From: Facessd@aol.com Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 10:52:49 -0500 Subject: FACES of South Dakota Newsletter Vol 2 #1 FACES of South Dakota Newsletter Part 1 February 28, 1996 Vol. 2 #1 South Dakota Legislators and Governor approve Special Marriage Rights for Straights In South Dakota the law reads that marriage is only for a man and a woman. The Governor signed House Bill 1143 on Wednesday, February 21st. The South Dakota Senate passed House Bill 1143 on a vote 26-8 The vote followed on the heals of a 4-2 deferment from the Senate Judiciary Committee that would have killed the bill. The committee’s decision did not stand and the full Senate voted to "smoke-out" the bill to bring it up for a vote. The House State Affairs committee also turned down the bill, 8-5, on a tabling motion. The full House took back the legislation and passed it 49-18. Even support from friendly senators like Senator Richard Negstad, R-Volga, evaporated at the last minute. Negstad had publically stated he would not vote for the change in the bill in an article in the Brookings Register. Word leaked to activists in the last several days that he would vote in favor of the bill as the will of his constituents. He had called it discrimination. Senator Fred Whiting who also voted for this legislation took Rep. Roger Hunt to task in a senate hearing for misrepresenting the effect of this bill in his opinion. Impassioned speeches on the floor against the measure included those from Senator Lars Herseth who spoke of his lesbian niece. He read from his late mother’s diary about his niece in opposition to the bill. Herseth’s father Ralph Herseth had been Governor of South Dakota. Those eight voting against the legislation were Senators Roberta A. Rasmussen, D-Viborg; Paul Valandra, D-Mission; Rebecca J. Dunn, D-Sioux Falls; James W. Emery, R-Custer; Barbara Everist, R-Sioux Falls; Mark E. Rogan, D-Sherman; R. Lars Herseth, D-Houghton; and Pam A. Nelson, D-Sioux Falls. Senator Rasmussen is said to have broken down in tears. Activist Barry Wick of Free Americans Creating Equal Status of South Dakota said "The government of this state has allowed the legislation of hate and the creation of a second class citizen. This second class of citizen is defined by love. South Dakota companies who provide benefits to same-sex couples may have to sue the state in order to provide those benefits. Citizens may have to sue the state to receive benefits already granted by their employers. Imagine a major film company that provides benefits to same-sex partners refusing to film in South Dakota. Imagine a couple married from one state now refused accommodations or services near Mt. Rushmore. Civil marriage is a civil contract and a civil right." <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> PROUD EFFORTS TO MAKE A CAMPUS SAFE by Martin Brokenleg Augustana College, Sioux Falls In the Fall faculty and staff at Augustana were offered Safe Zone stickers which would announce to everyone that students an other faculty were welcome without regard to their orientation. The campus chaplain's office was the place to obtain the stickers. Two whole departments, English and Sociology/Social Work declared themselves safe for Gay/Lesbian students. The student organization, Together Augustana, provides a series of discussions and social activities to support LBG students, faculty, and their friends. A Gay/Lesbian Faculty Union has been organized. Staff and faculty may join the union and maintain their participation as confidential as they wish. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< GLB Awareness Week at USD All events will take place in the Coyote Student Center - Rushmore Rooms First left after the second stop light after entering Vermillion on Cherry Street. Monday March 18th 12:00 noon - Opening for Week Speakers to include Dean of Students Jean Morrow, GLBA President David E. Walker, 8:00 pm - Academic presentations/Speaker yet to be decided Tuesday March 19th 12:00 noon - Panel to discuss Awareness Week theme "Dare to Learn: Celebrate Diversity" members will include USD Faculty, Students, and Hope Burwell from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA 8:00 pm - Keynote Speaker: Hope Burwell from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA Wednesday March 20th 8:00 pm - Homosexuality and the Bible presented by Tom Hurley, Lutheran Church Thursday March 21st 12:00 noon - Roanne Redlin, South Dakota Lobbyist 8:00 pm - Coffee Shop Come and share your music, mind, and self. Refreshments served. Open mic More events pending/?s call Dave Walker at 605-677-5453 USD Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Alliance University of South Dakota 414 E. Clark Vermillion SD 57069 Phone 605-677-5453 Fax 605-677-6039 E-Mail dwalker@sunbird.usd.edu <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> BHSU University GALA to show movie by David A. Lord University GALA Black Hills State University Well our group is doing very well here at BHSU. We are on the verge of receiving official recognition from the student senate. Our prime activity right now is sponsoring the movie "Boy's on the Side" starring Whoppi Goldberg to be shown to the student body during Big 100 festivities week during April. Also, our group has recently pushed an add campaign to attract new members. It has included putting fliers up around the school as well as having Myrna Sorenson appear as a guest on the Campus talkshow at KBHU. We have had absolutely no negative response to date and are not anticipating one in the near future. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> SDSU Events Planned for Sons & Daughters by Jason Crawford Here are just a few dates for events that are being held this semester in Brookings. We would love to invite all of you to attend them and if you are coming from out of town we can help find some place to stay if needed. April: 25th Deb Price, Gay National Columnist - will be held on the SDSU campus, more info to follow later 27th 2nd Annual Spring Closet Cleaning Party - SDSU Alumni Center - potluck, bring your favorite dish (or some food) - bring your favorite tunes - times to follow at a later date <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> PRIDE EVENT IDEAS? Here’s one: Hi. My name's Jonathan Yarbrough, & I'm a student at Moorhead State U (3 hours to the north of y'all). I'm writing since I want to create a Fargo-Moorhead Pride Parade/Weekend. I have never been to a Pride, and Fargo had an unsuccessful attempt at one 8 years ago. The reason I want to have one (I know the Cities have a huge event, yes...) is for the glbt people from the Eastern Dakotas & Northern Mn.... Let me know if you have any ideas/support/contacts, etc... Thanks. Bi 4ever Jon Yarbrough PS--when responding, please use the words "FM Pride" somewhere in the subject line. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Over Coffee at Camp Michael The Black Hills Gay and Lesbian Phone Line has been very active. The answering service is patching through about 20 calls a month. It is great having the answering service for they screen all the crank calls. Most of our calls consist of 2 types. The first is visitors to the area and want to know where to go for entertainment, the second is from people who have just moved here, so usually the answers to the two above are the same. The third type of call is for either counseling or information on a gay friendly lawyer. Our fourth type of call is for more information on the MCC or the Gay AA. And lastly are the horney guys who slip past the operator and want to know how to find a date. We also get a few calls from kids who want to know more about coming out, also kid prank calls, but those are left on the message machine. We had a good call from someone straight who just had his best friend come out to him and wanted to know how to deal with it. He wasn't sure if his friends coming out to him was a come on or not. Anyway, the phone line is serving its purpose and for all of you to know, we are in the phone directory, white pages as Gay and Lesbian phone line. Call us if you need us. Sincerely Michael. (605) 394-8080. Here at Camp Michael all is quiet. The Bed & Breakfast isn't booked right now, but that is fine as we need a rest also after a busy summer and autumn. The chickens are doing well, and we plan on getting more. We should be in the new Damron Accomodation Guide, the Womens Book, and Spartacus, (if we got our name in in time. If not it will be next year. We have been offered membership in the IGTA, but I find it a little pricey. It would be fine if we lived in New York City or such sort, but a little steep for the boondocks. We hope you eastern folk will come on out and check us out. It is a comfortable setting and you have the opportunity to be yourself. Camp Michael has gone on line and can be reached at CAMPMIKE 1@aol.com. Looking forward to spring. As always Michael & Mike. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> National Gay and Lesbian Task Force 2320 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 Contact: Robert Bray 415.552.6448 or Tracey Conaty 202.332.6483 x3303 NGLTF Closes Books on 1995 State Legislative Gay Activity 1996 Holds Greater Challenges as Right Wing Hits the Ground Running: 33 Anti-Gay Measures Introduced in January February 8, 1996....Today, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) released its final edition of Beyond the Beltway 1995: A state-by-state-survey of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender-related legislation and announced preliminary findings of a survey of gay-related measures introduced thus far in the 1996 legislative year. Though last year was active with more than 100 measures introduced, a barrage of recent anti-gay legislation introduced in the last month indicates this year may see even more activity. Fighting off what NGLTF believes was a record level of hostile legislative attacks by the Right in 1995, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (g/l/b/t) activists nonetheless made significant gains in advancing non-discrimination provisions and other pro-gay measures. Rhode Island became the ninth state in the nation to implement a statewide non-discrimination measure when it passed a law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in public and private employment, credit, housing, and public accommodation. Passage of the Rhode Island bill was one the year's most significant highlights. Low lights included defeat of a strong, gay-inclusive hate crimes bill in Texas and defeat of an enhanced penalties bill for those convicted of hate crimes in Louisiana. In addition to opposing bills that would ensure basic civil rights for gays and lesbians, the Radical Right took the offensive and introduced numerous hostile measures. This included a Montana bill that would have required gays and lesbians convicted under the state's sexual deviance law to register with local law enforcement for life. There was also the Arizona bill, signed by the governor, that prohibits school districts from portraying "homosexuality as a positive alternative lifestyle." All told, 1995 saw 105 gay-related measures move forwarded in 35 states. (An earlier version of this report released last June indicates 97 pieces of legislation. The final report includes activity in late-running legislative sessions and previously undetected bills.) The number of measures that would positively impact g/l/b/t people exceeded the number of anti-gay measures. NGLTF tracked 64 pro-gay measures compared with 41 anti-gay ones in 1995. Though there were more pro-gay than anti-gay measures in 1995, the potential impact of the anti-gay measures eclipsed that of the positive measures. This is because the vast majority of the anti-gay measures were specifically targeted at gay people, while many of the positive measures were not. They simply included sexual orientation in a broader list of other characteristics. If January is a foreshadowing of the year to come, activists across the country will be on the defensive, battling hostile legislation with much of it initiated by right wing extremists. Based on reports from the field, including gay lobbies and other field groups, and a search of legislative databases, NGLTF has learned that 33 anti-gay measures have already been introduced, compared with 22 pro-gay measures. More anti-gay measures are expected. Like 1995, the anti-gay provisions are specifically motivated by homophobia, while most of the pro-gay measures, though inclusive of gays, are not specific to gays. Of the current anti-gay measures, many focus on the areas of family and education. This year, anti-gay marriage bills are leading the way. [Nineteen] states have introduced legislation banning same-gender marriage. Though gay and lesbian couples do not have the right to legally marry anywhere in the U.S., the legislation is seen as a preemptive strike against the anticipated Hawaii court decision later this year that may uphold the right of same-gender couples to marry. Other anti-gay legislation introduced in January includes a Missouri bill that would prohibit public schools from disseminating materials that portray homosexuality as acceptable, and an Oklahoma bill that declares tolerance of homosexual behavior inconsistent with the traditional values of Oklahoma. "Radical Right extremists have hit the ground running in 1996 and anti-gay marriage legislation is their tactic du jour," stated Robert Bray, NGLTF Media Director. "The impact of this legislation is not only to curtail or prevent basic rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people, but to stir up anti-gay sentiment. The myths, stereotypes, and outright lies associated with homophobic legislation can also cause harassment, intolerance and even violence," added Bray. Like last year, many of the pro-gay bills introduced are hate crime measures that include "sexual orientation" as well as many other characteristics. These bills, because of their inclusion of sexual orientation, are often vigorously opposed by homophobic extremists. Such is the case in Texas, where Joe Isassi was murdered in Corpus Christi in an anti-gay attack on May 20, the same day the Texas legislature voted down a tougher hate crime law. Last month on January 4 in Katy, Texas, a Houston suburb, Fred Mangione was stabbed 35 times by neo-nazis out to "get a fag." A local religious extremist group joined in opposition to Texas's tougher hate crime bill, claiming it would give "lighter sentences for crimes against non-homosexuals or non-minorities" and that the law would "include child molesters." This tougher hate crime bill will be introduced again in the 1996 session, and similar opposition is expected. In a recent closed-door and illegal meeting of Utah Senators, the virulently anti-gay film "Gay Rights, Special Rights" was screened, a detailed description of anal intercourse was offered, and a copy of "Heather Has Two Mommies" was passed around by "admitted" homophobic lawmakers. And in Iowa, a rally to "protect marriage" will be held on February 10 and will reportedly include presidential candidates Keyes, Buchanan, and Gramm. Along with an already introduced anti-gay marriage bill, The Report, a national radical right group, will reportedly be introducing a bill preventing homosexuality from being discussed in a positive light at state universities, a bill that would defund libraries that have pro-gay material, and a bill ending anonymous HIV testing. The governor of Iowa also recently endorsed a fundraising letter by The Report. To obtain a copy of Beyond the Beltway 1995, call NGLTF Publications Department at (202) 332-6483 ext. 3327 or email a request to NGLTF@NGLTF.org. The cost of the report is $5. [ Editors note: as always, NGLTF has been there with advice and help when we needed it. FACES would not be growing and as spiritually motivated without Robert Bray, Melinda Paras, Tracey Conaty and Scott Nakagawa and the over 35,000 members of NGLTF. Or without the legal guru and mentor, Evan Wolfson of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. These wonderful people are on the front lines every day. Send a check to FACES first, and then send a check to NGLTF and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. If you need addresses, we’ll be happy to supply them. If you need money for the donations, then work it girl] <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Books donated to library Giving the gift of knowledge and pride is what one South Dakota resident recently gave the FACES library. Since FACES does not have this person’s permission to say who the gift came from we can only say that the following books were gratefully received by the FACES library: Orlando by Virginia Woolf, Six of One by Rita Mae Brown, In Her Day by Rita Mae Brown, Surpassing the Love of Men by Lillian Faderman, Venus Envy by Rita Mae Brown, Sacred Lips of the Bronx by Douglas Sadownick, Becoming A Man by Douglas Monette, And the Band Played On by Randy Schilts, and the pictorial Out is America by Michael Goff and the staff of Out Magazine. For many of you who met Rick Gerharter, Out in America is a excellent opportunity to see more of his photographs. Many of you will remember Rick is from Aberdeen and snapped many pictures of South Dakotans during the National Coming Out Week Tour last October. The FACES library began when the Black Hills Alternative Resource Center gave their library to FACES. The first 105 or so books came lovingly packed in four boxes from RS of Rapid City who no longer had room for them. FACES gave them a home. Since then more than 100 books have been added to the library. Currently, the library is seeking any of the writings of William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Edward Albee, Ursala K. LaGuin, Armistead Maupin, Kate Millet, Camille Paglia, Adrienne Rich, Gore Vidal, Jeanette Winterson, and Patricia Nell Warren among many others. The library is also seeking any other books by gay and lesbian writers or works that include lesbigay characters. The library is located at 13121 South Creekview Road west of Rapid City, South Dakota. Hopefully, in the next year an office and library can be established in town. At this time the library is only open to those 18 years or older pending a FACES board decision on library checkout procedures and policies. Anyone with library experience is requested to volunteer to create and advise in this area. All the books in the library have been catalogued on the FACES computer. Here is a list of the books currently in the library: Act Well Your Part…………………..Sakers, Don Adam……………Holder, Geoffrey, Photographer Advice for Life: A Woman's Guide to AIDS Risks and Prevention Norwood, Chris After the Good Gay Times: Asheville-Summer of '35, A season with F. Scott Fitzgerald Buttitta, Tony AIDS:Prevention Through Education: A World View Sepulvedak, Jaime; Fineberg, Harvey; Mann, Jonathan; Alexandrian Drachma, The…………Harrison, Don Alienated Affections:Being Gay In American Kleinberg, Seymour Alive & Well: A Path for Living in a Time of HIV Hendrickson, Peter A. Alyson Almanac,The……….Alyson, Sasha, Editor And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic…………………….Shilts, Randy Andre Gide: His Life and Art…….Fowlie, Wallace Angel: The Complete Quintet……….Patrick, John Another Kind of Love: Homosexuality and Spirituality………………………..Woods, Richard Asian Minor, An…………………….Picano, Felice Autumn Leaves……………………….Gide, Andre Beauty Queen, The………….Warren, Patricia Nell Becoming a Man……………………Monette, Paul Bent………………………………Sherman, Martin Best Little Boy in the World, The……….Reid, John Big Gay Book, The: A Man's Survival Guide for the 90's……………………………………Preston, John Bodies and Souls……………………….Rechy, John Boiled Frog Syndrome, The…………Rubin, Marty Book of Hearts………………Wee, Karen Herseth Boy Who Picked the Bullets Up, The Nelson, Charles Boys and Sex…………Pomeroy, Wardell B.,Ph.D. Boys on the Rock, The………………….Fox, John Calamus: Male Homosexuality in Twentieth Century Literature; Galloway, David, Editor; Sabisch, Christian, Editor Calamus: Male Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century Literature; Galloway, David, Editor Sabisch, Christian, Editor Celluloid Closet, The: Homosexuality in the Movies Russo, Vito Charioteer, The………………………Renault, Mary Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality Boswell, John Christopher and his kind……Isherwood, Christopher Church and the Homosexual, The…McNeill, John J. City and the Pillar, The…………………Vidal, Gore City of Orgies and Other Poems Whitman, Walt; Lembo, J. Lawrence, Editor, Illustrator Coming Out in the Seventies……….Altman, Dennis Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two Berube, Allan Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Stories, Plays, Poems & Essays Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900, Foreman, J.B., Editor Consenting Adult…………………Hobson, Laura Z. Crisis: Heterosexual Behavior in the Age of AIDS Masters, Willaim H., M.D.,Johnson, Virginia E. Kolodny, Robert C., M.D. Cruising…………………………….Walker, Gerald Crystal Boys………………………Hsien-yung, Pai Cures: a gay man's odyssey……Duberman, Martin Dancer from the Dance…………Holleran, Andrew David Kopay Story, The……………Kopay, David; Young, Perry Deane Day in San Francisco, A…………Bryant, Dorothy Deadly Lies………………………….Preston, John Death Trick…………………....Stevenson, Richard Down The Line: Collected Writings Rustin, Bayard End of the Battle, The……………..Waugh, Evelyn Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven: Women, Sexuality, and the Catholic Church Ranke-Heinemann, Uta Faggots…………………………….…Kramer, Larry Familiar Faces, Hidden Lives…….Brown, Howard, M.D. Familiar Faces, Hidden Lives: The Story of Homosexual Men in American Today Brown, M.D., Howard Family Fictions: a novel………Hall, Richard Walter Ferrari Travel Planner…….Ferrari, Marianne,Editor Finistere……………………………....Peters, Fritz Fire Next Time,The………………..Baldwin, James Firestorm………..……………..….Wening, Gerald Forever After…………………..……Wilson, Doric Forgetting Elena………………..…White, Edmund Forth Into Light………………….Merrick, Gordon From the Closets to the Courts: The Lesbian Transition……Simpson, Ruth Front Runner, The…………….Warren, Patricia Nell Gay Academic, The Barrett, Ellen M.; Crew, Louie Gay American History………….Katz, Jonathan Ned Gay Crusaders, The……Tobin, Kay; Wicker, Randy Gay Decades,The: from Stonewall to the Present: the people and events that shaped gay lives Rutledge, Leigh W. Gay Men & Women Who Enriched the World Cowan, Thomas Dale Gay Relationships: For Men and Women Tessina, Tina, Ph.D. Gay Spirit: Myth and Meaning Thompson, Mark Gold Diggers, The……………………Monette, Paul Golden Years………………………….Preston, John Gradual Awakening, A…………….Levine, Stephen Great Urge Downward, The……….Merrick, Gordon Himage…………………………Plowright, Richard Homosexual Behavior: A Modern Reappraisal Marmor, Judd, Editor Homosexual Matrix, The…………Tripp, C.A.,Ph.D. Homosexualities Bell, Alan P.; Weinberg, Martin S. Homosexualities, The Socarides, Charles W., M.D.; Volkan, Vamik D.,M.D. Homosexuality & Liberation…………Mieli, Mario Homosexuals in History: A Study in Ambivalence in Society, Literature, and the Arts……….Rowse, A.L. Hostile Climate 1995 People for the American Way I'm Looking for Mr. Right, But I'll Settle for Mr. Right Away…………………………Flood, Gregory Idol for Others, An……………..…Merrick, Gordon If It Die………………………………...Gide, Andre In Her Day……………………….Brown, Rita Mae In Search of Gay America……………Miller, Neil I. In the Tent……………………………..Rees, David Is It Love or Is It Addiction: Falling into Healthy Love……………………………..Schaeffer, Brenda Is the Homosexual My Neighbor?: Another Christian View Scanzoni, Letha Mollenkott, Virginia Ramey Islanders………………………..Simonson, Douglas Jailbait and Other Stories……………..Gooch, Brad Journal of Homosexuality…..Kellogg, Stuart, Editor Journals of Andre Gide--Vol. 1………Gide, Andre O'Brien, Justin, Translator Journals of Andre Gide--Vol. 3………Gide, Andre O'Brien, Justin, Translator Journals of Andre Gide--Vol.2…………Gide, Andre O'Brien, Justin, Translator Language We Use Up Here, The…Gambone, Phillip Last of the Wine, The……………….Renault, Mary Lesbian Love Stories: Volume 2 Zahava, Irene, Editor Lethal Silence……………………….Preston, John Lion Warriors, The…………………Harrison, Don Living in the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology…………………….Roscoe, Will, Editor Look Back in Joy…………………..Boyd, Malcolm Crawford, Barton Love That Dared Not Speak Its Name, The: A Candid History of Homosexuality in Britain Hyde, H. Montgomery Love, Medicine and Miracles Siegel, Bernie S.,M.D. Male Homosexuals: Their Problems and Adaptations……Weinberg, Martin; Williams, Colin J. Man to Man: Gay Couples in America Silverstein, Charles, Dr. Man Upstairs,The……………………Parkinson,T.L. Manners from Heaven: A Divine Guide to Good Behavior……………Crisp, Quenton; Hofsess, John Mask of Narcissus, The……………Lardo, Vincent Maurice………………………………Forster, E.M. Mayor of Castro Street, The: the Life and Times of Harvey Milk…………………………Shilts, Randy Mediterraneo…………………….….Patrioli, Tony Men On Men: Best New Gay Fiction Stambolian, George, Editor Men with the Pink Triangle, The……Heger, Heinz Messer Rondo and other stories……Airey, Stephen My Son Eric………………………Borhek, Mary V. Nights in Aruba………………….Holleran, Andrew Nocturnes of the King of Naples…..White, Edmund Now Let's Talk About Music……..Merrick, Gordon One for the Gods………………….Merrick, Gordon One Teenager in 10: writings by Gay and Lesbian Youth …………………………………..Heron, Ann Orlando…………………………….Woolf, Virginia Out in America………………………Goff, Michael Pangs of Love………………….Louie, David Wong Paradise Now………….Malina, Judith; Beck, Julian Pathways to Wellness…………Froman, Paul Kent Perfect Freedom………………….Merrick, Gordon Permanent Partners: Building Gay and Lesbian Relationships that Last……….Berzon, Betty, Ph.D. Pink Triangle, The: the Nazi War Against Homosexuals………………………..Plant, Richard Positively Gay: New approaches to Gay Live Berzon,Ph.D., Betty………………Leighton, Robert Quirk, The…………………………Merrick, Gordon Red Hot Vacuum, The, and other pieces on the writing of the sixties…………..Solotaroff, Theodore Ring, The………………………..Chopping, Richard Sacred Lips of the Bronx……Sadownick, Douglas Secret Dangers………………………Preston, John Sexual Preference: It's Development in Men and Women………..Bell, Alan P.; Weinberg, Martin S. Sexual Variance in Society and History Bullough, Vern L. Sexuality and Homosexuality: A New View Karlen, Arno She Came in a Flash…………………Wings, Mary Shy………………………………….Killian, Kevin Single Man, A……………..Isherwood, Christopher Six of One………………………Brown, Rita Mae Society and the Healthy Homosexual Weinberg, George, Dr. Some Boys……………………..Davidson, Michael Some Kind of Hero……………….Kirkwood, James Sons of Harvard……………………Marotta, Tony Sons of the Moon…………………..Neim, Freddie Spada Report, The: the newest survey of gay male sexuality…………………………….Spada, James Spartan, The………………………..Harrison, Don Spontaneous Combustion……….Feinberg, David B. Spousal Equivalent handbook, The….Duff, Johnette; Truitt, George G. States of Desire……………………White, Edmund Stolen Moments………………………Preston, John Stonewall………………………..Duberman, Martin Straight Women, Gay Men…………Malone, John Streetboy Dreams…………………….Esser, Kevin Sunbeams…………………………….Patrioli, Tony Surpassing the Love of Men……Fadderman, Lillian Talking at the Gates: a life of James Baldwin Campbell, James Third Man Out………….……..Stevenson, Richard Thornapple…………………………….Hunt, Chris Three Plays for a Gay Theater………Hall, Richard Treasures on Earth…………………Wilson, Carter Tricks………………………………Camus, Renaud Trouble with Harry Hay, the: Founder of the Modern Gay Movement…………………….Timmons, Stuart Two Gay Sweatshop plays……………Greig, Noel; Griffiths, Drew Venus Envy……………………….Brown, Rita Mae Vision……………………………Carey, Kenneth X. Way Back, The, Gay Council on Drinking Behavior Welcome to Fire Island: Visions of Cherry Grove and The Pines………………………..Nichols, Jack What the Dead Remember………..Greene, Harlan When Someone You Know Has AIDS: A Practical Guide…..Martelli, Leonard J.; Peltz, Fran D.,C.R.C.; Messina, William, C.S.W. Why We Never Danced the Charleston Greene, Harlan Wings of the Phoenix, The………De Veer, Florine Women's Traveler…………..Gatta, Gina M.,Editor Working Out: The Toal Shape-up Guide for Men Hix, Charles; Haak, Ken You can Heal Your Life…………….Hay, Louise L Young and Evil, The………….Ford, Charles Henri; Tyler, Parker; Tchelitchew, Pavel, Illustrator For a $50.00 dollar donation to FACES, receive a hardbound copy of The closets are empty…the dining room’s full, 335 pages, by Beresford native Ace Lundon who has just returned to South Dakota for life from Reno, NV. A $24.95 value…a fun book, touching. Yes, we have a fun premium! Limited number available! MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE From: Facessd@aol.com Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 10:53:11 -0500 Subject: FACES of South Dakota Newsletter Part 2 Flame On! by Barry Wick The Senate Judiciary Committee State of South Dakota February 12, 1996 Statement of Barry Wick, Rapid City In South Dakota persons can be fired from a job, kicked out of apartments, and suffer physical attack for saying they are gay or lesbian (gays). Legal protections don’t exist for gays in most of the state, counties, cities, or businesses. Crimes against gays aren’t considered hate crimes in South Dakota. Gays aren’t allowed to marry their loved-one in South Dakota or in any state. In 1995, a bill introduced in the legislature would have banned marriages between gays. No gays had asked to be married or ever asked for any civil rights protections in South Dakota. There had been one attempt to add the words "sexual orientation" to state civil rights protections by a representative who loved one of his seven children who happened to be gay. His was the only vote for the legislation. The strength of his love for his gay son was not enough to overcome others’ hatred. To this day, many in this state malign, demonize and slander hard-working, tax-paying citizens of South Dakota with worn-out stereotypes. Free Americans Creating Equal Status of South Dakota received only one call from a church to present a program about homosexuality in the last year. There is another, more accurate story. Current law recognizes all legally valid marriages performed in the United States. House Bill 1143 would not maintain the status quo. HB 1143 reminds us of the days when African-Americans or Chinese could not marry Caucasians. Until 1967, miscegenation laws forbade marriage between blacks and whites. Jews were denied marriage during the Nazi era in Germany and under the Spanish inquisition. HB 1143 in an anti-marriage bill that threatens to divide the country by love. Rep. Roger Hunt claims this bill would stop a potential financial catastrophe by granting benefits to same-sex partners. He’s presented no evidence to support his claim. Gays pay every tax other citizens pay. Tax-paying citizens are a benefit to the state and its businesses, not a detriment. Over 400 US companies offer health insurance benefits to same-sex partners. The IRS says gay employees must pay taxes on benefits, not the employer. Heterosexual partners receive those benefits tax free. Any employee in South Dakota is lucky to receive health insurance benefits for their dependents and likely pays for them, not the employer. It’s better to insure in the private sector than have uninsured citizens health costs paid by the state. Adoption, say opponents, is the reason to deny marriage to gays. Many gays already care for their children from failed marriages. Adoption is a highly discriminatory process for any potential parents who have gone through it. In 48 of the 50 states, single persons can adopt children now. Who is to say who is gay or who is not? Love is what makes a family. Real love doesn’t exploit or hurt children. Gays and lesbians need the emotional and economic stability of marriage no less than heterosexuals—and society surely will benefit when they have it. Cooler heads must prevail. Oppose HB 1143. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Resources in the State of South Dakota · State of South Dakota STD/AIDS Hotline 1-800-592-1861 · Brookings, SD Groups/Information Sons & Daughters South Dakota State University P.O. Box 2815 Brookings, South Dakota (605)692-6026 email: halcyon@itctel.com (president) d4pa@smsumus.sdstate.edu (vice-president) ONLC@SDSUMUS.SDSTATE.EDU (Lawrence of Brookings) · Hill City, SD Restaurants Oriana's Book Cafe 329 Main Street Open 7 days a week, under new management, live music on weekends, no cover, restaurant[excellent food], books, complete coffee bar, beer and wine (605) 574-2034 All welcome though gay friendly POB 1142 Hill City 57745 · Lake Preston, SD United Church Coalition for Lesbian/Gay Concerns Marilyn Jones, Executive Director Rt. 1 Box 76 Lake Preston, South Dakota 57249 (605)847-4623 · Marshall, MN Lutheran Concerned/Integrity Southwest Minnesota/East Central South Dakota PO Box 3013 Marshall, MN 56258 (605) 692-6026 · Rapid City, SD Groups/Information Gay & lesbian Talk Line 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Information, if any, on activities Monday through Saturday 605-394-8080 Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays--PFLAG-Rapid City Margaret Minkel 4636 Wentworth Rapid City, South Dakota 57702 (605) 342-9402 Counseling and Self-help Bonnie L. Jackson, RN, NCAC-I 108 Kansas City Street Rapid City, SD 57701 605-348-2824 Family of origin issues, relationships, and codependency Unified Live and Let Live Gay Alcoholics Anonymous all welcome who wish to stop drinking. Thursdays at 8 p.m. 219 East St. Anne. Call John at 355-0554 for more info. Accommodations Camp Michael Bed & Breakfast, nestled in the hills farm style breakfast, private entrance, secluded area, easy Resource Guide Continued: Camp Michael access to all tourist areas, gay video and book library $50-75 a night email: CAMPMIKE 1@aol.com, BOGUS13051@aol.com (605)342-5590 Educational and Activist FACES (Publication & State Organization) Free Americans Creating Equal Status of South Dakota, Inc.; South Dakota Alternative Library (books, periodicals, journals, videos and articles accepted for donation) Barry Wick president/executive director Free American Creating Equal Status of South Dakota, Inc. 13121 South Creekview Road Rapid City, SD 57702-8503 Phone 605-343-5577 FAX 605-394-8962 email: Facessd@aol.com http://www.qrd.org/qrd/usa/south_dakota/FACES http://www.qrd.org/qrd/orgs/FACES Faith Services Black Hills Unitarian Fellowship Sunday mornings 10:30 a.m. welcomes gays and lesbians to its service in Senior Citizens Center on Canyon Lake Road behind Latter Day Saints Church(Mormons) Gay and Lesbian All-Faiths Services in praise of a higher power with the goal of joining Metropolitan Community Churches. Sundays, 10 a.m. Meets above the Quest on Main in downtown Rapid City but Call 394—0368 for more information since locations have been changing recently. Synagogue of the Hills meets 2nd & 4th Fridays, 7:30 p.m. for location information call 342-9524 HIV and AIDS Resources Positive Approach Support for HIV+ persons (605)348-4419 Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice Program and Home Health 353 Fairmont Boulevard Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 (605) 399-7801 HIV Testing, Condoms or Information Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, South Department of Health 725 North LaCrosse St. Rapid City, SD 57701 605-394-2370 Planned Parenthood 1711 West Main Rapid City, SD 57702 605-341-2545 Other Heritage Book Store 912 Main Street Rapid City, South Dakota adult book store with news magazines for the gay community, videos. Restaurants The Atomic Café gayfriendly 515 7th Street Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 605-399-1922 gay friendly, open to everyone. Hours: Monday through Thursday open 10 a.m. to midnight, Friday and Saturday open 10 am to 3 am, Closed on Sundays coffee, food and talk. · Sioux Falls, SD Groups/Information Sioux Empire Gay and Lesbian Coalition PO Box 1716 Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57105 (605)333-0603 Together Augustana Box 1886 Augustana College Sioux Falls, SD 57007 lcwickst@inst.augie.edu PFLAG of Sioux Falls--Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Jean Kane (605)334-5508 Counseling/Self-Help Rainbow Wildbunch AA A new AA group has been started for gay, lesbian, bisexual persons, their family and friends. It meets on Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. at Berakhah House, 400 N. Western Ave. Bisexual Support Group 6 p.m. First Monday of the month. meets at Dakota Midwest Cancer Center on McKennan Campus 800 East 21st Street Call 605-339-7515 for more information Sioux Falls Lesbian Rap Group call Kyla or Tedeigh at 335-7808 for more information or Sherri at 334-9091 for more information on location. Probable Saturday meetings. Fran Mount, Ed.S., M.A. Mental Health Therapist Stronghold Counseling Service 629 South Minnesota Suite L-100 Sioux Falls, SD 57104 605-334-7713 Carol Knudtson, M.Ed.,LPC Licensed Professional Counselor LifeMarks—Counseling and Mediation Services 101 South Main Ave. Suite 212 Sioux Falls, SD 57102 605-332-6128 Faith Services All Souls Church Unitarian Universalist Church PO Box 400 Sioux Falls, SD 57117 1129 East 9th Street 9th St.at Cliff Ave. (605) 338-8652 Morning Services 10 am Religious Ed. 10:15 am Child care provided 11 am to 12 noon invites everybody St. Francis and St. Claire MCC 9th Ave. and Cliff Ave. Sunday 5:30 p.m. Nightlife Touchez (mixed MF) 331 1/2 South Phillips Sioux Falls, SD 57105 (605) 335-9874 HIV and AIDS Resources Berakhah House (home for persons with AIDS) 400 Western Avenue N. Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104 (605) 332-4017 Contact: Sister Liz Remily McKennan Hospital 800 East 21st. Street PO Box 5045 Sioux Falls, SD 57117-55045 PWA Support Group meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at Dakota Midwest Cancer Institute, Family and Friends of Persons with AIDS Support Group meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at Dakota Midwest Cancer Institute. For more information call (605) 339-7515 AIDS Support and Information Eastern Dakota Aids Network (EDAN) at McKennan Hospital Pat Lovely 605-339-7839 · Spearfish, SD Groups/Information University GALA Black Hills State University c/o David Lord 1200 University USB 8599 Spearfish, SD 57783-8599 605-642-1644 email: dal9276@mystic.bhsu.edu email: seb7264@mystic.bhsu.edu · Vermillion, SD Groups/Information Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Alliance University of South Dakota Coyote Student Center 414 E. Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069 (605) 677-5334 This resource guide is correct to February 21, 1995. The sexual orientation of individual persons mentioned here, the representatives or clientele of businesses or organizations is not to be inferred or implied by such representation or mention in this guide or newsletter. We do not sell advertising or space. We do try to create a more appealing listing if those groups or individuals have made a donation to FACES. Such typeface differences are not guaranteed with a donation as space may make change possible. All listings are free. The South Dakota Alternative Library now has 172 books separate listings cataloged. Library membership is free with your membership in FACES of South Dakota, Inc. We gladly accept donations of books and periodicals that you no longer use. We do not accept, distribute or condone child pornography. Membership in our library is limited to persons 18 years and older at this time. We are interested in books by gay and lesbian authors, fine arts, and other materials. A complete catalog to date will be printed soon. Call 605-343-5577 for details. Please pass a copy of the newsletter to a friend. We are sending two copies with every mailing if possible. We don't charge for this service, but your donation of $10 or more would help to greatly offset our newsletter and resource guide production costs. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Thanks to High Country Printing in Custer and Randy for excellent work on FACES Newsletter. Give them a call at 605-673-5743. 522 Mt. Rushmore Rd. Custer, South Dakota. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Letters to the Editor Barry, How are things going in the political crossfire? OK I hope. Thanks for the constant info on the battle in the legislature. Its nice to have an ear near the fire. "Justice is inevitable but the price for such is immeasurable." The phone line said there is going to be a dance this Sat. at Elk Creek Resort, are you going to take a break from your busy schedule to go? Could you write me and tell me how to get there, please.? (not quite a local yet) [I didn’t go…but heard of a good crowd…around a hundred.] Maybe you should send out a notice over your e-mail mailing list?(Like you’re not busy enough) Any way I hope things are going well for you. Drop a line if you feel like it. G. (G is new to the area…one of our on-line friends…welcome to Rapid City, I sent directions…I assume he went there and got lost after finding the man of his dreams.) Editor, As of yet there are no GLB organizations on the SDSM&T campus. There was an attempt to organize a group but the attempts failed due in part to the group leader leaving school. The group that was organized did have School administration support, but without a plan the group collapsed. SDSM&T does have a large number of GLB students and would benefit from an organization that would help and support students. Our campus has roughly 2500 students including full and part-time student, traditional and non-traditional students. As a gay student at SDSM&T I feel that there is a large isolation on our campus. I first came to terms with my sexuality on this campus. It was hard due to the fact that their was no one to talk to about this. I know that I was not alone. I would love to organize a group on campus, but I am currently working 3 jobs and am considering moving schools/state(Bill Janklow). I have written letters and am not satisfied with the current state of government in SD. I hope this is enough. Please forgive spelling and grammar mistakes. :) S (Dear S, we have computer programs for the grammar and spelling mistakes…but we need you for our efforts to change South Dakota. Don’t lose hope. That’s why we’re growing so quickly. Others haven’t lost hope either. If I can believe, then anybody can believe. Barry) Now for a letter to the GOV. Date: 96-02-16 17:18:50 EST Governor Janklow; I am writing to urge you not to sign the bill designed to insure continued unequal treatment for South Dakota's gay and lesbian citizens. My name is Jean Mayberry. I live in Sioux City, IA and I work in North Sioux City, SD. I grew up knowing that I would never be allowed to marry. It was not even an option for me because I am not heterosexual. I knew as a preschooler that my feelings were not the same as everyone around me and everyone on television. I was left out of society. Now that I am nearing the age of 50, I have for the first time in my life the hope of being able to marry the person I love. Please don't use your power to keep me and all other gay and lesbian Americans as second class citizens. Veto this bill that is steeped in homophobia. The state of South Dakota has more useful ways of spending it's money than in a lengthy court battle over a law that one day will be seen as a naked act of bigotry. Sincerely, Jean Mayberry 1301 Villa Ave Sioux City, IA 51103 (712) 258-1947 [Thanks Jean for the nice letter. The governor didn’t take your advice. We’ll just have to change his mind and a few thousand others. Jean and Aleta were in Sioux Falls for Robert Bray’s workshop at Touchezs last October. They were the ones selling the buttons. I admit I bought several including my most prized button "Queer." Love it. Barry] Let’s not stop there! Subj: same sex marriages Date: 96-02-16 13:35:27 EST From: NJHeege To: billj@gov.state.sd.us CC: Facessd Honorable Sir - I heartily regret the decision by the South Dakota Senate to pass HB1143, outlawing same sex marriages in South Dakota, and I urge you to veto it. I am the District Executive of the Unitarian Universalist Association in Prairie Star District, which includes your fine state.(Indeed, I grew up in Sioux Falls.) Since 1970, the UUA has gone on public record as opposing discrimination against gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. I see this bill as an effort to discriminate against some of your finest citizens. I object, and I urge you to stand such efforts. Sincerely yours, Nancy Heege, District Executive, Prairie Star District, Unitarian Universalist Association. [Thanks for caring, Nancy. By the way, Nancy has been very helpful on the spiritual front in bolstering our efforts. She gets to South Dakota all too infrequently though she’s entirely welcome every time. Barry] <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Here’s some really bad Forrest Gump jokes found on the internet. Subject: Forrest Does History Forrest Brutus: We did not come here to bury chocolate but to eat it. Forrest Jefferson: Life, liberty and the pursuit of chocolate. Forrest Lincoln: With malice towards none; with chocolate for all. Forrest Churchill: Blood, sweat and chocolate. Forrest Kennedy: Ask not what chocolate can do for you but what you can do for chocolate. Forrest Nixon: I am not a chocolate. Forrest Bentsen: I know chocolate, Senator, and you're not chocolate. Forrest Goldwater: Extremism in the pursuit of chocolate is no vice. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> An excerpt from The Pink Triangle by Richard Plant, © 1986 by Richard Plant Published by Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 521 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 10175, ISBN 0-8050-0059-3 "When, on January 30, 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor, triumphant Nazi troopers staged a massive demonstration, marching with torches through the streets of Berlin, singing songs of vengeance. Still, Hitler did not have the majority of voters need to win and election on March 5. Whether the Nazi really expected a Communist uprising or whether, as often before, they camouflaged their own wrecking methods by ascribing them to their opponents, luck came to their assistance. On February 27 the Reichstag, German’s white-columned, neoclassical parliament building, went up in flames. In no time, Hitler, Goring, and Goebbels turned up among the scorched ruins. Hitler proclaimed: "This is a sign of Providence from above. Now nobody will dare stand in our way when we crush the Communist menace with an iron fist." Immediately afterward, a wave of terror swept through German, the first of many. Members of opposition parties found themselves on benches in the Berlin central police station. Similar arrests engulfed cities and villages throughout German. The Nazis had started to settle accounts with their enemies. When the jails proved not to be large enough, Himmler stepped in; within less than a month he embarked on the construction of concentration camps, beginning with Dachau. "Among the first to be jailed were the directors of homosexual-rights organizations, which had been proscribed just four days before the burning of the Reichstag. [Magnus] Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexual Science was a prime target, as were Kurt Hiller, its chairman, Feliz Halle, a legal adviser, and Max Hodann, a respected sex reformer whose books on women’s rights, sexual minorities, and abortion has annoyed the Nazis for years. Hiller, Hirschfeld’s successor and the most prominent member of the institute, was shipped to Oranienburg, where he was repeatedly tortured. Through sheer luck he was discharged and later published a vivid account of his experience.(1) The offices of several prominent homosexual organizations were raided during these early winter weeks of 1933. Storm troopers plundered the premises of Friedrich Radsuweit, editor of Die Freundschaft ("Friendship"), and took his stepson to jail. Communist and Social Democratic papers were forced to stop printing. The Nazi propagandists never tired of conjuring up the smoldering debris, the smoking woodpiles, the devastated ceilings of the Reichstag, to declare that this fire was only a beginning. The Communists, they said, had destroyed the Parliament; now they would unleash a civil war. German citizens could expect the worst. Only the strongest measures followed soon. On March 24, the so-called Enabling Law was adopted, subtitled the Law to Remove the Stress from People and State. In reality, it did away with the constitution, removed all legal restraints, and gave total control to Hitler and his thugs. It signaled the end of the Weimar Republic and the start of totalitarianism, and it remained on the books until 1945." (1) Kurt Hiller, Leben Gegen die Zeit, published in two volumes (1969 and 1973, as quoted in Stumke and Finkler, Rosa Winkel 167-74. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> FACES regularly receives monetary gifts. We are grateful to everyone who gives us money. We can always use money. We can always use a bit of your time at the office west of Rapid City. There’s always something to do. Volunteering for your local organization helps everyone, too. More people need to get involved everywhere if we are to ever change attitudes towards b/g/l/t persons. <><><><><><><<<><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< And now last minute: South Dakota Public Television Positive: Life with HIV…four part series on South Dakota Public Television about how Americans are confronting the daily challenges of living with HIV proving that life after infection does indeed exist—with dignity, meaning, laughter, and faith. Feb-27th to March 1st. Starts at 11 pm central time and 10 pm mountain time. One Hour each night. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> For a $50.00 dollar donation to FACES, receive a hardbound copy of The closets are empty…the dining room’s full, 335 pages, by Beresford native Ace Lundon who has just returned to South Dakota for life from Reno, NV. A $24.95 value…a fun book, touching. Yes, we have a fun premium! Only 22 left…get one today!!!!