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Page 6 4 'ZfatyieHcH^ 0*6 "THo- Hi*ne At Friday, October 7th Bon VoyAat, XJa'll! Hack, To WMsjttNaTON Pahry Party Begins at 6:30 PM Buses Leave at 7:00 PM EMERGENCE International YOU ARE NOT ALONE! The 5th annual conference sponsored by Christian Scientists supporting lesbians and gay men will address the ever present power of divine Love to fill our lives with joy and eliminate AIDS, discrimination, and unhappiness from our experience. Washington, D.C. Oct. 7 & 8, 1988 Kate Clinton Delivers! Kate Clinton is sexy. She's a lesbian. She's funny. Witty. Sensitive and brillianL Right to the point Politically correct And she makes a living at it as a self-proclaimed "fumorist"...a cross between feminist and humorist A "recovering Catholic" and ex-high school English teacher, she got her start as a stand-up comedian by performing at women's music festivals around the country. From that starting point she went on to be the first stand- up comedian to perform at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival in 1985. Clinton is currently hot on the lesbian and gay political circuit having appeared numerous times at fund-raising events for the Fluman Rights Campaign Fund and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "We need to keep a sense of humor about what we are doing," says Clinton. "And that has been particularly difficult during the Reagan administration. Reagan, being a master of the one-liner, has simply destroyed the concept of humor for most people." ‘ Clinton takes on this challenge with an exuberance and style that is gutsy as well as empowering. "Within the last two years I've really seen my work take its place within the context of a political movement And a lot of it had to do with the March on Washington-looking out and seeing all those people and seeing the AIDS quilt It was like, all right this isn't just a parade, we are here marching for our civil rights." Clinton was in Atlanta for the Democratic National Convention working with Gay Cable Network News and hanging out at the Gay & Lesbian V.O.I.C.E. 88 Headquarters at the downtown Hilton. At a fundraising event which she co-hosted with openly gay Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, she admitted that while she was excited about the upcoming National Coming Out Day on October 11th, what she was really looking forward to is "National Coming Onto Day." She also suggested that a new grass-roots political organization be formed and that it could be called GOD, Gay Opportunists for Dukakis. So if election year politics are keeping you asleep at the wheel, you might just need to be zapped with some feisty and insightful political satire-and from what I have seen and heard, Kate's got the goods. You may laugh til it hurts but you won't go home crying. So get your smiles out of the closet and come on out! -Debra Hiers Kate Clinton will be performing at Center Stage Theater (1374 W. Peachtree) September 24th. 8:00 PM. $1350 General Admission. Tickets available at the box office and at all Seats bcations. To charge: 873-2500. Opening Act: Leigh McClelland. Matlovich Bio Portrays Making of a Conservative Gay Activist 1890 Cheshire Bridge Road (404) 874-0980 Phoebe and Rosetta... Their love story lasts 39 years SECRETS Rebecca Ranson's new play. Nexus Theater. September 29 - October 16 688-2500for reservations. 584-2104for groups and information. Southeastern Ai-ts, Media and Education Project Leonard Matlovich (right) with Michael Hippier, author of the Leonard Matlovich biography to be published in the spring of 1989 by Alyson Publications. In September, 1986, Leonard Matlovich, the controversial gay rights activist, learned he had AIDS. Despite his natural optimism, Matlovich sensed it was time to tell his story, and began collaborating with writer Michael Hippier on his biography. The book was finished shortly before Leonard's death, and will be published in the spring of 1989 by Alyson Publications of Boston. In the book, Hippier details Matlovich's five-year court case against the U.S. Air Force which began in 1975 when he was discharged for acknowledging his homosexuality. Matlovich's coming out was part of a plan to force the Air Force to change their policy of discharging gays and lesbians. Leonard speaks movingly about his fight against AIDS and how it changed him. The political conservative became "radicalized in a conservative kind of way" by the Reagan administrations mishandling of the AIDS crisis. Matlovich was arrested at the June 1987 civil disobedience protest in front of the White House. "Several years ago, well before he was diagnosed with AIDS," remembers Sasha Alyson, publisher of the Matlovich biography,"Leonard told me he was sorry that Harvey Milk had been cremated, because he thought it was important for future generations to have a physical grave site at which to remember Milk. Matlovich made a committment to create a permanent memorial in a public cemetery for Milk and other lesbians and gays, inspired by visiting the grave of Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein whose names are on the same tombstone. "Never Forget", Matlovich's memorial project is now located in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Some of Milk's ashes were placed in an urn, along with items of importance to Milk and on Oct 10 as part of the National March on Washington for Lesbians and Gay Rights, Milk was laid to rest By the time he died, Leonard had not only created a memorial for Harvey Milk, but he had also created one for himself with his tombstone and a biography through which people could remember what he stood for.