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INTEGRITY CONVENTION

Minneaplis, MNThe Fourth International Integrity Convention, which had as its laudable theme "A Community of Prophets: Moving from Vision to Task," fulfilled the expectations of many. The more than 125 participants in the convention had the opportunity to worship together, to choose from 25 different workshops, to listen to speakers, to work and to socialize together the weekend of August 17 to 20, in Minneapolis, meeting at Gethsemance Church.

Three major speakers each addressed the convention

the topic of faith and its manifestations in relation to Integrity as a gay Christian community, said, "But service inside and edification of the gay community alone is, while praiseworthy enough, not much more than beautifying our ghetto. And the inclusivity of Chrisitanity, that we want to include us, means we need to go out and include them (all sorts and conditions of thems) as well."

Barbara Gittings, lesbian activist from Philadelphia spoke on the topic "Gay Liberation is for Children Too," addressing

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theme. James B. Nelson, professor of Christian Ethics at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, New Brighton, Minnesota, spoke as the "token straight." He said, in part, "The remaining paramount instance of double vision (within the Church), however, is in the matter of sexual orientation...My own position is that sexuality is God's great and good gift to all of us, the psychological and physiological grounding of our capacity for love. It is an intrinsically important dimension of our humanhood to be integrated fully, joyously, and responsibly into our personal identities. There is only one sexual ethic for us all."

The Rev. Ellen Barrett, Oakland, California, addressing

of children as they grow into adults towards gays and lesbians. There is a total lack of non-stereotypically tragic portrayals of lesbians and gays in children's and young-adult literature, both fiction and nonfiction.

The Rev. Malcolm Boyd, most recently author of Take Off the Masks, was the recipient of the 1978 Integrity Award, given for outstanding service to the gay community. His remarks touched on gays and lesbians as a people, and his gayness as his ethnicity. The thoughts expressed by speakers, including. Integrity President John Lawrence of Boston, served as a backdrop for the other activities of the convention.

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At the business session Kevin Scahill, Rochester, New York, was elected Vice-President. His duties include heading up the 1979 Episcopal General Conver tion committee, and he is relocating to Denver to aid in the task. Two women were elected as Regional Representatives on Integrity's Executive Committee. Margaret Putnam for New England and Martha Winslow for the Midwest. The Colorado General Convention of the Episcopal Church, where gays and lesbians in the Church is expected to be a major issue, continues to be a great concern of Integrity for the upcoming year. Other issues for the organization include strengthening the close to 50 local chapters of Integrity, making Integrity Inc. more financially viable, and ministering among and with the general gay community.

The number of tasks for this next year are large, but if the spirit of this convention is any indication there is a good amount of energy from a variety of persons ready to be put into useful service. Convention Deans Michael Suhr and Martha Winslow, along with the entire Integrity/Twin Cities chapter, can be rightly praised for providing fertile gound for people and issues to come together for a productive weekend.

GATEWAYS BAR, LONDON

My copy of Gaia's Guide advertises Gateways Bar in London, England as "the oldest and most famous club of its kind in the world." The little blue book also states that Gateways is a must for the lesbian tourist in London. Needless to say, that was all the encouragement my lover and I required on our recent trip to London. Gaia's Guide indicated that all we needed to do was telephone Gateways, tell them we were Americans and then go to the bar with our passports. (Gateways is a private club and membership is restricted.) We followed this simple procedure and found ourselves in the bar on a Wednesday night.

Gateways is a small club which is located in the Fashionable Chelsea section of London. The entrance to the bar is on a side street and one has to descend a flight of steps and pay one pound (about $2) before entering the premises. My only previous knowledge of Gateways was provided by a rather dismal British film on lesbians entitled The Killing of Sister George which came out in the late 60's. Most of the film I was not memorable but the scenes which were supposedly filmed in Gateways were. Lan ticipated a large, glamorous bar

filled with sleek, super sophisticated, aloof British lesbians. What we found was a small, modest bar filled with very interesting and attractive women, mostly professional types. Everyone was dressed very casually; some were dancing to the jukebox but most were standing, talking in groups of various sizes. As the evening wore on, the bar became literally jammed full of women.

My lover and I figured that since we all spoke the same troduce ourselves to someone language, we might as well inand learn how our British sisters live. We began a conversation with a couple of women and immediately felt welcome and at home. We learned that Gateways is the only club in London exclusively for women. Our new British friends commented enviously on all the bars, clubs and organizations for women in the United States.

They told us about England's equivalent to Anita Bryant, a woman named Mary Whitehall, who is launching campaigns against several Gay publications in England. In short, we had a wonderful time, swapping stories and soaking up those delightful English accents.

Area women who are fortunate enough to travel to England this coming year would do themselves well to stop by Gateways, have a drink and meet their British counterparts.

by Gale H.

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LOS ANGELES, CA The local chapter of the national Organization for Women will ask President Carter to pardor Patricia Hearst. Hearst is serving a 7 year term at the Pleasanton, Calif. federal correction facility, for bank robbery.

NOW Los Angeles chapter spokesperson Gloria Allred said, "Justice would be better server if Patricia Hearst's sentencie could be reconsidered and sho tened in light of the fact that she was a kidnap victim with no previous record and has been punished enough."