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FREE VOLUME 8 NUMBER 7 MAY -1984 Warrington New President DePriest Resigns VGA Post by Keith Maranger At its regular monthly meeting, held April 14 in Richmond, the board of di- rectors of the Virginia Gay Alliance (VGA) announced the resignation of Thomas B. DePriest as president of the organ~zation. This was followed by the election, by a unanimous ~ote, of Kenneth Warrington as the new VGA president. Warrington had been named vice-president in March to replace Steve Proffitt who resigned. Until his recent election as president, Warrington had also occupied the position of chair of VGA 1s Tidewater chapter. The VGA 1s state board also selected Pam Jarvis, vice-chair of the Arlington chapter, to succeed Warrington as vice-president. Tom ·DePriest c-ited 11 burnout11 as the primary reason for his resignation. He said that his personal life and professional life had been 110n hold 11 over the past year and a half, and that VGA needed 11other people 11 and 11other directions. 11 DePriest said that he had been willing to be a 11 focal point11 in ·vGA. He continued, 11What I had not anticipated is that I'd have to convince lesbian and gay people in _the stat~ of the dignity of what we were trying to do ... I am not- a promoter .·11 DePri est said that VGA recently mailed 1,000 letters concerning a fundraiser in ~arch and received only 35 responses, and he cited this incident as 11 the straw that brqke the camel 1s back ... That 1s the thing that annoyed me personally. 11 DePriest said that he still intends to assist VGA in thP job of preparing -and sending questionnaires to sena- - torial and congressional candidates in this year's fall election. He stressed the . importance of changing Virginia's alcoholic beverage control / and sodomy laws, since _11those two laws legitimi~E: the prejudice (against gays). 11 He expressed the belief that changing thes~ laws will provide a legal foundation for further changes, such as non-discriminatory hiring practices. DePriest said that he favors the adoption of a statewide human rights statute; even if sexual orientation is not included as a protected category. (At least one recently drafted human rights proposal excludes sexu· al orientation.) _ · . Although DePriest did not have any -specific recommendations for newlyelected Ken .Warrington, he did suggest that VGA· consider hiring an executive director with an office in Richmond, who could maintain frequent contact with state legislators and politicians. He said that he was 11very pleased11 that VGA 11 now (has) the core of people who are willing to work. 11 Warrington said that, as president; he hopes to increase the participati~n of gays and non-gays in the VGA. He commended Tom DePriest and the 11 founding fathers of VGA11 for having 11done the gay community a fantastic service.'' Warrington said that he is 11 thankful 11 that legislators can now go to one _ organization such as VGA and 11 talk in honesty. 11 He also said that he will announce his specific plans for a series of gay leadership conferences around the state, at the regular board of directors meeting on May 20 when the new office-holders will begin their terms. - Warrington announced that Brett Cook will replace him as chair of VGA 1s Tidewater chapter. He added that Betsy Ashby will be the new vice-chair of the chapter·• Ne_w Fiction- 5eepage8 Censorship Debate at TNCC by Doug Thompson Recent actions by the administration of Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) in Hampton have affected the distribution of Our OtiJri. on campus and led to a charge of 11 ce'nsorship of speech, information and ideas 11 agains·t the administration by the Faculty Forum. The first action, a policy change which went into effect last November, stopped the di-stribution of Our OtiJri. and other free publications in the college library, and required that free materials thereafter be cleared by Mr. Rhomie Heck, Director of Development and Public Information', before being dis- Thomas s. Kubaux., Presid?nt tributed in 11 Gator 1 s, 11 the college Thomas Nelson CommunityCoUege cafeteria. In a related move, Mr. - Heck issued a memorandum to all administrators a~d superviscrs on the col~ege staff which stated that only he is to answer inquiries from the media. Our awn learned of the policy change regarding free publications during the distribution of its November issue. Prior to the change, copies of Our OtiJrz. had been available· in the library at TNCC for about four years, on a counter near the information desk, along with a variety of other f~ee publi-cations. · · On December 1, a repres·entative of our OtiJri. met with Mr. Heck to request a clarification of the new ·policy and an explanation of the criteria Mr. Heck would use to- determine whether a p_ubl ication submit~ed to his office could or could not be distributed at Gator's. Mr. Heck declined to reveal any criteria, stating that the college would ~ither distribute or .not distribute par-ticular publications 11at its own discr-etion. 11 • On December 12, President Kubala responded by letter to a written request from our OtiJri. for a clarification of the college's criteria by stating only that ·0ur Oti.m would continue to be distributed, along with other publicati~ ns, at Gator's. Continued on page 13 Norfolk Candidate Deborah Lass Photo by Garland Tillery Gay Issues Raised .In Va. Council Races Gay ana lesbian rights issues emerged jn May 1 city council elections of at _ least four ttties in Virginia, signal- 1 i ng an unprecedented- gay presence on the state's"" political scene. The Norfolk race had the only openly gay candidate in Virginia races, and although she placed last in the field of ten candidates, her campaign won the respect of other political figures and was seen as a source of encouragement -for that city's gay and lesbian communi-ty. Gay, lesbian artd femin1st issues also -surfaced in candidates• ·forums held in the cities of both Norfolk and Richmond. In the cities of Roanoke and Charlottesville gay organizations publishe:I ratings of candidates. Also in the city of Virginia Beach, although no specifically gay issues were publicly debated, a fundamentalist minister, the Rev. Anne Giminez, was resoundly defeated in her first try for-elective office. (In 1980 Giminez led a fight to have certain gay literature, including Our Oum, banned from local libraries.) In ftorfolk Deborah A. Lass, the lesbian candidat~whose campaign focused on .making city ·government more 'responsive to citizens• need~, polled 882 votes out of a total of almost 36,000. i~inners in ·the Nor:fol k race were incu~ bents Elizabeth Howell and Joseph A. Leafe, and newcomer Rev. John Foster. In Richmond, two candidates who, in a candidates• forum, strongly opposed discrimination against gays--Willie J. Uell and Stanley E. Baker-- both lost. In Roanoke the local chapter of the Virginia Gay Alliance had rated the candidates on a scale of O_ to 100, \',/ith · 100 being most favorable. Mayor Noel Taylor, with a 70 rating, won over his Continued -on page 10 Researchers Announce Major Brea-kthroughs _ Three major medi- The breakthrough will also detect cal research break- the AIDS virus in donated blood. throughs that may The findings led American research-significantly affect ers to expect the development of an the treatment of hep- AIUS vaccine in about two years. atitis B, AIDS and '. The Washington Post's April 27 re-genital herpes were port on genital herpes revealed that announced in April. an oral form of acyclovir has had The Wall Street a significant effect on the treatment Journal reported of genital herpes. Doctors from five (April 29) th~ de- medical centers report that daily use velopment of a syn- prevents recurrence in 13 out of 17 thetic hepatitis B patients for up to eight months and . vaccine; The New shortens the period a victim is infec- York Times (April tious. 24) report~d the Further research on oral acyclovir isolation of the refro-virus research- is needed. The Food and Drug Adminis- <!rs believe is the cause of AIDS; and tration may approve -the oral form for The Washington· Post {April 24) report- g~neral use this year. Currently .the ·ed s·ignificant results in the treatment ointment costs $18 to $24 for a two ment of genital herpes with an oral to three week supply.a -form of acyclovir, a ·drug previously ' used as an ointment. - -Compiled by Mark Hiers Researchers at the New York Blood Center and at the California Institute of Technology jointly announced a laboratory advance that rnay lead to an · inexpensive, synthetic hepatitis B vaccine in two to four years. Current treatment co·sts $100 for a three-inject- ton course of a genetically en- -gi nee red vaccine manufactured in the United States by Merck & Co. Scientists isolated two ~ntig~ns from hepatitis B virus that cause a response from the body's immune system. Biologist Stephen B.H. Kent of Caltech reproduced the antigens• molecules synthetically. Testing on laboratory animals will continue prior to any decision to test human subjects. ' . Federal researchers announced April 23 that they had found a virus, call~ d HTLV-3, they believed to cause AIDS. This announcement followed that of scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris which reported isolating a similar virus, LAV. Margaret M. Heckler, secretary of Health and Human Services, believes the two vi ruses wi 11 be proved i dent i-ca 1. 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Object Description
Title | Our Own, May 1984 |
Creator | Unitarian-Universalist Gay Community |
Date | 1984-05 |
Description | May 1984 issue of Our Own Community Press. |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Subject | Gay liberation movement; Gay rights; Gay men; Lesbians; Virginia; Periodicals |
Coverage | Norfolk, Virginia; Hampton Roads, Virginia |
Publisher | Old Dominion University Libraries |
Source | Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Perry Library |
Relation | Our Own Community Press, 1976-1998 |
Language | English |
Media Type | Newspapers |
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Title | Our Own, May 1984, pg 1 |
Date | 1984-05 |
Description | May 1984 issue of Our Own Community Press. |
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Full Text | FREE VOLUME 8 NUMBER 7 MAY -1984 Warrington New President DePriest Resigns VGA Post by Keith Maranger At its regular monthly meeting, held April 14 in Richmond, the board of di- rectors of the Virginia Gay Alliance (VGA) announced the resignation of Thomas B. DePriest as president of the organ~zation. This was followed by the election, by a unanimous ~ote, of Kenneth Warrington as the new VGA president. Warrington had been named vice-president in March to replace Steve Proffitt who resigned. Until his recent election as president, Warrington had also occupied the position of chair of VGA 1s Tidewater chapter. The VGA 1s state board also selected Pam Jarvis, vice-chair of the Arlington chapter, to succeed Warrington as vice-president. Tom ·DePriest c-ited 11 burnout11 as the primary reason for his resignation. He said that his personal life and professional life had been 110n hold 11 over the past year and a half, and that VGA needed 11other people 11 and 11other directions. 11 DePriest said that he had been willing to be a 11 focal point11 in ·vGA. He continued, 11What I had not anticipated is that I'd have to convince lesbian and gay people in _the stat~ of the dignity of what we were trying to do ... I am not- a promoter .·11 DePri est said that VGA recently mailed 1,000 letters concerning a fundraiser in ~arch and received only 35 responses, and he cited this incident as 11 the straw that brqke the camel 1s back ... That 1s the thing that annoyed me personally. 11 DePriest said that he still intends to assist VGA in thP job of preparing -and sending questionnaires to sena- - torial and congressional candidates in this year's fall election. He stressed the . importance of changing Virginia's alcoholic beverage control / and sodomy laws, since _11those two laws legitimi~E: the prejudice (against gays). 11 He expressed the belief that changing thes~ laws will provide a legal foundation for further changes, such as non-discriminatory hiring practices. DePriest said that he favors the adoption of a statewide human rights statute; even if sexual orientation is not included as a protected category. (At least one recently drafted human rights proposal excludes sexu· al orientation.) _ · . Although DePriest did not have any -specific recommendations for newlyelected Ken .Warrington, he did suggest that VGA· consider hiring an executive director with an office in Richmond, who could maintain frequent contact with state legislators and politicians. He said that he was 11very pleased11 that VGA 11 now (has) the core of people who are willing to work. 11 Warrington said that, as president; he hopes to increase the participati~n of gays and non-gays in the VGA. He commended Tom DePriest and the 11 founding fathers of VGA11 for having 11done the gay community a fantastic service.'' Warrington said that he is 11 thankful 11 that legislators can now go to one _ organization such as VGA and 11 talk in honesty. 11 He also said that he will announce his specific plans for a series of gay leadership conferences around the state, at the regular board of directors meeting on May 20 when the new office-holders will begin their terms. - Warrington announced that Brett Cook will replace him as chair of VGA 1s Tidewater chapter. He added that Betsy Ashby will be the new vice-chair of the chapter·• Ne_w Fiction- 5eepage8 Censorship Debate at TNCC by Doug Thompson Recent actions by the administration of Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) in Hampton have affected the distribution of Our OtiJri. on campus and led to a charge of 11 ce'nsorship of speech, information and ideas 11 agains·t the administration by the Faculty Forum. The first action, a policy change which went into effect last November, stopped the di-stribution of Our OtiJri. and other free publications in the college library, and required that free materials thereafter be cleared by Mr. Rhomie Heck, Director of Development and Public Information', before being dis- Thomas s. Kubaux., Presid?nt tributed in 11 Gator 1 s, 11 the college Thomas Nelson CommunityCoUege cafeteria. In a related move, Mr. - Heck issued a memorandum to all administrators a~d superviscrs on the col~ege staff which stated that only he is to answer inquiries from the media. Our awn learned of the policy change regarding free publications during the distribution of its November issue. Prior to the change, copies of Our OtiJrz. had been available· in the library at TNCC for about four years, on a counter near the information desk, along with a variety of other f~ee publi-cations. · · On December 1, a repres·entative of our OtiJri. met with Mr. Heck to request a clarification of the new ·policy and an explanation of the criteria Mr. Heck would use to- determine whether a p_ubl ication submit~ed to his office could or could not be distributed at Gator's. Mr. Heck declined to reveal any criteria, stating that the college would ~ither distribute or .not distribute par-ticular publications 11at its own discr-etion. 11 • On December 12, President Kubala responded by letter to a written request from our OtiJri. for a clarification of the college's criteria by stating only that ·0ur Oti.m would continue to be distributed, along with other publicati~ ns, at Gator's. Continued on page 13 Norfolk Candidate Deborah Lass Photo by Garland Tillery Gay Issues Raised .In Va. Council Races Gay ana lesbian rights issues emerged jn May 1 city council elections of at _ least four ttties in Virginia, signal- 1 i ng an unprecedented- gay presence on the state's"" political scene. The Norfolk race had the only openly gay candidate in Virginia races, and although she placed last in the field of ten candidates, her campaign won the respect of other political figures and was seen as a source of encouragement -for that city's gay and lesbian communi-ty. Gay, lesbian artd femin1st issues also -surfaced in candidates• ·forums held in the cities of both Norfolk and Richmond. In the cities of Roanoke and Charlottesville gay organizations publishe:I ratings of candidates. Also in the city of Virginia Beach, although no specifically gay issues were publicly debated, a fundamentalist minister, the Rev. Anne Giminez, was resoundly defeated in her first try for-elective office. (In 1980 Giminez led a fight to have certain gay literature, including Our Oum, banned from local libraries.) In ftorfolk Deborah A. Lass, the lesbian candidat~whose campaign focused on .making city ·government more 'responsive to citizens• need~, polled 882 votes out of a total of almost 36,000. i~inners in ·the Nor:fol k race were incu~ bents Elizabeth Howell and Joseph A. Leafe, and newcomer Rev. John Foster. In Richmond, two candidates who, in a candidates• forum, strongly opposed discrimination against gays--Willie J. Uell and Stanley E. Baker-- both lost. In Roanoke the local chapter of the Virginia Gay Alliance had rated the candidates on a scale of O_ to 100, \',/ith · 100 being most favorable. Mayor Noel Taylor, with a 70 rating, won over his Continued -on page 10 Researchers Announce Major Brea-kthroughs _ Three major medi- The breakthrough will also detect cal research break- the AIDS virus in donated blood. throughs that may The findings led American research-significantly affect ers to expect the development of an the treatment of hep- AIUS vaccine in about two years. atitis B, AIDS and '. The Washington Post's April 27 re-genital herpes were port on genital herpes revealed that announced in April. an oral form of acyclovir has had The Wall Street a significant effect on the treatment Journal reported of genital herpes. Doctors from five (April 29) th~ de- medical centers report that daily use velopment of a syn- prevents recurrence in 13 out of 17 thetic hepatitis B patients for up to eight months and . vaccine; The New shortens the period a victim is infec- York Times (April tious. 24) report~d the Further research on oral acyclovir isolation of the refro-virus research- is needed. The Food and Drug Adminis- |
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