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Pdge'2/-*- The Bur^ ^ovefmbfe^ ^ ^ THE BARB Publisher ..... W.E.(Bill) Smith, Jr. Editor Gary W. Poe Advertising Mgr. Gary E. Salles Production Staff: H.Lee Conn James Moore Contributors: Scott Young Phyllis Killer Miss Robbie Tom Oosterhoudt Jim Youngman Gil Robison Steve Warren Phoenix Jarrell Robbie Tee Rip Naquin Polish Prince Dr. Francis Dale Billy Jones Published over the past four years by a dedicated staff of Volunteers. We take full responsibility for its successes and its failures. A special note of thanks is due Richard Lee, Beth Lord, TC & Rick, Carmen, Paul and Holly, people who kept THE BARB going at various points in its life. Finally, my personal thanks and love to our current staff and our supporters. -Bill Smith 'Blue I Sky ( Atlanta’s Sportswear Exchange ' 1018 PEACHTREE’ 1 WALK. Nashville - Contending that she has been left “half woman* and half man” by Vanderbilt Hospital’s refusal to complete a sex change operation, Pat Lepley has filed suit seeking $500,000 damages from the hospital. The suit alleges that Ms. Lepley underwent a hysterectomy at Madison Hospital and a mastectomy at Vanderbilt Hospital as steps towards a complete sex change. Vanderbilt officials first gave—then withdrew—approval for further surgery to transform her into a biological male. Montgomery - A Federal judge says he will not take oral testimony in a suit filed by a woman who was discharged against her will by the Army because she married a self- avowed transexual. The judge said that he will decide the issues based on the records of former Specialist 4 Marie Sode’s discharge hearings. The 22 year old former Army clerk who was stationed at Ft. Rucker, Ala., was dismissed last July 20 after a review board concluded that she had homosexual tendencies” because of her marriage to a pre operative transsexual. Palm Beach - The Human Resources Committee here is rewriting its- proposed employment rights ordinance specifically to exclude gay people. Gay men and women had been covered in the general wording of the original draft, which would have made it illegal to fire or refuse to hire any person except for poor performance or lack of qualifications. Committee sources told the Miami Herald that the ordinance is being rewritten because committee members are “unwilling to become embroiled in a Dade County like gay rights controversy.” ■, Winchester, Tenn. - Motions seeking anew trial for Claudius I. (Bud) Vermilye, convicted of promoting homosexual activities at a home for wayward boys was presented to the Circuit Court of Appeals on September 9th. Vermilye, convicted June 2 of crimes against nature, was charged with promoting ’and photographing homosexual activities among youths at Boys Farm, Inc. Bass, Ark. - An Arkansas based “white Christian” newsapaper called The Torch has editorially urged the gassing of gay people. The editorial stated that “It is becoming increasingly clear to many Americans that homosexuals can no longer be tolerated and that efforts should be made to make it a capital crime punishable by death.” The Torch lists itself as “the Revolutionary newspaper of the White People’s Committee to Restore God’s Laws." Jacksonville, FL - It has been reported in the Florida Times Union that Florida Senate President Lew Brantley has decided to run for Mayor of Jacksonville. Brantley is a supporter of anti-gay Anita Bryant. Austin, TX - The City Council of Austin has dropped protection of gay men and women in its new housing ordinance. Fears of public outcry were among the reasons- for the exclusion. Miami - Anita Bryant asserted recently that divorce, runaways, drugs and pornography are the four destroyers of the American family. Bryant, according to newspaper reports, did not mention homosexuality, however, in her address to the Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs. Nashville, TN - The Tennessee Gay Coalition for Human Rights has been formed to “combat discrimination inside and outside the gay community as a result of race, religion, handicapped status, age, sex, or sexual orientation.” They are a nonviolent group which chooses to work for these goals through “public education and research, legislative change, community organization and involvement, and the co-ordination of the efforts of gaysr women and minorities with the community-at-large. The Coalition is open to anyone and can be reached through the Compton House Community Services Center, 1504 Compton Ave., Nashville, Tennessee, 37212 or by phoning (615) 383-4106. Monday, October 31, Gala Production Extravaganza 2 Shows ^ettuuut m LOCKER ROOM per Health Club Free Sunday Buffet ( $f.OO ^eoenayc *Inducted ) THE LOCKER ROOM 2325 Cheshire Bridge Road - 325-0967 disco nn m ®«Gfl (?a4He join ate and t6e caat t£e fan. Friday, October 28 “Salt i±± c^~faL[oU7££n — $100 d)%LginciL doitums, — $50 doitums. — $50