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LETTERS I A Hollow Note Dear Front Page: I was glad to read in a recent issue that there will be a second North Carolina Gay/ Lesbian Conference. 1 am under the impression that the original organizers were burnt-out by their efforts, and was happy to see others were picking up the pieces. 1 was, however, somewhat surprised to see that the news item in The Front Page had come, not from the organizers themselves, but from another publication! If these organizers — is it just the Lambda Political Caucus? — are serious about wanting “to insure participation from all over North Carolina” in the 1984 Gay/Lesbian Conference, they could start by letting people all over North Carolina know of their existence. That means publicizing their activities in a statewide medium (i.e., The Front Page) and not just in a newsletter (Q-Notes) unknown outside of Charlotte. Under the circumstances, the announced conference theme (“Networking for Community Support”) sounds more than a little hollow. Fred Malone Carrboro, NC a warning Dear Front Page: This is a friendly warning to all Front Page readers who are considering a move to California. Do not expect to find a pot of gold. As a gay male, being raised in North Carolina seemed like cruel and unusual punishment. While I love the state for its beauty and warmth, the strict conservative views of the citizens make it impossible to lead an open life. I, like thousands of other gay Carolinians, longed for freedom to lead an hassle free life. 1 envisioned California as the perfect place, the land where care-free liberals allowed everyone to live their lives in peace. 1, like most other young gays, thought of California gays as being far advanced in the fight for equal rights. So, alas, I packed my bags and took off to California, envisioning all the new freedoms I would experience. But it was not to be. 1 am here in San Jose, a large city located about fifty miles from the gay capital of the world, San Francisco. Surely, a city this size located so near San Francisco would have open gay lifestyles and legislation to protect those lifestyles. Wrong! To my surprise, most California cities, excluding San Francisco, are no more open than a Southern city such as Raleigh. As a matter of fact, the Chapel Hill area possesses a limited Gay employment protection law. Here, in San Jose and most other cities, there are none. Since l have been here, I have been denied housing twice and employment once, because of my sexual preference. This is not intended to be a bitch letter, regardless of what it sounds like. I just want all my fellow southerners to know what good things exist there and what life for gays is really like here. It has been a total shock to me, and most other California gays will tell you quickly that this state is not what it appears to be. 1 hope all you people that happen to read this, and who may have been considering California, will reconsider before you make the same mistake 1 did. This is the California kid, soon to be Carolina Kid, signing off. Bill Whitesides San Jose Applause! Dear Front Page: I have just reread the feature article in your August 16 issue by John Rowberry concerning Querelle and Fassbinder. I would like to compliment both The Front Page for publishing and John Rowberry for his talent in creating such an outstanding, illuminating article. BRAVO! Thanks, Warren A. Potas Washington, D.C. A Plug Dear Front Page: Grow, A Community Service Corporation, now in its fifth year of operation, wishes to acquaint you with our programs and services. We strive to provide support, information, and referrals to people with sexual orientation concerns, whether they be gay men or women, bisexuals, or their friends and families. Membership is open to anyone who supports the purposes of the organization. The enclosed brochure summarizes our aims and programs. If we can be of assistance i to you, your clients, or your acquaintances, we would welcome hearing from you. Additionally, Grow has instituted a speakers exchange program, the purpose of which is to share information of mutual or related interests with other groups and organizations in the Lower Cape Fear region. We are especially interested in establishing contact with organizations in the fields of health, law, mass media, education, and religion, but are also willing to consider other fields. If this program is of interest to you, please contact Leo Teachout at 675-0715. We appreciate this opportunity of informing you of our organization. Sincerely, Leo Teachout Director of Programs Wilmington, NC A Poke Dear Jim Baxter: 1 agree with Leo Teachout (Front Page, 11/22) that the primary focus of The Front Page should be North Carolina news. Would he be willing, 1 wonder, to send you regular reports on the activities of Wilmington’s gay community? So many people are ready to criticize, so few are eager to give their help. In response to one of his remarks, I like “I Love Lucy” reruns. In fact, I subscribed to cable just so I could get The Lucy Channel. My favorite episode is the one where Lucy, in one of her wacky schemes, enters a drag contest at the Copa Club without Ricky’s knowledge. Her Carmen Miranda, however, loses to Fred’s Mae West. They don’t make TV like that anymore. Cordially, Tak Loufer, Editor, SLAM Chapel Hill, N.C. CROOK’S CORNER* "P\&-'Puts a doAa.Tex iMT>lr IH WKU-T BOHNV >|cps Monday Thursday 1 l:30aml2 midnight Friday 11:30am-1:00am Saturday 12:00 noon-1:00am Sunday 5:00pm-12 midnight 610 W. 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Yet we still hear, I don't like the gay community here very much.’ To which we must respond, 'But my dear you are the gay community!’ ” Lucia Valeska "No minority in this country or anywhere else has gained its rights by remaining silent, and no revolution has ever been made by the wary. Or the self-pitying." Merle Miller Editor Emeritus: Hildy Johnson (‘Emeritus' means only here in spirit) Editor & Publisher: Jim Baxter Sales Manager: Will Editorial Assistant: Michael Schwartz Advertising Production: Doug Typesetting: anonymous Editorial Layout: Ed and Jim Distribution Manager: Tina Office Manager: Joe Lewis Bookkeeping: Leslie Business Advisor: Art The Front Page is published twice monthly by Bugle Publishing, Inc.: P.O. Box 25642 Raleigh, NC 27611 (919) 829-0181 Bugle Publishing is an independent organization which is not owned by or affiliated with any other business or organization. National Sales Representative Joe DiSabato, Rivendell Marketing P.O. Box A, Old Chelsea Station New York, NY 10011 (212) 242-6863 Many news & feature items provided by: Stonewall Feature$ Syndicate Carmel, Ca. International Gay News Agency (IGNA) San Francisco, CA Other news is released to The Front Page by the following organizations, of which this paper is a member: National Gay Task Force (NGTF) 80 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10011 Gay Rights National Lobby (GRNL) P.O. Box 1892 Washington, DC 20013 The Front Page subscribes to the policies of the Gay Press Association, of which it is a member. Other news items are drawn, by permission, from the following sources, among others: The Washington Blade (D.C.), Gay Community News (Boston), The Weekly News (Miami), Cruise Newsweekly (Atlanta), and GafyLife (Chicago). GAY PRESS ASSOCIATION The Front Page can assume no liability for errors, whether made by the original news source or by The Front Page in summarizing or editing a story, beyond the printing of a correction or retraction. Comments, criticisms, and information are always welcome from our readers. The aim of The Front Page is to represent the whole of the gay community, but that goal is only possible with readership participation. Those readers with the ability and willingness to write, share a responsibility for the growth and development of the gay community through this publication. The Front Page strives to be a non-sexist, non-racist newspaper. We encourage unsolicited contributions from our readers: all we require is that your work be thoughtful and sincere, that it make sense, and if it’s typed and double-spaced, so much the better! Letters, manuscripts, drawings and photographs should be submitted to the editorial offices of The Front Page, P.O. Box 25642, Raleigh, N.C. 27611. All reasonable care will be taken with your material, but a stamped, self-addressed envelope must accompany all manuscripts, etc., if they are to be returned. All work must be signed, but names will be withheld upon request. All copyrights are held by individual authors and artists. Contributors who want us to put the copyright symbol on their work, please let us know. Front Page copyrights do not extend to cover materials or art already copyrighted by others and used in this publication. Opinions expressed by columnists, writers, photographers, or by any other artistic expression, are those of the writers and artists and do not necessarily represent the opinions of The Front Page or Bugle Publishing. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of any person or organization in the articles or advertising in The Front Page does not imply, and is not to be construed as, any indication of the sexual orientation of such persons or organizations. While we have many fine advertisers who support this newspaper by their advertising, readers are advised that The Front Page can assume no responsibility for claims made by any advertiser. The advertisers in this publication are deemed to be reliable. Readers who have problems with Front Page advertisers are asked to report such problems to the address The Front Page reserves the right to reject any advertising for any reason. The Front Page is distributed free of charge throughout North Carolina and in selected locations in South Carolina, eastern Tennessee and southern Virginia. Press run is 8,500 copies. Display advertising rates are available on request Credit to established, approved clients only. Classified advertising information can be found in that section. Subscription rats: $8.00 for one year (bulk rate), $16.50 (first class). The Front Page is published 22 times a year. There are two issues each month with the exception of January and August, which have one issue each. The Front Page subscription list is not sold, rented, traded or released to anyone at any time. All copies are mailed in a sealed, plain brown envelope.
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