Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 16:11:11 EST
From: gaynet@gallifrey.kent.edu
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Subject: GayNet Digest Volume 11 Issue 17
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In this issue:
                        Angelou Poem: as spoken
                       co-dependency individuals
                               Tom Hulce
                        Corporate AIDS policies
                    GayNet Digest Volume 11 Issue 11
                        DC Accomodations for MOW
                               Tom Hulce
                     March On Washington - 4/25/93

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 11:46:55 -0800
From: Linda Roise <roise@seattleu.edu>
Subject: Angelou Poem: as spoken

This is the poem as posted on Prodigy.  It does NOT omit the
references to gays.  I also appreciate that it was properly
line-scanned, as a poem, rather than as something that looks like
prose.

             Text: Maya Angelou's Inaugural Poem

    Here is the text of the inaugural poem written by Maya
 Angelou delivered at Bill Clinton's swearing-in:

   A Rock, A River, A Tree
   Hosts to species long since departed,
   Marked the mastodon.
   The dinosaur, who left dry tokens
   Of their sojourn here
   On our planet floor,
   Any broad alarm of their hastening doom
   Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages.

   But today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly, forcefully,
   Come, you may stand upon my
   Back and face your distant destiny,
   But seek no haven in my shadow.
   I will give you no more hiding place down here.

   You, created only a little lower than
   The angels, have crouched too long in
   The bruising darkness,
   Have lain too long
   Face down in ignorance.
   Your mouths spilling words

   Armed for slaughter.
   The Rock cries out today, you may stand on me,
   But do not hide your face.
   Across the wall of the world,
   A River sings a beautiful song,
   Come rest here by my side.

   Each of you a bordered country,
   Delicate and strangely made proud,
   Yet thrusting perpetually under siege.
   Your armed struggles for profit
   Have left collars of waste upon
   My shore, currents of debris upon my breast.
   Yet, today I call you to my riverside,
   If you will study war no more. Come,
   Clad in peace and I will sing the songs
   The Creator gave to me when I and the
   Tree and the stone were one.
   Before cynicism was a bloody sear across your
   Brow and when you yet knew you still
   Knew nothing.
   The River sings and sings on.

   There is a true yearning to respond to
   The singing River and the wise Rock.
   So say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew
   The African and Native American, the Sioux,
   The Catholic, the Muslim, the French, the Greek
   The Irish, the Rabbi, the Priest, the Sheikh,
   The Gay, the Straight, the Preacher,
   The privileged, the homeless, the Teacher.
   They hear. They all hear
   The speaking of the Tree.

   Today, the first and last of every Tree
   Speaks to humankind. Come to me, here beside the River.
   Plant yourself beside me, here beside the River.
   Each of you, descendant of some passed
   On traveller, has been paid for.
   You, who gave me my first name, you
   Pawnee, Apache and Seneca, you
   Cherokee Nation, who rested with me, then
   Forced on bloody feet, left me to the employment of
   Other seekers--desperate for gain,
   Starving for gold.
   You, the Turk, the Swede, the German, the Scot ...

   You the Ashanti, the Yoruba, the Kru, bought
   Sold, stolen, arriving on a nightmare
   Praying for a dream.
   Here, root yourselves beside me.
   I am the Tree planted by the River,
   Which will not be moved.
   I, the Rock, I the River, I the Tree
   I am yours--your Passages have been paid.
   Lift up your faces, you have a piercing need
   For this bright morning dawning for you.
   History, despite its wrenching pain,
   Cannot be unlived, and if faced
   With courage, need not be lived again.

   Lift up your eyes upon
   The day breaking for you.
   Give birth again
   To the dream.
   Women, children, men,
   Take it into the palms of your hands.
   Mold it into the shape of your most
   Private need. Sculpt it into
   The image of your most public self.
   Lift up your hearts
   Each new hour holds new chances
   For new beginnings.
   Do not be wedded forever
   To fear, yoked eternally
   To brutishness.

   The horizon leans forward,
   Offering you space to place new steps of change.
   Here, on the pulse of this fine day
   You may have the courage
   To look up and out upon me, the
   Rock, the River, the Tree, your country.
   No less to Midas than the mendicant.
   No less to you now than the mastodon then.

   Here on the pulse of this new day
   You may have the grace to look up and out
   And into your sister's eyes, into
   Your brother's face, your country
   And say simply
   Very simply
   With hope
   Good morning.


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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 14:06:47 -0600
Subject: co-dependency individuals
From: An Anonymous Sender

Would anyone be interested in corresponding by
e-mail with someone in a co-dependent relation-
ship or have information regarding some sort
of outlet for co-dependency issues. I live
in a small midwest town with no al-anon
groups for gays (they do have ACOA and AA).
I would really appreciate any information
that someone could give me. I would include
my e-mail address, but there is a need for
anonymity on my end.

Thanks

Bryan

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Date: 25 Jan 1993 12:48:52 -0500 (CDT)
From: rmiller@carleton.edu
Subject: Tom Hulce

According to the "International Who's Who" (1992-93) you can write to Tom
Hulce c/o Brian Lourd, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212 USA

  Rick Miller                    "Basically, I fall in love
  Carleton College Library        with anyone who'll stay in the room
  Northfield, MN 55057            after I take my clothes off".
  rmiller@carleton.edu              -Steven McCauley, _The Easy Way Out_

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Subject: Re: Corporate AIDS policies
From: rodney@oxy.edu (Rodney J. Hoffman)
Date: 25 Jan 93 10:02:04 PST

Recently, someone asked for information on corporate AIDS policies.
Be sure to check the current issue of 'Business Week'.  The cover
story is "Managing AIDS", all about how American corporations and
individual managers handle AIDS education and PWAs in the workplace.

  -- Rodney Hoffman
     rodney@oxy.edu

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Date:    Mon, 25 Jan 93 09:58 PST
From: "Jack Newsbaum"                             <ECL4JN2@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
Subject: Re: GayNet Digest Volume 11 Issue 11

>
> From: Mark Hertzog <mwh8h@uva.pcmail.Virginia.EDU>
> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 15:27:23 EST
> Subject: After the Ball
>
In the course of commenting on _After the Ball_, you said:
>      One big problem in our community, exacerbated by books like "After the
> Ball" and groups like the Log Cabin Republicans and Gay Libertarians, is the
> notion that there are "right" and "wrong" people within our community, and
> that, to get into Decent Society, "decent" gayfolk must disassociate
> themselves from "indecent" gayfolk--the drag queens, the dykes on bikes, the
> transsexuals, the prostitutes, the pederasts and the polygamous.  The

I recommend that you try to inform yourself about L(l)ibertarians and
gay L(l)ibertarians before you spread such defamatory misinformation.
Libertarians, in general, believe that people should be free to do as
they please provided they do not violate the rights of others, and that
the sole legitimate function of government is to ensure this liberty
for all people under its jurisdiction.

There is absolutely nothing within libertarianism which would induce
gay libertarians to make any judgement that there are "right" or
"wrong", "decent" or "indecent" gayfolk. If anything, libertarians are
among the very few people who really believe in "live and let live,"
and actually put this principle into daily practice.

    =Jack=
---
 Jack B. Newsbaum             You have rights antecedent to all earthly
 Library Information Systems  governments; rights that cannot be
 University Research Library  repealed or restrained by human law.
 ecl4jn2@mvs.oac.ucla.edu               - John Adams

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Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 93 13:36:23 EST
From: Cletus Stripling <CSTRIPLI@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      DC Accomodations for MOW

Several ppl have posted information on accomodations in DC for the March
on Washington.  Typically, I stay in Crystal City, Virginia (one bridge
away from Mall area) at the Days Hotel (Days Inn).  If you make reseverations
in advance (usually 30 days) you can get a SuperSaver rate of $50 for up
to four adults.  I have stayed their 3 times and it is very easy to find,
accessible by Metro Stop-Blue Line-Crystal City.  I have been completely
satisfied.

Hope this helps someone...

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Date: 25 Jan 1993 12:48:52 -0500 (CDT)
From: rmiller@carleton.edu
Subject: Tom Hulce

According to the "International Who's Who" (1992-93) you can write to Tom
Hulce c/o Brian Lourd, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212 USA

  Rick Miller                    "Basically, I fall in love
  Carleton College Library        with anyone who'll stay in the room
  Northfield, MN 55057            after I take my clothes off".
  rmiller@carleton.edu              -Steven McCauley, _The Easy Way Out_

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From: koffron@staff.tc.umn.edu ()
Subject: March On Washington - 4/25/93
Organization: University of Minnesota
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:35:47 GMT

Greetings!

I have seen a few inquiries about the March On Washington (MOW) here and there,
 and I thought I'd give a few items of info . . . .

* as the subject line states, the March will be April 25, 1993 (Sunday)

* each state has been assigned to a specific "region" - for example,
  "Region 12" consists of the states: N/S Dakota, Minn, and Wisc.

  Knowing what region you're in is important to local fund-raising efforts


* the "festivities" will actually start Wednesday (4/21) and run through
  the following Wednedsday (4/28)

* for those who will be travel buy car or bus, I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE
  MAKING PLANS NOW TO ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON D.C. NO LATER THAN THURSDAY! The
  expected attendance is over 1 million - (can we say "grid lock"?)

* for those who have not made travel arrangements such as air or housing
  accomodations - I would strong urge you to contact your travel agent
  TODAY!

************************ why should you attend the march ********************

In 1987, over 650,000 Lesbians, Gay men, and their families, friends and
relatives converged in Washington DC for four days of celebrations, protests
remembrance, and civil rights demonstration.

Because of the epidemic of hate violence; because of the discrimination we
endure at the workplace, using services, or finding a place to live; because
of the expulsion of lesbian and gay military service personnel; and because
the response to the AIDS crisis continues to be a plague of bigotry,. . .
ON APRIL 25, 1993, WE WILL MARCH AGAIN.  THIS TIME, OVER 1,000,000 OF US WILL
EXPEREINCE IT!

****************************************************************************

Join us!  Help make this March a successful one! Get involved in planning!
Donations are also critically needed!

For more information, please call your local (or regional) lesbian/gay/bisexual
action or community council.  If you need assistance, and live within Region 12
you may call the Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council at 1-800-800-0907.

Or, you may write (for a registration flyer) "M.O.W. - PO BOX 8214  ST Paul
MN  55108-8214."

Thanks!  And I hope you can join us at the March on Washington.

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