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SOUTHERN \OCE Pride Week ’88 Images to Remember Pages 6 & 7 Vol. 1, No. 10 Taking Pride in Our Culture July 7, Lesbian and Gay Pride Week '88 culminated in a march from the Civic Center to Piedmont Park, where organizers staged a day-long rally which attracted over 1000 people.. Marcher Kay Love enjoyed a cool respite from the heat as temperatures hovered near the 100 s mark. See story Pages 6 & 7. Lesbians, Gays and the KKK Converge on Atlanta During Convention Week News in Brief will bring you up-to- dfitCwnBc Vatpisf newc from Washington just in lime for the convention. All of the print that comes under News is here. Page 2. The Human Rights Campaign Fund continues to grow explosively in Georgia after the successful southeastern fundraising gala, "Dare to Dream, Dare to Be...a Celebration." HRCF, already the 9th largest PAC in the country, is presently broadening its base of support while looking forward to the party conventions and the fall elections. Page 3 The Democratic National Convention will bring a host of gay/lesbian delegates, activists and protesters to Atlanta. No matter if you're high-style or grass-roots, there's something for everyone during this once in a lifetime event. See the Calendar. Page 3. The Registry - Were you inspired by Pride Week celebrations? Are you bored and looking for something to do? Then check out The Registry - Atlanta's largest collection of names and numbers to keep those idle hands occupied. Page 10. Experimental AIDS Drugs: Part II - The continuation of Terry Francis’ insightful look at the latest drugs being used to combat HIV and AIDS. Take two copies - give one to your doctor. Page 12. Health and Healing may change your mind about coming out to your family. David Bassett, MSW, LCSW, finds a healing gesture in the process of coming out that may well over-ride the risks. Page 13. A week of gay and lesbian visibility and action is expected as between 50-70 gay and lesbian delegates and national gay & lesbian politicos arrive in Atlanta for the Democratic National Convention July 18th-21st Plan your schedule to attend at least one of these events. All promise to be exciting and well worth your time and/or money.All of this activity may very well be complicated and made very interesting by the presence of the KKK in Atlanta during the Convention. On July 15th "Street Theater”, Stonewall- the night the gays fought back will play at the Theatrical Outfit at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $10 and reservations are advised. For information call 875-7500. At 9:00 PM on July 15th, openly gay Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass) will be honored at a "Welcome Gay Democrats" Dinner at the Pierremont Plaza Hotel. Tickets are $35 per person and reservations are available by calling 881-5353. This event is sponsored by LEGAL (Legislate Equality for Lesbians and Gays). On July 16th, G APAC (Greater Atlanta Political Awareness Committee) hosts a "Raucous Caucus" — good music and good company... for a good cause. The "Caucus" will be held at the Colony Square Hotel at 9:00 PM. Tickets are $ 15/singles and $20/couples. Call 888-0510 for more information. On Sunday, the 17th at 5:00 PM there’ will be a rally at the Free Speech site on Marietta Street across from CNN. Called Stop AIDS,Stop Violence, Stop Discrimination... this is America! the rally, sponsored by LEGAL, is an effort to push for consideration of lesbian and gay issues during the convention. On Sunday evening at 6:00 PM don't miss the "Ballot Box Boogie and BBQ" at the Inman Park Trolley Bam. Comedian Kate Clinton and Rep. Barney Frank are your hosts at this benefit for HRCF, NGLTF and GLDA. BBQ: 6-9PM. Dance: 8-11PM. Call 377-8312 for reservations and more info. The HRCF and NGLTF are also planning a media information/action center which will be located in the Atlanta Hilton Hotel during the convention. This center will coordinate the activities of the various gay/lesbian organizations present at the convention as well as serve as an information source to the straight and gay/lesbian press. A gay and lesbian Caucus will meet daily during the convention and hold briefings, press conferences and sponsor visibility actions in an effort to ensure the incorporation of gay and lesbian rights issues and AIDS issues into the Party's platform and campaign. ACT UP and the Gay and Lesbian Freedom Ride (GLFR) are planning a kiss-in and sodomy protest at the state capitol on July 19th. As of press time no details were known about this action. March On!, the group who oiganized the successful March on Sacramento are planning a "die-in" from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM on July 18th at the Free Speech site.Names will be read from the NAMES Project Quilt while body outlines are marked on the pavement (213) 463-3928 for more info. A wrench may be thrown into activists' plans as the National Supremacist Movement (aka, the KKK) will be out in full force during the Convention. They are scheduled at the Free Speech Site just prior to LEGAL’s rally at 5:00 PM on Sunday the 17th. According to Cathy Woolard, President of the Ga.Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter of the ACLU, the "Supremes" are the only group to have received permits so far. "They have a permit to use the Capitol from noon to 8PM on Sunday, and also permits for a parade and for the free speech area. They applied over a year ago." Woolard continued, "The ACLU is considering a law suit against the state of Georgia for issuing permits to the Klan without having a permit process in place for other applicants". The KKK is also holding a convention at a suburban Holiday Inn the weekend of the Convention. "They're going to be all over the city", Wooland stated. Rumors are flying about a possible counter demonstration of some sort. MatIovich,Gay Military Hero, Dies Leonard Mallovich, the American war hero who stunned the country and inspired millions by revealing his homosexuality, died last week due to complications from AIDS. He was 44. In 1975 when Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, an acknowledged hero in the U.S. Air Force, sent a letter to Air Force Secretary John McLucas revealing he was gay, and explained he wanted to test the Air Force rules on the subject. At that time, Matlovich was a Vietnam war hero, having won several medals, including a Purple Heart. The Air Force responded to his letter by discharging him from the service. The grueling 5-year legal battle with the military ended with a settlement in which he was given $160,000 to slop fighting reinstatement. In the course of the legal battle he appeared on the cover of Time Magazine and a television movie was made about him. Matlovich never expected the enormous amount of attention he sparked, according to Ken McPherson, the National Chairperson of the Mobilization to Stop AIDS and a close personal friend of Matlovich. McPherson said "Leonard taught us to love ourselves. He lived the last years of his life hoping that others would be inspired by what he had done." Matlovich became a tireless worker in the war against AIDS during the last two years of his life. And, despite his prominence and his record of service to his country, he died broke as a result of his disease and of his government's inadequate response to AIDS, according to McPherson. In October, 1987, during the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, Matlovich along with Ken McPherson, Leonard Matlovich at the final resting place of Harvey Milk in Congressional Cemetary during the National March on Washington. organized"Never Forget", the dedication of the final resting place of Harvey Milk in Congressional Cemetery. It was Matlovich's hope that Milk would be the first of many gay and lesbian leaders to be be buried there. Leonard Matlovich's tombstone will now rest with Milk's. It will carry me of Matlovich's most memorable statements, a poignant comment on our society: "When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men, and a discharge for loving me." -F.G.