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VOL. 13 NO. 1 NOVEMBER 3,1995
FEATURES
REPORTERS
Bob Roehr
Inga Sorensen
Rex Wockner
Significant influences
CALENDAR EDITOR
(p. 15)
Reflections on people
who inspired us
Kristine Chatwood
The comeback icon
PHOTOGRAPHER
In an exclusive interview,
Boy George takes it and
dishes it out like a man
Linda Kliewer
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
(p. 19)
Meg Grace
ADVERTISING REPS
DEPARTMENTS
E. Ann Hinds
C. Jay Wilson Jr.
World news
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
E. Ann Hinds
Lesbians march for civil
rights in Argentina
GRAPHIC DESIGN
(p. 3)
Rupert Kinnard
National news
TYPESETTER
Sam Nunn is stepping down;
Clinton gets around to
endorsing ENDA
Jann Gilbert
DISTRIBUTION
(pp. 4-7)
Ambling Bear
Local news
OFFICE MANAGER
Ten Ventura
Joe Tower, Operations PIC at the Stadium Fred Meyer, getting his seasons mixed up, donned gay apparel
for Halloween.
CONTRIBUTORS
(pp. 8-13)
Kelly M. Bryan
Kristine Chatwood
Rachel Ebora
AI Kielwasser
Lee Lynch
Richard Shumate
Daniel Vaillancourt
Teri Ventura
C. Jay Wilson Jr.
COLUMNS
guest editorial
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Rex is busier than your
average bear
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Fostering confusion
Queer and women’s
bookstores are under threat
Alan Lucille Hart is a transsexual hero and should be honored as such
ARTS
by C andice H ellen B row n
here are some in the transgender movement that are
actively fostering confusion between "transgender”
and “transsexual.” They are taking steps to remove
access to medical care for transsexuals, like hor­
mones and surgery.
The first step has been to elide our identity into that of
“transgender,” a term coined two decades ago by cross-dress­
ing people who did not wish to have their bodies altered but
merely wanted to express their personal experience of gender in
ways that were culturally restricted to the other sex.
The second step is to remove the medical diagnoses by
which transsexual people are vouchsafed access to medical care
and legal recognition as members of that sex which matches
their personal sense of gender identity. This is happening today.
Recently a transgendered person. Leslie Feinberg, nearly
got the National Organization of Women to endorse a call to the
American Psychiatric Association for the removal of the medi­
cal diagnosis of transsexuality from the Diagnostic and Statis­
tical Manual. The Advocate ran an article asking the gay and
lesbian community to write to the APA to remove the diagnosis
of Gender Identity Disorder, saying that it is being used to
harass gay children. This is disinformation since this is the
diagnosis of transsexuality, not homosexuality. Yes, gay chil­
dren are being harassed by so-called health care providers, but
this will continue regardless of what they call it. Health care
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want him or her to. The gay community must work to protect
our youth, but removing the diagnosis of transsexuality will not
do it.
Transsexuals have been snubbed and trashed by a minority
of the gay and lesbian community for the past 25 years. We are
heartened that some in the community are reaching out to us.
The Lesbian Avengers joined our recent efforts to have Alan L.
Hart recognized as a transsexual hero. They worked alongside
transsexual men and women at the Right to Privacy dinner
handing out flyers to educate and explain who Dr. Hart really
was. Historian Tom Cook has been researching Dr. Hart’s life
and now joins us in calling for RTP to change the name of the
annual dinner and prestigious award given annually to The
Alan L. Hart Dinner and Award.
I am somewhat encouraged that Just Out recognized Dr.
Alan Hart as other *han a lesbian but disappointed that, after
two years of working to get him recognized as a transsexual
hero, he was still referred to by a feminine pronoun. It is never
acceptable to refer to a transsexual in any way but by the gender
of personal identity— even when referring to his or her life
before transition.
It is time the Right to Privacy PAC honored Dr. Hart in a
manner more respectful of his true identity.
Candice Hellen Brown is a member o f the Ad Hoc
Committee o f Transsexuals to Recognize Alan Hart. .
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Books
James Spada tells the whole
truth about Barbra
(P- 2 6 )
Art of living
Annie Sprinkle wants you
to be happy
(P- 2 8 )
Theater
Do Jump acts upward and
Portland Center Stage
woos queers
(p. 2 9 )
Media
A British guidebook is a
tragedy of errors
(P- 3 0 )
Tongue in Groove
k.d. lang’s All You Can Eat
. . , won't fill you up. , , „.
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