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lectures, one on "Racism in the Gay
Community" by John Stanley of Raleigh’s
Black and White Men Together and the other
on "Gay and Lesbian Health Issues" by a
volunteer with the N.C. Lesbian and Gay
Health Project. We applaud everyone who
trugged through the torrential rain that
night to attend these lectures.
How many students can fit into a
closet? Well, 43 gays and straights
crammed into a Union room designed for 25
to view the videotape "Pink Triangles" on
Thursday. "Pink Triangles" deals with
straight attitudes on homosexuality, homo
sexuality in the straight world, and the
history of gay oppression, especially
during the Nazi era. Homosexuals in con
centration camps were labelled for exter
mination with pink triangles, from which
the film derives its name, and were
frequently treated as criminals by the
liberating armies of the Allies.
Tracy Osment, a sympathetic straight
viewer, said she was "shocked" by the
film. "I never realized that gay people
were so targeted during World War II," she
said.
Rev. June Norris of St. John’s Metro
politan Community Church in Raleigh
lectured on "Gays and Religion" Thursday
evening. She reviewed and explained the
eight Biblical passages that deal with
homosexuality from Leviticus to Romans and
then discussed her enjoyment of her own
special work within the local and national
lesbian and gay community. A lively
discussion following the lecture.
For some, the highlight of the week was
the annual "blue jeans day" on Friday.
Gays and straights alike were asked to
wear their blue jeans as an outward sign
of support of gay people. Robert Pharr, a
freshman and chairperson of CGA, explained
in a spirited letter to the Daily Tar Heel
that blue jeans day is a time for gays and
lesbians to "say the hell with the world;
I am who I am," and a time for straight
people "to experience some of the anxie
ties that gay people face every day" about
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The Daily Tar Heel also covered the
Week with an article on Ms. Sawyer’s
lecture and with a positive "blue jeans
day" editorial. The paper provided more
coverage of this year’s Week than ever
before.
Gay Awareness Week came to a festive
end at a dance on Friday night. The event
was organized as a CGA fundraiser and
voter registration drive, and registered
voters were admitted at a reduced price.
Registrar Joe Herzenberg was present to
register new voters. About 60 people
danced to Mike’s medley of Cindy Lauper,
Grace Jones, Huey Lewis, and other
favorites.
The CGA wishes to thank everyone who
participated in GAW-1984: the lecturers,
the workshop leaders, people who provided
food and drink for each event, Joe
Herzenberg for his week-long voter regis
tration drive, the volunteers brave enough
to paint the cube and work at the CGA
table in the Pit, and everyone who wore
blue jeans on Friday. The week was a
definite success, and next year all of us
—lesbian, gay and straight—can look
forward to a better CGA, an even better
Gay Awareness Week, and a community that
is more sensitive to the issues of homo
sexuality, intolerance, and racism.
-Robert
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