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New Englanders Seek Unity

PROVINCETOWN, MA-The New England Gay Conference, held in Provincetown, was a success. Despite icy road conditions, 690 participants from a six-state area filled Town Hall seeking communication among themselves and united political action. Nationally known speakers joined local leaders in encouraging gay people to acknowledge their sexual preference, work towards public understanding of gay people and push for civil rights. A series of resolutions was future developed, and action planned during the three days of workshops, lectures and social events.

Although conference participants represented a widely divergent group in terms of age, political, social and moral considerations, some measure of cohesiveness was maintained. Factions. within the conference remained sympathetic to the goal of unity.

The controversial Dyke Separatism Caucus, originally scheduled to draw women away from the opening symposium in unity, was changed to an optional workshop Saturday afternoon, when it would not be in conflict. And it was renamed "Lesbian Separatism: towards unity." Women's workshops, where men were not welcome, were held, but the results were shared later with the men.

A few disturbing incidents stirred some controversy. Notable were: lack of participation by the Crown and Anchor, one of the area's most popular bars; showing of hardcore pornographic movies late Saturday night which offended many of the men and women; and disruption of speakers by radicals.

But overall, the conference was termed a success by its leaders, who praised the sizable attendance, cooperation of the Town, and the accomplishments of the group.

In recent years, a number of prominent gay people have come out, announcing to the world they were gay, and asking for an end to oppression of gay people by a mostly uninformed public. Elaine Noble, who was elected state representative as an openly gay candidate, said it was "self-hate within the gay community" that kept gay people from developing their sex-

ual orientation. Such self-hate also caused gay people to quarrel among themselves, she said.

"If 80 percent of us begin to pick each other off, we won't have

to worry about outsiders doing us in," she said, "and we will never become a political body."

"When you have been told all your life by society's leaders that you're sick, then you begin to be-

Finally, the women asked male support in eliminating racism among gay people, and the support of gay involvement in foster parent programs, lesbians fighting for custody of children and day care. Gay men were urged to become more sensitive and involved with children of the gay community and make a concentrated effort to "de-sexitize" their language.

Dr. Rachel Pinney leading a communications lieve you are no good," one of the panelists remarked at the confer-

ence.

Loneliness among older gay people and the tensions between gay men and women were subjects of considerable discussion at the conference.

Lacking the companionship of a heterosexual family life, the presence of children, and eventually grandchildren, gay men expressed a need for contact with younger people. Seeking such friendship at a gay bar was often misinterpreted as a sexual advance. Older gay men and women felt a meeting place was needed where older gay people could find informal social companionship..

Hoping to relieve tensions between gay men and women, separatist women's groups asked male support of their political and social efforts. The men were urged to "support efforts towards lesbian. block housing and the setting up of lesbian separatist communes.' The women demanded affirmative action in placing gay women in top positions on gay community organizations, scheduling a permanent women's caucus workshop, and the election of separate women's and men's planning committees, which would then combine their decisions in devising schedules for future gay conferences.

workshop.

The conference participants also supported a number of other resolutions. They felt gay couples should have immunity from testifying against each other in the courts. The American Psychiatric Association was asked to condemn aversion therapy, a current practice which involves the use of electric shock or other means of punishment to condition gay men and women against an attraction for the same sex.

The members unanimously supported three. Massachusetts bills which deal with gay rights, and also backed HR 166, which would eliminate discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

The conference sought to support the causes of other minorities, in the hope that by so doing, all oppressed people could jointly be more politically effective. They backed the 200-mile fishing limit because members felt local fishermen were economically disadvantaged. They voted to endorse a moratorium on construction of nuclear power plants and to favor the use of solar energy in all public buildings.

(Ed. note: Reprinted from the Provincetown Advocate, 100 Bradford St.. Provincetown, MA 02657.Subscriptions are $10 per year for this weekly serving Provincetown, Truro and Wellfleet on Cape Cod.)

From left: Janet Cooper. Bruce Voeller. Loretta Lotman. Selectman Carl Cummings, Brian McNaught and Rep. Elaine Noble.

Photos: Provincetown Advocate

May 7, 1975