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AUGUST. 1987: VOLUME 2. NUMBER 8
"PRIDE IN PRINT”
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Carolinians Gearing For D. C. March
From StaU Kepoiis
Carolinas gay men and lesbians ore
going to join the Oct. 11 Notional March
on Washington in flood.
A Charlotte group is taking reserva
tions not only for bus transportation, but
also for scarce rooms in the Dupont
Plaza Hotel located in Washington's
most famed gay area — Dupont Circle.
A Columbia organization is taking
trip-and-lodging reservations.
And contacts hove been established
for bus transportation in Chapel Hill,
Durham, Raleigh and Winston-Salem.
Meanwhile, people from all over the
country ore serving on the March on
Washington Committee; and they've
planned events from Oct. 9 through 13:
■ Friday, Oct. 9, is Notional Lobby
Day with gay/lesbian delegations meet
ing with seniors and representatives.
■ Saturday, Oct. 10, includes "The
Wedding" to emphasize the need for
gay and lesbian couples to have rights
and privileges like heterosexual mar
ried couples; and the Lesbian & Gay
Bands Of America Concert beginning at
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street into the Duke University East Campus. As the turn was made, marshals counted 950
participants, 150 more than the 800 who participated in the 1986 parade, according to organizers.
No hecklers and few opposing signs greeted this year's parade. Fundamentalist ministers in the
Triangle area had asked congregations to ignore the parade. An officer from the heavy police
escort told an onlooker who shouted obscenities to keep quiet.
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TUESDAY. AUG, 4: Mandy Carter of
Durham, o member of the national
steeling committee and North Caroli
na's coordinator for the national
March on Woshingfoi, will speak at
Acceptance at 8 pjxi. at Charlotte's
Park Road Baptist Church, She'U be
ortivlrg a day or two offer attending
the nortionol committee's meeting in
Seattle.
Acceptance meetings are open to
the gay/lesblan public; The church Is
just north of Park Road topping
Center on Park Road, Pork in the
back and walk up the left sidewalk
to Fellowship Hall.
‘Life Of The Party’
Final Audition: Aug. 5
By DAWN BOST
Special To O-Notes
A new Charlotte theatrical company,
the Queen's Players, will open their first
season vhth the East Coast premiere of
Doug Holsclow's comedy, "Life of the
Party," in September.
The final audition and callback is
Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m. in Spirit
Square's Entertainment Place. Persons
interested in performing in the ploy must
attend.
The theatrical company has been cre
ated to introduce scripts by gay play
wrights, perform originals and classics,
and to give the Charlotte area an op
portunity to appreciate goy/lesbian tal
ent.
"Life of the Party," originally pro
duced at the Theatre Rhinoceros in San
Francisco, launches the company's de
but with a story of gay life in the '80s.
The ploy, which examines the demands
and rewards of friendship in the wake of
AIDS, has been described as "a brilliant
combination of warmth and humor, of
stereotype and eccentricity."
The ploy requires six actors — five
men and a woman. The characters, who
It's Been THE Summer
For Gay Theatre
A Star Is Born
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Little Theatre, Too
PAGE 4
range in age from approximately 25 to
40, include a likable gay yuppie, a
campy and lovable airhead, a strong
and reliable Leo Buscaglia disciple, a
libidinous wit, a very trendy and sleazy
older man, and a sarcastic professional
student who also happens to be a les
bian.
Queen's Players artistic director Ken
Stikeleather said performances are
scheduled at Entertainment Place Sept.
10, 11, 17, 18 and 19 in Charlotte with
possible tour dotes later. Persons wish
ing to become part of the production
crew may contact Stikeleather 6-10 p.m.
at 333-4213.
Tickets will be $5 in advance; $6 at
the door. (See ad containing special
coupon offer for opening night.)
8 p.m.
■ Sunday, Oct. 11, includes not only
The March but also the AIDS Memorial
Project on the Capitol Mall and the
Veterans Memorial Service at the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier.
■ On Monday, Oct. 12, the Notional
Lesbian & Gay Rights Congress Planning
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Raleigh
Hearing
Is Aug. 12
Special To Q-Notes
RALEIGH — In a public hearing on
Aug. 12, The Human Resources 8c Human
Relations Advisory Committee of North
Carolina's capitol city will hear gay
men and lesbian women talk about
violence and civil rights violations.
"It's the first time an administrative
body within city government is taking
the subject seriously," said Willie Pilk-
ington, who has worked with other con
cerned citizens to bring about the hear
ing.
"We need desperately for anyone to
come forward now who has suffered
within the city of Raleigh an act of
violence or a civil rights violation
against them because of sexual orienta
tion," he said, "even if the person is
living somewhere else at present.
"We're also interested in entrapment
arrests that hove occurred in Raleigh."
The hearing — in the council cham
bers at City Hall at 7 p.m. — will be
op>en to the media, but organizers are
taking careful steps to assure that fear of
exposure will prevent no one from testi
fying.
"Because a hearing's only purpose is
to gather information," Pilkingiton said,
"we can delete last names and protect
people's identities."
He listed these options — all accept
able to the committee separately or in
combination — for protecting identity:
■ Present a statement in person, but
do not use a full name.
■ Present a statement in person, not
using a full name, and notify organizers
that media are to be prohibited from
photographing you in any way.
■ Write a statement that organizers
will deliver to the committee, but do not
use a full name. Hove the statement
notarized to indicate that the name used
in the statement represents a real per
son.
■ Write a statement that con be given
orally by proxy (by another person), but
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Double Deejay Night Slated Aug. 13
For the first time in a Charlotte gay
bar, two deejoys will ploy consecutive
records during August.
The innovative event will be held at
Oleen's on Thursday, Aug. 13, featuring
Oleen's deejay Steve Pressley and for
mer Tags deejay Edward Kirkland, who
now works at the Scorpio.
"Double deejoys really heat up a
dance floor," said Don King, Q-Notes
editor. "I have a friend who heard Mi
chael Jorba of New York and Tom John
son of Atlanta play consecutive records
at a private party. He said it was the
hottest dance music he had ever experi
enced —• and he experiences more of
the major dance bars in this country
than anyone else I know."
A double deejay event is not a con
test. Nevertheless, the two deejoys can
be expected to perform at their techni
cal best while selecting the top dance
music in their collections. Audience
members will expect both to increase
the energy with every mix.
In some monster bars in major cities,
two or more deejoys regularly alternate
on consecutive records.
QCQ board members are considering
double deejay events in September and
October featuring deejoys Doug Neems
of the Scorpio and Lin Benfield of Cha
rades.