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June 25, 1982 • Vol. 13, No: 13 500 Outside of D.C./Baltimore Areas THE GAY NEWSPAPER OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL ill\ Mb, Aft.NI N 111 Wash Ai Alk V P.S. Ell I 1 NI AI MI 1 INI EMI I 411 WSJ 11111 I, IN It 11, INV al IN W. A I by jim. Marks The Gay Olympic Torch was lit and lofted high by National Torch Run coordinator Jon Roberson. Robert Belanger, P Street Pestivai parade organizer, gave the signal: "Let's march!" Two bands played, drag queens adjusted their gowns, horses' hoofs clattered on the pavement, motorcycles revved up, the Barry Bandwagon pulled away from - the curb. Under a bright _Sunday sun in a clear blue June sky, Gay and Lesbian Pride Day '82, the high-point of a week's festivities, had begun. And a busy week it was indeed. Art, parties, music, poetry, athletics, theatre, politics, fundraising — everything that makes- up the Gay community — had a place. Even Mother Nature pitched in: of all the week's events, rain forced the What does Gay Pride look like? Two full pages of photos from this year's celebration appear on pages 16-17. postponement of only one. The weather on Pride Day itself, June 20, couldn't have been more perfect: sunny, dry, cool. The parade, according to Belanger, was twice as large as last year's. There were groups of all sorts in the march. The "P Street Witches," a club of P Street Beach sun worshippers, had a contingent, dressed in black t-shirts and escorted by a black '56 T-Bird. There were religious groups like Affirmation and Dignity and Bet Mishpacbah and Gay Mennonites, political clubs like the Gay Activists Alliance, the Lesbian and Gay Focus of the People's Anti-War Movement, the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, and the Northern Virginia Gay Alliance. Older Gays were represen-ted by the D.C. SAGE (Senior Action in a Gay Environment) Coach. ' Members of the Blue Ridge Lambda Alliance moseyed iti from Lynchburg; many of the more than 50 Black and White Men Together marchers were out-of-towners, in -Washington for the second annual BWMT conference. New York Continued on page 15 Clarke, Kane gain Stein endorsements by Steve Martz Members of the Gertrude Stein ' Democratic Club voted earlier this week to endorse the bid of Ward 1 Council-member Dave Clarke to unseat City Council Chairman Arrington Dixon in the September 14 Democratic primary. The Club also voted at its June 21 meeting to endorse the reelection campaigns of At large Councilmembers Betty Ann Kane (D) and Hilda Mason (Sthd). In addition, Stein members voted to back Democrat Marie Nahikian's effort to replace Clarke in Ward 1, and incumbent Democrats Polly Shackleton in Ward 3 and Nadine Winter in Ward 6. The three hour forum was the most dramatic in Stein's history, several long-time Club members agreed afterwards. The political drama came when the Club voted by a 2-1 margin, and against the express wishes of its president, to endorse challenger Clarke over incumbent Dixon. The human drama was provided by Betty Ann Kane, whose arrival at the meeting, just hours after she reluctantly abandoned her mayoral campaign, was greeted by loud and sustained applause. The Clarke-Dixon race was the most hotly contested endorsement fight in the Dave Clarke Club's six-year history, said Richard Maulsby, the founder and first president of Stein. Both men forcefully argued their cases before the group. "This organization has stood fast against the position of sacrificing conscience for political expediency," declared challenger Clarke, arguing Continued on page 29 City officials, agency come to Clinic's rescue by Lou Chibbaro jr. The D.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) on June 17 gave the Gay-oriented Whitman-Walker Clinic a reprieve from its recent loss of federal funding by awarding it a grant of $15,000 for the remainder of fiscal year 1982, The $15,000 grant follows a separate grant of $10,000 the DHS already gave the clinic earlier this year when it became apparcnt federal funds were likely to be eliminated_ Spokesman for Mayor Marion Barry and City Council Chairman Arrington Diion hailed the grant as one more indication of the government's strong support for the city's Gay community. They said both Barry and Dixon played a role in assuring that city health officials made a vigorous attempt to locate the money. Clinic President Jim Graham said he is not sure of the exact process through which city officials found the money but nevertheless said he is "extremely grateful" for the efforts of Barry and Dixon as well as D.C. Public Health Commissioner Dr. Arthur Hoyt in pushing for the funding. However, Graham said the clinic's problems have not ended because the cut-off of federal funds will create a shortfall of about $25,000 each year. Currently, there are no commitments by either federal or city officials for funding for fiscal year 1983, which begins on October 1 of this year, or for future years. Graham said the seriousness of the funding situation cryst4i7ed on June 4 when officials of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) informed him the clinic's application for a $38,000 grant had been rejected and that, under Reagan administration budget cuts, there was virtually no chance of receiving direct federal funding anytime soon. The clinic has received PHS grants of $25,000 for each of the past three years for the purpose of assisting its venereal disease screening and treatment program for Gay men. Graham said the grants covered about 269L) of the clinic's 594,000 annual budget. The remaining portion of the budget, Graham said, is raised through donations by patients who use the clinic and through contributions and fund raisers sponsored by Gay commun-ity organizations. Continued on page 28
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Transcript | June 25, 1982 • Vol. 13, No: 13 500 Outside of D.C./Baltimore Areas THE GAY NEWSPAPER OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL ill\ Mb, Aft.NI N 111 Wash Ai Alk V P.S. Ell I 1 NI AI MI 1 INI EMI I 411 WSJ 11111 I, IN It 11, INV al IN W. A I by jim. Marks The Gay Olympic Torch was lit and lofted high by National Torch Run coordinator Jon Roberson. Robert Belanger, P Street Pestivai parade organizer, gave the signal: "Let's march!" Two bands played, drag queens adjusted their gowns, horses' hoofs clattered on the pavement, motorcycles revved up, the Barry Bandwagon pulled away from - the curb. Under a bright _Sunday sun in a clear blue June sky, Gay and Lesbian Pride Day '82, the high-point of a week's festivities, had begun. And a busy week it was indeed. Art, parties, music, poetry, athletics, theatre, politics, fundraising — everything that makes- up the Gay community — had a place. Even Mother Nature pitched in: of all the week's events, rain forced the What does Gay Pride look like? Two full pages of photos from this year's celebration appear on pages 16-17. postponement of only one. The weather on Pride Day itself, June 20, couldn't have been more perfect: sunny, dry, cool. The parade, according to Belanger, was twice as large as last year's. There were groups of all sorts in the march. The "P Street Witches," a club of P Street Beach sun worshippers, had a contingent, dressed in black t-shirts and escorted by a black '56 T-Bird. There were religious groups like Affirmation and Dignity and Bet Mishpacbah and Gay Mennonites, political clubs like the Gay Activists Alliance, the Lesbian and Gay Focus of the People's Anti-War Movement, the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, and the Northern Virginia Gay Alliance. Older Gays were represen-ted by the D.C. SAGE (Senior Action in a Gay Environment) Coach. ' Members of the Blue Ridge Lambda Alliance moseyed iti from Lynchburg; many of the more than 50 Black and White Men Together marchers were out-of-towners, in -Washington for the second annual BWMT conference. New York Continued on page 15 Clarke, Kane gain Stein endorsements by Steve Martz Members of the Gertrude Stein ' Democratic Club voted earlier this week to endorse the bid of Ward 1 Council-member Dave Clarke to unseat City Council Chairman Arrington Dixon in the September 14 Democratic primary. The Club also voted at its June 21 meeting to endorse the reelection campaigns of At large Councilmembers Betty Ann Kane (D) and Hilda Mason (Sthd). In addition, Stein members voted to back Democrat Marie Nahikian's effort to replace Clarke in Ward 1, and incumbent Democrats Polly Shackleton in Ward 3 and Nadine Winter in Ward 6. The three hour forum was the most dramatic in Stein's history, several long-time Club members agreed afterwards. The political drama came when the Club voted by a 2-1 margin, and against the express wishes of its president, to endorse challenger Clarke over incumbent Dixon. The human drama was provided by Betty Ann Kane, whose arrival at the meeting, just hours after she reluctantly abandoned her mayoral campaign, was greeted by loud and sustained applause. The Clarke-Dixon race was the most hotly contested endorsement fight in the Dave Clarke Club's six-year history, said Richard Maulsby, the founder and first president of Stein. Both men forcefully argued their cases before the group. "This organization has stood fast against the position of sacrificing conscience for political expediency," declared challenger Clarke, arguing Continued on page 29 City officials, agency come to Clinic's rescue by Lou Chibbaro jr. The D.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) on June 17 gave the Gay-oriented Whitman-Walker Clinic a reprieve from its recent loss of federal funding by awarding it a grant of $15,000 for the remainder of fiscal year 1982, The $15,000 grant follows a separate grant of $10,000 the DHS already gave the clinic earlier this year when it became apparcnt federal funds were likely to be eliminated_ Spokesman for Mayor Marion Barry and City Council Chairman Arrington Diion hailed the grant as one more indication of the government's strong support for the city's Gay community. They said both Barry and Dixon played a role in assuring that city health officials made a vigorous attempt to locate the money. Clinic President Jim Graham said he is not sure of the exact process through which city officials found the money but nevertheless said he is "extremely grateful" for the efforts of Barry and Dixon as well as D.C. Public Health Commissioner Dr. Arthur Hoyt in pushing for the funding. However, Graham said the clinic's problems have not ended because the cut-off of federal funds will create a shortfall of about $25,000 each year. Currently, there are no commitments by either federal or city officials for funding for fiscal year 1983, which begins on October 1 of this year, or for future years. Graham said the seriousness of the funding situation cryst4i7ed on June 4 when officials of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) informed him the clinic's application for a $38,000 grant had been rejected and that, under Reagan administration budget cuts, there was virtually no chance of receiving direct federal funding anytime soon. The clinic has received PHS grants of $25,000 for each of the past three years for the purpose of assisting its venereal disease screening and treatment program for Gay men. Graham said the grants covered about 269L) of the clinic's 594,000 annual budget. The remaining portion of the budget, Graham said, is raised through donations by patients who use the clinic and through contributions and fund raisers sponsored by Gay commun-ity organizations. Continued on page 28 |