Date:         Thu, 16 Jun 1994 09:10:02 -0400
From: PMDAtropos <pmdatropos@aol.com>
Subject:      Fabbo queer sports conference Friday!

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Hi, girls! Just before next week's Gay Games, New York will host a
fabbo
one-day conference on queer sports issues. Amazingly enough, I'm
giving a
speech there! It'll be a rip-roarer, too, with good pithy analysis
and tons
o' sexy slides. Here's the poop on the whole day:

The First International Gay Games Congress
of Athletes, Arts & Sciences
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Baruch College, City University of New York
17 Lexington Ave. @ 23rd St., Room 306
FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1994
Registration: 10:00
Introduction: 10:30 to 10:45
Speeches are usually 20 minutes long after that.
(I don't know if there's an admission charge-- I asked twice and have
received no answer.)

10:45
Brenda Pitts, [affiliation unclear]: "Leagues of their own: Growth
and
development of lesbian and gay sports in America"

11:05
Mary Kalyna, Pittsburgh, and Ann Neale, London: "Overcoming barriers
of
participation of lesbians in sports and fitness."

11:30
Jim Genasci, Springfield Coll. Multimedia Project: "Lesbian and gay
athletes who enrich the world."

11:50
Pat Griffin, U. Mass.: "Using a video curriculum to address
homophobia in
women's athletics."

12:10
David Cheng, Baruch Coll., CUNY: "Multiculturalism and stereotyping."

12:30
Lillian Morrison, author of _The Sidewalk Racer_, _The Break Dance
Kids_,
etc.: Various poetry readings.

12:50
Vikki Krane, Bowling Green State Coll., Lee Ann Werner, and Mary Beth
Liebold: "Athletes' attitudes about gays, lesbians and bisexuals in
sport."

13:10: Coffee break

13:30
Gary N. Reese, sportswriter, _Texas Triangle_: "Issues facing gay
athletes
and media coverage."

13:50
Joe Clark [that's me!]: "Jox Appeal: Homoeroticism and denial in
sports
media."

14:10
Elinor Nauen, author, _Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend_: Readings
of
poetry and stories on women and their relationship to baseball.

14:35
Cornelia Muth, Freie University, Berlin: "Body awareness among women
in
sports organizations."

14:55
Joan C. Gondola, Baruch Coll., CUNY: "A study of lesbians competing
in Gay
Games III."

15:20
Patricia Nell Warren: Some speech, probably from her new book,
_Harlan's
Race_ (sequel to _The Front Runner_)

16:10
Donna Lopiano, Women's Sports Foundation: "The politics of homophobia
in
women's sports."

16:40
Mariah Burton Nelson presents from her book _The Stronger Women Get,
the
More Men Love Football_, followed by a book signing [!].

17:15
Sportswriter, analysts, and journalists panel, featuring Robert
Lipsyte,
_New York Times_; Jacquie Bishop, AIDS activist/freelancer; me, Joe
Clark;
Gary
N. Reese; Marjorie J. Hill, psychologist and former lesbian & gay
liaison
to
Mayor Dinkins; Bob Nelson. [This ought to be fabbo.] Topic: "The
representation
of gay and lesbian athletes in the media."

18:30: Discussion.

See you there!