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• Imprisonment of Hatch spurs national
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• Mark Drum Award recipient dies
• State declares stand on HIV testing
VOLUME . ISSUE 23
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MARCH 30 .2002
Day Of Silence^
■ project
Wednesday-April 10.2002
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What do you think Rosie 0
feared the most about
coming out?
choose one:
• Losing her career
• Losing her clout
• Losing her right to adopt
Losing mainstream acceptance
ur benefits Hme Out Youth
CHARLOTTE, NC — The inimitable
and irreverently funny Margaret Cho, will
be in Charlotte for a superb one-night-
only adult performance April 27
for the LGBTQ. teen outreach
organization. Time Out Youth
Joy Pugh, Time Out Youth
Director of Development, not 1
yet in her first full year with the
group, pulled off a real coup getting
the Notorious C.H.O. Tour.
Time Out Youth in its eleventh ■
year — established but struggling
under the weight of teens’
increasing needs and shrinking
general fund donations — was in
the process of planning their annual
fundraiser auction. The time
demands of the project were
enormous, so the staff started
to look at other possibilities.
Primarily, a guest speaker or
entertainer.
Two
years ago,
Jocelyn
Elders,
t h e
Surgeon
General was a keynote speaker at their
benefit. So celebrity talks ensued.
Pugh had been in contact with Cho’s
manager for the auction, arranging to get
signed books and cd’s. So, she started by
calling the manager to find out how to get
Margaret here for a benefit.
She contacted Cho’s manager who put her
in touch with Cho’s agent at the William Morris
Agency. Then they got busy gathering a
presentation package for Cho’s agent to review:
Time Out Youth activities, the successful
billboard program and personal statements
from Time Out Youth teens themselves.
Time Out Youth was asked to submit an
see CHO on 28
I've got me under my skin
by Leah Sepsenwol & Elizabeth McLaren
A female-to-male transsexual father just
lost custody rights for his children. A post
operative transsexual wife just lost a fight for
her husband’s estate because Kansas declared
she was not bom female, thereby invalidating
her marriage. A young, transitioning male-to-
female struggles with depression. A parents’
advisory council wants a high school to bar a
pre-operative, 12th grade student from using
the women's’ restrooms even though she has a
female name, wears women’s’ clothes and is
supported by her peers, teachers and principal.
There is no room for flippant quips in real-
life transitioning. There is a lot of pain. A lot of
misunderstanding. There is a lot of ignorant
irresponsibility. Every word of explanation
needs to be cautiously considered. There are
children who hang on every one of them.
Creative Loafing's feature (March 13, 2002
“Right Sex, Wrong Body”) spoke to the topic
— interviewing three transitioning people,
Tamalah Taylor, a local entertainer and male-
to-female transsexual who has undergone
sex reassignment surgery; Hollis Aiken a
female-to-male transgender who hates the
body that hides his soul and Elizabeth
McLaren — a twenty-year-old “trans-
person” (her preferred description) or
“gender queer” (because queer is about
minority uniqueness).
Elizabeth McLaren was the focus of writer
Sam Boykin’s feature. While the piece was,
for the most part in my view, educated and
responsible, Boykin had his less-than-
journalistic moments to which Eiizabeth took
offense. For instance, “sashay” is not a kindly
description off the fashion runway. “Inny”
and “outy” when speaking of sex
reassignment surgery is sophomoric. The
cover photograph showed the backs of a man
and a bulky, squat woman standing side by
side in front of urinals; the woman’s left hand
Elizabeth McLaren
“holding;” and the raised right hand pressing
against the wall — an unfortunate,
stereotypical and just-plain-wrong message.
Elizabeth McLaren is articulate, bright, and
see ELIZABETH on 27
RAIN AIDS Walk
2002 May 4
CHARLOTTE, NC — Regional AIDS
Interfaith Network announces its 6th
Annual AIDS WALK fundraiser.
Held the morning of Charlotte Pride,
everyone is invited to do the AIDS walk in
the morning and then celebrate the good
work by joining the
Pride festivities in
see RAIN on 13
Logo winner for
Charlotte Pride
2002 - May 4
CHARLOTTE, NC — This year, the
theme of Charlotte Pride is “A Celebration
of Families.” This year’s winning design
was submitted by Jorge Gallo.
The prize was a $100 gift certificate to
PridePlanet.com. However, Gallo donated
the prize back to be used as a prize in the
Pride raffle in exchange for two T-shirts.
The grand prize is roundtrip airfare for two
anywhere in North America, courtesy of
US Airways.
A great variety
of talent has been ^
lined up for this
year. Local, region-
aland national.
S i n g e r -rf
songwriters, ™
see LOGO on 13
South Carolina
Pride 2002
May 18 #
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COLUMBIA, SC —
SCGLPM will be “Taking it
to the streets” in downtown
Columbia for the 2002 i
Pride parade. The last
pride event was two!
years ago celebrating*
its tenth anniversary.
There is always something or someone to
be proud of in our community! This year
marks the beginning of the South Carolina
Equality Coalition which met for the first time
in February in Charleston. Currently, SCEC is
looking for a lobbyist for the next session of
the SC legislature where four bills targeting
LGBT issues are already on the agenda.
And Charlie Smith, a Charleston busi
nessman, is one of the first openly gay
see SC PRIDE Off 13