• , the gay community (no dish to GLAAD Intended-they do some good work). When you started out, I was thrilled that . someone had come along to challenge the ridiculous New York Native, but you've become as silly and shrill as your competitor. Would one regular columnist of a somewhat centrist ·bent be too much to as\
• ,. \. , , • - • ,. • • • , "Corrections • , at In issue no. 71, Susie Bright'sbook was incorrectlyJitled. The correct title of the bopk is: Susie Se:xpert's Lesbian Sex World . • Due toa technical error, the sentence in the "Out/Law" column about lesbian. "mothering" in Wisconsin: was. inco~ct. There is no "mothering." The sentence should have read:· "Wisconsin does not authorize joint adpptions by same-sex couples, so Hermes became ypung bOy." the sole adoptive • moth!!r of a • • In issue no. 72, page 45, 'the unmarked photo credit . should be: "courtesy of Mary Perillo,. while the photo on page 44 should be: "Carol RoseggIMartha Swope • Associates.". , . on conducting workshops on homophobia and sensitizin\l police officers on lesbians and gay Issues.- The Fund produced Its First National Lesbian and Gay Education Conference in Boston with more than 70' presentations on strategies ·for educating about lesbian , and gay lives in schools, workplaces and throughout the" community, and had received funds to plan,Ne~ .. York's First National LesBian; • ·and Gay'Writers Conference. We produced a media bJlefing on the 20th annlversary,of the stonewall rebellion In June • 1989 attended bY'top media representatives, obtained state-sponsored grants for .artists In our community and gave'grants to National Public Radio, the Klris.ey Institute andthe National Gay and Lesbian Health Foundation. Our budget more than doubled to · more than $50'0',00();our vo~ unteers doubled to 10'0'people our staff grew from three . to more than 10'; and our donors tripled from 2,20'0'to • • more than 7;70'0' people In ·this period. In fact, 1986 was really the first year of the organiza- 't 2 OUTW•• K N.v ....... r at. t_ •• ,. . , head the. Fund, has now succeededIn finally closing down the organization. Donors, volunteers, staff, . board members and friends who helped build the Fund: Pleaseknow that your efforts were 'not In vain. The Fund's education work helped many, many thousands of people nationwide In need of our information and support. . Activists and concerned ,friends: Our national lesbian and gay community Is still In need of a toll-free Crisisline and other education programs to counter the barrage of homophobic misinformation and to build pride In all 'people of the lesbian and gay community. . . My ep~aph for the Fun~: tlon as an auton9mous enti- "We dared to struggle, dared . ty. Until that time, the Fund to win." was the educational founda- Mayall of our lesbian _tion of the National Gay and and gay liberation and rights Lesbian Task Force and, basl~ efforts continue. . _ cally, had no programs Of ~s . Sherrie Cohen own. When the Task Force . Former Executive Director consolidated Its offices in The Fund for Human Dignity Washington, DC, in 1986, the . Fund adopted Its Crisisline DIG THAT DIRT and Resource Center and .' 'I'm really tired of the became Independent. Kramer et al. school of When I was hired by the activism preaching that the ,FundIn ,.1986,the board"was , only way to be an effective . debating whether or not the .. ' activist is to yell arid scream organization shourd contln":" like a mad person. There are ue. Some members felt It many forms and many ways. should close because of lim- of being effective. Sometimes Ited finances; others wanted yelling and screamin.g work; to close the Crisisline be,- sometimes they don't. Some cause it was costly. people are better at yelling . As executive director, I and screaming than others, worked and fought to keep Tolerance of differences has the doors of the 'organization to be on all levels. Many peoopen 'and the phones of the pie are accomplishing things Crlslsllne on. Our financial In many different ways. (This situation was often tight. We . doesn't mean I think everywere a young and struggling one is doing a great job!) organization. And we sought ' Also, what happened to to do a lot with a little. the Out Week that gave ,us It Is tragic thatthe board, the real ,dirt on what Is having kicked out its execu~ going on In the community? tive director and then acting Lately, I've felt Iike I was .director, locked out its staff rereading the many media and hired a heterosexual man releases that come across with no experie~ce In the les- my desk. For beginners, bian and gay community to what about the major health , . concerns which were overlooked by the board and staff of the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center In preparing for the new faeel/ft. Not until Communi-- . . ty Health Project pointed out the problems did they bother to Inform the com- . munlty of potential rlsksa:ndthen, quietly. Dig that for dirt. There's much more around. That's I. what we want to read. I Rodger Pettyjohn RN, PWA ! Brooklyn HOMO? I spend a lot of time blasting television for ignorant and unsympathetic depictions of women and gays. "Too faboo!" to Married / With Children, an unlikely source for sens~ivedepictions ot anything. Their episode tonight that Indirectly.involved a gay couple (the guys from Tracey Ullman) was funny w~hout being negative.Ne~her partnerwas particularly 'effem- • lnate; one di.dall the cooking but watched sports and_ worked (he and AI had a cute little tryst In front of the televl- . slon), and the other partner J had a relationship with a feinale prior..(This information Is all very fresh to your slobbo TV viewer In the Midwest.) MWC found a way to Incorporate gay characters Into their almost-anythlnggoes comedy scheme with- , out AIDS Jokes, Charles Nelson RelllY""like characters that drool at the sight of any man or clicMs that speak I'n continual s'exualinnuendos. Granted,AI did say, "He's a homo," not "He's gay," althe end of the episode (~hich might put some of us on our broomsticks, and I hav~",).ointed this out to them), but it was ' worth it to hear AI say to his new gay chum, "I love YO,u," "Here's to us," and "What about our quality time?" all in • 1 •
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