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THE BAH - 19
RIGHT TO LOVE
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and rights, at a time
when oppression of
“minorities” is un
popular. Those of us who
have come out since then
don’t know what it was
like “back then’’ (in
I960) or else we’re too
young, and besides, who
cares about all of that
political crap, because
there’s this really hunky
number I’m after, and
if I can’t get him there
are three guys begging
for me, and all I need
is some bread and a good
lay. Son, that’s what the
straight ts say about you
also, and they aren’t
talking about you satis
faction, rather your
reform.
The most popular
meeting placd in this
city has recently benn
closed. Our community
“voice” has been com
pletely mum on this
issue. Lots of people
have differen t stories
about the causes, and
they all seem to boil
down to city politics. But
what gay persons knows
the true story, and what
one borthered to go to
the license hearing?
Such difficulties have
been suffered by other
establishments recently
also, but who bothers to
complain? People just
trip on over to those
old dirty places that
they deserted so quickly
such a short time ago,
and the grateful owners
welcome them with open
cash registers. You
think you are liberated,
but you are really just
tolerated by government
officials who could not
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every gay establishment
out of business if they
desired. All it would
take would be a few
people in the right
places. Who would know
and who would resist?
Such gay togetherness
as there is would melt.
In societies at large,
most people are a-
poUtkal . and gays as a
group aren’t any dif
ferent in that respect
but when your life is
subject to the wiqjs of a
few people, you aren’t
free. The connection be
tween the closing of a
popular bar and the right
to love another person
is simply that freedom
consists of lots of small
things taken together.
When the most basic of
freedoms , that of
assembly, can be
controlled without * ^
complaint, nothing is
safe. We continue to ac
cept the implict de
mands of society, and
we live both within and
without that society.
Laws make our sexual
behavior illegal, so we
hide it,- accepting the
status of an alien, even
through we are supposed
to be full citizens. Are
we?????????????
In a book entitled
“Sexual Suicide,” Gild
er claims that males are
restless searches who
must be tamed by
women who bear them
children, thus forcing
the men to support the
family and the women
to cement it. The author
has drawn upon some
very general sexual
characteristices to
force people' of both
sexes into super-tradi
tional social molds. His
views of homosexuals,
are a frightening distil
lation of all that is wrong
with the way we live,
for he claims that the
male homosexual goes
no further than the rest
less searching, and in so
doing wastes his life.
Unfortunately that is
true of many gay people.
There is a lot of dif
ference between having
a lover and loving, still
why are so many out
looking for a new trick?
Are they looking for
something more than a
good lay? Aren’t there
other things to do be
sides cruising all of the
time?
Much of this article
might be taken as a
veiled attempt to get
gay people “married”
to one another/ That
is the next Big Lit
to expect from society
as the barriers
crumble. Another re
cent article in an
Atlanta newspaper re
ferred to an expected
increase in homosexual
marriages as more
people “dropped out”
of heterosexual com
petition. There is die
old attempt to force
confirm!ty: sanction it
through the . law.
Straights are slowly
m a k ing progress
against this notion and
gays must begin also.
It must be made openly
acceptable ** lor two
people to live together
as they choose, without
the threat of legal, re
ligious, moral, employ
ment, housing, or other
sanctions. That is a
big order. It requires
a day by day efforts of
many people sticking
their necks perpetually
a little further out. What
exists now Js only a
a being human. Love
requires nurturing, a
friendly social environ
ment, and external
encouragement. Life on
the “gay scene” isn’t
at all conducive* to die
formation of a serious
relationship, because
gays accept most of
what straight society
tells them about them
selves. “Unstable,
insecure, sick. ” Society
doesn’t want to nurture
a love relationship be
tween gays, because that
would fly in the face of
everything it knows
about promulgating the
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Fantastic strides have
been made in the last few
years by gay people who
were brave enough to
stand up for their beliefs
drop in a bucket com
pared to what remains
to be done. The starting
point is to reject the
perpetual myths and lies
we have accepted from
society, and to then work
out our destinies. We
hear those words again
and again. Does anyone
realize their implica-
24 Carat Crap
Continued from Page 7.
“SC” (your friendly
gossip grabber) took a
trip to Hotlanta to the
Onyx Lounge, and be
lieve me, had a BALL!
Your reporter, in her
usual high dizziness,
even did a dance on the
stage--unscheduled but
noticed....Too bad the
talent scouts weren’t
there when “JL” and I
did about 10 different
dances in one song.
Arthur Murray and Ver
non Castle eat your
hearts out. Of course we
were “ZONKED” and
loved it.
We were present for
the first night of the
Miss Onyx Pageant. We
missed the second night,
but our congratulations
go forward to Miss Vicki
Lawrence for her win.
We were sorry that
our first runner-up, Lee
Shannon, from the Onyx,
could not make our show
due to illness. Hope you
are better now lovely
Lee.
Our own Miss Maria
sure seems to like her
Vodka Collins!!! Of
course her favorite bar
tender (Miss Sara,
naturally) got to eat her
cheeries --all of them.
By the way Maria, how
many are there???
Nite Notes
Continued from Page 8.
soon as the Mayor signs
on the dotted line...
FRANK POWELL will
hold forth with a new
and exciting Cocktail
Hout 4-8 with HERRY
HENNIGAN tickling the
Ivories...fancy goodies
and many plans in the
making.... We should
hace know that CATHE
RINE POWELL will
always he on the bar
scence in the HOT
LANTA.......The worlds
most glamorous grand
mother, Super Scat of
Hollywood and heartbeat
of many girl, Marlene
Dietrict will be at the
Fairmont Hotel May 14-
24. ...WOW!
Well my Tootisits,
hows that for .new...Oh!
almost forgot CLUB in
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Dancing and Dining and
Cruising, speaking of
cruising...will I see you
Atlanta Arts Festival in
Piedmont Park? Cruis
ing the pictures or the
people..well whichever,
different strokes for
different folks. You can
take it from PHYLLIS
KILLER they are both
gonna be good...See you
there, .-PHYLLIS
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