supported funding for theNational Endowment for the Arts.

His opponent, Mark Neumann, votedfor DOMA, voted to overtum PresidentClinton's Executive order banning fed-eral job discrimination, and votedagainst funding the NEA. He evenvoted to punish the City ofSan Francisco for passing adomestic partners ordinanceand to overturn a D.C. ordi-nance that would haveallowed hospital visitationrights for same sex couples.

Contrary to what rdeumann

rolls of individuals on welfare havedecreased, the number of corporationson corporate welfare has increased.

Furthermore, Thoprpson's record oncampaign finance is appalling. He hasraised huge amounts of money, much ofit coming from those seeking favorsfrom the State. His Democratic oppo-nent, Garvey, on the other hand has lim-ited contributions to just $ 100 per indi-vidual.

Thompson has been very supportiveof the fight against AIDS. He's played a

REELREffiHwould have us believe, RussFeingold is not a "raise our taxes spend-thrift liberal." Feingold has been a bud-

get watchdog saving millions of tax dol-lars and promoting a budgetary policythat will for the first time in 40 yearsbring a federal budget surplus. He hasfought for education programs, andRuss Feingold is one of the best friendsSocial Security ever had.

Moreover, Wisconsin can take pridein Feingold's work to eliminate abusesin the raising and spending of campaignfunds. The Feingold - MccainCampaign Finance Reform act has setthe tone for a badly needed nationaldebate on how to insure that the systemof government by the people is in factowned by t`he people and not by bigmoney special interests.

Feingold's approach is more in linewith what the voters of Wisconsinexpect and demand from those repre-senting them - honesty, integrity and asense of fairness. He deserves anotherterm.

Garvey forGovernor

Tommy Thompson has been a popu-lar Governor for 12 years. DuringThompson.s tenure, taxes have gone updramatically, our prisons have becomeovercrowded due to wrong headed poli-cies on crime prevention, and while the

key role in making sure that neededfunds are allocated by State govern-ment. But his record on issues of Gayand Lesbian equality is disturbing.While in the State Assembly, Thompsonvoted against both our Gay civil rightslaws, AB - 70 and the consenting adultsbill.

During the last session of the legisla-ture, Thompson announced that hewould sign AB-104, an anti-Gay mar-riage law, if it reached his desk. The billdidn't get that far thanks to Democratsin the State Senate bottling it up incommittee. Republicans are now incontrol of both houses of the legisla-ture. If that remains the case, as manybelieve it will, Wisconsin's Gays andLesbians will need a Governor who willsay no to the radical right.

Ed Garvey would be that kind ofGovernor. Garvey makes no secret ofhis support for equality. In fact, he wasthe first major party statewide candi-date ever to march in a Gay pride

parade, which he did this summer.It's time for a Governor who recog-

nizes and will work to enhance therights of all Wisconsin's citizens. It'stime for a Governor who will owe noth-ing to the special interests. It's time fora change in the Govemor's office. Thevoters would do well by making thatchange with Ed Garvey.

14 RExp¥SL!gnl october 22-November 4,1998

FiRST DisTRlcT - LyDIA sponswooD

In the last election for this seat,Democrat Lydia Spottswood was barelyedged out by Mark Neumann. This timewith Neumann running for the USSenate, she is opposed by Paul Ryan, aformer congressional aide, who canbest be described as a Neumann clone.Although Spottswood's stand on guncontrol may disturb some, she deserveselection to the post.

Spottswood has shown a genuineconcern for ALL of the families of thedistrict. Her campaign has correctlyemphasized issues that are on the mindsof the voters - Social Security, healthcare and education. There are seriousproblems in each of these areas.Spottswood recognizes that more of thesame won't solve those problems.Spottswood would make an excellentCongresswoman.SECOND DISTRICT -TAMMY BALDWIN

Voters in Wisconsin's SecondDistrict have an historic choice to makeon November 3rd when they elect whatcould be Wisconsin's first congress-woman. The question is which womanwill they pick? That choice should beTammy Baldwin.

one can speak more forcefully or effec-tively on behalf of minority groups thansomeone who is herself a member ofsuch a group.

On every level: experience, innova-tive proposals, ability and an under-standing of the issues, Tammy Baldwinis clearly superior. She is the rightchoice for the voters in Wisconsin'sSecond Congressional District.THIRD DISTRICT - NO ENDOFtsEMENT

Democratic incumbent, Ron Kindhas been a friend of the Gay andLesbian community. Nevertheless, hisvote in favor of the current charade inWashington, the Republican sponsoredimpeachment investigation, is disturb-ing. By voting for an open-ended, any-thing goes investigation, Kind has sidedwith those who are using the impeach-ment process for partisan purposes. Afour-year investigation in to Clinton'saffairs is enough. The American peopledo not need or want another expensiveinquisition.

Kind is preferable to his opponent,but his indefensible vote for the GOPimpeachment hearings gives thoughtfulvoters reason to pause.FOURTH DISTRICT - GERALD KLEZCRA

Incumbent Democratic Congress-man Gerald Klezcka has been basicallysupportive of Gay and Lesbian civil

rights. He is far superior to

fflRE EETammy Baldwin has what it takes to

make an impact in Congress. Duringher tenure in the State Legislature, shehas sho.wn exceptional skills in buildingbipartisan support for bills that addressthe very real problems confrontingeveryday people in their daily lives. Herwork on behalf of the elderly, workingfamilies, children's issues, the environ-ment, health insurance reform and ahost of other issues, including civilrights for all of Wisconsin's citizens,has been tnily outstanding. Even manyof her Republican counterparts admitthat Baldwin has been one of the mosteffective legislators in the State Capitol.

Baldwin's opponent, JosephineMusser, has not put forth the kind ofproposals that indicate a desire to pro-mote change. Equally disturbing is theamount of money given to her cam-paign by insurance companies. It seemsobvious that Musser, a formerWisconsin Insurance Commissionerand a lobbyist for the insurance indus-try, cannot be counted on to address the

problems faced by the uninsured andunderinsured people of Wisconsin. Infact, her health insurance proposallooks like more of the same.

If Baldwin is elected, she will be thefirst open Lesbian in Congress. Musserhas indicated a fair-minded stance onissues of concern to our community.But in the debate over civil rights, no

his opponent, Tom Reynolds.Reynold's backing comeslargely from Christian funda-mentalists.

FIFTH DISTRICT -TOM

BARRFTT

Incumbent Tom Barretthas been an active and stal-

wart supporter of Gay and Lesbianrights. He fully understands that it is hisjob to represent the interests of ALL ofhis constituents. A cohsistent supporterof funding for the fight against AIDSand an end to discrimination againstAmerica's Gays and Lesbians, TomBarrett deserves re-election.

SIXTH DISTRICT - DAVID OBEY

The Democratic incumbent in thisdistrict is one of the most respectedmembers of Congress. While his recordon Gay and Lesbian issues has beensomewhat spotty at times, in general hehas been supporti.ve. He is far prefer-able to his opponent, perermial candi-date, Scott West.

EIGHTH DISTRICT - JAY JOHNSON

The Democrat in this race, incum-bent Jay Johnson, is locked in a tightbattle against Republican StateRepresentative Mark Green. Green isno friend of those who support equalityfor Qays and Lesbians. As the Maj.orityWhip in the State Assembly, he led thecharge for the odious AB-104,Wisconsin's proposed anti-same sexmarriage law.

This is a district generally consideredto be a conservative Republican one.Nevertheless, Johnson has stood on theside of equality and fair treatment. Hisvotes have marked him as a politicianwho has the courage to stand up for hisbeliefs. He deserves re-election.

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IN WISCONSIN October 22-November 4, 1998

Halloween Holiday Influence of the Druids By Belle Pepper

Now a day of merry making, cos-tumes, candy, parties and contests, Halloween is no longer the gloomy festival it once was.

Today's Halloween is the direct ancestor of the Druid "All Souls' Day," but practices which are still observed are far older. Bonfires which are still built outdoors, stems mostly from the worship of Baal, the Syrian sun-god.

Since our western civilization is heir mostly to Roman customs, another indirect ancestor of Halloween is the Feast to Pomona, goddess of fruits, which was held on November 1. These customs were combined with the Druid Thanksgiving for harvest which was the feast of Saman, lord of Death. Saman called together the souls of all wicked ones that had been con-demned to inhabit the bodies of ani-mals during the year. The good souls were believed to take human form. During the feast, witches were free and in the mood to "tell things," so predictions in various forms took place.

Because of the old superstition that once a year the dead came to life, the festival came to be known as All Hallow Even or All Souls' Eve. In 837, Pope Gregory IV set aside November 1 as All Saints' Day for hon-oring the saints instead.

At first, the day was only observed by the church, but soon lower classes took an interest in the festival. They circu-lated weird tales about ghosts and goblins and built bonfires to keep them away. Groups

would gather together and feast on nuts, apples and other things from the summer harvest, and stay up all night because they were afraid to go to bed.

Halloween celebrations today reflect many of these early customs. Stores and homes decorate using the colors orange and black and put up figures of witches, bats, black cats and pumpkins.

HALLOWEEN SUPERSTITIONS Ghosts: In ancient times, ghosts

were believed to entertain in their for-mer homes on Halloween, sitting around the fire with their living rela-

tives serving them refreshments. The superstition: Ghosts remain on earth because they are in Love with the Living, comes from Egyptian times and parts of pagan Europe. Since ghosts are invisible and figments of imag-ination, children would and still do dress up and play the part of ghosts and witches, playing

pranks of all kinds.

The Black Cat. Satan, especially during the Middle Ages, was believed to take the form of a black cat while consorting with witches. Medieval people believed cats were inhabited by wicked souls. Dogs are said to be able to tell coming death and danger and can reputedly see ghosts. Cats, in the world of mysticism, carry a far higher magical power than man pre-tended to. The origin of cat-power derives almost certainly from the orig-inal Egyptian workship of the cat emblem, "Bast." The witchcraft of the Middle Ages turned the black cat into the "familiar"; a creature that could change shape and perform or help perform rituals ans spells for the witch.

Jack-'o'-lanterns: An American custom, the carving of grotesque faces on pumpkins was also a form of thanksgiving of the harvest. Making jack-'o'-lanterns is reminiscent of the sun and the warmth which brought them out of the earth.

Fortune-telling: This superstition, or actually custom, continued through the Middle Ages and today is a lively fea-ture at the modern Halloween party. It has several roots in history. The Celtic New Year was the time for marriage

prophecies as well as auguries of death. Roman women would eat an apple before a mir-ror on Hallo-ween, giving the mirror the power to show her the face of her future hus-band.

Nights Out THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

Free Flu Shots/ M&M Club (Milwaukee), Provided by Gay and Lesbian Nurses association and their sponsors. Upstairs banquet room from 6-9pm. Dish (Milwaukee), Special appearance by Candace Gingrich, nationally known Gay activist and half-sister of Speaker of the House Newt. An Endorsement party for Feingold for Senate, Barrett & Tammy Baldwin for US Congress, Garvey/ Lawton for Governor.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 Fannies (Milwaukee), Live music fea-turing Ronnie Nyles, 9:30pm.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 Brandy's II (Green Bay), Leather Nite, 9pm, 50 cents off drinks for those in leather. M&M Club (Milwaukee), Randy Frank's Birthday Bash and Evilieen's HIT Fundraising show. 7:30pm, show time 10:30pm, raffles during evening. Jo'Dee's Intl. (Racine), Jeff's 31st birthday bash. Free beer, soda, Food from 9pm - ? Specials on shots of Dr.'s. South Water Street Docks (Milwaukee), Jake's Birthday Party.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 Club 5 (Madison), TSC's Halloween Drag Show, show time 10:30pm. M&M Club (Milwaukee), Jazz stylings by vocalist Joey Cross and trio.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 In Between (Milwaukee), Smashing Pumpkins for $$$$$. Napalese Lounge (Green Bay), The return of Monday Night Bingo, 9pm sharp.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 Club 219 (Milwaukee), Lena Chavez presents the 1998 Miss Cosmopolitan Milwaukee US of A pageant. The final preliminary for the Wisconsin US of A before the finals in Green Bay. 11pm show time, featuring special guest Miss Gay WI-US of A Neely O'Hara. Club 5 (Madison), Movie Night, fea-turing The Witches of Eastwick, 8pm.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 Club 5 (Madison), Kick off Halloween Weekend with Michaels' Thriller '98 with special guest entertainers. Benefit for AIDS Network in memory of Jim Christian. Show time 10:30pm.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 HALLOWEEN EVE

Club 5 Video/Dance Bar (Madison), Devil's Night! Dress up as your favorite evil entity and boogie to the best in dance music. Hell of a good time! Dish (Milwaukee), 1st Year Anniversary customer appreciation cocktail party, complimentary hors d'oeuvres 7pm-11pm. Roller skating waitresses! Prizes and drink specials all weekend. Fannie's (Milwaukee), Pre-Halloween madness, Fortune teller, anyone in cos-tume receives $1 off every drink! M&M Club (Milwaukee), 1st of our 2 frightful nights of Halloween. We'll turn more heads than Linda Blair.

16 Spotlight Wisconsin Light October 22-November 4, 1998

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fumes, candy, parties and contests,Halloween is no longer the gloomyfestivcil it once was.

Today's Halloween is the directancestor of the Druid "All Souls' Day,"but practices vyhich are still observeclare far older. Bonfires which are stillbuilt outdoors, stems mostly from theworship of Baal, the Syrian sun-god.

Since our western civilization is heirmostly to Roman customs, anotherindirect ancestor of Halloween is theFeast to Pomona, goddess of fruits,which was held on November 1.These customs were combined with theDruid Thanksgiving for harvest whichwas the feast of Saman, lord of Death.Sciman called together the souls of allwicked ones that had been con-demned to inhabit the bodies of ani-mals during the year. The good soulswere believed to fake human form.During the feast, witches were freeand in the mood to "tell things," so

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Nights OutTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

Fr\ee Flu Shots/ M&M Club

{Milvraukee), Provided by Gay andlesbian Nurses association and theirsponsors. Upstairs banquet rcom from6-9pm.Dish (Mihmaukee|, Special appeartinceby Candc]ce Gingrich, nch.onally knownGqyocrfu.standhalf-sisterofSpeakerofhe House Newt. An Endorsernenl partyforFeingoldforSende,BameH&TammyBaldvin for US Congress, Garvey/Lath for Cbemor.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23Fannies (Mih^/aukee), Live music fed-luring Ronnie Nyles, 9:30pm.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24Brand)/s [1 (Green Bay|, Leather Nile,9pm, 50 cents off drinks for those inleather.M&M Club (Milwaukee), RandyFrank's Birthday Bcish and Evt./i.een'sHIT Fundraising show. 7..30pm, showtime 1 o:30pm, raffles during evening.Jo'Dee's lntl. (Racine), Jeff's 31stbirthdc[y bash. Free beer, soda, foodfrom 9pm - ? Speciols on shols ofDr.,s.

Solih \^ker Sheer Docks Mthmaukee|,Jake's Biwhday Paty.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25Club 5 (Madison), TSC's HcilloweenDrag Show, show time I 0:30pm.M&M Club (Mihaukee), Jazz slylingsby vocalist Joey Cross and trio.

JVLONDAY, OCTOBER 26In Belween (Mih^/aukee), Smoshi.ngPumpki.ns for SSSSS. -Napalese Lounge (Green Bdy), Thereturn of Monday Night Bingo, 9pmsharp.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27Club 219 (Mitwaukee), Lena Chovez

presents the J 998 Mi.ss Cosmopo//.fanMilvraukeeuSofApageanl.TheI.inal

preliminary for the Wisconsin US of Abefore the finals in Green Bay. 1 1 pinshow time, featuring spec`ial guestMiss Gay Wl-US of A Neely O'Hara.Club 5 (Madison), Movie Night, feo-fur.ing The Witehes of Eastwick, 8pm.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29Club 5 (Modison), Kick off Halloween\Neehend with Michaels' Thriller '98with special guest entertainers. Benefitfor AIDS Network in memory of JimChristian. Show time 10:30pm.

RIDAY, OCHALLOVVEEN EVE

Club 5 Viidco/Done Bow (Medison),Deviks Night! thess up as your 6a\rorfeevil entity and boo9ie fo the best indc]nee music. Hell of a good lime!Dick uwihaLlkee),customer appreeiiconplimenfary hi11 pin. Roller skding waifresses! Prizes

and dn.nk spedals all vmekend.Fannie's (Milwaukee}, Pro-Halloweenmadness, Forhlne idler; anyone in cos-fume raeives $1 off evey drink!M&M Club qu.haukee), lot of our 2frighrful nights of Halloween. We'Il turnmore heads than Linda BIair.

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South Water Street Docks (Milwaukee), 1st annual Halloween Spooktacular. $2 door includes raffle ticket and is a HIT 20 fund-raiser. Costume contest, cash prizes, judging at 11 pm. Drink specials, guest bar-tenders, pot-of-gold, snack 8pm-Midnight. Station 2 (Milwaukee), Psychic Reader Monica will do her annual Halloween visit, 9pm-?

buffet.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 HALLOWEEN NIGHT

Barracks Men's Room /Club 5 (Madison), Halloween Leather Style. Come dressed in leather and get 50¢ off every drink all night long. Blue Lite (Sheboygan), Halloween costume contest 12:30am judging for

prizes. Cafe Bourbon (Green Bay), Free hot apple cider and other treats with your dinner tonight. Club 5 (Madison), Halloween Night:

All the ghosts and goblins and other creatures of the night assemble at Wisconsin's newest Gay hot spot. Costume judging at Midnight with $150/1st, $75/2nd, $25/3rd cash prizes. Dish (Milwaukee), Halloween Costume Contest, cash prizes, raffle. Anniversary prizes and drink specials all weekend. Eagle (Milwaukee), 1st Anniversary Party - Fantasy in Black, featuring un-Halloween dress in all black. Special appearance by Tony Mills, Mr. IML

'98. Photo opportunity fund-raiser for

The Eagle's Brotherhood Relief Fund. Fannie's (Milwaukee), Halloween cos-tume contest, judging at midnight.

Over $400 in cash and prizes. Witch

n' Warlock Brew. Fluid (Milwaukee), Voodoo at Fluid.

Costume contest, 11pm, over $500 in

cash and prizes. Zombie martinis. In Between (Milwaukee), Halloween

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You vote for the winners, First, Second

and Third prizes. Jo'Dee's Intl. (Racine), Halloween

Party, prizes for best costumes. Drink

and shot specials 10pm-close. M&M Club (Milwaukee), 2nd of our 2

frightful nights of Halloween. We'll

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Main Club (Superior), Levi/Leather

night. Men's Room Bar (Ray's upstairs)

(Madison), Underwear party for

Halloween. Ray's Bar and Grill (Madison), Halloween costume party. Station 2 (Milwaukee), Halloween Costume Party, 11pm judging. $50 in bar tabs, Free beer for those in cos-tume from 1 Opm-Midnight. Ghoulish midnight snacks for all. This Is It! (Milwaukee), Howing Good Time Costume Party with prizes for everyone. Judging at the Witching Hour.

Woody's (Milwaukee), Halloween Trick or Treat? Costume contest from 7-8pm, over $500 in prizes.

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Club 5 (Madison), Sugar and Spice all male revue, 3 hot beefy stud puppies from Colorado entertain beginning at

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TUESDAY, NOV. 3 In Between (Milwaukee), Election Night Party, a Wisconsin Light Spotlight Event. Free Beer, Food, Raffles, election coverage including "Live" reports from Tammy Baldwin's campaign headquarters. Come be part of history in the making. Drink specials for everyone wearing their "I Voted" stickers.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4 Fannie's (Milwaukee), Karaoke vocal-ists Singsational 7:30-10:30.

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Passion in the Desert: An Erotic Must See

By Terry Boughner If the desert is nothing except God

without the human race, what hap-pens if a man intrudes? This is the question posed in the movie Passion in the Desert, taken from Honore de Balzak's story of the same name.

Augustine Robert (Ben Daniels) is a young captain in Napoleon's 1798 Egyptian campaign. Robert is a child of the French Enlightenment, living with the assumption that Reason is the crown of the human mind. Reality is ordered by Reason, so Robert thinks. Even Egypt is manageable. "You can't get lost in Egypt," Robert keeps say-ing. "There's the Nile and there's the sea."

Yet, he does get lost in Egypt. After a battle with Mamaluke war-

riors (one of only two all-Gay military orders known to history), Robert is separated from his regiment and loses his way in the howling wilderness. Here, he is confronted by that which does not conform to Reason, the

l reternatural forces, which rule this and, spirits known as jinns.

Wracked by thirst and hunger, Robert thinks he will die. Instead he is saved. A male leopard appears and leads him to a hidden pool of water. Afterwards it shares a kill with him.

Since jinns can assume any shape, the leopard may not be as it appears. That's not important. What is impor-tant is the warm and sensual relation-ship that develops between the two. It is a relationship in which Robert is stripped (literally and figuratively) of all human convention so that he might contact his humanity.

I don't usually review movies. The only reason I saw this one was that Jerry wanted to go. I was prepared to be bored, but I was not, not at all. I was both moved and intrigued by it. So when the editor called and said he would have space for one review after all, I decided to write this one.

Even so, I wouldn't have written anything about this film, were it not for the Gay angle which, though sub-tle, is there.

Number of stars? Who knows? All I can say is that I enjoyed Passion in the Desert. I think you will too. I rec-ommend it.

Passion in the Desert is currently playing at Milwaukee's Oriental Theater.

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Victor/Victoria Milwaukee - Blake Edwards' outrageous hit musical comedy about a woman

posing as a man impersonating a woman (everyone got that?) will be presented at Milwaukee's Uihlein Hall from October 20-25. Victor/Victoria is the first installment of the MasterCard Broadway Series presented at Uihlein Hall by the PACE Theatrical Group, one of the nation's largest presenters of Broadway tour-ing shows.

Victor/Victoria is the story of Victoria Grant, a strikingly beautiful woman who has fallen upon hungry times. In order to pay the rent she allows herself to be persuaded to headline at Paris' finest cabaret - as a female impersonator! Victoria pulls off the role in fine form, but her offstage love life becomes, shall we say, somewhat complicated by her gender-bending stage persona.

Victor/Victoria is based on the acclaimed 1982 film, which starred Julie Andrews in the title role. It received the Best Original Score Academy Award. Andrews reprised her film role for Victor/Victoria's theatrical debut on Broadway four years ago.

The current production stars Grammy Award winner Toni Tennille as Victoria Grant. Tennille is a well-known music star who burst upon the pop music scene in 1975 with Love Will Keep Us Together. She also co-starred with hus-band Daryl Dragon on an ABC televi-sion series. The talented couple hit the pop charts fourteen times in the '70s and '80s. In April of this year Toni Tennille released an album of classic jazz stan-dards.

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H LL4OOD Buffy the Lesbian Seductress?

Tongues were wagging in New York's Central Park when onlookers spotted teen queen Sarah Michelle Gellar (TV's Buffy, the Vampire Slayer) liplocked with another gal. But sorry to burst your bubble, ladies, she was just acting.

Gellar stars in Original Films' Cruel Intentions, a story with a Dangerous Liaisons spin set in the Big Apple's high school prep world. Unlike that movie, however, Intentions will have a strong dyke subplot, with Gellar's character not just manipulating the "competition" but seducing them as well.

This Encore More Like It Taking time off from his lackluster

NBC sitcom, Nathan Lane will return to the theatre, sort of, in the big-screen adaptation of Schmucks. The Jon Robin Baitz screenplay concerns two washed-up producers who try to sal-vage their careers with one last screen deal. Stage veteran Joe Mantello directs.

Family Fun What's this preoccupation Disney

seems to have with queer folk? First Ellen and now this: The Wonderful

World of Disney, which airs family-ori-ented movies on ABC Sunday nights, will address the delicate issue of - get this - transgendered basketball players with the film, Honey Thunder Dunk. Supermodel Tyra Banks stars as a WNBA guard who must fend off advances from a teammate (sounds believable enough). However, this teammate is actually a man gone undercover as a woman to fulfill his hoop dreams. The telepic is scheduled for next year.

In addition, openly Gay producing team Neil Meron and Craig Zadan are signed to produce one musical a year for the next four years for Wonderful World. The pair scored big with Cinderella last year.

Taking It Like a Man Hillary Swank, who played the

female Karate Kid in the final install-ment of that Reagan-Bush-era series, will go against gender roles again in the independent film, Take it Like a Man, the story of Brandon Teena. A documentary about the life of Teena, who lived secretly as a man in rural Nebraska before being murdered, is already playing in selected cities. Kim Pierce directs Swank, who most recent-ly appeared on TV's 90210.

Fine Line Pictures was planning a Teena pic of its own, with Drew Barrymore rumored to star. Word on when and if they'll proceed with film-ing is unknown.

The "It" Couple to Show "It" Off'

Brad Pitt, after rejecting earlier overtures, has reportedly agreed to be Calvin Klein's next high-profile under-wear model. And he'll have a mega-watt co-star, the object of his affection Jennifer Aniston. The Friends star, who, rumor has it, has always wanted to model, apparently convinced her man to show off his bulge (though those who saw those famous pits of Brad in the buff are prepared for the disappointment). One stipulation: the couple will appear in all of the ads together.

The Dream is Over Gay luminaries David Geffen (pro-

ducer) and Joel Schumacher (director) had some disappointing news recently when Warner Bros. announced they were shelving the duo's planned fea-ture adaptation of Dreamgirls.

The decision was said to be based on the poor performance of the studio's Frankie Lymon biopic Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Officially, WB is saying the film was postponed for a creative overhaul, which has to be a big disap-pointment for Schumacher, who had a tentative cast with singer Lauryn Hill set to play back-stabbing diva Deena Jones (said to be modeled after Diana Ross) and Out of Sight's Don Cheadle pegged as singer James "Thunder" Early.

Speaking of films in trouble, Fine Line's Orgazmo, starring South Park co-creator Trey Parker, is fighting with the MPAA ratings board over their apparent decision to brand the porn industry spoof with an NC-17, which is a financial kiss-of-death. The movie was scheduled for release later this month but is on hold until producers can secure an R rating.

Lesbians Have Stalkers, Too

Pop star and dykon Melissa Etheridge can breathe a little easier now that Heather Schleig, 32, has been committed to a state mental hos-pital in Florida. Schleig, who called herself Heather Etheridge, was sen-tenced after attempting to steal a plane and fly to the singer's Kansas City, Missouri home.

Comeback of the Week Yes, it's Chastity's mom's turn to be

back in the spotlight, returning to her controversial roots in the new film, The Breakers. Cher plays an unscrupulous mother who hustles wealthy men into marriage, then enlists her daughter to seduce her stepfathers. The duplicitous duo then split the lucrative divorce set-tlements. Filming is set to begin later this year.

Romeo San Vicente, who offered Monica Lewinsky $10 out of his own pocket for her first interview (and anoth-er $10 for the semen stained dress), can be reached care of this publication or at RSVicente@aol.com. For more Deep Inside Hollywood, visit www.gay.net or www.popcornq.com.

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Pop star and dykon MelissaElheridge can breathe a little easiernow that Heather Schleig, 32, hasbeen commihed to a state mental hos-pifal in Florida. Schleig, who calledherself Heather Etheridge, was sen-tenced after ahempting to steal a plane

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Out of the Past Channel 10 Milwaukee October 27, 11PM

From the beginning of recorded history, LGBT people have been part of the social and political landscape. For example, the first Gay man of record was Pharaoh Akhenaton (1375-1356 BC). He was also the first monotheist.

The love of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (76-138 AD) for the beautiful youth, Antinous was the stuff of leg-ends.

England's King James I, who ordered the translation of the Bible that bears his name, was in love with

several young men. When objections were raised in the Privy Council, the King is reported to have huffed, "Jesus did have his John and I have my sweet Bobby."

All this by way of saying that our history is deep and rich. It has also, until recently, been largely ignored, "a well-kept secret," as former President Jimmy Carter said. Increasingly, how-ever, the "secret" is being uncovered.

October is LGBT History Month. In honor of that, PBS will air Out of the Past. The award-winning, hour-long film tells the story of Kelli Peterson, a teenager from Utah who founded a Gay-Straight Alliance at her high school in 1996. Her efforts provoked

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a statewide backlash as the school board and the state legislature attempted to keep the group from meeting.

Out of the Past uses Peterson's story to illuminate the history of Gay men and Lesbians in America. In the film, Peterson's private reflections and pub-lic struggle frame portraits of people spanning the last 400 years in America.

For example, there is the story of the Reverend Michael Wigglesworth, a minister in the Massachusetts Bay Colony who agonized over his attrac-tion to men. When he sought advice, he was told to "use marriage." He did. Nothing changed as his diary records in what is for many of us, all-too famil-iar excruciating detail.

The film notes that among Native Americans, there were berdaches (men who dressed as women). Early European explorers noted how "com-mon" homosexuality was among the Indians.

Among the Maya, a young man was asked by his parents who he wanted as a spouse: a man or a woman. If he answered a man, fideli-ty was required in the marriage. If he married a woman, fidelity was not required. The early European explor-ers had a difficult time understanding this.

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Our struggle is brought dramatical-ly to light by readings in the diaries, letters and other materials presented by actors, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Edward Norton, Cherry Jones and others.

Those interviewed in the film include Barbara Gitings, historian George Chauncy, Lillian Faderman and John D'Emilio.

Out of the Past premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 1998, where it won the Audience Award for the Best Documentary. Zeitgeist Pictures has since released the film in commercial movie theaters in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The film has also appeared in more than 35 cities in the U.S. and abroad to rave reviews.

In Milwaukee, Out of the Past airs on October 27 on Channel 10 at llpm.

The Assistant Program Manager for Channel 21, said that Out of the Past will be shown, but has not been sched-uled as of yet. Channel 21 is based in Madison and covers all Wisconsin except Milwaukee. Call your local PBS station to inquire when it will air in your hometown.

Out of the Past documents the sig-nificance of Gay history to America and shows how that history continues to evolve. The program is not to be missed.

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The Lifetime television series, Any Day Now presents a special episode, It's Who You Sleep With. In this episode, Birmingham Attorney, Rene Jackson (Lorraine Toussaint), defends a Lesbian couple who are denied the right to hold a commitment ceremony in a local park.

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News . . . Things are not going well on Halsted Street in Chicago. The mecca for Gays south of the bor-der is experiencing a wave of anti-Gay violence. One man well known to Madison's and Milwaukee's Gay leather communities, Steve Zielke, was beaten so badly that he was in intensive care. There have been other severe beatings, too. The Chicago police have announced they are beef-ing up patrols there.

And it's not just Chicago either. We have also heard of bashings in Milwaukee, Madison and Green Bay. There is a rising wave of violence against us. There are people out there who will attack us when we are most vulnerable, at night after a few drinks in a bar. Please be careful out there. We don't want to lose anyone. Park in well-lit areas, go to your car in a group, and remember what your mother told you - don't take a ride from strangers.

Speaking of violence there was some at La Cage while I was there Saturday night, October 17. One guy on the dance floor bumped into

ht another guy and the guy who was bumped hit him with a beer bottle. This caused a lot of blood from what appeared to be a broken nose. Contrary to what some busy bodies are saying there was no stabbing, the bar did not close, the lights did not go up, except for the dance floor lights, the music did not stop and there were two squad cars that responded not 10 or 15 or whatever other number you have heard.

Speaking of La Cage they are remodeling again! Can you believe this? They just got done. Oh well, I guess George can't make up his mind. This remodeling job is not a major project like the last one was. George is moving the La Cage show-case over to the other side of the bar. Word is the work will be completed in time for the Miss La Cage pageant in mid November.

Which Gay owner of a straight bar in Milwaukee's Second Street bar dis-trict has been having some fun with a few of his "straight" customers? I won't tell. My lips are sealed, but his weren't. Neither were theirs. Let's just say that Monica Lewinsky has

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nothing on this little group. Don't tell Ken Starr though. We don't need another $50 million investigation.

Over at Fluid they have a new bar back. What a hunk! This guy looks like a 22-year-old Dolph Lundgren. Stop by and see him. Speaking of cuties behind the bar, I stopped by This Is It the other day where Tony and Jeremy were in fine form.

They're baaaackk... The Saturday night drag shows are back at C'est La Vie. I stopped in to take a look, and I was pretty impressed with the talent that I saw.

Our Northeast Wisconsin Bureau chief Mike Fitzpatrick tells us that the Platwood Club in Stevens Point has reopened at least temporarily. It seer.; that manager Todd Pike, ended his ten year stint there. He left for a new job with only a letter as notice. Owner Hank Duda says that the bar will be open on Fridays and Saturdays for a couple of weeks. There will be a big Halloween Party on the 31st. Hank is a 70-year-old straight but not narrow pig farmer by day.

Mike also says the ongoing strug-gle of the Napalese Lounge to move to the East Side of Green Bay is still going on. The City is forcing the move with renovations on Broadway. The City's bid was for the amount it offered for the building next door, a nearly empty retailer. "The city never considered the thousands we spent on remodeling and putting in a brand new air conditioning system," co-owner Ann said. 'We have all these built in fixtures, full bathrooms and refrigeration units and (the western

wear store) has four walls and some portable display units." Owners Ann and Nancy are getting an indepen-dent appraisal for the property.

Even when the city and Napalese Lounge come to terms on a price, where the bar will move remains up in the air.

Recaps... I had a great time at Milwaukee's South Water Street Docks the other day. That butch cutie Steve was bartending. Speaking of cuties and being butch, things are hopping over at The Milwaukee Eagle. Manager Mike is doing a great job. Of course we wish the Pack was doing a great job right now. Despite their lackluster perfor-mance the last couple of games, they still pack them in at In Between. Speaking of butch, The Boot Camp was just reeking of it the last time I was there. It will soon be too cold to hang out on the patio, so take advan-tage of Milwaukee's only outdoor space for the leather crowd while you still can.

Coming Up... Of course I will be out and about for Halloween, and I hope you will be, too. I plan on being in Madison on November 2nd anc 3rd to help Tammy Baldwin get elect ed to Congress. While I am there, I will be checking out the doings at the Shamrock, Kirby's Klub and Club 5. Don't forget to vote! It really IS important. Vote like your life depends on the results, because as recent events have shown, it may.

That's it for now. Hope to see you out and about soon. Meanwhile, stay safe and vote with pride!

Dishing it at Dish.

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Events Calendar THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

Boulevard Theatre (Milwaukee), 13th Season Premiere presentation, John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation, 2252 S. Kinnickinnic Avenue, (414) 744-5757. Thursday show at 7:30pm, Friday and Saturday show at 8pm, Sunday Oct 25 at 7:30pm, Nov. 1 at 2:30pm. Thru Nov. 8. Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum (Milwaukee), Kenro Izu: Light Over Ancient Angkor, 65 large platinum-pall-ladium photographic prints of the 12th century Cambodian temple. Opening from 5-8pm, Refreshments, music. Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (Milwau-kee), The Wisconsin Premiere of Skylight, a chamber piece by David Hare. Through November 1 in the Cabot Theatre. 158 N. Broadway, (414) 291-7800. Tickets range from $19-25. Theatre X Late Nite (Milwaukee), The Girldhood of Shakespeare's Heroines. Tickets $10, 10:30pm showtime, (414) 291-7800, through Sunday.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 UW Madison School of Dance (Madison), Peggy Choy Dance Concert, Madison Civic Center Spotlight Room, 8pm. Circle Stage Theatre (Milwaukee), Dale Gutzman and Company in Celebration, a Carnival of Music and Comedy. 783 N. Jefferson St, tickets $15, call (414) 466-4049. Also tommorrow night. Tap It New Works (Madison), Face the Music as Joan Wildman and Jane Reynolds interpret their own keyboard and electronic compositions. With word and dance by Danielle Dresden and Donna Peckett. 8pm, 1957 Winebago St.$9 (608) 244-2938. Continues tomorrow evening. SAGE (Milwaukee), Men's Discussion Group The Question of Equality open discussion. Lake Park Lutheran Church, 2647 N Stowell, 6pm.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 Bel Canto Chorus (Milwaukee), Season premiere concert under the direction of Music Director Richard Hynson with soloist Debra DeNoon. 8pm, Alverno College's Pittman Theatre, 3401 S. 39th St., Milwaukee. (414) 476-6640. UW Madison School of Dance (Madison), Dancing for the Camera fea-turing cutting-edge dance film and videos from around the world. Presented by Asst. Professor Douglas Rosenberg, 7:30pm, Lathrop Hall, UW. Madison Gay Video Club (Madison), Kiss Me, Guido, Catalinaville 8pm, (608) 244-8675 (eves).

Ministry with G&L Persons & Families (Milwaukee), Wauwatosa Presbyterian Church, 2366 N. 80th St., welcomes all to participate in a day long workshop. Special Guest Slyvia Thorson-Smith, author of Reconcilling the Broken Silence: The Church in Dialogue on Gay and Lesbian Issues conducts workshop and discussions from 9:45am to 3pm. $10 includes lunch, call (414) 475-4211 for tickets and info. Madison LGB Business Alliance (Madison), An evening of fun and socializing, 3pm-on, Scavenger Hunt. Total cost $20. Call Cliff at (608) 446-2017 for details.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 Blvd. Ensemble's New Alley Series (Milwaukee), Wilder Wilder, featuring two one-act plays by Thornton Wilder, The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden & The Long Christmas Dinner 7:30pm, 2252 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. (414) 744-5757. Every Sunday and Monday thru Nov. 9th.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 Afterwords Books & Espresso Bar (Milwaukee), Lesbian Reading Group looks at Strong Women, Deep Closets by Pat Griffin.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 Charles Allis Art Museum (Milwaukee), Wisconsin's Woven Heritage: Wisconsin Handweavers, 48th annual juried exhi-bition. Thkrough Nov. 29. 1630 E. Royal) Place. David Seebach's 8th Annual Illusions (Milwaukee), Thrilling Halloween Magic, 7:30pm tonite, through Sunday. Modjeska Theatre, 12th and Mitcehll. See their ad, page 20.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 Afterwards Books & Espresso Bar (Milwaukee), Afterword's Annual Halloween Bash with Vampire Mistress Elaine Bergstrom, popular author of Window through Washington Square. Chills, thrills, vampire stories galore and ghostly refreshments. Latino Arts Inc (Milwaukee), Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos, featuring the Latino Arts/Theater performance of an original play depicting the history of Latinos in Wisconsin. Festivities include dance, music, visual arts, food. 10:30-11:30am, $6 adults, $5 seniors, chil-dren 16 and under. 1028 S. 9th St. UW Madison School of Dance (Madison), Molissa Fenley Dance, Wisconsin Union Theatre, 8pm. The Rep (Madison), Opening of How I Learned to Drive produced in collabora-tion with Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee.

OUT and ABOUT ALL PHOTOS BY PATRICK ROBINSON, WI LIGHT STAFF

Kathy's Nut Hut recently had a Shopping Cart race to raise $$$ for their AIDS fund.

Below, a time trial in progress. At right, "Curly, Moe & Larry" watch the excitement.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Red Wheel Barrow Bookshop (Milwaukee), Writers' group meets first Tuesday of every month, 7-8:30pm. Feel free to join us and write in a non-threat-ening, peer-group environment, free. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Older Women's League (OWLS) (Milwaukee), The Milwaukee chapter of OWLs will have their monthly meeting at Washington Park Senior Center, 4420 W. Vliet St., from 103pm. General pub-lic invited, Women, Work and Money: Improving the Odds for a Secure Retirement.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 UW Madison School of Dance (Madison), Student Choregrapahers Showcase, featuring the works by emerging student choregraphers, 8pm, Lathrop Hall, UW. Continues 6th and 7th. St. Camillus HIV/AIDS Ministry (Milwaukee), Lecture Discussion Series, 7-9pm, St. Camillus Health Center, 10101 W. Wisconsin, Education Room. All invited, no fee. Living Well With HIV, facilitated by David Huibregtse.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Flirting With Intimacy (Milwaukee), Two-day workshop exploring intimacy and sexuality in relationships. This will be a practical skill building experience, sponsored by the Milwaukee POP Community (Process Work Milwaukee). Co-hosted by two Lesbians, UWM Union Milwaukee Room. FMI call (414) 964-6930 or email Milwpop@AOL.com.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Madison Symphony Orchestra (Madison), MSO perfomance conducted by Guest Conductor David Lockington and featuring painist Stephen Hough. Madison Civic Center, 8pm tonight (tick-ets $20-42); Sunday at 2:30pm (tickets $15-35). FMI (608)266-9055. Prelude discussion with guest conductor in the Spotlight Room at 7pm on Saturday and 1:30pm on Sunday. Alverno College (Milwaukee), The vocal harmonies and jazz improvisation of Sol y Canto 8pm, Wehr Hall, Alverno, $14. (414)382-6044. Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (Milwau-kee), The Old Settler, by John Henry Redwood, directed by James Tasse, through Nov. 29. Summer, Harlem, 1940s, two sisters share an apartment and their past and the entrance of a young male border who brings the heat to a boil. Milwaukee Theatre Center, Studio Theatre, 158 N. Broadway. (414)276-8842.

Isthmus Playhouse, Madison Civic Center, 211 State St., Wed. - Sun, through Nov. 22. Tickets $20-25, (608)266-9055. Opening night recep-tion follows at Deb & Lola's.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 11th Annual Halloween Dance (Milwaukee), a Womyn Only Event. 8pm Transit Center, Harbor Lights Ballroom, 909 E. Michigan Avenue, Madison. Wear a costume or come as you are. $8 at the door. Beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks served. Costume prizes. Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum (Milwaukee), Great Lakes Ghosts, Halloween storytelling and song, pre-sented by Lee Murdock. In the Great Hall overlooking Lake Michigan, 4pm, All ages. $7 public, $5 members, children free. Madison Gay Video Club (Madison), Love Bites, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Gayracula 8pm, (608)244-8675 (eves). Latino Arts Inc (Milwaukee), Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos, featuring the Latino Arts/Theater performance of an original play depicting the history of Latinos in Wisconsin. Festivities include dance, music, visual arts, food. 7-8pm, with a 6pm Candlelight Parade around Walker Square Park, $6 adults, $5 seniors, children 16 and under. 1028 S. 9th St. Positive Voice (Green Bay), Annual Halloween Social and Dance. Liberty Hall Conference Center in Kimberly., 9pm-lam. FMI (920)435-4404 .

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Wisconsin Conservatory of Music (Milwaukee), 1584 N. Prospect, (414)276-5760, 3pm. Faculty Artists Series. Vocalists and pianist with guest artists for an afternoon of music from the Baroque to the Romantic. Blvd. Ensemble's New Alley Series (Milwaukee), Wilder Wilder, featuring two one-act plays by Thornton Wilder The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden & The Long Christmas Dinner 7:30pm, 2252 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. (414)744-5757. Every Sunday and Monday through Nov. 9th. Bi Youth (Milwaukee), Meets at 7pm at the BestD Clinic, 1240 E. Brady St. Madison LGB Business Alliance (Madison), LGB's Goodwill Effort. Madison Thrift Store, Noon to 7pm. Help with donations of time or items for store. Contact Tom Neal at (608)256-2667. Theatre X (Milwaukee), Gint, a play by Romulus Linney runs through Nov. 1st in the Studio Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway. FMI, tickets, (414)278-0555.

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Hey everyone. Well what's going on in your world this week? I'm telling ya. The whole trailer park is busy get-ting ready for fall - parking their kid's Big Wheels, taking in lawn gnomes, and wrapping up their Weber grills. My neighbor Betty is out there right now replacing her plastic flamingos with a life size, plastic nativity scene that lights up when cars drive by. She's got Mary, Joseph, the baby and the whole gang hooked up to motion detectors. Scared the hell out of me when I saw it for the first time last year.

There were lots of and continue to be many events going on in Wisconsin this month. Below I mentioned the incredible Absolute Vodka III party -boy was that a blast! I know that plen-ty of other bars are having Halloween specials and some crazy parties.

Don t miss M&M's Disney show on Saturday, October 24. Those kids know how to put on show! I'm sure it will be a blast. I've got a lot going on between all Halloween fun- and preparing my hair for fall. Tonight's the night I wrap my hair in wet news-paper and sleep on the basement floor, so let's read a quick letter.

Dear Ruthie, You are always giving people your

advice on their lives. What is your life like? What is a typical day like for you? A typical week? Martha Stewart publishes her monthly sched-ule, why don't you?

- I Want to Know Ned

Dear N eddy, Actually, I did explain a typical

Ruthie day a few months ago. However, here's a peek at my to-do list for this upcoming week. Thanks for asking.

Sunday: Go to grocery store and buy breakfast items for upcoming week.

Monday: Attend class - Decorating Your Lawn with Abandoned Automobile Parts; Judge Omega Outboard Motor Repair Semi-Finals; Give away crown to new Miss Polaris Snow Mobile 1998.

Tuesday: Attend seminar: Let's Get Naked and Shave.

Wednesday: Buy Band-Aids. Thursday: Make breakfast for and

then drive home cashier who sold me Band-Aids; Attend seminar - Hosting the Best Christmas Ever for $8.49; Visit ex-husband Vinnie in hospital after having his sixth toe removed.

Friday: Make breakfast for and then drive home surgeon who removed Vinnie's toe; Send toe to ex-husband Hugo as prop in threat for alimony; Go to class - Painting Your Trailer from a Two-Tone Pink and

Green to a Two-Tone Yellow and Brown; Judge the Sauk Valley Deer-Gutting Competition; Attend Pearl's 3Ps Party (Pink Squirrels, Pedicures, and Pacemakers).

Saturday: Attend the Fish-White, Beer Belly, All-Male Dance Review.

Sunday: Make breakfast for then drive home lead dancer from the Fish-White, Beer Belly, All-Male Dance Review.

Hey! Send me your letters and stuff. I love to receive your questions, cards, pictures and things! You can reach me at: Wisconsin Light, 225 S.

Second St., Milwaukee, WI 53204. You can also e-mail me via editor@ wilight.com.

Milwaukee's Third Ward was all a buzz on the night of October 9, 1998 as the Absolute Benefit III got under-way. For the third year Absolute Vodka and Milwaukee Magazine sponsored this marvelous benefit for the Wisconsin AIDS Fund. And what a benefit it was!

Nearly 700 people packed the Third Ward Firehouse to enjoy a gourmet buffet, live swing band, auc-tions, and martinis! Martinis? Needless to say, I was there!

The silent auction featured over 150 plates, martini glasses, and tiles decorated by local personalities and national celebrities. Celebrities who

donated autographed dishes included Mel Gibson, Rosie O'Donnell, Glen Close., Whoopie Goldberg, Billy Crystal, Sarah McLachlan, Dustin Hoffman and Jay Leno. Autographed plates were also donated by local celebs Bud Selig, Mark Chmura, vari-ous radio personalities and, yes, yours truly, Wisconsin Light's Ruthie. Of course, mine was the only plate that still had food on it - but one lucky man took it home for $100.00 after win-ning a short bidding war.

During the voice auction, the plate autographed by Madonna and her daughter ended with a $2,000 bid. Elizabeth Taylor's plate went to the highest bid of 451050.

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A Gay Halloween By Carl M. Szatmary

There is perhaps no "Hallmark Holiday" more Gay than Halloween. Images immediately come to mind of decadent Halloweens past, when throngs of Gay men descended upon their favorite local bars and clubs don-ning the most lavish, the most deca-dent, the most outrageous costumes.

It should perhaps come as no great surprise that lurking on the shelves of your favorite Gay and Lesbian Bookshop are many examples of books filled with vampires and ghosts and werewolves and all matter of scary things that go bump in the night.

What follows are a few of popular titles to curl up with this Halloween. HALLOWEEN STORIES FOR

GAY MEN Who hasn't gotten caught in the

spellbinding web Anne Rice wove in her homoerotic vampire classic, Interview with a Vampire? Yet, besides the ever-popular Ms. Rice, Lesbian and Gay readers will find many more books perfectly suit-ed for this spooky sea-son.

Just in time for this Halloween is Desmond (Alyson Pb $13.95), a debut novel by Ulysses G. Dietz. This modern day vampire tale introduces Desmond Beckwith, a man rich, successful, strik-ingly handsome and over 250 years old. That's right, Desmond is a vampire. And a very lonely vampire at that. At least he is until he meets and falls hope-lessly in love with young Tony Chapman. Can true love survive the tri-als and tribulations of the life of the undead?

Another of the most popular Gay vampire novels is Lost Souls by Poppy Brite. Anne Rice and Dietz's Desmond seem positively tame compared to Brite's Decadent Bloodiest. Brite's pro-tagonist is a lad named Nothing, a vampire orphan left to be brought up by an alcoholic father and mother. Nothing, now a bisexual teenager, decides to leave home and visit his idol-ized band at Missing Mile. Meanwhile, a trio of the rattiest white-trash vam-pires ever seen in fiction—Molochai, Twig and Zillah burn up the countryside in a broken-down van, draining hitch-hikers and filling up whiskey bottles with blood. All in all a perfectly horrific Halloween read!

Also to Brite's credit are Drawing Blood, something of a twin to Lost Souls, only this time ghosts have replaced the vampires, and also Exquisite Corpse, a genuinely grue-some exploration into the mind of a ser-ial killer.

From Jeffrey N. McMahan comes more Gay vampire tales. In Somewhere in the Night, McMahan offers up eight eerie tales of the super-natural including a gruesome Halloween party, a vampire whose conscience bothers him, and a subur-banite with a killer lawn. In Vampires Anonymous, McMahan offers a full-length novel expanding upon one of the popular stories in In Somewhere in the Night. HALLOWEEN NOVELS FOR

LESBIANS Few movies captured the Lesbian

imagination as did The Hunger, an erotically charged vampire romance starring the stunning Catherine

Deneuve and Susan Sarandon.

Drawing upon this fascination, Pam

Keesey has craft-ed two popular

anthologies of Lesbian vam-pire stories, Daughters of Darkness and Dark Angels.

Collecting the best from the most popular authors of Lesbian

erotica, including Katherine V. Forrest, Jewelle

Gomez and Pat Califia, Keesey creates a dazzling portrait of the quintessential bad

girl. Next for Keesey would be a very dif-

ferent femme fatale, the female were-wolf in The Women Who Run with the Werewolf. According to Keesey, the female werewolf is dangerous and alluring, often using her sexuality to destroy men, most often associated with raw lust and animal instincts.

For her first novel, acclaimed author Jewelle Gomez crafted the fascinating The Gilda Stories, a series of episodes in the life of Gilda, a vampire whose existence began in Louisiana in the 1850s and continues long into the future in the Land of Enchantment, 2050.

Ghosts are popular, too, in Lesbian fiction. From Brenda Weathers comes Miss Pettibone and Miss McGraw, a bewitching story of a young Lesbian couple, Tess and Ellie, who open up a B&B only to find the house is still inhab-ited by a pair of closeted lovers from an earlier generation.

In NightVision, lovely Julia Madison is having nightmares of a woman call-ing out for help, only to die horribly as Julia struggles to reach her. As the nightmares become worse, Julia seeks professional help, but to no avail. When she learns that she is not the only one to have these same visions, Julia decides that these are not mere night-mares and seeks to find the terrifying cause.

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