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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1984)
G ay rights denied again husband by setting fire to his bed while he slept Paul Le Mat costars as Mickey Hughes, a husband so possessive he couldn’t be kept away, even by a divorce decree. The film which chronicles their 12 year violence filled relationship in a flashback as Hughes and her lawyer prepare for the trial, has a teleplay by Rose Leiman-Goldberg, and is based on the book “The Burning Bed,” by Faith McNulty, published through Harcourt Brace Jovano- vich. It airs October 8 (check local listings for the tim e) and kicks o ff National Domestic Violence Awareness Week. bed the “ hom osexual privileges ordinance, opponents claim ed hom osexuals would be attracted to D uluth and "cause havoc in the co m m u n ity by spreading disease and in flu encing children to becom e homosexuals." Voters in the city o f D uluth, Minnesota, voted 3-1 to reject a hum an rights ordinance w hich w ould have banned discrim ination against gays and lesbians. The ordinance was originally approved by the D uluth City C ouncil in June, vetoed by M ayor John Fedo, approved a second tim e by the council. The City C ouncil later agreed to include the ordinance on the prim ary bal lot after opponents subm itted a petition call ing fo r a referendum . In th e ir cam paign against what they dub- National Domestic Violence Awareness Week Tim ed with activities sponsored by the C o alition Against Dom estic Violence, NBC will air the W orld Premire Movie “ The Burning Bed," starring Farrah Fawcett as Francine Hughs, the abused wife and m other o f three who was tried in M ichigan for killing her Gay, straight men biologically different Research done at the State University of New York at Stony Brook points to the first clear evidence o f a biological difference be tween gay and straight men, a dissim ilar re sponse to hormones that may have devel oped before birth. In measuring rising and falling levels of horm ones due to stim ulation by other hormones, scientists found that the re sponses o f gay men fell in between those of straight men and women, according to a re port published September 21 in the journal individuals, just as there is a biological aspect to heterosexuality. The horm one study was “ the first sim ul taneous direct com parison o f heterosexual and homosexual m en with heterosexual wo men," said the re p o rt t Com ing out to your parents “ C om ing O ut to Your Parents” is a 16-page booklet published fo r gay m en and lesbians w ho are considering co m in g ou t to th e ir pa rents. The b o o k le t published by Philadelphia Parents o f Gays (POG), identifies six stages m ost parents go th ro u g h when they learn o f th e ir gay c h ild ’s sexual orientation. The six stages o f understanding (shock, g u ilt denial, anger, personal decision m aking and true acceptance) are described, along w ith specific ways young adults can assist th e ir parents in each o f these stages. The author, the father o f a gay son, identifies the stages based on his personal experience and hundreds o f other parents w ho have at tended Philadelphia POG. F o r a free single copy, send a self- addressed, stam ped business envelope to POG. PO Box 15711, Philadelphia, PA 19103. MGW Science. C O M M y y \ !/ \j N Previously, scientists have unsuccessfully attem pted to establish a relationship between sex horm ones in the body and homosexual ity. However, baseline horm one levels of gays and straights have proved to be virtually identical. In the latest work, scientists looked at the responses of horm one levels to certain stim ulation and found measurable differences between groups o f men with different sexual orientation. In trying to understand homosexuality, sci entists are attem pting to find out if this sexual preference is based on psychological or physical factors, or both. According to the report, the research clearly showed different horm one response in nine out o f fourteen men carefully selected for long tim e homosexuality. Dr. Brian Gladue, the chief researcher, said that the research methods could not be used to identify potential gays because some of the men did not show the response and be cause bisexuals and "less com m itted hom o sexuals" were not tested. The research showed there is evidence of a biological aspect of homosexuality in some I T N EW S 4 = 3 O PM PUBLIC AFFAIRS M-F AM y y Sb> S ^ • Anthology being com piled Beaux-Arts Press is now accepting sub m issions fo r a new anthology o f lesbian and gay poets; poem s by lesbians and gay men of the post-Stonew all gay liberation years 969- the present T his anthology w ill be representative of lesbian/gay people in the U.S. o f all racial, ethnic, class, religious and political back grounds; all regions, physical differences, personal outlooks; w om en and m en who m ig h t not have previously considered ap pearing in a book that brings gay m en and lesbians together; young w riters are encouraged. O ne to five poem s m ay be subm itted. DO N O T PUT NAMES O N POEMS! Name, ad dress and telephone num ber should appear on a separate cover sheet along w ith a brief bio. Send three (3) copies o f each poem to: BAP POEMS, Beaux-Arts Press, 808 Post Street, Suite 1106, San Francisco, CA 94109. D eadline fo r subm issions: January 1, 1985. P ublication: Fall, 1985. in t im a t e AIDS TEST DUE SOON 9-30 JONAH'S MUSIC THE Place (or Seafood and Steaks N I G H T & DAY Original owners since 1977 LUNCH • DINNER • SUNDAY BRUNCH LOUNGE 7425 SW BARBUR BLVD ^ (at Terwilliger) 245-2188 The director o f the U.S. P ublic Health Ser vice said last week that a blood test w ould soon be available to determ ine w hether a person had been exposed to AIDS, bu t that positive test results "w ill not necessarily mean you have” acquired im m une deficiency syndrom e. Dr. Edward N. B randt, Jr., testifying before a House Energy and C om m erce su b co m mittee, said the test w ould be useful in detect ing whether donated blood contained the AIDS-causing virus, thereby enabling au tho rities to discard that blood and advise that donor to stop giving blood. 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