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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE
February 19, 1993
When
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YOUR HEROES
Help Us Honor the 1992 Award Winners of the 5th Annual Community Service Awards
Man of the Year
Bob Laycock
Women of the Year
Heather Thorp & Sue Bennet of Gifts of Athena
Mixed Group of the Year
Monotones
Female Group of the Year
What She Wants
Male Group of the Year
North Coast Men's Chorus Event of the Year
Fundraising Party for Eric Fingerhut
Friend to the Community
Community Relations Board of Greater Cleveland
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February 21, 1993
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Many gay events surround Clinton's inaugural
by Martha Pontoni
President Clinton's 1993 Inaugural marks the first time in American history that lesbians and gay men were a visible and vocal presence at a presidential inauguration.
Compiled here are some happenings around the Capital that week that did not make the mainstream press. Special thanks to the Washington Blade--from which this information comes--and for being the only paper in the country to cover our events at the inaugural.
Over 1,200 lesbians and gays gave tribute to David Mixner, openly-gay Clinton campaign advisor. The $100-per-ticket party drew such notables as k.d. lang, Pattie Austin, and Sen. Edward Kennedy. Mixner is credited with raising over $3.4 million from lesbian and gay Democrats for the Clinton campaign. William Wayborn, executive director of the Victory Fund, said the night netted over $300,000, which he pledged would help his group continue to elect openly-gay candidates to office.
■ Across town the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's $150-a-plate dinner also drew a substantial number of white gay men to help celebrate the victory. Entertainment at this gala included Kate Clinton and singer-songwriter Janis Ian. Ian stole the show when she corrected her introduction, saying this wasn't her first lesbian and gay event; "My first gay event," she said "was when my best friend Jeannie and I slept together when we were 15." Ian closed her show with a song about a woman and her vibrator.
The Re-Union Dance at Club Zei, a multi-organizational fundraiser drew about 1,676 lesbians and gays of all colors, shapes, sizes and states of undress. The crowd included Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, taking a rest from her fight with the military, Nona Hendrix, Melissa Etheridge and C.C. Penniston. Members of the Indigo
Girls and Betty! were also there. This dance raised over $25,000.
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The gay gathering spot for the Inaugural Parade was 10th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. where rainbow flags and the Stars and Stripes were flown side by side. Spectators tossed pink triangle shaped confetti and waved banners and signs, one which read “... And God darn it, we like you." ACT-UP was out in full force with signs reminding President Clinton to keep his promises. Also seen in the crowd was sign that read "Protect our Privates--armed forces forever straight," and who says straight people don't have a sense of humor? The parade also featured a gay marching band, gay couples on the "Family of America" float and the NAMES Project Memorial Quilt contingent.
The first ever gay inaugural ball was held on the National Press Club. Over 2,000 lesbians and gay men attended. Entertainment included Kate Clinton, who spent the night talking about her "cousin Bill," Susan Westenhoefer and Funny Gay Males. In attendance was singers k.d. lang and Melissa Etheridge, who, in the spirt of the evening, declared for the first time in public that she is lesbian. When lang spoke briefly to the crowd, she said, "The best thing I ever did in my life was come out. Not only did it make me feel better, but it made me live better.", Etheridge got carried away by lang's speech. "My sister k.d.lang has been such an inspiration. She did the greatest thing I've ever seen this [last] year. I'm very proud to say I've been a lesbian all my life."
Lesbians and gays were also visible during Clinton's White House open-house on Thursday morning. Walking through the receiving line were many women and men who expressed their joy to Clinton for being included. Ralph Hoar of Northern Virginia, wearing a pink triangle on his lapel, told Clinton he felt “like a son being welcomed back into a family [after] he's been away for a long, long time.”
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