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C PAGE dv’T^Qtl^tesirY.'S^pjtexnber ?*U^8 Vol. 13, No. 8 - September 5, 1998 Mailing Address: PO Box 221841 Charlotte, NC 28222 Phone-. (704) 531-9988 Fax-. (704) 531-1361 E-mail: editor@q-notes.com Website: http://www.q-notes.com Publisher & CEO Jim Yarbrough Editor David Stout Associate Editor Dan Van Mourik Arts Editor Brian D. Holcomb Typesetter Dan Van Mourik AdministradveAssistant... Brian M. Myer Personals Brian M. Myer Advertising Sales Jim Yarbrough National Advertising Representative Rivendell Marketing Company, Inc. (212) 242-6863 Contributing Writers: Bill Berkowitz, James N. Birkittjr., Karen Cress,]. Lynn Davidson, Jen nifer Einhorn, Kevin Grooms, Brian D. Holcomb, Loren R. Javier, C. Lichtenstein, Paula Martinac, Brian M. Myer, Jeffrey L. Newman, Wanda Pico, David Stout, Dan Van Mourik Q-Notes is published every other week in Charlotte, NC by Pride Publishing & Typesetting. 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Index Articles Fall TV lineup better reflects gays 9 GLAAD increases media focus on the Southeast 3 Openly gay former Congressman Gunderson to speak in Charlotte 1 SC Pride sponsors state conference ,„, 1 Unity Festival ’98 plans unveiled 1 Victory Brunch to be held in Raleigh 13 World’s largest gay wedding service planned 3 Features The 1998-99 theatre season 20 How Mel get his groove back 12 The Internet offers links for life 14 Journalist is a write to life activist 1 Q-Culture Recommends 20 You’ve come a long way, baby 4 Columns Classifieds 28 Community Cards 31 Curbside 34 The Drag Rag 21 GLAAD Notes 24 Lesbian Notions 22 Money Matters 22 News Notes 23 Organizations 35 Out and About 34 Out In The Stars 26 Personals 32 QFYI 5 Reason for Hope 17 Advertising Deadlines Issue Date Deadline Sept. 19 Oct. 3 Oct. 17 Mon., Sept. 7 Mon., Sept. 21 Mon., Oct. 5 Support Our Advertisers They keep Q-Notes free for you 300 Stonewall ..18 Leah’s Bookkeeping & Tax Service ..31 Alternative Video ....9 Legends .. 10 American Express Financial ....7 Liaisons ..30 The Arcade ..25 MCC Charlotte ....8 BTI Communications ..31 The Masquerade ....5 Babylon ..17 Menu by Melissa ..31 The Brass Rail ..24 Bruce Moyer, Professional Counselor.. ..31 Michel Brown, Financial Investments ..31 Mythos ....4 eSA Real Estate ..13 Ocean Princess .. 14 Calhoun House .. 17 Joe O’Connor, Realtor ..16 Central Carolina Bank ..29 Oleen’s .. 12 Central Station ....8 OutCharlotte ’98 ....2 Charlotte Business Guild ..22 Parkview Video & News ..14 Charlotte Realty Group ..27 Paws & Claws ..31 Charlotte 24 Hour Fitness Center ... ..26 Personal Photography ..31 Jeff Childs, Broker/Realtor ..31 Posh Pets ..31 Classic Images Salon ..31 Positive Living Resources ..27 Club Cabaret ....8 Pride Publishing & Typesetting ..27 Club Odyssey ..36 Priscilla’s ..33 Community Prescription Service ....3 Quality Painting & Pressure Washing . ..31 Cosmos Cafe ....9 Queen City Antiques ..34 The Cove ..22 Carol Reinard, Realtor ....9 The Crystal Room 18,33 Joe Roccanova, Massage Therapist ....7 Damian’s Towing & Transportation . ..31 Rocky’s Salon ..16 Empire Chauffeured Limousines ..31 Roommates Today ..28 Edwin G. Farthing, Attorney ..31 Saturn of South Blvd ....7 FLEX .13 Scott Lawn & Landscaping . 12 Flying Colors .16 Sharon Memorial Park ...7 Frat House .22 Sheraton Airport Plaza Hotel ...5 G/L Switchboard of Charlotte .20 Sir Speedy Printing .29 Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund .21 Joel Smith, Hair Designs .31 General Nutrition Centers . 14 Southern Center for Law ....'. .31 Good or Days ...9 Fred Strickhouser, Piano Tuner .31 Good Year Tire .31 Subway ...9 Lisa Griffin, Family Therapist .27 TLC Funding .34 Hair Club for Men and Women .29 Tic Toe Coffeeshop ...9 Tony Hall, Realtor .31 Time Out .24 Rick Hendrick Honda .23 Triangle East Cosmetic Surgery .11 Individual Benefits, Viadcal Services .. .11 Tutto Mondo ...9 J&B Cleaning Service .31 Warehouse 29 .15 J&W Pagers &C Cellular .26 Vinson Washburn, Realtor ...3 Klutts Property Management .23 Suzanne Westenhoefer .20 Jeffrey Grant Koenig, Attorney 4 White Rabbit Books & Things 20 This really is a new TV season! What happened...Did you tell him he’s coming out this season? Yes, but he didn’t faint until I told him that he wasn’t playing a florist, a secretary or a celibate best friend. guest editorial The Right’s gay agenda Since the end of the cold war, targeting gays and lesbians has been a centerpiece of the Chris tian Right agenda. Over the past two decades, many right-wing organizations have made a darned good living off direct mail appeals that stamp homosexuality a sin and vigorously at tack the “gay agenda.” Christian right groups have long realized that they must maintain the authenticity of their social agenda while ener gizing and mobilizing their grassroots base. What better way to do this than to develop a special campaign focused on...gays and lesbi ans! However, this time around the message has been retooled in the guise of a “kinder and gen tler” form of gay-bashing. Hate the sin, but letters No room at the inn Do not endorse Chris Cole or any other lib ertarian, ever, either, for that matter. I’d like to thank you for giving this fool enough rope to hang himself in your last inter view [August 22 issue]. Specifically, “If a per son wants to damage their business that way...” Cole was alleging, as Libertarians generally do, that we should not support anti-discrimination laws because they infringe upon the freedom of association and other First Amendment rights of private employers (and renters and restaurateurs and club owners, ad nauseam). I should think I wouldn’t even need to remind a paper like this one not to endorse anybody who opposes ENDA [Employment Non-Discrimi nation Act], but the way the ink is flowing lately, you appear to need the lesson. It is true that under normal circmustances, other things being equal, free market incentives will cause businesses that discriminate to lose market share to businesses that don’t. But in Dixie, other things are not equal and some things are more important to monied bigots than market share. One thing that a population that does as much clubbing as ours does can’t help but no tice is that*sometimes club owners will deter mine that they don’t want certain people in their club. Owners are not worried about losing the “love the sinner.” This “tough-love” message embodies the right’s central theme around ho mosexuality — homosexuals are sick, but if they try hard enough they can discard their alterna tive lifestyle and be cured. And how are Republican Party regulars re acting to all this? With mbced feelings and trepi dation. Alew York Times reporter Richard L. Berke writes that “prominent Republican poli ticians and strategists say they are troubled by the wave of harsh anti-homosexual oratory from fellow Republicans, fearing it could make the party appear intolerant and drive out moder ates and economic conservatives.” However, some see an upside to the heightened focus on gays. William Pascoe III, political director of the American Conservative Union, believes that, “Anytime you have Republican leaders citing the Bible as the foundation for their be liefs, as opposed to Democratic leaders citing the American Psychiatric Association, I think we win.” And Jim Nicholson, chairman of the GOP, who was grilled at a May meeting of the ultra-conservative Council for National Policy, See EDITORIAL on page 13 profits and market share that these “undesir ables” (e.g. homophobes, brawlers, drug abus ers, ad nauseam) could’ve contributed if they hadn’t been turned away. Owners instead worry that letting undesirables in may damage the quality of patronage for the rest of the customer base at large, and may cause disproportionately more customers to flee to establishments that are not so contaminated. Before the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964, the law was not the primary cause of seg regation in Dixie. The primary cause of segre gation was that white people thought it was demeaning to have to associate with black people. Many (not all, but many) businesses that might have tried to integrate would, con trary to the libertarian-free-market-model’s pre diction, wor have gained profit by being able to add black people to their customer base, but would rather have lost market share and profit because their richer and more numerous white customers would’ve fled to all-white establish ments. Only when the law required all busi nesses to integrate could the few who wanted to get away with it. The market, in the context of that bigoted customer base, encouraged dis crimination. It did not correct it via the profit motive. Today, although it may be hard to see it in as liberated a market as Charlotte (where it probably is true that you can appropriately pun ish any bigoted establishment simply by taking your business elsewhere), there remain many See LETTERS on page 30 Subscribe! Subscriptions are by 1st and 3rd class mail in sealed envelopes mailed in Charlotte, NC. Subscription rate for one year (25 issues) is $52 (1st class) or $28 (3rd class). Subscription rate for six months (12 issues) is $25 (1st class) or $15 (3rd class). To subscribe, mail this form to Q-Notes, PO Box 221841, Charlotte, NC 28222. Make checks payable to Q-Notes or provide credit card information below. 25 issues: □ 1st class, $52 □ bulk, $28 • 12 issues: □ 1st class, $25 □bulk, $15 Name Address City, State, Zip Credit Card (circle one): MasterCard Visa Discover American Express Card Number: Exp. 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