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Boy George and Cris Williamson are the re
cipients of the first honors to be awarded by the
Gay/Lesbian American Music Awards.
Williamson will receive the Michael Callen
Medal of Achievement, named for the late singer/
songwriter/activist and member of The Flirta
tions. The award recognizes an individual, group,
organization or business committed to furthering
gay and lesbian music in a spirit of openness,
honesty and service.
As a performer, songwriter and co-founder of
Olivia Records, Williamson has been a major
figure in the women’s music movement.
George will receive the Outmusic Award.
This honor is given to artists who have advanced
gay and lesbian music through their work as out
musicians.
Boys Town sa y s ‘stop’
Father Flanagan’s Boys Town, the famous
orphanage in Nebraska, has ordered gay colum
nist Rex Wockner to change the name of his
weekly column to anything but "Boys Town.”
For the past five and one-half years, Wockner
has written a column for the Chicago gay publica
tion Nightlines. The column, called "Boys Town,”
bears the widely used nickname of Chicago’s
main gay neighborhood.
Wockner recently received a letter from attor
neys for the orphanage informing him that his use
of the name “Boys Town” infringes on the legal
right of the orphanage to use the mark and name
and asking him to stop using the name in his
column.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear
arguments this week in the Colorado homophobic
initiative case. The initiative, known as Amend
ment 2, was passed by Colorado voters in 1992.
Never enforced, the measure was ruled unconsti
tutional by the Colorado Supreme Court. That
court’s decision stated that the initiative denied
homosexuals an equal voice in government.
The Supreme Court has rarely considered cases
involving lesbians and gay men. The last ruling
issued by the court was a 1986 decision upholding
Georgia’s anti-sodomy law. In that case, justices
said consenting adults have no constitutional right
to private homosexual conduct.
"The track record isn’ t encouraging,” Suzanne
Goldberg, of the Lambda Legal Defense and
Education Fund, told the Associated Press. “But
win or lose, it’s far too late in the day for anyone
to think lesbians and gay men will return to the
closet.”
At issue in this case is whether or not the
Colorado initiative deprives lesbians and gay men
of the right to equal participation in the political
process. The Colorado state court ruled that the
measure does deprive gay men and lesbians of
that fundamental right.
The Supreme Court’s decision is not expected
until next summer.
Assaults on gay and lesbian
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students reported
Eight students in Washington schools said
they were gang raped by other students for being
gay or lesbian, according to a report by the Se
attle-based Safe Schools Coalition.
The coalition reports 27 anti-sexual-minority
attacks, including the rapes, in schools since 1990.
The attacks ranged from name-calling to violent
assaults, according to an Associated Press story.
Most of the attacks happened in the past year.
The attacks occurred in 12 school districts,
most in the Seattle area. Three attacks, including
one rape, took place at elementary schools, the
others at middle schools or high schools.
Information was gathered through telephone
interviews with children and teenagers who called
a hotline. To protect the student’s privacy, re
searchers did not corroborate the accounts, nor
are they revealing where the attacks took place.
Queer center planned
for Atlanta Olympics
If gay advisors to Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell
get their way, the city will set up a welcome center
for gay and lesbian athletes and tourists at the
1996 Olympic Games.
The idea came from a panel of lesbian and gay
advisors who meet monthly, reports the Atlanta
gay newspaper Southern Voice. The panel wanted
a way to reach sexual minorities visiting Atlanta
for the games.
The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games
has agreed to allow the sale of gay and lesbian
publications at a newsstand inside the Olympic
village, where athletes will be housed. ACOG
declined to make arrangements for gay and les
bian tourists, however, stating that hospitality is
the responsibility of local and state tourism boards.
The panel hopes to outfit a space with an
automated teller machine, information about
Olympic events, community information, a con
cierge service for visitors and, perhaps, housing
assistance.
FTM gender conference held
The first international female-to-male gender
conference was held in San Francisco in August.
The conference drew participants from the United
States, Canada, Japan, Australia and Germany.
The conference, called “A Vision of Commu
nity,” featured workshops, caucuses and network
ing sessions. James Green, director of FTM Inter
national, delivered the keynote address. “This
conference is an important historical milestone in
the development of the transgender movement,”
said Green. "It signals the rising awareness that
people who identify as FTM will not be confined
to prescribed behavior roles outlined in theoreti
cal papers published by prejudiced researchers
and based upon extremely limited studies. Trans
sexual men and their issues are usually over
looked at gender conferences, where, as in the
larger society, the commonly held view of
transgendered people is that they are predomi
nantly male-to-female, or transsexual women.”
The conference was hosted by FTM Interna
tional, a networking and information group for
and about FTM transgendered people and trans
sexual men. The organization is dedicated to
inclusion and diversity in gender identity and
expression, and to education on gender issues for
both transgendered people and the general public.
Compiled by Kristine Chatwood