UNIVERSITY
Student to participate in gay forum
U.S.-Soviet symposium
targets AIDS, homophobia
By Daralyn Trappe
I re.er.iict .Repo'ter
When Murine \Yolt went tu tin Soviet d 'uiun
l.ist suniiniT to t.iki’ part m .1 studs program. sin
was ,1 lesbian who \\ .is m it vrt out of the closet
Sinee tin'll: sin1 Inis 1 min' in'! Sim will return
tlirrr this s 111111111 *r with ,1 m u perspet tin- to
t.iki' part ill tin- lust l S' I s S K s\inpnsiiim nil
gas .111(1 lesbian issues
"Till' f u st tilin' I u ('lit: 1 vv.isu't out, so I linln t
rr.illv pus attention to llit: i iiltur.il issues: landI to
gas .imi li'sln.ui issues." she s.in{
U ol! .1 t mversits stuiii'iit studs irig Russian . is
one ol "ill people troiii tile 1 mteil St.ites who Will
part it ip,ile in the International (i.i\ .mil Lesbian
Symposium 111 Musi oiv .uni Leningrad from |ulv
J t to Aug 1
Tile event is sponsored In the International (las
.uni Lesbian Hum.in Kights < nimmissioii. tunned
lust summei in Musi oss
"It really is ttii- first nt its kind between Soviet
.1 mi Anieru .111 ,11 In ists Wolf said A membei of
tho lesbian. (lay and Bisexual Alliance sin- ap
pill'll tl) mi will'll <1 not it I' VV rl S Sl'llt III thill llftll I'
Unit said slit' expel ts homophobia and AIMS to
ho tin' main topii s of disi ussion
" I lif problem with tho Soviet I 'ilion is that up
until a few wars ago tlu'\ dnlii I even .11 hnowl
edge that they had am silt h tiling as a huinosexu
a I 111 t heir country." Wolf said
"Kvon though information has 1 <1 rut* out that
says that tlii'V haw people with AIDS there the
otfii i.il state line up until leientlv is that they
don't have gays they don't have AIDS. she
said
|im Torn x 10 1 hairman of 1( ill IKt and one of
the sy mposium organizers said AIDS is a serious
prohli ill 111 the Soy let I nioil
I hey re yery much in denial, and the treat
iiient is y ery primitive " he said ' I'he sor lal sit
nation and the government approach doesn't en
courage people to get tested and it they do lest
positive they re not treated y\elt
Toevs said soi ielal views of gays and lesbians
in the Soviet I'ilion are similar to the attitudes
that were prevalent in the l ulled States "ill years
- bpats
I'hofo hv Niulrr Kdiiirii
/7m \ummrr I nncr\it\ stutlrnl \lnntut Uoil mil loin
iII olllt-r profilr Ilom thr l mini Stales in .illrntlini; thr
tirsl l s I s s K’ \v m[iiisium on gai .nut Irslnan is
■iK11 I he politii ill (lunate is improving some
vvli.it in- s.inl lull is ononin hardship is (hi- tin
deriving reason the Soviet government is not op
posing th>- i ontereni e
I hr Soviet I n it in is so ili-s | >i-nil i- lor i niri-iii \
th**v would let tin- devil himsrll in il In- was go
ingto pay in nuini-v l oi-vs said
In addition to pros iding moral and edui ational
support lo tilt- gas and lesbian movement partii 1
pants will Ini us iitteution on repealing a lavs m
the Russian criminal code dial makes sex be
tween men punishable bv up In eight years in a
labor i amp
"Right now then' s a handful of people w ho are
w illing to hr open to lie out of the i lose! and
work on homophobia issues Unit said I lies
want to start a movement and we re going over
there ill part to give them some ot our expert
ernes and share with them ideas tor working in
an activist role
Unit said she is one ol .1 lew I S students v\ ho
will be in attendance, and she hopes to tor us at
teution on young people in the l! S S K
"I plan on getting together with the other stu
dents who are going and plan out a presentation
to the Soviets on wavs to organize student
groups because with alls liberation movement
tile young people are verv important and often
times get overlooked she said
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