AUGUST 6, 1993 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE 13

ON THE AIR OFF THE PRESS

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In the Life up for renewal;

by John DuAne Graves WVIZ, Channel 25 program manager Bob Olive reports that the station is still waiting to receive a preview tape of the national gay variety show In the Life for the show's next season which should start in October. WVIZ will again be making a decision to air the show here. Once again, money, production quality and, most importantly, evidence of viewer interest will be factors to be considered in the station's decision-making process.

If you enjoyed the show last season and want to keep a television show produced by and for the lesbian, gay and bisexual community on the air here, contact WVIZ, Channel 25, and ask them to air the new season of In the Life. The phone is 398-2800 or write to Mr. Robert Olive, Program Director, WVIZ, 4300 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44134.

Steve Gendel, cable channel CNBC's chief science and medical reporter, came out of the closet when he was introduced on CNBC's Real Personal program to report on the recent research that shows a genetic link to sexual orientation. Gendel, who has been out of the closet to the staff of CNBC for some time, said he had gotten much support on his decision to come out to the audience from CNBC staff.

He said, "I'm not trying to make too big a political statement, but if we're going to further our own position in society in any way, then we're going to have to let people know." Gendel has been a longtime member of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and NBC's Gay Employees Association. His supervisors approved his disclosure of his involvement with the "gay gene" story. Gendel went on to say "people talk about family values, I am very pro-family. I have a lover, and we lead as boring a middle-class life as anybody. I have a mother-in-law and all that goes with that so I might as well get the credit for it."

Effective August 1, health insurance benefits for Warner Brothers employees will be extended to same-sex domestic partners. Warner VP Adrienne Jeanne Gary stated that the studio's success was due to "contributions of this diverse population, we are pleased to recognize all our employees."

Watch cable's C-SPAN channel for coverage of House and Senate hearings on proposed legislation introduced by Senate Armed Forces Committee Chairman Sam Nunn that would codify the president's

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military policy into law. C-SPAN provided extensive coverage of Clinton's announcement as well as press conferences on the policy by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Rep. Barney Frank and Campaign for Military Service Chairman Tom Stoddard. The major networks and PBS also carried programs and interviews covering the gay community's reaction to the policy.

One of the cops on Sirens, ABC's new series about policewomen, may be coming out of the closet as a lesbian. Sirens airs on Channel 5 Wednesdays at 10 pm.

Ally Sheedy plays a lesbian contemplating coming out to her sister in Chantilly Lace, a made-for-cable movie about the lives of a group of women, on Showtime.

WCPN, 90.3 FM, broadcast one program of Aware: HIV Talk Radio, a Chicagobased biweekly radio call in show on July 19. Aware, the country's only talk show on HIV and AIDS, airs in Philadelphia and St. Louis and has an audience that has grown from 3,000 to 100,000 since it went on the air. It is hosted by former Rocky River resident Chris DeChant, a gay man living with AIDS who graduated from St. Ignatius High School, John Carroll University and who has a master's degree from Cleveland State University. His co-host is a married, African-American woman who is a radio and TV news producer from Chicago. If you would like WCPN to carry Aware: HIV Talk Radio regularly we suggest you contact WCPN Program Director Dave Kanzeg at 432-3700.

The Human Rights Campaign Fund ran a full-page ad in the July 1 edition of USA Today calling for an end to the ban on gays in the military. Featured in the ad is a statement proclaiming "Barry Goldwater is right." The ad goes on to quote the conservative Republican Goldwater saying "What would undermine our readiness would be a compromise policy like 'don't ask, don't tell.' That compromise doesn't deal with the issue-it tries to hide it. We've wasted enough precious time, money and talent trying to persecute and pretend." In this observer's opinion, USA Today deserves special recognition from our community not only for its extensive and fair coverage of our people and issues, but also for its recognition and editorial support for our complete civil rights as equal citizens in this country.

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dent Kathryn Katronick, for the publication of Katronick's letter calling for an end to the ban on gays in the military in the Teen section of the paper. Katronick, in her letter, makes it clear that sexual orientation is not a choice. The Plain Dealer is also commended for printing a San Francisco Chronicle article on the struggle of gay African-American men to find acceptance in the African-American community, an issue the Call and Post has never covered.

There was a brief lull in the barrage of anti-gay articles in the Call and Post following Leslye Maria Huff's response to the anti-gay civil rights position of the recentlyformed coalition that calls itself "The Black Church," however the anti-gay commentaries and guest columns are back. This time the lead was taken by religion columnist Kay Lenear who devoted an entire column to attacking gay civil rights and any revision to the military policy on gays. Lenear's column was followed by a “guest column" by Ohio University professor emeritus James Alsbrook. Alsbrook took the position that some minorities, including gays, were not worthy of black support. His reasoning, of course, was that our minority status was not due to our nature, but due to our "repugnant" and "deviant" behavior. Another antigay commentary by Bishop Bill Roger of the Missionary 62 Nations of the Church of God quoted chapter and verse from the Bible trying to prove that we are shunned and abhorred by God.

Once again, I urge my sisters and brothers to speak up for ourselves as members of both communities. We need to submit more of our own commentary and guest columns. Especially needed are responses by our clergy and our Christian sisters and brothers. Let the Call and Post know how you feel by calling the paper at 791-7600 and

submit your articles and letters to them at P.O. Box 6237, Cleveland, OH 44101. Their fax number is 791-6568. And don't forget to get involved with Silent No More, our new African-American lesbian, gay and bisexual organization. Call 591-1346.

The July 30 edition of Entertainment Weekly profiles gay music supervisor-lyricist-composer Marc Shaiman. Shaiman is music supervisor for the film Sleepless In Seattle. this edition of Entertainment Weekly also reviews Howard Hughes: the Secret Life, Charles Higham's new biography that details the incredibly wealthy entrepreneur's extremely bisexual life. The book reports that Hughes' lovers included Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Rita Hayworth, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott and Tyrone Power.

Lesbian singer k. d. lang is profiled in the August edition of Vanity Fair magazine. There has been much talk on the news about the cover of the magazine, which has lang in a barber's chair getting a shave from supermodel Cindy Crawford, and a photo spread inside the magazine showing the two about to kiss. lang said that the photos represented her "acting out a dream date fantasy." In the profile, lang talks about the psychological effects of her father running out on the family when she was 12, but said it has nothing to do with her being gay, which she says she knew when she was 5. Crawford, who says she is straight and happily married to actor Richard Gere, thought the photos were a great idea and agreed to do them after she met lang and the photographer for dinner.

Finally, I want to welcome former Gay Waves staffer Josette back to the air on WRUW 91.1 FM. Her show, Allergic to the Mainstream, features news, commentary and music by and for women and airs on Mondays from noon to 2:30 pm.

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