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k NOVEMBER 9. 2002 • Q-NOTES noted . notable . noteworthy GLBT issues Volume 17 • Issue 13 • November 9, 2002 The Carolinas' most comprehensive Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender newspaper . Published every 2 weeks PO Box 221841 • Charlotte, NC 28222 704.531.9988 704.531.1361 FAX www.q-notes.com Publisher; Jim Yarbrough Editor . Art Director: Leah D. Sepsenwol editor@q-notes.com Associate Editor: Brian M. Myer editor2@q-notes.com Feature Editor: Lainey MilLen assoceditor@q-notes.com Administrative Assist: Christopher Siddons info@q-notes.com Graphic Design Production: Lainey Millen production@q-notes.com Distribution: Nolan Jones. Jeff Habbestad contributing writers Wayne Besen, Patsy Clarke, J. Lynn Davidson, Miss Della, Jennifer Hagin, Carrie Howard, Robert Kirby, Charlene Lichtenstein, Katie Martin, Waverly Ann Moore, Brian Myer, Leah D. Sepsenwol, Anne Sweeny,Trinity, Ray Warren on page one ’ Jesse Helms' outing party was pure MAJIC ’ Gaston Gazette forced into acceptance ' First Pride: Lynchburg Out & About articles Ad Sales NC/SC: 704.531.9988 Brent James: adrep@q-notes.com Jim Yarbrough Ad Sales . National: 212.242.6863 Rivendell Marketing Co, Inc. GLBTQ Switchboards For meetings, or guidance contact the GLBTQ Switchboard in your area: NC: Charlotte Greensboro Raleigh Wilmington Win-Salem 704-535-6277 336-855-8558 919-821-0055 910-762-0301 336-748-0031 SC: Charleston Columbia 843-720-8088 803-771-7713 Material in Q-Notes is copyrighted by Pride Publishing & Typesetting © 2002 and may not be reproduced in any manner without written consent of the editor. Advertisers assume full responsibility — and therefore, all liability — for securing reprint permission for copyrighted text, photographs and illustrations or trademarks published in their ads. The sexual orientation of advertisers, photographers, writers, cartoonists we publish is neither inferred nor implied. The appearance of names or photographs does not indicate the subject's sexual orientation. Q-Notes nor its publisher assumes liability for typographical error or omission, beyond offering to run a correction. The views of this newspaper are expressed as editorials. Q-Notes accepts unsolicited editorial, but cannot take responsibility for its return. Editor reserves the right to accept and reject material as well as edit for clarity, brevity, 14 14 35 30 17 4 14 4 06 21 7 31 13 12 Adoption: Second-parent adoption AIDS vaccine report online Did anybod read the book?’ Disparity in DeKalb Documenting police entrapment Gay centers helping abused women Gay parents baptize quadruplets Helping Hands Gala HRC awards more 'Equality Funds Schools must be first tine of defense Schools open doors to sexuality studies Stoles pay silent tribute Wellstone's voice stilled Women in the Life start non-profit features 15 12 19 18 8 Adoption: The dream of a family Don't look back, Dartmouth Eddie/Gwen Araujo's life and times Harry Hay, Father of Gay Lib, dies Not-so-Common Women's chorus columns 3 43 42 34 3 33 32 42 36 13 36 25 41 Action Alert: Protect Title IX Classified Ads Community Cards • 36-39 Curbside Cartoon Drag Rag . MiSs Della Editorial: You will believe in MAJIC General Gayety Money Matters News Notes • 37-39 Out and About Out in the Stars Para Todos Q-Bits: QFYI Tell Trinity advertising deadlines All rights revert to authors upon publication. iij issue: 23 November issue: 07 December issue: 21 December deadline: 11-15 deadline: 11-29 deadline: 12-13 fiC o 0) 3 0) Mailed from Charlotte, NC; 1st & 3rd Class; in sealed envelope. Subscription rates - 1 yr- 26 issues: 1st = $48; 3rd = $28. 6 months -13 issues: 1st=$25; 3rd = $15 Make checks payable to Q-NOTES: Po Box 221841. Charlotte, NC 28222 YEARLY 26 issues: □ $48 / n $28 • name: 1/2 YEAR 13 issues: □ $25/ □ $15 address: CITY STATE ZIP CREDIT CARD- CHECK ONE: □ MASTERCARD □ VISA □ discover □ AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD #: EXP date: signature: You will believe in MAJIC when you read the book Our front page feature was simply not enough. Patsy Clarke and Eloise Vaughn deserve all the press they can get. These two mothers who lost sons to AIDS took on the entire right side of the world, shaking fingers, reaching out and creating safe and tolerant space where it counts so much: between gay children and their families. Two Mothers, Two Sons - Their Fight Against Jesse Heims 200 pages -55583-572.-4 $13.95 On |une 5, 1994, Patsy Clarke sat down and wrote a long letter to her friend Jesse Helms. In it she recounted the last night of her son Mark’s life. “I sat by his bed, held his dear hand, and sang through that long last night the baby song that I had sung to all of our children. 'Rock-a-bye and don’t you cry, rock-a-bye, little Mark. I’ll buy you a pretty gold horse to ride all around your pasture...’” She had hoped to touch the heart of the notoriously homophobic senator, to ask him to soften his antigay stance, and to end his opposition to AIDS research funding. She failed. His callous and self-serving reply, in which he said, ”1 wish Mark had not played Russian roulette in his sexual activity,” first broke Patsy’s heart-and then it made her furious. Together with her friend Eloise Clark who had also lost a son —also named Mark— to AIDS, they formed Mothers Against lesse in Congress (MAJIC) to drive him from office. Keep Singing is the inspiring true story of two women who became the unlikeliest of activists and gave a new face to the fight against bigotry and hatred. Their journey would carry them from their quiet North Carolina homes to the stage of the 1998 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Their battle would put their names and faces in the pages of People magazine and The New York Times. Their lives would be changed forever, driven now by the desire that even in death their children would be given the simple human respect that is due everyone. Patsy Clarke is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Asheville with a degree in Drama and Literature. She was an instructor for ten years at her alma mater, teaching classes in Theater, Communications, and Speech. In 1987 she began using her skills in the training of trial lawyers, serving as an adjunct faculty member at California -Western School of Law .in San Diego. In 1996 she shelved this career to concentrate on MAJIC, but remains active in regional theater in her home of Raleigh, NC. Eloise Vaughn graduated from the University of North Carolina, and was a junior high-school teacher for 15 years. Her husband was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, serving as Speaker of the House before becoming a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. After her son Mark’s death, Eloise became active with a local AIDS Services Agency before cofounding MAJIC. She now lives in Blowing Rock, N.C., and remains active in AIDS causes. action!alert. aclu Protect TITLE IX: Gender Equity in Education In an action many fear is designed to undo the great strides women have made in athletics, the Bush Administration has appointed a commission to consider changing 1972 landmark legislation designed to end gender discrimination in sports and education. The new commission is traveling around the US getting public feedback about Title IX, which bars sex discrimination in educational institutions. Title iX applies to public and private educational institutions that receive any federal funds. The commission is receiving many baseless complaints that Title IX harms men’s athletics. It needs to hear voices that strongly oppose any change. The athletic director of the University of North Carolina defended Title IX, telling the commission, "tod much progress has been made toward gender equity in sports — and too much remains to be done — to give up on Title IX now." Take Action! Oppose changing Title IX. Send Free Fax to the Commission: www.adu.org/WomensRights/WomensRights
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