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Explosion Rips Household
BryantITuttlelBrown possesions lost; family secure
Barbara Snell
Murphy Meets Real Live Homos
Outside: ACT UP/Atlanta picketed the
Georgia World Congress Center protesting
House Speaks- Tom Murphy's snide homopho
bia and the Legislature's failure to pass the
Martin-McKinney sodomy statute.
Inside: LEGAL members Jeff Corrigan
and Marty Worsham donned coats and ties,
plunked down their bucks and dined on rubber
chicken and green peas along with hundreds of
other Democrats at the annual Jefferson-
Jackson Day fundraising dinner.
Both were livid when Murphy cracked, "I
guess I've really made the big time—the gays
are picketing me outside. I'm delighted to say I
know nothing at all about their way of life."
At dinner's end, Messrs. Worsham and
Corrigan marched upon the Speaker, shook his
hand and announced that they were gay. And
that they were not amused by his demeaning
comments.
"Get away from me," yelped the Speaker as
he snatched his hand back.
He and Worsham were surrounded by a
crowd who herded them away from Mr.
Murphy and lectured the two on the obscene
nature of ACT UP's demonstration and the
need for proper behavior at official functions.
Worsham, who describes himself as "middle
class," a "believer" in the system and "not a
very demonstrative person," wound up shout
ing across the crowd to Murphy, "you're adding
to homophobia." He adds, "I think I really
frightened him."
"I'm still a Democrat, but I'm pretty disillu
sioned by all this. It makes me feel less and less
like playing the game...(I'm getting) angry
enough to want to take it to the streets," he con
cludes.
As a final gesture to the Legislature, ACT
UP/Atlanta has announced plans to hold a
"Meet The Legislators Day" on March 1. The
group plans to shake the hands of as many leg
islators as possible—including Speaker
Murphy—in order to diminish the number of
solons "who think they've never met a queer."
Those interested in participating in this low-
key zap are asked to gather at 12:15p.m. at the
comer of Mitchell and Washington Streets.
"The fire department said it was sponta
neous combustion...maybe a lawnmower,
maybe the furnace." says Linda Bryant, well
known to lesbian and gay community mem
bers as one of the owners of Charis Books
and More.
Whatever the cause, the explosion result
ed in a fire that completely destroyed the
Morningside home shared by Bryant, her
son, Mary-Crist Brown and Connie Tuttle.
More importantly, the fire destroyed
everything in the house. Everything that the
three women and the 15 year-old owned.
Books, records, clothes, TV's, desks, stereo's.
And they had no insurance.
Bryant, Tuttle and Brown report that
response has been strong and caring.
Neighbors helped search through the rubble
and offered food and shelter. Friends and co
workers are providing housing and support.
But their needs remain substantial.
Money is probably the best of all possible
gifts; send checks to the BTB Relief Fund,
c/o Bond Community Credit Union, P.O.
Box 5286, Atlanta GA 30307. Or drop past
the Credit Union at 433 Moreland to make a
donation.
Please no clothes, books, sheets, records
and the like (new or used), but gift certifi
cates from department or specialty stores
will be welcomed with open hearts and arms.
Rugs, desks, TV's, VCR's a CD player
and a shiny new lettuce spinner are also high
on the list. Call Linda at Charis, 524-0304, if
you have any of these or other furni
ture/appliances looking for a good home.
And don't forget the cats. Connie asks
Connie Tkittle Ev!rrr Bennbtt
that folks in the Ansley/Momingside area be
on the lookout for Sebastian—a long haired
tigerpoint Siamese hybrid—and Ben—a
smoky gray longhair with white on his nose,
chin and chest. "Ben," says Connie, "talks a
lot."
HIV Consent and Hate
Crimes Top Lobby List
With the Georgia Legislature running
hell-bent into the last week of its 1990 ses
sion, activists spent the weekend making
phone calls to legislators and asking for help
in stopping three bills and urging passage of
two others.
By the time you read this, Nan Orrock’s
hate crimes bill (HB 1596) will either have
died in committee or been sent to the full
House and voted on. The bad news is that if
the bill stalls, it will likely have been homo
phobia that caused the derailment. The good
news is that a broad based coalition of com
munity and religious leaders (including the
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