************************************************* The week of 7/17/95 on T H I S W A Y O U T the international gay & lesbian radio magazine * In NewsWrap: The same-gender marriage lawsuit in Hawaii, set for a September trial date, has been postponed until sometime in 1996 by court edict ... Holy Toledo! Pride is celebrated in Marseille, Seattle, Zurich, Denver, and elsewhere; ACT UP acts up in Paris and San Francisco ... and several other stories ... *In the conclusion of Josy Catoggio's 3-part feature interview with CATHERINE E. McKINGLEY and L. JOYCE DELANCY, the co-editors of "AFREKETE: An Anthology Of Black Lesbian Writing" talk about the complex task of representing the many aspects of the Black lesbian experience ... * Larry Kramer's recent book "Reports From The Holocaust" is a collection of essays charting over 12 years of participation and observation by one of America's angriest -- and certainly one of its most eloquent -- AIDS activists. In a recent conversation with "Out This Week"'s Nigel Wrench, Kramer discusses the current state of a movement seemingly suffering from AIDS-related burnout ... ... and more! ==========================*============================= --------- ===> NewsWrap <=== --------- [Compiled and written by Cindy Friedman, with thanks to Brian Nunes, Jason Lin, Bill Stosine, and Ron Buckmire] THE LAWSUIT IN HAWAII SEEKING TO LEGALIZE SAME-GENDER MARRIAGES HAS BEEN POSTPONED. PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER, THE TRIAL HAS BEEN MOVED TO SOME TIME AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE 1996 SESSION OF THE HAWAII LEGISLATURE. CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE KEVIN CHANG CHANGED THE DATE TO GIVE THE LEGISLATURE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS BY A COMMISSION IT ESTABLISHED TO STUDY THE ISSUE. HAWAII'S DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVEN MICHAELS HAD ARGUED THAT IF THE LEGISLATURE CHANGED THE CURRENT LAW, THE COURT'S DECISION WOULD THEN BE INVALIDATED. ATTORNEY DAN FOLEY, ACTING FOR THE HAWAII EQUAL RIGHTS MARRIAGE PROJECT, DOUBTED THE LEGISLATURE WOULD TAKE ANY ACTION. THE NOW-DELAYED TRIAL COURT HEARING IS THE RESULT OF A HAWAII SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT THE RESTRICTION OF MARRIAGE TO HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES CONSTITUTES GENDER DISCRIMINATION. IN THE TRIAL COURT, THE STATE WILL HAVE TO PROVE A COMPELLING PUBLIC INTEREST IN MAINTAINING THE RESTRICTION. THE CASE IS OF NATIONAL INTEREST IN THE U.S. BECAUSE ALL STATES RECOGNIZE THE LEGALITY OF MARRIAGES PERFORMED IN OTHER STATES -- ALTHOUGH THE HAWAII CASE HAS ALREADY LED SOME STATES TO TRY TO CHANGE THAT RECIPROCITY. {Associated Press and previous stories] NEW HAMPSHIRE LESBIAN JOAN COMEAU HAS LOST HER BID FOR VISITATION WITH THE CHILD BY ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION OF HER FORMER PARTNER, LUCINDA GRONDIN. ALTHOUGH THE COURT- APPOINTED GUARDIAN FOR THE 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAD RECOMMENDED IN COMEAU'S FAVOR, STRAFFORD COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE EDWARD FITZGERALD RULED AGAIN HER -- PARTLY, HE SAID, BECAUSE OF HER "WILLINGNESS TO MAKE THIS CASE A'CAUSE CELEBRE' WITHOUT REGARD TO IMPACT ON THE CHILD". [Boston Globe] FRANCE HAD THREE MAJOR PRIDE EVENTS IN LATE JUNE. ABOUT 40,000 PEOPLE MARCHED THROUGH PARIS ON JUNE 24TH AND THEN CELEBRATED WITH AN EVENING DANCE IN LA PLACE DE LA BASTILLE. MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE JOINED A PRIDE RALLY IN MARSEILLE, AND ABOUT 100 RALLIED IN FRONT OF THE RENNES CITY HALL. SWISS GAYS AND LESBIANS MARCHED 1500 STRONG THROUGH ZURICH IN A PARADE FOCUSED ON EQUAL RIGHTS FOR SAME-GENDER COUPLES. [Gay Peoples Chronicle/Columbus, Ohio; The Advocate] THE EIGHTH ANNUAL "PRIDEFEST" MARCH IN DENVER, COLORADO DEFINITELY OCCURRED ... BUT WHILE POLICE COUNTED ONLY 5,000 PARTICIPANTS, ORGANIZERS SAY THERE WERE 60,000. [Gay Peoples Chronicle; New York Native] SEATTLE, WASHINGTON'S "GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL/TRANSGENDER MARCH AND FREEDOM DAY RALLY" WAS PROBABLY THE LARGEST YET. THE FOUR-HOUR PARADE INCLUDED MORE THAN 160 CONTINGENTS. THE CROWD WAS NUMBERED AT 40,000 BY POLICE AND 75,000 BY ORGANIZERS. [Seattle Gay News] OHIO'S LARGEST-EVER PRIDE CELEBRATION OCCURRED IN COLUMBUS ON JUNE 25TH. ABOUT 2500 PEOPLE MARCHED BEFORE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF SPECTATORS, AND ORGANIZERS SAY ABOUT 10,000 ATTENDED THE PRIDE FESTIVAL. FOUR WOMEN WERE ARRESTED AFTER REMOVING THEIR SHIRTS, AND ANOTHER WHEN SHE INTERFERED WITH THEIR ARREST. ALSO IN OHIO ON JUNE 25TH, TOLEDO SAW ITS FIRST-EVER LESBIAN AND GAY PRIDE DAY MARCH, WITH ABOUT 75 PARTICIPANTS. [Gay Peoples Chronicle; Associated Press] CINCINNATI, OHIO'S PRIDE FESTIVAL ON JUNE 17TH DREW ABOUT 400 PEOPLE, HALF THE TURNOUT OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE CITY COUNCIL'S RECENT REPEAL OF CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR GAYS AND LESBIANS MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. [Gay Peoples Chronicle] IT'S BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR FOR LESBIANS TO HOLD MARCHES OF THEIR OWN BEFORE MAJOR PRIDE EVENTS. THIS MONTH, SO-CALLED "DYKE MARCHES" DREW 200 IN MINNEAPOLIS AND 600 IN SAN DIEGO. [FocusPoint/Minneapolis, MN; Update, San Diego, CA] BUT THE "NORTHERN VIRGINIA PRIDE DAY" OF THE LAST TWO YEARS WILL NOT BE CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER AS PLANNED. THE BOARD OF NOVA PRIDE IS FOLDING, CITING A LACK OF VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY INTEREST. [Washington (D.C.) Blade] IN NEW ZEALAND, THE CIVIC COMMITTEE OF THE DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL IS RESISTING PARTICIPATION BY OPEN GAYS AND LESBIANS IN THE CITY'S ANNUAL "FESTIVAL PARADE". CALLING THE PARADE "A FAMILY THING", DUNEDIN MAYOR RICHARD WALLS SAID "IT'S NOT THE PLACE FOR PROTEST AND IT'S NOT A PLACE FOR THE KIND OF PROCESSION THEY HAVE IN AUCKLAND OR SYDNEY". SPEAKING FOR THE GAY AND LESBIAN PARADE CONTINGENT, JASON TAGG CALLED THEIR ROLE SOCIAL RATHER THAN POLITICAL, AND SAID "IF WHAT WE DO IS SEEN AS POLITICAL, THAT'S A REFLECTION ON OTHERS RATHER THAN US". [Man To Man/Auckland, New Zealand; Gay Radio Information News Service, Sydney, Australia] NEW ZEALAND'S SECOND NATIONAL LESBIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE DREW 300 TO WELLINGTON. TOPICS OF THE 40 WORKSHOPS AND PAPERS PRESENTED RANGED FROM SADO-MASOCHISM TO LESSONS IN USING THE INTERNET. [Man To Man; GRINS] IN GERMANY, A MONUMENT TO GAY AND LESBIAN VICTIMS OF THE NAZI HOLOCAUST WAS UNVEILED IN COLOGNE ON JUNE 24TH. COLOGNE CHIEF MAYOR NORBERT BURGER AND OPENLY-GAY MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT VOLKER BECK BOTH SPOKE AT THE CEREMONY. THE O.T.V. TRADE UNION ERECTED THE MONUMENT AT THE URGING OF ITS GAY AND LESBIAN WORKING PARTY. THE MONUMENT IS LOCATED NEAR THE HOHENZOLLERN BRIDGE, WHERE CRUISING HAS BEEN COMMON SINCE BEFORE WORLD WAR TWO. [Rex Wockner/Melbourne (Australia) Star Observer] AT A 'VEDDY' DIGNIFIED ROYAL ASCOT IN ENGLAND IN LATE JUNE, THERE WERE A FEW QUEENS TOO MANY IN THE ROYAL BOX, AS MEN IN DRAG DEMONSTRATING FOR GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS ATTEMPTED TO BREAK IN. ONE PROTESTOR WAS ARRESTED. [The Advocate] ANOTHER GATE-CRASHING PROTEST IN LATE JUNE OCCURRED IN PARIS, WHERE ABOUT 20 MEMBERS OF ACT UP LAID DOWN ON STAGE AT A MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS IN FRANCE'S LARGEST INSURANCE FIRM, U.A.P. ACT UP CHARGES THAT U.A.P. VIOLATES A FRENCH NATIONAL INSURANCE CONVENTION BY REFUSING SUPPLEMENTAL COVERAGE AND INSURANCE LOANS TO THOSE WITH HIV AND AIDS. [New York Native] IN THE U.S., ACT UP/SAN FRANCISCO INVADED THEIR LOCAL REPUBLICAN PARTY HEADQUARTERS ON JULY 11TH. FIFTEEN MEMBERS LEFT RED HAND-PRINTS ON THE WALLS, WAVED ANTI-REPUBLICAN BANNERS FROM THE BALCONY, AND HANGED IN EFFIGY CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR PETE WILSON AND ATTORNEY GENERAL DAN LUNDGREN, AS WELL AS THE U.S. SENATE'S CHIEF OPPONENT OF AIDS FUNDING, JESSE HELMS. FOUR PROTESTORS WERE ARRESTED. ACT UP SPOKESPERSON MICHAEL BELLEFOUNTAINE PROMISED THAT DEMONSTRATIONS WOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE 1996 NATIONAL ELECTIONS TO PROTEST WHAT HE CALLED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S "HOMOPHOBIC AND AIDS-PHOBIC AGENDA". [Associated Press] ACT UP/SAN FRANCISCO WAS SPECIFICALLY SEEKING REAUTHORIZATION OF THE RYAN WHITE CARE ACT, WHICH FUNDS TREATMENT AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS. LATER THIS WEEK, THAT BILL PASSED OUT OF A HOUSE COMMITTEE WITH A SMALL INCREASE AND IS SCHEDULED FOR A FLOOR VOTE ON JUY 21ST. HOWEVER, THE SAME HOUSE COMMITTEE THIS WEEK ALSO CHOSE TO DEFUND THE OFFICE OF AIDS RESEARCH IN THE PROCESS OF AUTHORIZING FUNDS FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, OR N.I.H. THE OFFICE OF AIDS RESEARCH WAS THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORT TO COORDINATE AIDS RESEARCH, BUT THE COMMITTEE CHOSE TO DISTRIBUTE A SOMEWHAT LARGER TOTAL AMOUNT OF RESEARCH FUNDS DIRECTLY TO THE VARIOUS INSTITUTES OF THE N.I.H. INSTEAD. WHILE THE GAY AND LESBIAN LOBBYING GROUP THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FUND VIEWED THE DECISION WITH ALARM, THE GAY AND LESBIAN LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS BELIEVES THAT THE GENERAL INCREASE IN N.I.H. FUNDING COULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO MORE MONEY FOR AIDS RESEARCH. [Human Rights Campaign Fund & Log Cabin Republicans press releases] MEANWHILE, THE CHAIR OF A REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN GROUP HAS MADE SOME HEADLINES IN TWO SOMEWHAT CONTRADICTORY WAYS. NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR BILL PAXON, A NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE, REVEALED LAST MONTH THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS SEXUAL ORIENTATION AS A PROTECTED CATEGORY IN ITS EQUAL EMPLOYMENT POLICY -- AND HAS IN FACT INCLUDED IT SINCE 1991. THIS WEEK, THOUGH, HE DEFENDED THE COMMITTEE'S LATEST CONTROVERSIAL CAMPAIGN TACTIC: A POSTER SHOWING 28 DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEMBERS, DONE IN THE STYLE USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SEEKING TO APPREHEND CRIMINALS. THREE-QUARTERS OF THE "WANTED" REPRESENTATIVES ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR, JEWS, OR WOMEN, AND ONE IS OPENLY-GAY REPRESENTATIVE BARNEY FRANK OF MASSACHUSETTS. HOWEVER, THE PICTURED REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELL-ESTABLISHED IN HEAVILY-DEMOCRATIC DISTRICTS AND NOT LIKELY TO BE UNSEATED IN THE 1996 ELECTIONS. [Washington Blade and others; Reuters News Service] WHILE ARGENTINA'S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM COMPETED FOR THE COPA AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP THIS WEEK, THEIR COACH FOUND A PLATFORM FOR HOMOPHOBIA. ACCORDING TO ARGENTINE NEWSPAPERS, COACH DANIEL PASSARELLA SAID HE DIDN'T WANT GAY PLAYERS ON THE NATIONAL TEAM AND PROMISED NEVER TO RECRUIT ONE. ARGENTINE GAY ACTIVIST CARLOS JAUREGUI WAS QUICK TO RESPOND THAT HE KNOWS THERE'S AT LEAST ONE GAY MAN ON THE CURRENT 22-MEMBER TEAM, BUT WOULDN'T IDENTIFY HIM. [Knight-Ridder News Service] IT WAS A BAD WEEK FOR PROFESSIONAL HOMOPHOBE FRED PHELPS OF KANSAS, WHO'S BEST KNOWN FOR PICKETING THE FUNERALS OF GAY AIDS VICTIMS. THE 10TH U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS UNANIMOUSLY UPHELD THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF KANSAS' CRIMINAL ANTI-DEFAMATION LAW, REVERSING A SHAWNEE COUNTY COURT'S DISMISSAL OF 1993 CHARGES AGAINST PHELPS. ALSO THIS WEEK, THE TOPEKA, KANSAS CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE, LARGELY AIMED AT PHELPS, THAT LIMITS PICKETING OUTSIDE HOUSES OF WORSHIP TO 30 MINUTES BEFORE AND AFTER SCHEDULED RELIGIOUS EVENTS. [Topeka Capital Journal] AND FINALLY, CHART-TOPPING COUNTRY SINGER TY HERNDON CLAIMS HE WAS DOING SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT IN THE BUSHES OF A FORT WORTH, TEXAS PARK [*WE CAN'T SAY "PEEING" ON THE RADIO*] WHEN A MALE POLICE OFFICER WORKING UNDERCOVER ARRESTED HIM FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE. IRONICALLY, THE MID-JUNE STING OCCURRED LESS THAN TWO HOURS BEFORE HERNDON WAS SCHEDULED TO ENTERTAIN AT A CONVENTION OF ... THE TEXAS POLICE ASSOCIATION. [The Advocate] ************************************************* Some "THIS WAY OUT" operating expenses are funded by grants from THE C.P. 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