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The IN publication for the O U T population
Vol.
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No.
13
May
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1998
FEATURE
HOMO CROWN HOLIDAYS: Summer beckons
queer travelers to come out and play
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DEPARTM ENTS
LOCAL NEWS • Trans activists push for Oregon
Health Plan coverage; SMYN facilitator
named; honoring deceased activist Charles
Steele; youth recreation center opening
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NATIONAL NEWS • Conference explores gender
differences in pain; still no federal funding for
needle exchange
pp 12-16
WORLD NEWS • More anti-gay protests in the
Bahamas; Colombian activist challenges law
banning gay and lesbian teachers
p
17
COLUM NS
STONEWALL BABY • Interacting with children
reveals internalized homophobia
p 37
AMAZON TRAIL • The fable of the city mouse
and the country mouse comes to life
GUEST EDITORIAL
by
M ichael G rantham
ARTS
The more marches the merrier
INTERVIEW . Openly gay actor David Marshall
Grant on co-parenting and typecasting
The gay and lesbian civil rights movement can accommodate both national and regional political events
ver the next year and a half, the gay and lesbian
community will be preparing for two of the broad
est displays of civic awareness and determination.
Through the Equality Begins at Home 50 States
March and the Millennium March, queers from
across the country will gather on Main Street U.S.A. and in the
nation s capitol to stand for fairness and equality.
W ith the 50 States March scheduled for March 21-27, 1999,
and the Millennium March planned for the spring of 2000, a uni
fied momentum toward mass visibility on key civil rights issues is
beginning to take shape.
A recent push for the Equality Begins at Home grassroots
marches by the Federation of Statewide Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender Political Organizations—co-chaired by Dianne
Hardy-Garcia of the Lesbian and Gay Rights Lobby of Texas and
Paula Ettelbrick of New York’s Empire State Pride Agenda— has
challenged state groups to become more viable players.
In February, the Human Rights Campaign and the Universal
Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches announced
the Millennium March, bringing into question the allocation of
community resources.
To resolve this apparent competition, organizers of both
events are now working together to ensure contributions from
national organizations support both events. National leaders are
gearing up for a new century approach to a balanced grassroots
and national agenda.
Many regional activists are embracing the long-over-due chal
lenge to become more organized. The goal of making close to 50
marches reverberate within the consciousness of people in the
U.S. requires groups to reach beyond single-city politics. For
most, the idea of having a presence in more than one state pop
ulation center will be a challenge of leadership.
Ideally, both events will focus the attention of communities
and lawmakers on the need for fairness and equality. Both are
responses to a troubling national agenda opposing civil rights for
sexual minorities.
Together, the events will marry halves of the gay and lesbian
civil rights movement that already reflect the structure of democ
racy that unites the states into one great nation. Over the next
few months, grassroots and national groups will bring the matu
ration of our movement to the forefront of U.S. politics.
As our national and local leaders prepare for our birth into the
new century, we must all yield to what may seem like painful con
tractions. After all is said and done, we will reflect on one of the
greatest initiations a movement could ever experience.
■ For information regarding the EQUALITY BEGINS AT HOME 50
STATES M a r c h contact the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force at
(202) 332-6483, and for the M illennium M a r c h contact the
Human Rights Campaign at (202) 628'4160.
M ichael G r a n t h a m is a consultant living in Washington, D.C.
PUBLISHER AN0 EDITOR • Renée LaChance
CONTRIBUTORS • Zanna Gibbs, Lindsey Grant,
GRAPHIC DESIGN • Rupert Kinnard
NEWS EDITOR • Inga Sorensen
Lee Lynch, Jeffrey L. Newman, Susan K. Raffo,
Flora Susse ly
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR • Christopher D. Cuttone
COPY EDITORS • Christopher D. Cuttone,
p 38
OFFICE MANAGERS • M ichelle R. Knox.
Will O ’Bryan
PHOTOGRAPHER • Linda Kliewer
Will O ’Bryan
REPORTERS • Patrick Collins, Boh Roehr,
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR • Meg Grace
OUTREACH COORDINATOR • Marty Davis
Rex Wockner
ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE • Marty Davis
DISTRIBUTION • Kathy Bethel, Marcia Cook,
CALENDAR HJIT0R • Dehhy Morgan
CREATIVE DIRECTOR • E. Ann Hinds
Michelle R. Knox, Valerie Lutz, Retta Offinga
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BOOKS • Collection o f essays examines
connections between lesbians and gay men
p 31
CINEMA • Preview of The Body’s Politics
p 32
THEATER • ART’s Indiscretions is a must-see
p 33
DANCE • Stephen Petronio Company returns to
Portland after 10 years
p 34
ENTERTAINMENT . Drag kings visit Egyptian
Club; Disney’s cross-dressing character
p 35
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