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just news You should march If you have decided not to march on Washington , please read this B Y S T E V E W A R R E N random check with friends around the country indicates a hell of a lot of us will be marching in Washington on October 11. “ I've been asking around, and I’m surprised how many of the people I know are going,"' said a Los Angeleno, echoing my experience in San Francisco. It won’t be just the usual crowd that will go anywhere to march for anything. There’s more at stake this time, and for those of us who have felt frustrated at not being able to do anything, this has become the thing we can do. If you’re still not convinced, see if you fit into any of the following categories: If you were going to write a letter to this publication but were afraid to sign your name, YOU SHOULD MARCH. If you recognize more people in Newsweek's “ Faces of AIDS’’ article than on Reagan’s AIDS Commission, YOU SHOULD MARCH. If you don’t want to spend the rest of your life in a concentration camp, YOU SHOULD MARCH. If the movies have shown you how the Vietnam War was fought but you don’t remember how it ended. YOU SHOULD MARCH. If a carload of teenagers has ever called you ’faggot’’ or • dyke. ” YOU SHOULD MARCH. If you can’t afford to go to Washington be A cause you've settled for a menial job where your being lesbian or gay doesn’t matter, YOU SHOULD MARCH If your lover is dying of AIDS and a lawyer has told you you won't be able to fight his family, even for property you bought together, YOU SHOULD MARCH. If you’ve never been in a crowd of a quarter- million gays, lesbians and our friends, YOU SHOULD MARCH. If you re prohibited from having — or seeing — a child of your own, YOU SHOULD MARCH If your gender or color keeps you from enjoy ing first-class American citizenship, YOU SHOULD MARCH If you re not proud of who and what you are, YOU SHOULD MARCH If you 're mad as hell and you’re not going to take it anymore, YOU SHOULD MARCH. If your sexuality is having a negative legal or emotional impact on you. YOU SHOULD MARCH If you've added the name of a loved one to the quilt the Names Project will unveil in Washington. YOU SHOULD MARCH. If you think columns like this are full of shit. YOU SHOULD MARCH. This list barely scratches the surface. If you haven’t found yourself on it and can’t think of any other reasons. YOU SHOULD MARCH because the other 249.999 of us need your support. • NAMBLAcallsfor contributions for Anthology on Man/Boy Love he North American Man/boy Love Association is calling for articles, stories, and poems for the eighth edition of the NAMBLA Journal, due to be published in I988. The Journal is an occasional publication deal ing in depth with issues surrounding gay in- tergenerational sex. The theme of the eighth edition, which will be published in book form, is how has man/boy love come to be considered T a specific form of sexual expression? How has it been considered in different historical class, ethnic, and cultural contexts? NAMBLA hopes that the Journal will contri bute to an understanding of the diversity of man/boy relationships, and provide a form for boys and men to speak in their own voices about a torm of sexualty which others presume to define according to their own preconceptions and prejudice. Submissions are due by January 15, 1988. and publication is expected to occur in spring or tall 1988. To get more information, suggest a proposal or submit a contribution, write NAMBIA Journal, 537 Jones St.. No. 8418, San Francisco. CA 94102 • “ Clothes to make everyone beautiful.” Third Floor The G alleria Gay man awarded custody of lover's son Brian Batey chooses to stay with his father's lover At one point. Betty Lou resorted to more drastic measures. She kidnapped Brian and was on the run for 19 months before surrendering he gay lover of Palm Springs resident, herself and the boy to authorities. Frank Batey, who died of AIDS compli She was acquitted of child-stealing charges cations in June, has been granted temporary stemming from that incident, however. custody of Batey’s 16-year-old son. After Frank Batey died in June. Brian was The court order places teenager, Brian Batey, again caught in a tug-of-war custody bout, even in the guardianship of Craig Corbett, 49. though the boy had lived with his father and Although a gag order has been placed on the Corbett for 12 years. custody case, news of the ruling by San Diego Despite pressures from his mother to live Superior Court Judge Judith McConnell was with her, Brian told authorities that he wanted to confirmed. remain in Palm Springs with Corbett. A hearing on permanent custody is scheduled In awarding Corbett temporary custody. for Oct. 2. Judge McConnell undoubtedly took the sixteen- The temporary ruling was viewed by some year old’s wishes into consideration. observers as a harbinger of what could become “ Iam really proud of Brian for taking and a landmark case. The court chose Corbett over making a stand,” Corbett said in an interview. Brian’s natural mother. Betty Lou Batey, a “ If he didn’t, it would be the end of his educa fundamentalist Christian. tion and the end of the choices Frank worked so The July ruling marked the latest twist in a hard to give him.” bitter custody fight that has raged for five years. The battle began in 1982 when Frank Batey, who worked as a writer, was awarded custody of his son. Ed. note: For those who might be confused (and That decision infuriated Batey’s ex-wife, to satisfy the worry warts in our office), these who used religious talk shows to raise money are not the people who were featured in last and launch a nationwide effort to lobby for month’s issue. • Brian's return. B Y D E L L R I C H A R D S T The $5 & $10 Caòies W ear Nothing oler $1O Founded in 1920, the Dehen Knitting Company represents 65 years of tradition in quality knitwear. The Dehen family's commitment to quality continues in our line of 100% cotton sweaters and jerseys. 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