Q-Notes ▼ April 14, 2001 T PAGE 33
news notes
Carolinas
Orientation excluded
CHARLESTON — In a turnaround from
recent pro-equality steps in the lowcountry, the
City of Charleston’s Employee Non-Discrimi
nation Policy no longer includes sexual orien
tation. Caroline Cleveland, a labor lawyer hired
by the City Government to review its policies,
made the revision to conform with the language
of the State of South Carolina’s labor laws. The
change was one of several she proposed for that
reason, and her proposals were approved en
masse by the city council with little discussion.
On learning of the change. President Linda
Ketner of Charleston’s Alliance for Full Accep
tance (AFFA) took her concern to Charleston
Mayor Joseph Riley. Ketner is now working
with Cleveland, Adelaide Andrews (Chief Le
gal Counsel for the City) and Dr. Althea Purnell
(Head of the Department of Human Resources)
to achieve a positive resolution of the situation.
A decision is expected by May 3.
National
Bequest benefits ministry
COLUMBUS, OH — King Avenue United
Methodist Church received a $600,000 gift
from a longtime member to support the con
tinuation of its ministry of inclusiveness to gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals.
The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous
for publicity purposes, stated in a letter that
the money is to be used to establish a founda
tion for ministry with gay and lesbian persons;
the money is to be used to help King Avenue
Church remain strong and open to all, specifi
cally gay and lesbian persons; and to further
reach out to other churches to be open to all,
specifically to gay and lesbian persons.
Village People’s leatherman dies
NEW YORK, NY - Glenn Hughes, the
leatherman of the Village People, died March
4 of lung cancer. He was 51. Hughes was a
founding member of the band, created in 1977
to appeal to the masses clamoring for disco
music. He and the band celebrated their first
hit a year later with the song YMCA. Hughes
last performed with the Village People, whose
membership was fluid, in 1996, but he contin
ued to be involved with the management of
the band until his death. According to Mitch
Weiss, the band’s manager, the cancer was de
tected at too late a stage for doctors to do much
to help Hughes. Hughes was buried in full
leather regalia on March 9, with his bandmates
serving as pallbearers. According to the bands
management, Hughes requested that, in lieu
of flowers, donations be made to the charity
God’s Love, We Deliver.
SLDN names new officer
WASHINGTON, DC — Servicemembers
Legal Defense Network (SLDN) has named
Sharra E. Greer, a staff attorney with the legal
aid and watchdog group, as its new Legal Direc
tor. Greer’s new position became effective April
1. The group’s current Legal Director, Stacey
Sobel, announced her departure earlier this
month. Sobel will become Executive Director
of the Center for Lesbian & Gay Civil Rights in
Philadelphia. In addition to providing legal aid
for men and women in uniform, Greer will also
work closely with SLDN’s executive director in
pushing for substantive policy change and im
proving the lives of men and women serving
under the Pentagon’s anti-gay policy.
CT testing same-sex waters
HARTFORD, CT — The judiciary com
mittee of Connecticut’s General Assembly held
an informational forum on March 16 to take
the pulse of the citizenry on the legal status of
same-gender couples. At the hearing, both gay
marriage and Vermont-style civil unions were
discussed as options. Lawmakers listened as
witness after witness delivered testimony, evenly
divided between those in favor of officially rec
ognizing same-sex relationships and those op
posed. Several legislators expressed concern over
the political upheaval the issue caused in Ver
mont. Connecticut’s Governor John Rowland
said he would wait to see what legislation passed
before he took a position.
Domestic violence gets ruling
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Appeals
Court has decided its first known case involv
ing domestic violence between gay men. It ruled
that a judge may not issue “mutual restraining
orders” unless the judge makes written find
ings that the orders are warranted against both
parties. While this case involved gay men, the
Appeals Court’s decision applies to all cases of
domestic violence. The ruling is considered a
positive step because mutual orders fail to de
termine and protect the real victim of the abuse.
SLDN wants UCMJ revised
WASHINGTON, DC — Noting that it
“undermines good order, discipline and morale
in our armed services,” Servicemembers Legal
Defense Network (SLDN) urged a commis
sioned chaired by Judge Walter T. Cox III to
recommend repeal of Article 125 of the Uni
form Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), decrimi
nalizing sodomy between consenting adults.
The statute prohibits both same gender and op
posite gender oral and anal sex, regardless of
whether activity is private, between consensual
adults or even between husband and wife. The
penalties under Article 125 are severe, punish
able by dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all
pay and allowances and confinement for five
years. The Commission, which held public
hearings on March 13 in observance of the
UCMJs fiftieth anniversary, will make its final
recommendations to the White House and
Congress in late May or early June.
Web outage hangs up GLAAD
LOS ANGELES — The Gay & Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the
Station’s GLBT media advocacy group, had an
nounced the April 2 launch of several new
internet publications and online information
programs to keep up with changing communi
cations in the global, online world. But the
launch has been postponed, GLAAD an
nounced. The delay is a result of DSL-provider
NorthPoint Communications declaring bank
ruptcy and discontinuing all DSL service to
more than 100,000 companies nationwide.
DSL stands for digital subscriber line, the com
mon type of high-speed internet access used by
businesses and organizations. This unexpected
stoppage affected GLAAD’s access to email ser
vice, list servers and the Internet for several days
and halted work on the launch. While all other
work at GLAAD continues, the launch will be
on hold until the access problem is resolved.
Don’t get mad, get rich
ANN ARBOR, MI —Taking a page from
the anti-hate playbook used last year after a hate
crime in Roanoke, VA, the gay community of
Ann Arbor decided to use the appearance of
the hate-spewing Rev. Fred Phelps as a
fundraising opportunity. In two days, activists
organized a pledge drive, suggesting folks pledge
one dollar for every minute Phelps picketed and
preached against GLBT people. Within 48
hours, the organization had pledges totalling
$107 per minute, from local contributors and
others as far away as New Hampshire, Texas
and California. In the Roanoke incident, Phelps
failed to show after learning of the plan, but he
arrived in Ann Arbor on schedule. How long
he demonstrated or the total raised was not
known at press time.
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OUTRight goes under
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA —
Award winning South African gay lifestyle pub
lication OUTRight has closed its doors. The
magazine was originally a community mouth
piece that was instrumental in uniting the com
munity in support of legal and constitutional
reforms before the 1994 democratic election.
The magazine changed hands a couple of times
before being taken on by Of A Feather Publi
cations in 1997 who changed the magazine into
a stylish and exciting lifestyle publication. De
spite successful sales and widespread praise from
the gay community as well as the magazine in
dustry, the magazine hit a financial crisis to
ward the end of 2000. Former staff are critical
of the way the crisis was handled, citing poor
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