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PAGE 18 T Q-Notes ▼ April 18,1998 the w' L > u II ^ e & C I The Staff and Management ijuish to thank you, our customers, for making our 1 year such a success To shorn our apprecjation. you and your friends are inuited to our female Impersonators HO COUER CHARGE FOB THIS EUEHI Come Party and Dance Your flss Off the. 0112Greenui[[eNujy. (Behind Loiue's Body Shop 2 miles south oflUestgate Hall) fl Priuate Club (iuests call ahead for Hrrangements 1864] 5?6-C0U[ 1864]5/6-2683 If you are terminally ill and considering selling your life insurance policy... We can help: We represent you, not the buyer, in the sale of your life insurance policy. ■ ostniE Imb l^sawB Our simplified process offers: • Strict confidentiality • Quick professional service • No fees or obligations • Highest cash payments • Informational Resources Positive Living Resources Tips the Scales in Your Favor. Available 24 hours 1-800-398-5177 Positive Living Resources donates a portion of all proceeds to local and national associations dedicated to fighting HIV and AIDS. - glaad notes by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Queer sense of studies From the moment Mike Wallace began his March 22 60 Minutes report on queer studies, his bias was explicitly clear: “It may surprise you that before we begin this report on a grow ing field in academia, that we’d have to give you a parental warning, but you should be on notice that some of what you’re about to see — indeed some of what is being taught on college campuses today — is for mature audiences only.” Far from objective, Wallace and 60Min utes irresponsibly make the issue of queer stud ies far more sensationalistic and lurid than it actually is. His discomfort with the subject matter outweighs his journalistic integrity. In the past few years, Wallace has expressed regret over his involvement in a 1967 CBS documentary called “The Homosexuals” that was the original “homosexuals behind potted plants” story, noting that at the time, he lacked the perspective to see gay people as anything more than stigmatized, marginalized, ashamed people. Hopefully, he will recognize that the same ill-informed bias was at play in this story. Let CBS and 60 Minutes know that this kind of sensationalistic journalism is beneath such an esteemed program. Contact: Andrew Heyward, News President, CBS Television Network, 524 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019-2902; fax: (212) 975-9387; Don Hewitt, Executive Producer, 60 Minutes, 555 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019-2925; fex: (212) 975-2019. Hope for lesbians The March 25 episode of CBS’ Chicago Hope featured a compassionate storyline about a lesbian whose partner is excluded from the decision-making process regarding her hospi tal care. On the episode, Rita McGrath’s doc tor, Dr. Jack McNeil (Mark Harmon), realizes her leg has become gangrenous and recom mends an amputation. But Rita’s partner, Dor othy Carlson O^nny O’Hara), insists Rita would not have wanted it and refuses to agree to the surgery. When Rita’s brother, Jeff (James McDonnell), approves surgery, Dorothy ex plains to Dr. McNeil and Chief of Staff Philip Waters (Hector Elizondo) that Jeff has never approved of her relationship with Rita. Waters informs her that hospital policy leaves decisions up to family members. Dorothy takes the issue to court, but loses because of Dr. McNeil’s tes timony, in which he says that amputation is the best course of action. As he is leaving the courtroom, Jeff approaches Dr. McNeil and says he’s glad the court saw Rita and Dorothy’s rela tionship the same way he did, saying “you can’t just put a ring on your finger and call your selves a family.” Dr. McNeil, visibly upset by JefFs comments, tells Jeff that Rita is really lucky to have someone who cares for her the way that Dorothy does and adds that he wishes he had someone so special. In the end, Jeff stops the amputation from happening. Although he stiU will not speak to Rita direcdy, he demonstrates some compassion and humanity. This episode illustrates one of the most up setting problems that exists for same-sex couples in our society who are denied the basic rights of family granted through civil marriage. Thank CBS and Chicago Hope for includ ing this heartfelt look at a serious issue. Con tact: Leslie Moonves, Entertainment President, CBS Television Network, 7800 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036-2165; viewer response line: (212) 975-3247 or (212) 975-3248; e- mail: audsvcs@cbs.com; John Tinker and Bill D’EIia, Producers, Chicago Hope, do 20th Cen tury Fox, 10201W. Pico Blvd., Trailer 773, Los Angeles, CA 90035; fex: (310) 969-1222. Politically ignorant On the March 19 telecast of ABC’s Politi cally Incorrect, host Bill Maher tackled the sub ject of transgenderism. Maher focused his nega tive remarks on Alex Myers, a transgendered man at Harvard University who has coura geously and publicly come out on campus and advocated for inclusion of transgender in Harvard’s anti-discrimination policy. In a dis play of his ignorance regarding transgendered people, Maher expressed amazement that Myers could gender-transition without hormonal therapy and surgery. Maher repeatedly ques tioned the validity of Myers’ gender identity, referring to him as “she” or “it.” His comments mocked Myers’ physical appearance and com mitment to his gender. Guest Sally Jesse Raphael repeatedly attempted to correct Maher, who often twisted what accurate information she provided for humorous effect. He expressed a belief that transgendered men are confused lesbians with masculine gender expressions. “This person is saying, Tm a man.’ And he has a girlfriend. And they say they have heterosexual sex. I think if you dress like a man and have sex vrith a woman, you’re a lesbian,” he said. Maher also viewed Myers’ transgender identity with out hormones or surgery as a unique case, ex posing his ignorance of the many other transgendered people who, like Myers, are com ing out in increasing numbers everywhere. Tell Bin Maher that there is certainly more than “one” of “these” transgendered persons in the world, and tell ABC that Maher’s ill-in- formed and hurtful comments contribute to the discrimination that transgendered people and their families already face. Contact: Bill Maher, Host, Politically Incorrect, 7800 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036; fax: (213) 852-4517; WWW: http://www.abc.com/pi/talkback/ talk_index.html; Jamie Tarses, Entertainment President, ABC, 2040 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90037; audience response line: (310) 557-7777; e-mail: netaudr@abc.com. Primary Colors are bright Kathy Bates plays the dynamic lesbian po litical player Libby Holden in Primary Colors, the movie based on the Joe Klein novel mod eled generally on Bill Clinton’s 1992 presiden tial run. Holden is a no-nonsense lesbian whose idealistic, though not naive, belief in politicians only leads to disaster. 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