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INTEGRITY CONFERENCE
REPORT
By Jim Wickliff
INTEGRITY, an
organization of Episcopalian
gay people and their friends,
held its first Annual Con
vention in Chicago at St.
James Catherdral August 8-
10. Over 150 people from 24
states and Canada par
ticipated in the weekend’s
events. Workshops and panel
discussions explored a
variety of concerns, ranging
from “Concepts in Modern
Moral Theology” to
“Counseling Gay People”
and Problems of Gay
Parents.” Three worskhops
considered the emerging Gay
Community in terms of its
responsibilities in such areas
as cultural, religious and
socio-political involvement.
Featured speaker at the
Convention was Dr. W.
Norman Pittenger, noted
theologian, author and
educator from King’s
College, Cambridge. Making
a “case” for Gays in the
Church and the ministry, Dr.
Pittenger stressed the idea
that God is infinite love, and
that all human being (or
“becoming,” as he urged the
audience to think of it)
aspires to the sharing of that
Love. All sexuality is a gift,
he pointed out, that may lead
us into increasing awamess
of God’s perfect love. When
asked to suggest moral
guidelines for Gay people, Dr.
Pittenger responded that
sexual morality would be the
same for Gays and non- Gays
alike, that is isn’t a matter of
“good” versus “bad,” but of
“good, better and best.” The
only moral danger in any
sexual encounter, he con
tinued, would lie in one
person treating another ad a
“thing” rather than a human
being. Dr. Pittenger en
thralled his audience for
three hours, and received a
standing ovation at the
conclustion of his remarks.
Highlight of the weekend
was the special INTEGRITY
mass celebrated in the
Cathedral on Saturday
morning. Primary celebrant
was The Rt. Rev.’d Quintin e.
Primo, Jr., Suggragan
Bishop of Chicago. Nineteen
of the priests attending the
Convention concelebrated
with him. The sermon was
given by The Rev’d Robert F.
Herrick, who works with the
National Gay Task Force in
New york.
A Founder’s Banquet was
held on Saturday night, at
which INTEGRITY Co-
Presidents Ellen Barrett and
Jim Wickliff presented the
organization’s first Annual
Award to Dr. Pittenger “For
his outstanding contribution
to a more Christian un
derstanding of human
sexuality.” The award, which
will be presented every year,
is a silver replica of the
INTEGRITY Cross. This
year a second INTEGRITY
Cross of silver was presented
to Dr. Louie Crew in gratitude
and recognition for founding
the publication from which
the organization later grew.
Dr. Crew spoke to the
banqueters, after which he,
too, was cheered and ap
plauded.
No formal resolutions or
statements of purpose came
out of the Convention. Since
INTEGRITY is less than a
year old and still growing at a
very rapid pace, it was felt
that such matters should be
postponed until the ideas of
the larger membership have
a chance to be heard, the
Constitution requires
organizational involvement
,in four areas: Religious,
Charitable, Educational and
Literary. With chapters in
18 cities already, the
members discussed various
plans for implementing
programs in all four areas on
the chapter, or local level.
Plans for next year’s
Convention are being made,
and the location is expected to
be announced within the next
few weeks.
LESBIAN WRITERS MEET
The 2nd Annual Lesbian
Writers Conference will be
held in Chicago September 19,
20 and 21 (1975) at the First
Unitarian Church 5650 South
Woodlawn. The Conference
will open Friday night with a
talk by Gene Damon (Bar
bara Grier) Former editor of
the Ladder, for many years
the only nationwide Lesbian
publication, and principal
compiler of The Lesbian in
Literature, a complete
bibliography of all liter
ary works treating the theme
of or reference to
Lesbians. (The second
edition of this standard
reference work has been
released recently.) The
fee for the entire weekend
will be $5.00. For further
information or reservations,
please contact Marie Kuda,
WOMANPRESS, PO. BOX
59330, Chicago 60645.
Ms. Grier’ talk, scheduled
for 8:00 p.m. will be
ATLANTA GAY COALITION
ORGANIZES MEDIA TASK FORCE
An ambitious media
campaign is being planned by
the Atlanta Gay Coalition
(AGO. The AGC was formed
in direct response to media
problems early this year. The
members formally and
unanimously agreed to for
mulate a media program as
its first major project.
Reverend \ Elder John Gill
of the Atlanta Metropolitan
Community Church has
already presented to the
Georgia Association of
Broadcaster the gay com
munities needs and goals.
Atlanta Lesbian Feminist
Alliance representative,
Martha Smith, is heading up
an ALFA media task force
committee. ALFA has been
imvolved in several protests
aimed at Atlanta Newspapers
Incorporated and Atlanta
television stations refusal to
give appropriate coverage of
ALFA’s vital and active role
in women’s groups here.
Dr. Stuart Stringer, Chief
Psychologist at Emory
University Hospital, is in
communication with the New
York based National Gay
Task Force; seeking to gain
their aid and experience in
this area.
Bill Smith, gay
representative to Atlanta’s
Community Relations
Commission sounded the done
dissenting note within the
coalition as he pressed for a
more structured organization
before the AGC begins to
actualize its programs.
preceeded by registeration at
7:00 p.m. and followed by a
“get-acquainted” coffee
hour. Chicago’s Lesbian
Feminist Center
will have a book table
featuring the latest in books
by and about Lesbians,
small press publications and
gay periodicals for sale to
participants. Also, the New
Alexandria Library for
Women will have a display
relating to Lesbian literary
works.
Saturday workshops will
include Poetry, Article
Writing, Layout and Design,
Song Writing and others. A
special emphasis of this
conference will be workshops
and seminars on self-
publishing and small press as
practical alternatives for the
Lesbian Writer. Distribution
problems and some solutions
will be a related area of
consideration. Sunday the
Conference will conclude with
participants reading \ and
performing their own Works.
WOMANPRESS will publish
an anthology of material
gleaned from the conference.
Last year’s conference
drew women from California
to Canada and Denver to
Washington D. C. as will as
women from all over the mid
west. At least fourteen
Lesbian and Feminist
publications were;
represented. The opening
address by Valerie Taylor,
author of seven published
Lesbian novels, is available
oh tape cassette for a Small
fee from Lavender Press Co*
sponsor of the 1974 ! Con
ference. In addition, a limited
number of copies of WOMl&t
LOVING WOMEN; A select
and annotated bibiography el
women loving women to
literature published with tfel
proceeds of last yeart
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