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Youth Rights Conference JustFund KY
The American Civil Liberties ARerroluttonary Eveiilng Of
Union of Kentucky is preparing for Dlnner and Danctng
our annual Youth Rights Conference On September 20.1,, JustFund KY
September 20th from 9‘1‘31'4 pm at promises a night of entertainment unlike
the Lexington Main Public Library. any seen before in the history of Lexing-
The Conference 15 an opportunity for ton: one night, 100 dinner parties, and
hlgh school students from across the a spectacular dance at Lexington Cen-
commonwealth to come together and ter’s Bluegrass Ballroom.
learn more about civil liberties issues. Organizers are planning 100 con-
This year’s conference W1“ “1' current dinner parties to be held in Lex-
clude a variety 0f topics including ington, Louisville and surrounding cit—
The First Amendment, Lesbian/Gay/ ies. Each dinner will offer its own theme,
Bisexual/Transgender Rights, Free— menu, and adventure. The cost of the
dom of Religion, Immigrants’ Rights, dinners will vary.
Reproductive Freedom and Students’ Attending one of the dinner parties
RightS- We Will be discussing these will include admission to a spectacular
tOPiCS within a Human Rights frame— dance party! At the conclusion of each
work that takes into consideration dinner, the Participants will come to-
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ity, age, and geography in individu- looking Phoenix Park to listen and
als’ and communities’ lives and ex- dance to the music of the Tim Talbert
periences. Project and Chico Fellini. JustFundKY
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viders and community groups in the Lexing— ‘
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ney Hospice of the Bluegrass is hosting a The Moonshine Bears of KY invite

to support group for gays, lesbians, bi— you to join them for Moonshine Mad-

ork sexuals, and transgender people who ness 2008, a weekend of fun, food and

lCXt have experienced the death of a part— friends, starting on Sept. 5th. The Mr.
ner. Gathering together and sharing KY Bear Contest on Sept. 6 will be the
experiences, thoughts, and feelings highlight of the weekend. Most events
with others who have experienced a will be at Ramada Inn, 2143 N. Broad-

to similar loss offers practical and emo- way. Visit www.moonshinebears.com
tional support. for details or to register.

y, The group will focus on the grief On Friday night, Sept. 5th, there

‘01. process, coping tools, self-care and will be a meet and greet with pizza at

_ issues common to all after the death of the Ramada Hospitality Suite. A shut—

ty a partner and those unique to this tle bus will be available to take every—

lg community. The group meets for five one to The Bang where you can meet.

[1. sessions on Saturday mornings 10 to the contestants,

:11 11:30, September 6, 13, 27, October 4 On Sat., Sept. 6th there will be

rt and 1 1. [\We will not meet Sept. 20]. breakfast and other events at the hotel. .

rk The group meets at Hospice of the Dinner will be at 7, cost $20. Doors

in Bluegrass Center for Grief and Educa— open at 8pm, with the contest starting

e— tion, 2312 Alexandria Drive. To re- at 9 pm. Admission at the door is $5

is ceive more information or to register There will be a $300 cash prize for

l for the group, please call (859)277— the winner, $100 for the runner up
2700, or email testepp@hospicebg.org. and $50 for third place. You can regis—
The registration deadline is Wed., ter at the website above. There will be
Sept. 3, and space is limited. a victory party at the Bang after the

contest at about 1 1 pm.

lg Bluegrass Women’s Network ,

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’_ The Bluegrass women’s Network _ ’

3r is a social group for women of all SisterSounds new “35°“ 0f re-

le ages. To receive emails about events hearsals begin on .Sept. 7' We meet

1 contact debbywoman@gmail.com. every Sunday evening between 6 and

1: You will be notified of events ranging 8' We rehearse Eu Lansdowne Cum-

l6 from camping trips, to parties, movie berland Presbyterian Chlirch on Red-

, nights and monthly brunches. You ding Road. ' If youlcant come that

I, can attend those of interest to you. Sunday, thats OK, just start °‘_‘ any

6: You are also welcome to plan an event Sunday you can If you would 111‘? to

' and invite the women on the list. speak Wlth a. live person, call Pat“ at
Sign up, get involved. 806-0243. Either way, hope to see you

there! (see article on page 6)
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 Frankfort Group Starting Lexington Fairness
Karen Taylor is interested in starting Greetings from Lexington Fairness!
a group in Frankfort. Contact her at As incredible as it may seem, it’s been
ktaylor@fewpb.net, or 502 223—7441 two months since Lexington’s amaz-
(H) or 502 545-6355 ©. ingly successful Downtown Pride Festi—

. . val and we’re rapidly approaching the
LEXlngtOIl Ly0ns & LEV] Club end of the outdoor season. Time cer- .
The Lexington Lyons meet tainly flies .when you re havmg fun!

Don t despair — Summer still has some
3;“ a month 0“ thefsecthnd hlfo‘ldiy' great events in store for us.

e are a group 0 “Ch 5 w 0 cc e— All of us at Lexin on Fairness are
brate strength, unity, and diversity looking forward to gSeptember 204.,
for those who enjoy the Leather and when JustFund Kentucky will play host
Levi lifestyle. Joinlus on Monday, to aRevolution! “Justice for All”, a
Aug 10 at the Pride Center, :389 revolutionary evening of dinners and
Waller Ave., at 7 pm. For more info dancing will be held across the com-
see www.1exlyons.org. monwealth on September 20th. Just—

_ . FundKY’s annual event for 2008 prom—
Same Sex Domestic Vlhlehce ises to usher in this autumn with a
Rarel do we talk about violence bang! There Will be 100 volunteer din-
_ that hapgens within our relation— ner hosts serving. up dinner and home—
ships; but physical, sexual and emo— spun fun in parties all across the Blue—
tional violence occurs Within our lives grass. After the myriad 0f themed ‘hh‘
- as commonly as in the lives of ner parties, the evening will culminate
straight people. in a dance at the Bluegrass Ballroom in
It is time to use your voice to LeX'Ii‘IlllgtOh Center. . b “M
l r ace. Con- e evening promises to e a ust
:fiteth: 2:13,; szfemlpllldogue’ a Attend” event, featuring muslc from the
rant or a prayer that will help people Tim Talbert Project and Chico Fellini.
understand. Selected pieces will be So, get your dancmg shoes on! and
performed at a later date. Submit come out and jom JhflhhthY for a
prose, poetry or a theatrical piece not revolutionary evening.
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lajone72@yahoo.com or to Santana at FundKY’s mission ofbuilding an endow-
santana86b@uly.edu. .You can also ment to promote LGBT equality and
contact them for more information. fairness through education and outreach.
The proceeds from the event will be
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to match each dollar donated to Just—
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* I p g. f ' { I, y f Sound is starting to rehears Sept. 7th.
“ i. _ ‘ : :7 j ' . I am looking forward to seeing my
friends again after having the summer
Phone 859 253_3233 off, but it means more than that to me.
. , How can I explain what Sister—
Oi’ficc I-Ionrs If) to 3 Mom-Fri. Sound means to me, It's more than
Center Opened: 3—7 Wed. &Thnl's just good friends, although that is a
Saturdays 12 -2—call to be sure big Part of it. It's more than the
chance to sing, although that's impor-
DIICUIIION GROUP tant to me, too. It's not really a "gay
chorus" as some of the straight Sisters
EVERY WEDNEIDAY remind us on occasion (by my count
PRIDE CENTER 389 WALLER probably half of us are lesbians — now,
OPEN To EVERYONE do we have to be a majority to not be a
minority?).
_ It's not just cracking up with the
InSIght Group Director, although John (and his wife
Friday, Sept. 5 Pot Luck Beth) 3?” I. g" bafk 31”“ 2" Yea“,
‘ to the time in my life I was married to
Friday, sept. 19 MOVie Night a man. It's all of those things and
more.
- When I figured out that I was a
TransKentucky lesbian at the tender age of 37, I felt
disconnected from the community I
TransKentucky is a support, had just “left.” At the same time, I
social, and resource group serving Lex— was embarrassed to admit to the gay
ington and Kentucky. Our mission is community that I had been so dense. I
to provide a safe place for transgender felt very much the "newbie" and had
individuals and others who do not fit no idea then how many women shared
the standard gender norms. We 5‘1P’ my path. Then I saw the ad in the
Fort each other by offering advice, GLSO newsletter — at that time, Sister—
resources and insights from our own Sound was asking for lst Sopranos- no
e1"P"'1'ieh‘3‘35' This is h°t a therapy audition, just show up. It felt like fate!
group. When I appeared at my first re—
Family, friends, and suppor— hearsal, I felt so at home. Most impor-
tive community members are invited tantly, I felt safe to be myself. I was
to attend to gain understanding of welcomed by a warm, friendly bunch
issues concerning gender presentation, of women, both gay and straight...and
identity, and variance. We meet on the I have been a part of SisterSound off
first Saturday of each month at 7:30 and on since that day.
pm. Meetings are free and you may That was about 11 years ago. Still, it's
dress however you feel comfortable. difficult for me to explain just what
For info and Lexington meeting place SisterSound means to me. I do hope
email TransKentucky@gmail.com some
Continued on page 7
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 Shooting at the Tennessee Valley f0“ wrotTeo (fig/0 oifuhislfolggreggfifnl
Unitarian Universalist Church '5 G.LB ') ”3“ 6 ° ‘ce .‘e
Sterling Owen said the letter detailed
_ his hatred of gays and "the liberal
0.“ the morhing of Saturday, July movement." But the Police won't
27’ Jim D' Adkisson entered the Ten- provide the letter or identify the
nessee Valley Unitarian Universalist shooter's targets. "If you needed to
Church (I l UUC) during a perform— know, you would have been noti-
ance of a children’s play and opened fled," the chiefsaid.
fire on the people gathered there. Two Although I do not like the police
adults were klhed’ Greg McKendry, Chier attitude, I am not sure that
who “00d “P to the gunman blocking knowing the contents of that letter
his ability to shoot others, and Linda would make me feel any safer. Don’t
Kraeger. Sin other adults were injured we know what kind of things he said?
but no children were harmed. The I do think it would be interesting to
gunman was tackled by congregants see if his opinions seem to come from
and taken into police-custody: some of the radio and TV personali—
Ih his. first media ihtemew after ties that use what I consider to be
the shooting, Rev. Chris Buice, said hate speech. Maybe that will come
that Greg McKendry was someone out in the trial.
who counseled and in other ways Rev. Bruice cemented on the
' helped people in economic difficulty. use of “hate speech” which he re—
If the circumstances were different, ferred to as «dehumanizing language”
‘ Gfeg WO‘hd have been .ready. to help and questioned the responsibility of
this man who 5 finanCial crisis may individuals who are Particularly
have been one of the factors contribut— strong in their condemnation of lib-
ing to his violence. ' erals including GLBT people. Rev.
You may have heard that AfhhSSOh Bruice spoke about the power of lan—
made homophobic and anti—liberal guage and said: "The words you
remarks in the church and in a letter choose may be the difference between
he had written to explain his actions. war and peace".
The police have the letter but have not The police seized as evidence
released it’s contehts. ’ . books by Michael Savage, Bill
.Many Peohle lhelhd-‘hg Rev. Chris O’Reilly and Sean Hannity that were
Buice, the minister °f_t_he I 'UUC’ found in the shooter’s apartment.
have. called on authorities to make Bloggers have been debating the af—
Ildskissons letter available to the pub— fect of right wing rhetoric on this
he' Buice said that knowmg the con- shooter and on the increase of “hate
tents of the letter nught help vulner— speech” in America today.
able groups including Knoxville's gay Do you think that right wing
and lesbian community reclaim a sense “shock jocks” use language that en—
ofsafety. courages violence? Should they be
The Rev. _B°h Galloway, pastor 0f censored or is it better to know what
the Metropolitan Community Church people are thinking? I would love to
' W Kn xvill h d hi - - - - - -
1h . est 0 ' e, says .e an s P? print a variety of opinions on this
rishioners can t worship in peace until topic. Send an essay or just a para-
they know what s m the letter Adkis' graph to marycrone@insightbb.com.
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 GLBT Publishing: Sappho ' ‘ « A f
by mary crane A (

Any discussion of GLBT Publish— , V :
ing should include a discussion of Sap— , .. . g .% f}: t
pho. Sappho was an Ancient Greek 5- an ‘

LYric Poet, born on the Ile’ of Lesbos I ' .. I
sometime between 630 BCE and 612 _ Wm. l
BCE. She spent most of her adult life in w

the city of Mytilene on Lesbos. The ,. 2V

word “lesbian” derives from Lesbos and V, i
was first acknowledged as meaning sex- ., (
ual orientation in the 1870 Oxford W s
English Dictionary. Up until that time “m at: t
it was used to mean “the women of Les— ii? " 5- ' * i
bos.” _ a

The bulk of Sappho’s Poetry has Sappho , by Lawrence Alma Tadema (1881) I
been lost, but her reputation has en— “ ” ’ . ‘
dured through the surviving fragments many 01: the. facts . 0f Sappho S hfe ‘
of her verse and from references to her can be questioned, 1nclud1ng the ac— ‘
by writers in later centuries. A recent curacy 0f the translauons 0f the po— 1

‘ translation ofa fragment: et1c fragments. Sappho wrote her f

Love shook my heart poems to be performed with the ac— t

Like the wind on the mountain '50‘13P‘A1niment Of a lyre: (thus “lyric

‘ Troubling the oak trees poet”) the common practice of the E

Much of what is known about Sap— time. Very few people were literate in l
pho’s life is based on interpretations of her time and singing, no doubt, made
her work Which has established a poetic verse easier to remember and v
“biographical tradition” that may not pass on to others. Some of her poems (
be entirely accurate. Aspects of her life, were written on papyrus and rewrit- s
such as her exile to Sicily during a pe— ten by scribes over several hundred r
riod of political turbulence on Lesbos, years after her death. t
are accepted because they can be cross Sappho composed her own music t
referenced to other accounts from that and refined the prevailing lyric meter I
time. Most sources state that she had a to a point that it is now known as ‘
daughter, Cleis, but one source points sapphic meter, a four line stanza in ;
out that the word for daughter could which the first three lines are long, t
also be translated as slave or young and the fourth is short. One of the i
woman. few works considered to be complete,

One 10‘h Century source, The Hymn to Aphrodite, was written in I
Suda, claims that Sappho was married this meter. It is addressed to the god- I
to a "very wealthy man called Cercylas" dess asking her to aid in the poet’s (
and that he was Cle'1's' father. This tradi- pursuit of a young woman. c
tion may have been invented by the Addressing gods and goddesses was a
comic poets, as the name of the pur— traditional part of lyric poetry, but i
ported husband means "prick from the Sappho was also one of a group of
Isle of Man". So, keep in mind that innovative Greek lyrists who ex- -
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 perimented by writing from a personal quently. Sappho wrote in an Aeolic
point of view. She is acknowledged to be Greek dialect no longer used or un—
one of the first poets in history to write derstood in Roman times and so it is
in the first person, describing love and reasonable that the remaining origi-
loss as it affected her (or the narrator of nal works were not translated or pre-
the poem) personally. An example: served as the decades passed.
My life is bitter with thy love; thine eyes in the 3rd century’ Phllosothr
Blind me, thy tresses burn me, thy sharp sighs Maxim!“ f’f Tyre more tint Sap P ho 8
Divide my flesh and spirit with soft sound relatmmhlps to the lesmans (women
of Lesbos) were similar to those of
Many of Sappho’s poems speak 0f Socrates: What else was the love of
infatuations and love (sometimes re— the lesbian woman except Socrates'
quited, sometimes 1100 for various art of love? For they seem to me to
women, blit descriptions 0f physical acts have practiced love each in their own
between women are few and their mean- way, she that of women, he that of
ing debated. Many lesbians, including men.

‘ authors and scholars as well as readers, Scholars at the great Alexandrian
have seen themselves reflected in her library (destroyed, probably between
words and are convinced that Sappho 50 BCE and 300AD) collected her
was sexually as well as emotionally in— poems in an edition of nine books,
volved with women. Other people be- but this edition was lost during the
lieve that it was simply more acceptable Middle Ages. 7

, for women to express strong passions It is now thought most likely

‘ towards one another at that time and that Sappho's Poetry was largely lost

' place. (Personally, I don’t see experts through forces of cultural change that _

l explaining away references to heterosex— obliterated the work of many ancient

' ual love) poets, historians and philosophers.

3 Sappho was honored by numerous There remain stories of purposeful

‘ writers and philosophers of ancient destruction of Sappho’s work by vari-

‘ Greece. Plato elevated her from the ous historical figures suchas Gregory

' status of great lyric poet to “the tenth of Nazianzus and Pope Gregory VII.

’ muse”. Aristotle (a student of Plato) said Most historians today do not believe
that "everybody honored the wise... and in this theory.

the Mytilineans honored Sappho..." During the Victorian era, Sappho

. Upon hearing his nephew sing one Of was described as the headmistress of a

’ Sappho’s songs, 501011, an Athenian girls' finishing school. This attempt

' statesman and Lyric poet, asked that he at making Sappho more acceptable to

’ be taught the song: "So that I may learn the people of that time was not based

5 it and die." on evidence. There are no references

‘ Sappho's work endured well into the to teaching, students, academies, or

L Roman period and were translated into tutors in any of Sappho's surviving

: Latin. Poets and philosophers of Rome works_ Experts now suggest that Sap-

’ continued to refer to her work and to Pho's circle of women was somewhat
compare other writers to her. Roman similar to the Spartan agelai or the
poet Horace, writing