From kevyn@KSUVM.KSU.EDUWed Jun 28 19:18:57 1995 Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 19:01:59 -0500 (CDT) From: Kevyn Jacobs To: "Manhattan Queers Email List [MQ]" Subject: FLINT HILLS OBSERVER - SUMMER 1995 THE FLINT HILLS OBSERVER Serving Manhattan and Kansas State Summer 95 Vol.1 No.4 ================================== SEXUAL ORIENTATION NOW PROTECTED IN LAWRENCE! By LesBiGays OK Services, KU In a three-two vote Tuesday May 2, the City Commission of Lawrence, Kansas opted to tentatively accept a proposal to add the words "sexual orientation" to the city's existing Human Relations Ordinance. The decision is being hailed as making Lawrence the only city in the state of Kansas to extend protection against discrimination to people on the basis of their sexual orientation. The city has agreed to give lesbians, bisexuals, gay men, as well as heterosexuals legal recourse for discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations. For two weeks the City Commission listened to hours of testimony from dozens of Lawrence citizens on both sides of the issue. Proponents of the amendment who spoke before the commission included local representatives from several Christian congregations and the Lawrence Jewish Community Center. The opposition, represented mostly by conservative Christians, often cited from the Bible. One often-repeated concern, that this amendment will force conservative Christian organizations to hire non-heterosexuals, is unsubstantiated, according to Lawrence Human Relations/ Human Resources director Ray Samuel. The ordinance allows for the exemption of religious organizations. The two commissioners who voted against the legislation amendment cited reasons other than moral opposition to homosexuality as justifications for their position. The recently-elected Bonnie Augustine stated her concern for the discrimination against lesbian, bisexual and gay people, but said she feels that education, not legislation, is the proper means to end discrimination. Mayor Bob Moody voted against the proposal because he said he feels Simply Equal is reopening an old wound in a city that is already divided. Proponents of the amendment feel that adding sexual orientation to the Human Relations Ordinance will open avenues for education in the area of sexual orientation. The City Department of Human Relations/Human Resources plans to conduct seminars in the fall to educate the public about the law. Lawrence, Kansas will become the second municipality in the state to adopt such legislation. Wichita was the first in the 1970s. The Wichita anti-discrimination legislation was repealed by popular vote shortly after its installation. The Lawrence amendment also may face a similar referendum battle. ============================================================= ============================================================= The Flint Hills Alliance May Potluck will be this Thursday, May 18, 6:30 pm, at the City Park Shelter in front of the City Park Pool (on Poyntz). Plan to play volleyball!! =================================================== =================================================== Revolutions Soon to be All-Gay/Lesbian Bar Revolutions will become a gay and lesbian bar sometime this June. Monique Perez has sold Revolutions to a gay male couple in New York, and the new owners (who are friends of Monique's) are ready and eager to change the look and style of the bar to better accommodate its all-gay/lesbian clientele. Details are sketchy, says Monique, but tentative changes include being opened Tuesday through Sunday and offering different entertainment themes each evening. The new owners and Monique hope to bring in outside dancers and other artists. Although not final, plans include making Revolutions a private membership club--with low and reasonable fees--to ensure the patrons' security as well as help with entertainment costs. Revolutions will be the only gay/lesbian bar in the Manhattan-JC area. The closest bar is in Topeka. Monique will manage Revolutions for the new owners. She encouraged them to make the bar gay/lesbian because this community already heavily supports Revolutions. She is positive that the change will be profitable. According to Monique, Revolutions will close briefly in June for remodeling and will reopen in June. Monique welcomes any and all input from the gay and lesbian community. ============================================ ============================================ SHE SPEAKS . . . by Deb Taylor, editor In my opinion, Manhattan's gay and lesbian community is the strongest and most cohesive it's ever been since I came to know it in 1988. We have always been a friendly bunch, but what seems different now is that our group of lesbians and gay men have come together and learned to enjoy each other both as a group and as individuals. In 1988, I do not remember ever seeing men and women do things together. Now, we are wonderfully inclusive. I have also noticed our group becoming more aware of our gay and lesbian culture, history, and politics. We're learning more, and we're growing. As a result, we feel less like criminals and more like human beings. Our sharing with each other has enabled us to be more comfortable with our own identities. I believe that the continued strength and growth of our community will depend on the continued work of the entire group, not on the talents of a very few. With this in mind, I encourage you to think about what you would like to do in our gay and lesbian community. Flint Hills Alliance officer elections are coming up very soon (in August). Every office seat is available, including the President's. I will not run for reelection in August. I am happy to be an active member and supporter of the Alliance and continue editing this newsletter. I am eager to see more of you take on leadership positions in our community. We are gifted with great talent here. Please give serious thought to how you can contribute to Manhattan's wonderful gay and lesbian community. ========================================== ========================================== FLINT HILLS ALLIANCE SUMMER EVENTS CALENDAR During June, July, and August, FHA will focus on community-building and having fun. After May, FHA will not have speakers on the first Thursdays of each month until September. Below is a list of events (STC): May 18: Potluck at the City Park Shelter with the sand volleyball net! 6:30 pm. Jun 3: Kickball, softball, and whatever at Cheryl S.'s house in secluded Alma! 4 pm (Saturday). Jun 15: Potluck:Greg Eiselein's 6:30 pm, 609 Fremont. Jul 4: Special all-day July 4 Celebration at Tuttle Creek! Shelter #4. Jul 20: Potluck at Deb Taylor's 6:30 pm, 1834 Platt. Aug 5: A SPECIAL SATURDAY event! Details TBA!! Aug 24: Welcome Back Potluck at Bob Clark's, 6:30 pm, 1743 Fairchild (this will be the 4th, not 3rd, Thursday). ================================ ================================ Join us for "Family Fun" at Revolutions, 902 W. 7th Junction City. * * * May 20: Talent Contest: First Place-$40 Second Place-$20 The contest starts at 10pm. * * * May 28 (Sun): Family BBQ! Free food and cheap pitchers for all family and guests. The BBQ begins at 4 pm. No Cover!! ================================ ================================ G/L DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DISCUSSED May's first-Thursday speaker featured Angie McClure-Walker, who lectured on "Domestic Violence in Gay and Lesbian Relationships." Angie is the Senior Case Manager at the Crisis Center, Inc., for Junction City. According to Angie, abusive homosexual couples (like heterosexuals) go through an initial minor violence phase. They then go through a honeymoon phase, where the abusive partner apologizes and says he/she will never be abusive again. Couples then go to the tension-building phase. Eventually, the relationship moves to greater violence. The result is a continuous battle of power and control in the abusive relationship. Abuse takes different forms such as: -using coercion and threats, ie. threatening to "out" the partner; -using intimidation, ie. using looks, actions, and gestures to reinforce homophobic control; -using emotional abuse, ie. questioning if the partner is a "real" lesbian or gay man; -minimizing, denying, blaming; -using children, ie. threatening to tell authorities or parents about partner's homosexuality. Angie states that reporting abuse is often more difficult for g/l couples because of their sexual identities. Added to this is society's tendency to minimize lesbian abuse (women can't abuse each other); men seldom report their abuses for the same reasons. Angie states that abused gays and lesbians are treated seriously at the Crisis Center. Both men and women can be housed away from their abusive partners, although men are not housed at the Manhattan/JC women's shelters. =================================== =================================== ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUBMISSIONS . . . WANTED Male Waiters. Please apply in person at Revolutions, 902 W 7th, JC. Ask for Monique. -------------------- WANTED Treasurer for the Flint Hills Alliance Call Deb at 776-6743 if interested. ------------------- SEEKING MEMBERS We don't have dues or membership rosters. We do have social events, dances, parties, potlucks, and meetings. Our purpose is to help each other to achieve a level of personal self-acceptance through healthy interaction with our peers. If interested, please write: The Network PO Box 1960 Lawrence, KS, 66044 email: gayok@aol.com ------------------ OUTDOOR CLUB SEEKS MEMBERS If you are interested in camping, hiking, backpacking, snow skiing, sailing, wind surfing, white water rafting, bicycling, canoeing, social potlucks, horseback riding, or other activities, please write us at: TOGA PO Box 1224 Topeka, KS 66601 913-986-6398. There is a $10 membership fee. ------------------- LAWRENCE HOUSEMATE NEEDED 2 BR cottage in E. Lawrence Rent is $215/month. Nonsmoking male or female Queer and/or grad student preferred Call Chris Hampton at KU (913-864-3091) or email her at moocow@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu ---------------------- SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT FOR Generation Q: Inheriting Stonewall A new Queer Essay Collection from Alyson Publications Alyson Publications, a leader in gay/lesbian publishing, seeks personal essays from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and intersexed people born after (or shortly before) the Stonewall Riots of 1969. We're looking for varied, engaging, thoughtful, well-written, surprising, personal, funny, introspective work. Although we welcome essays about high school and college experiences, we are particularly interested in essays about your younger years--don't confine yourself to your coming-out story! Essays intertwining the personal with the analytical are also welcome. Although we are looking for high literary quality, we are open to working with inexperienced writers. Submissions deadline: 9-4-95 Guidelines/Requirements: 1. 1-15 double-spaced pages with your name, address, phone number, and email address (if applicable) on the first page. 2. If possible, please submit your essay on hard copy and on disk. 3. Please note if your submission has already been published. 4. Please submit with your essay a one-paragraph bio including your birth date. 5. Please include two self-addressed, stamped envelopes. 6. No poetry or fiction. SEND TO: Robin Bernstein and Seth Silberman Editors PO Box 11172 Takoma Park, MD 20913 ========================= ========================= GAY MARRIAGE IN OTHER COUNTRIES - - AN OVERVEIW 1989: Denmark is the first country in the world to allow gay/lesbian marriage. Two remaining problems with Denmark's new gay marriage law are that homosexuals are not yet permitted to adopt children and the legislation does not require the state Lutheran church to offer gay marriage ceremonies. Activists are fighting both omissions. Over 3000 gays have been married in Denmark. 1993: Norway legalized gay and lesbian marriage April 1. The legislation passed the Odelsting chamber of the Norwegian parliament by a vote of 58-40 on March 29 and the Lagting chamber by a vote of 18-16 on April 1. 1995: Sweden's law legalizing gay marriage came into effect Jan. 1 and gays and lesbians. Sweden's parliament legalized gay and lesbian marriage June 7 by a vote of 171 to 141 with 5 abstentions and 32 absences. At the time, Prime Minister Carl Bildt stated: "We accept homosexual love as equivalent to heterosexual. Love is an important force to personal as well as social development, and should therefore not be denied." As in Denmark [includes Greenland] and Norway--the other nations that allow gays to marry--the Swedish law grants gay spouses all rights of marriage except access to adoption, artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization, and church weddings. In all three nations, one partner must be a citizen living in his/her home country. 1995: A gay-issues commission created by the Icelandic parliament, the Alltinget, recommended that Iceland legalize gay/lesbian marriage, criminalize discrimination against gays, and substantially increase education about gays in schools. The government is discussing the report and has forwarded it to all concerned departments for consideration, said the Swedish gay newspaper Kom Ut. 1995: A gay-marriage law may well pass the Czech Republic parliament this year, say Ingeborg Polakova and Jan Bednar of SOHO, the nation's leading gay-rights group. SOHO's proposed legislation will be considered when the parliament begins a planned updating of the Czech Civil Code and Family Law. If it passes, gay couples who register their partnership would have every right of marriage except to adopt children. 1995: Spain's government will consider creating registered partnership for gay and straight couples this spring, Madrid gay leaders report. Legislation written by gay groups has received support in the media, regional parliaments, and the federal parliament, which last month voted to tell the government to write its own proposal. Most if not all rights of marriage except adoption are expected to be included in the final plan. Individuals may adopt in Spain regardless of their sexuality. Some 30 Spanish cities register "civil unions." 1995: Hungary's Constitutional Court legalized common-law gay marriage March 8. Common-law and formally married couples have all the same rights in Hungary. Any couple that lives together permanently and has sex is considered married under common law. The court said a law limiting common-law marriages to "those formed between adult men and women" was unconstitutional. Paradoxically, the court also ruled that formal, civil marriages are for heterosexual couples only. 1995: Recent surveys in the Brazilian state capitals of Salvador, Curitiba and Aracaju found that 60 to 80 percent of Brazilians believe gays must have the same rights as heterosexuals and 50 to 65 percent think gay couples should be able to get married, correspondent Luiz Mott reports from Salvador, Bahia. Seventy-three Brazilian cities and towns--including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia--ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. 1995: Gay marriage should be legal in Slovenia in two years, the head of the government's Bureau for Women's Politics, Vera Kozmik, told the Slovene National TV program "Tednik" ("Weekly") March 23. 1995: Seventy cities and towns in the Netherlands now let gay couples register their relationships and legislation has been introduced in parliament to grant gay couples the legal rights of marriage, according to the International Lesbian and Gay Association. Gays in some professions, including civil service, health care and education, as well as employees of the airline KLM, already receive spousal benefits. ============================== ============================== WORLD POLICIES ON GAYS IN MILITARY VARY The gay-related policies of militaries around the world vary widely, according to a survey by the Reuter news service. In the U.S., of course, gays allegedly can serve under the "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue" policy, even though the military has continued to pursue. Britain has a similar policy. Homosexuality in the British military was decriminalized this year but is still ``incompatible with Service life,'' an administrative offense leading to automatic discharge. In Israel, homosexuality is a sin under Jewish religious law but Israeli spokesmen say there is no discrimination in the army. Said army spokesman Moshe Fogel, "It is viewed as a private matter for each individual." Gays are also banned in Egypt and Chile. In Egypt gays are discharged if they are discovered but they are not asked on conscription if they are gay. Chilean military policy on gays is immediate expulsion. Not even drug addiction is grounds for expulsion on the grounds that it can be treated while homosexuality cannot. Gays are allowed to serve openly in all the Scandinavian nations. "Our policy is no policy," a Swedish spokesman said. In Germany it does not matter if a conscript is gay but in the professional army gays are considered unsuitable recruits. A homosexual can join as long as he keeps his sexuality secret, a defense ministry spokesman said. Once discovered, he would not be thrown out, but would be consigned to a post where he does not give orders. This would not be a demotion, but there would be no prospects of promotion, he said. Gays can avoid military service in Greece because they have a "chronic and serious psychotic disorder." In France, homosexuals may enlist as career personnel but homosexual acts on military premises are considered disruptive to military life and will almost certainly lead to discharge. In Canada sexual preference is included in the military's zero-tolerance policy regarding harassment and discrimination. Restrictions were lifted in 1988 to let in homosexuals but they were still denied promotions, career training and postings. But a 1992 court case brought by a lesbian air force lieutenant forced the military to lift remaining restrictions. In Colombia, where Latin machismo is strong, recruits go through rigorous physical and psychological tests. They are rejected if they are believed to be gay. Any soldier on active duty who is suspected of being gay is also thrown out. In Russia the issue has never been raised publicly. Parliament recently decriminalized homosexuality, but the issue of gays in the army has not been discussed. And in Japan there are no formal rules against gays at all. A defense ministry spokesman said laughing: "There's been no problem of that sort, so far." But he refused to comment on what would happen if somebody was caught in the act. =============================== =============================== Grappling with Same-Sex Marriage, et al, in the U.S. by Kim Mills, Associated Press Gay activists and conservatives are turning to state legislatures with increasing frequency over gay rights issues, including same-sex marriage and adoption. More pro-gay rights legislation has been introduced in states this year than ever before, according to a survey published last month in The Washington Blade, a gay weekly. The newspaper said 38 pro-gay measures and 11 anti-gay measures had been introduced in state legislatures in 1995. That compared to 27 pro-gay and 24 anti-gay state bills in January 1994. Of those, one pro-gay and one anti-gay measure passed, and the pro-gay measure--a domestic partners bill--was vetoed by California Gov. Pete Wilson. But the anti-gay measures have taken on a new tone this year, attacking homosexuals as undermining the concept of family, say gay rights advocates. ``The same people who would say, `I think it's absolutely wrong for you to fire someone just because she's a lesbian,' would say, `But I don't think she should be allowed to adopt a child,''' said Deanna Duby, a spokeswoman for the liberal People for the American Way. Robert Bray, Western field organizer for the National Lesbian and Gay Task Force, said these same-sex marriage bills are meant to put gay people in an impossible bind. ``They say it isn't possible for gays and lesbians to be in long-term relationships,'' he said. ``But when we move to form long-term relationships, we're denied those.'' ========================================================== ========================================================== AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WORKS TO BREAK THE CLASSROOM SILENCE by Bill Smith, KSU AI Co-Chair Amnesty International (AI) is an impartial and independent organization that works for the release of prisoners of conscience, fair and speedy trials, and the end to all forms of torture. It is the leading organization that works for the security of human rights in accordance with the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN on December 10, 1948. Currently, I co-chair the K-State campus AI group and have been an active member for two years. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the AI Midwest Regional Conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The conference centered on several workshops highlighting different aspects of human rights. One of these workshops was titled, "Breaking the Classroom Silence--A Curriculum About Lesbian and Gay Human Rights." "Breaking the Classroom Silence" is AI's first campaign focusing on protecting lesbians and gays from killings, torture, ill-treatment, and random detention at the hands of government based on their sexual orientation. While the violation of human rights is prevalent around the world, there is evidence that governments direct much of their abuses towards homosexuals. Homosexuals suffer from a wide range of human rights violations that include imprisonment, torture, and specifically-tailored abuses aimed at forcibly "changing" their orientation. There have been several documented violation of human rights against homosexuals from around the world: -In Columbia, gay men are regularly tortured and killed by clandestine death squads. -In Romania, gay men are arrested and detained under the outdated and feared Article 200. Many are beaten and tortured at the time of their arrests. -In Brazil, an openly gay town counselor was taken to a field by government officials, tortured, and then decapitated. In 1992, members of AI voted to protect the human rights of lesbians and gays against violations that fall within AI's Mandate. "Breaking the Classroom Silence" is the result of this campaign. It is through education that we can eradicate homophobia and create an understanding of equality and human rights. AI Members for Lesbian and Gay Concerns and AIUSA Human Rights Educators network have developed a curriculum on lesbian and gay human rights issues. The purpose of this curriculum is to bring about an awareness to the violation of human rights against homosexuals around the world. Furthermore, the curriculum is used to stimulate among students thoughtful discussion on issues facing lesbians and gays. An educational program concerning homosexual issues should be implemented at every level of education. With so many negative influences in our society, it is important for our children to have an understanding of how other people feel and be sensitive to those feelings. Through education we can ensure that human rights are guaranteed for all people despite their sexual orientation, gender, and race. By educating our children we will help bring about a change in the social stigma facing homosexual and an end to the taboos of homosexuality. (Note: This article was compiled through the following sources -- AIMLGC Volume 5 Issue #13, 1994 and "Breaking the Classroom Silence-A Curriculum About Lesbian and Gay Human Rights") ------------------------------ ================== ================== IN BREIF . . . THE BUNS OF A BIGOT Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's, has written a new book entitled Well Done. In his book, Thomas relishes praise upon heterosexual supremist Pat Robertson. Specifically, Thomas commends Robertson--arch-homophobe--for "doing things right" and promoting "wholesomeness and family values." RUSH LIMBAUGH DOES PIZZA HUT Pizza Hut now features Rush Limbaugh in its television ads. For your information, the 800 number to register complaints with Pizza Hut for hiring Rush Limbaugh is in Cobb County, Georgia, a place well known for its hate mongering and homophobia. If you would like to comment on Pizza Hut's hiring of Rush, the number is 1-800-358-2222. CALL CAPITOL HILL FOR FREE You can call Capitol Hill to tell your Congressperson what you think AND charge the religious right with your call. Far-right Traditional Values Leader Lou Sheldon paid for an 800 number so anti-gay supporters could call congressional members and express their political views. You can use the same number and give opposite views directly to DC. The 1-800-768-2221 number connects you directly to Capitol Hill. Just ask the receptionist for the Congressperson to which you would like to speak and you will be connected to that office. =========================================================== =========================================================== EXPLORING THE CONNECTIONS: MILITIAS AND ANTI-GAY RHETORIC by Scot Nakagawa, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force The intense media attention focused on the April 19 federal building bombing in Oklahoma City has triggered a public debate on citizen militias and on the consequences of growing Right Wing resentment toward government. In the wake of the tragedy, a terrified public appears to be struggling to understand the threat posed by these militant groups. However, trying to understand the militias and the danger they pose by studying the bombing and the militias' self-professed hatred of government is like trying to understand the entire gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender community on the basis of one night at a gay bar. The citizen militia movement is a complex phenomenon reflective of fast-growing reactionary sentiment with consequences for all of us. The citizen militia movement is actually one faction within a broader Right Wing backlash against democratic values. The militias are situated to the right of more mainstream rightists such as Pat Buchanan, and are closely tied to white supremacist movements like the Posse Comitatus, the Ku Klux Klan, Christian Patriots, and Christian Identity. When militiamen talk about their "anti-government" agenda, we should hear "anti-gay, anti-Semitic, anti-woman, anti-democratic, and anti-racial justice" agenda. The militias' proposed alternative to "big bad government" is a return to a society ruled by an unamended Constitution--constructed to protect the rights of white property owners, and intended to exclude women and people of color from participation in the franchise. Former Center for Democratic Renewal Research Director Leonard Zeskind writes, "It has the smell of yesteryear--states' rights and armed vigilante gangs--but the militias are now the most popular vehicle to the right of Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition. The militia movement is powered by a growing fear of white male disprivilege. In an economy in which temporary employment agencies have become our largest private employers, and American workers' standard of living has dropped to pre-1953 levels (Jobs with Justice), rightists such as the militiamen are growing increasingly nostalgic for a time when white male entitlements went largely unchallenged. In this respect, the militiamen are part of a growing popular phenomena. Perhaps this is the most important aspect of the militia movement that is being overlooked by the media. In spite of the more bizarre aspects of the racial and religious agendas of some of their white supremacist members, militiamen share many things in common with more mainstream elements of the Right Wing. The militiamen contend that government is failing their members--white men--because of the influence of the civil rights lobby ("racial preferences" and "special rights"), Jews ("international bankers"), feminists ("breakdown of the family and gender roles"), and gays (you know what they say about us). Some of this language and these ideas are mirrored in the rhetoric of mainstream Right Wing groups, such as the Christian Coalition, and some of the new Republican members of Congress, like Rep. Helen Chenowith--Idaho. The militiamen, like mainstream rightists, believe that education is in ruins because of political correctness and secular humanism; they oppose government programs for the poor; denounce gay/lesbian/bisexual people; and often scapegoat minorities as immoral and unproductive. They say we are all destroying God, family, and country and use this to justify super authoritarian measures to control or eliminate us. [With respect to homosexuals, the militias believe that we are a tool to weaken America. We will destroy the military. Michigan militia leader George Matousek says that the way to prevent a weakened America is to "stop the homos." He advocates citizens owning guns so they can help to prevent a homo takeover.] This is what the militias are, and what they represent. As we mourn together over the tragedy in Oklahoma City, we must not allow our grief to blind us to the continuing threat of the militias and the Right Wing movement to which they belong. We need to get down to business and educate ourselves about the wide array of Right Wing groups that threaten our rights and security, and understand the social and economic factors that lead to their development. We must further understand that our fates as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are inextricably tied to other groups under Right Wing attack. It's time to reach out, broaden our agenda, and increase our capacities for compassion and human connection. We must overcome fear, come out, and organize, organize, organize. ============================ ============================ THIS IS THE LAST ISSUE OF THE FLINT HILLS OBSERVER FOR SPRING. THE NEXT ISSUE WILL COME OUT IN AUGUST. HAVE YOU MOVED? DO YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ON OUR MAILING LIST? DO YOU WISH TO BE PUT ON THE FLINT HILLS ALLIANCE PHONE LIST? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A PARTICULAR FEATURE IN THE OBSERVER? IF YOU ANSWERED YES! 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