1 March 1988 Tuesday-
This morning, I turned in my test project to Wendy at Lineages and she liked it so much that she said
she’d pay me for the work although I won’t see the money until next Tuesday. She put me on as a contract worker for the
first 90 days getting paid $6 an hour but after that if I work out it would go
up.
Dennis McCafferty invited me over
for dinner this Friday the sweet thing after learning what happened to me at
Utah Title. He even gave me $5 for gas money.
I went to the genealogical library
to do some research on a project that Bruce Harmon gave me to do.
Afterwards I went to Unconditional Support tonight and Ken
Francis gave the lesson on Gay Male Cruising. John Reeves didn’t come tonight because his
work schedule is so hectic this week. We went to coffee at Dee’s after the
meeting.
2 March 1988 Wednesday
I worked all day down at the genealogical
library and now I have a massive headache from going through so many microfilms
ad doing the research. When I was home
Steve Brackenbury came over for a little bit to visit, He said he decided not
to move to Logan because he wouldn’t be making that much more money and would
miss the friends he’s made here. He’s even poorer than I am, can you believe
it? I gave him a big jar of peanut butter to help him out. It’s an awful
feeling to be hungry.
Randy
Olson bought his Beyond Stonewall ticket today so I have received $90 back from
the $150 I had put up for the deposit. I paid my for my ticket out of the money
owed me so I should still get $15 back from the remainder. Yesterday I received
a $50 advance from Lineages so I have about $100 in the bank now but my $200
rent for March is due.
At least the weather
has been wonderful like an early spring.
3
March 1988-Thursday
I
worked on my genealogical project almost all day. Today John Reeves defended
his dissertation at BYU for his Ph.D. today. At The Gay and Lesbian Community
Council of Utah he said he passed so congratulation. I knew he would and I’m so
happy for him.
Today
was a hectic day and up at the University, there was a debate on whether
congress should support a bill to protect Gay Rights. I wanted to be there to
listen but it was the election of new officers at community council so it was
important that I be there as I was nominating John Reeves for Vice Chair.
The
meeting was sparse because of the debate going on campus which drew off many
community leaders. Anyway Jim Hunsaker and Lyle Bradley were nominated for the
position of chair and Jim overwhelmingly winning to replace John Bennett as
Chair.
Then
John Reeves and Lyle Bradley were nominated for Vice Chair and the first vote
was a tie of 13 to 13. Greg Garcia and I were the vote counters so we had to
call for a second vote. This vote was 11 to 15 in Lyle’s favor, however our
bylaws state that elections had to be by a 2/3 majority so we had to vote
again. Actually there were six more ballots taken with no one giving an inch. I
was so proud of John for holding his own as a relative new comer.
Finally
Lyle Bradley knowing this could go on all night and not having a mandate made a
concession speech of sorts and threw his support to John. Lyle’s reasons were
that he didn’t want the council to be divided and he said his first passion was
the Anti-Violence Project anyway. On the 7th vote John was elected
by a 2/3 majority.
Mark
Lamar and Rev. Rev. Bruce Barton were nominated for the position of Secretary
Treasurer with Bruce winning a 2/3 majority of the first ballot.
John Bennett had moved to San Diego and
Satu Servigna became ill with a chronic disease so that is why we had this off
year election. This was the first and last meeting chaired by Satu Servigna who
you could tell was visibly ill. Jim Hunsaker thus assumed the Chair to relieve
Satu and he read a letter from Rep. Wayne Owens in which he said that he would be
supporting Congress’ Gay anti- discrimination bill.
A city wide month long food drive sponsored by
the Gay and Lesbian Community Council of Utah was proposed by Chuck Whyte for
the Cross Road Urban Center’s food pantry was past tonight.
John Reeves and I left right after the meeting
to go up to the U of U in order to hear the rest f the debates but we only got
the tail end of it. John saw Barbara his estranged wife there which freaked him
out so we left in a hurry. He wasn’t in the mood for a confrontation. However
Chris Brown told me later that the debate was wonderful.
Anyway after dropping me off at 10, I heard on
my phone message recorder a message from Billy Bikowski asking me to call him
which I did. He said he wanted to pay me back some of the money he owes me. He
also wanted me to come see him to get the money and I said I would. At first I
didn’t want to take his money then I reconsidered because I do need it and he
needs to pay his debts, even to me. Besides taking the money maybe means I am
getting over him.
After picking him up we went to Snelgrove’s Ice
cream parlor on 4th South where he ordered a sundae. However It was
not a pleasant time being with him. He gave me $50 a d when I took him back
home to his place in the Avenues, I realized that I wished I had not come for
him. Still too much heartache.
4
March 1988- Friday
I
spent all day at the Genealogical Library. I also I distributed copies of the Triangle
Community Digests to Acoustic Music, The
Gingerbread House, The central Library, The Magazine Shop, Hyatts Magazine
store, and to KRCL.
I thought about Billy Bikowski a lot
today. I really don’t want him upsetting my life anymore. I was surprised to
see in the mail that Mom sent me a $25 check. She was probably feeling guilty
and I suppose Mom and dad are doing the best they can.
In
the evening I drove down to Midvale and had a wonderful evening with Dennis
McCafferty and his lover Rob Barr. They’re bought a cute little house together out there. For dinner they fixed
steaks and a baked potato. It was yummy and we just visited getting to know
each other better. Dennis said he admired my commitment to the Gay community. I
had a nice enjoyable time.
5
March 1988- Saturday
This morning I had a scheduling
meeting with Chris Brown as head of the Lesbian and Gay Student Union and David Malmstrom director of Wasatch
Affirmation to plan monthly Saturday dances to be held at the Salt Lake Central
City Community Center or the Unitarian Church. These are tentative dates
for dances for this year we came up with for the rest of the year- April 23rd,
May 14th, June 4th, June 18th, July 2nd,
July 16th, August 6th. August 20th, September
17th, October 15th, October 29th, November 12th
December 17th and December 31st.
We also discussed how disappointed we are in
The Youth Group and their failure to follow through on the objectives we had asked
them to do if they wanted our support. Garth Chamberlain is now saying he
doesn’t want any adult supervision at all.
I
was at the genealogical Library until they closed and then stayed home all
evening and watched Golden Girls on TV.
John Reeves wanted me to go out but I begged off. I’ve got to make some
decisions about my life. I just can’t be drifting around but as Dolly Parton
says “Wildflowers don’t care where they grow.”
6
March 1988-Sunday-
It was a rainy day. In the afternoon
John reeves and I went to the $1 theater because that’s about all we both can
afford. We saw “Throw Momma from the Train” with Danny DeVito and Ann Ramsey in
it. She is up for a academy award for her performance and she was wonderful in
it.
In
the evening, when I went to pick up Ben Barr to take him to KRCL to tape a
program on AIDS, it was lightening and thundering. Then hail came down hard and
then snow! Weird.
The
taping went well and we discussed the AIDS bills that Utah passed and are up
for the Governor’s signature.. We talked about Senate Bill 113 and House Bill
220 both which are fragrantly unconstitutional. They would force people
suspected of being in the high risk group to be mandatory tested for AIDS and
would make it criminal to know of someone testing positive without reporting
it. Super scary. Especially when Rep. Jack Bangerter from Bountiful said he
wanted to round up all the homosexuals paint us green and put us on Antelope
Island in the middle of the Great Salt Lake.
Afterwards
Ben and I went to the Deerhunter and we had a beer. It was the first beer I’ve
had in months. I did not like it as I am not much of a beer drinker.
7
March 1988 Monday-
I
went down to the Central City Community Center and gave them a $100 deposit to
hold the multipurpose room for our jointly sponsored dance on the 26th.
In the evening I went to a Triangle
Community Digest meeting at Satu’s place on M Avenue. I want to get involved in
learning the actual production of the magazine. The March issue was absolutely
wonderful.
8
March 1988 Tuesday –
I finished a project and brought it down to
Lineages. They paid me an additional $10 for the remainder of my last project.
Anyway I called Park City’s school district to put in an application to teach
there this fall and after that I cleaned my filthy apartment for most of the
day and did up my laundry. I hadn’t done either since the middle of February as
I had been so bummed out by everything.
I
made five dozen chocolate chip cookies for Unconditional Support tonight.
Randy Olsen called and said he wouldn’t be able to lead the meeting tonight so
I had to come up with something quick.
David
Sharpton also called and wanted to address the group about Senate Bill 113 and House Bill 220 that dealt punitively towards people with
AIDS. He wants to encourage everyone to call Governor Bangerter and get
him to not sign the bills into law. David Sharpton has been up on Capitol Hill
making himself known as a person with AIDS and knows more about what these Bills
would do then anyone I know. He's been making the rounds to all the other
community organizations sounding the alarm.
These
Bills would be the first step to quarantining people with AIDS and restricting
the free association of Gay people to meet together. That idiot Rep.
Bangerter from Bountiful said that people with AIDS should be painted red and
put on Antelope Island. These bills are a major threat to our civil
rights. If they pass I will seriously consider moving from Utah because
it would be too risky living here.
Anyway
the meeting went well. I thought we would have a small crowd but we had at
least 35 people in attendance. We talked about Gay Classified Ads and I
had everyone write one and then shared them. Then we discussed our feelings about
placing personal ads. It was a fun meeting. Afterward Curtis Jensen took some
to the show and others went to Dee’s for coffee. We probably had 20 going out
for coffee.
I saw Scott Anderson at the meeting
again. I still feel something for that man. I wrote my history column article
for the Triangle tonight on Leonardo Da Vinci.
9
March 1988 Wednesday
It is hard
to know which day it is anymore without being at Utah Title. It rained for most
of the day and even snowed this evening so Winter is not over yet.
I went up to the Genealogical Library at 4 this
afternoon and worked until they closed at 10 tonight. When I came home, I
called Mason Rankin who had left a message
stating that he was organizing a picket of the governor’s mansion on South
Temple Monday night to demand he veto HB 113 and SB 220. Mason is also
planning a candlelight vigil at the governor mansion.
Eric
Christensen came by for a little while too. He brought me a beautiful oil
canyon landscape painting that he said he did especially for me. It’s just
lovely. We talked about Billy Bikowski which made me miss my darling Billy.
Anyway
John Reeves called and said he was tired and stressed out by the changes he had
to make to his dissertation. He also spoke with Allan Gundry, the supposedly
LDS Church liaison to the Gay community. John said he sees no change at all in
the church’s attitude or policy towards Gays.
10
March 1988-Thursday-
I
spent all day writing up my report on the Williams project for Lineages. I am
burned out. In the evening, John Reeves and I went to the movies and saw a Molly Ringwald film called “For
Keeps.” It was pretty good. Before that I dropped off my article on Leonardo
Da Vinci for the Triangle along with two short news items at the
Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church along with two other news items.
I saw Curtis Jensen at the Resurrection
Metropolitan Community Church and he said that Lyle Bradley had lost his job
at KSL because of a major lay off and will being moving from the state. Should
I stay or go? What to do. I am getting worried about having no money. Should I
just go back to work somewhere full time?
In
the news Andy Gibb of the Bee Gees died only at the age of 30. Also Devine, the
Gay Drag Queen died on Monday I think.
The
weather has turned cold and snowy again.
11 March 1988 Friday
It was a bitch of a day. Job Service
sent my unemployment claim back to me because I had forgotten to mark something
on their forms. I wonder now how long that will hold up my unemployment check..
Then
Lineages called me up and said they wanted more photographs for the report I
did already. So in the evening I had to go back to the genealogical library and
spend money I don’t have copy photographs to include. The crux of the matter is
now I might not get paid for that project for a while.
In
the late afternoon James Conrad came over
from his apartment down the hall. He was blue and just needed someone to
talk to because he and Frank Fatah had broken up. James is such a sterling
person and Frank is a great fool to let him go.
I
called Canyon Anderson who is now working for Backman Title to see if there
were any positions over there as I am getting concerned about my financial
situation. He said that there was nothing really available right now.
12
March 1987 Saturday-
The AIDS Quilt Open House was kind
if a flop today. Only one person showed up! I told Bruce Harmon
that if the project will buy the materials I will make a panel this
weekend. I think people need something visual to see to catch the vision
of this project. He agreed and gave me some money to go buy some
material.
I
decided to do one for Michael Spense also known as “Tracy Ross”. I never met
him but John Bennett said he wanted one done for him and since John is gone to
California I decided to do it for him instead. I should have done one long
before now anyway as its almost 6 months since I went to the March of
Washington.
I
worked all day on it, hand stitching the lettering and designs. All I knew
about him was that he was a drag queen so I made it glitzy and sparkly on a
black velvet background.
In
the evening John Reeves and I went to the Gay Community Council’s Talent
Show fundraiser held at Backstreet over on 5th West and 1st
South. What another flop. We only collected $33!
I
am upset with Steve Brackenbury and Michael Anderson for flaking out on the
talent show. Steve called me just a half an hour before it was to begin to tell
me that no body from Unconditional Support came through to do anything. I am tired
of people fluffing off their commitments.
13
March 1988 Sunday-
I didn’t leave the house all day as
I working on the quilt panel and after I finished it, I dropped it off at 7
p.m. at the Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church down of 6th
East because Rev. Bruce Barton said that he would hem it for me since I don’t
have a sewing machine.
I
then went to KRCL on 8th South to do a taping but again Becky Moss
was a no show without telling me. I am sick of that too. So I went up to Affirmation which was meeting
in the Unitarian Church on 13th East instead. I saw Jeff Wood there
and I loved flirting with him and now I have a crush on him. Shawn Hughes is
back from California and it was fun to see the cute kid.
14
March 1988-Monday
This morning I did some walking and went
down to the Central City Community Center to pay them $60 for the dance on the
26th. Then I walked over to Guardian State Bank on 2nd
South to deposit $50. On the way home I dropped by Lineages office and picked
up two more projects to do.
I
spent the rest of the day straightening up the apartment and baking cookies for
the AIDS Quilt Meeting tonight. In the
meanwhile Eric Christensen dropped by and treated me to dinner at Wendy’s. That
was kind of him as I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve had eaten fast
food.
Eric
stayed for the Quilt Meeting and also in attendance were Denny McCafferty,
Chuck Whyte, Ben Barr, Bruce Harmon, and Rev. Bruce Barton. We were the only
ones tonight here tonight. We had a
short meeting and wrote up our by-laws for our tax exempt status.
Then
we all went up the street to the Governor’s Mansion for a candle Light Vigil.
More than 50 people held candles outside the gates of the Governor
Mansion to protest AIDS Bill SB 113 and HB 220. Prayers by Rev.
Bruce were offered that Gov. Bangerter would veto the two AIDS Bills
which would require mandatory AIDS testing.
Rev.
Bruce Barton had also brought my Utah AIDS Quilt panel which was displayed at
the candlelight vigil memorializing Michael Spence also known as Tracy Ross. David
Sharpton helped me hold the edges and I think it was a powerful symbol of why
we are here.
We were
there singing hymns, and invoking prayers that the governor would veto the
bills. The lighted candles were a peaceful way of showing our opposition
to the oppression of the Gay and AIDS communities.
15
March 1988 Tuesday-
It snowed like a blizzard this
morning but afterwards I went up to work doing research in the genealogical
library before come back home to get ready for Unconditional Support.
While
getting ready for Unconditional Support, Steve Brackenbury called to say he was
sorry for not following through on his commitment to the fundraiser at
Backstreet. Well it’s forgotten. Then Randy Olson dropped by the
apartment. He said he had had a lunch date with Michael Buck and he also paid
me $20 for Unconditional support’s share of the cost of the dance.
At
Unconditional Support it was a smaller group tonight probably due to the snow
blizzard we had this morning. Jim Hunsaker led the meeting and we discussed the
topic of Male Couples.
After
the meeting we all went to the Regency Theater on 21st South and
Foothill to see John Waters’ Hair Spray. It was Devine’s last movie.
About 15 people from the community was there to see the movie. I heard from
Curtis Jensen that Daniel Humphreys who writes for
the Triangle Community Digest was the last person to interview “Devine” right before he
died.
Tomorrow I have a date with Jeff Wood and while I am anxiously
looking forward to it, I am now kind of melancholy over Billy Bikowski. Whenever
I begin to feel sorry for him I begin to soften my heart towards him and that
is not good for me. I don’t want to see or hear from Billy until he’s ready to
make some sort of commitment to me and if not,, then I will just go on with my life.
It’s been a whole month since I had my last paycheck from Utah
Title but God is taking care of me so far and in him I trust everything.
Governor
Norman Bangerter did the right thing and vetoed SB 113 and HB 220. The fight
now is to keep them dead.
16 March 1988 Wednesday.
Jeff Wood came over for dinner at 7
this evening and I made homemade baked macaroni and cheese and I served some
wine. It was a nice evening getting to know him better. I am so attracted to
him but I’m not sure how he feels about me. We only got to talk until 8:30 when
people started coming over for the Beyond Stonewall planning meeting.
Richard
Rodriguez and Ben Barr attended to discuss AIDS workshops they wanted to hold
at the retreat. None of the Lesbians I had talked too about doing workshops at
the retreat followed through so I am not going to push the issue of making sure
the retreat is a non separatist event since I seem to be the only one wanting
women at the retreat. Eric Christensen agreed to do an ad for the
Triangle.
After
the meeting Jeff stayed about one and a half hours more and we talked about his
life in California. I tried kissing him once but he wasn’t very responsive.
Perhaps he’s shy but his response makes me wonder if I stand a chance with him.
17 March 1988 Thursday
I spent all day at the LDS genealogy library doing research for Lineages.
I finally paid my March rent today and they have been good working with ne but
I also have lived here since 1986 and always paid on time before. I still
haven’t received my unemployment check. I hope I will soon as I am out on money
to pay for food, gas, and my phone and light bill.
18
March 1988 Friday-
Jeff Wood left a message on my answering
machine so I called him back when I came home from the researching at the library
for Lineages. He asked me out to the show. When I called him back we decided to
go to an early movie. I was so excited.
Then John
Reeves and I spent the entire afternoon together putting together workshops and
drafting an agenda for the YMCA Camp retreat. However I am really concerned
that the people at the YMCA should understand that we are a Gay group so we
don’t get any surprises. John Reeves hadn’t mention that fact to them
when we rented the camp for the weekend.
When
I was talking to Rev. Rev. Bruce Barton a couple of days ago he got me so
nervous saying that once the Y knows that we are a Gay group they will pull out
and we will be left with a black eye in the community. He said that
several years ago the Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church tried renting the camp and they refused to
rent to them.
Anyway,
Jeff and I went to see Hairspray again, and I still loved it having lived
through that time frame of civil rights unrest. I was walking on air being with
Jeff.
He
had to return home after the movie to be with his brother who had just gotten
in from New York but later in the evening we talked on the phone for about 2
hours. It’s so easy to talk to him and I thinking I am falling in love.
“Falling In Love Again. Never Wanted to… What am I to do….I can’t Help It”
19
March 1988 Saturday-
Eric Christensen dropped off our Beyond
Stonewall ad this morning and he did a super job of drawing a handsome man in
front of a brick wall with our Beyond Stonewall logo he designed. I ran the ad
up to the U of U where Satu Servigna and Ralph Goff were inputting the
magazine. I ended up staying and helping them set up the columns for the
magazine until 3:30. Satu said that the Triangle has an exclusive last
interview with Devine. Daniel Humphreys was in LA and interviewed him 10 days
before he died.
He wrote “When I interviewed Devine just hours before his death he showed
the ambition, drive, and defiance that got him where he was, and may have
helped lead to his untimely death at 42.”
Anyway I left to go to the LDS Genealogy Library to do
some research before they closed. At home I called John Reeves and asked if he wanted to go to the
show. He did so we went to see “Hope and Glory” at the dollar theaters in West
Valley Mall after 9 tonight. I really liked it and also the chance to tell John
all about Jeff Wood.
20 March 1988 Sunday
Well another one of my bubbles got
burst today. When Jeff Wood came home with me from attending Affirmation, I
tried snuggling with him and he said that he only wanted to be friends.
Anyway
that was the end of what had been a rather nice first day of spring which is
also Mom and Dad’s 42nd anniversary.
Ken Francis had called me at noon and wanted me to go to Liberty Park
with him because it was so nice out and it being 70 degrees.
We
laid out on the grass and I got a little sun burned but still it was a nice day
out and seeing boys playing volleyball.
Jeff
Wood had called me this morning and I invited him to attend Affirmation with me
and to come over for dinner next Wednesday but now I don’t want to see him
again. I don’t want to be his friend. I am really getting sick of falling for
someone and they then say they just want to be my friend. I don’t need more
friends. I need a lover.
21
March 1988 Monday-
I spent much of the day writing up a
report for lineages so I can turn it in tomorrow. At 6 this evening I hosted
another AIDS Quilt meeting and we filled out the forms for the IRS tax exempt
status. Only Rocky O’Donovan, Bruce Harmon, Ben Barr, and I showed up for the
meeting. We are pissed to learn that AIDS Project Utah used our name in an AIDS
grant they applied for without consulting us first.
After
the meeting I went to the Lesbian and Gay Student Union with Eric Christensen where there was a dismal
showing but then of course school is out for Spring break now. So Eric and I
didn’t stay but instead drove down to Memory Grove where we walked some of the
trails along City Creek for exercise. It’s so cruisy and we saw Greg Hardin and
Ken Francis cars there.
When
I came home I made some Chili Verde for supper. I think my hay fever is
starting to act up.
22
March 1988-Tuesday-
Ken Francis taught the lesson
tonight at Unconditional Support on “What are we Proud about in the Gay
Community”. After the meeting we went to Dee’s for coffee and there
were probably close to 40 people there between Unconditional Support and The
Salt Lake Men’s Choir. I hear that the Lesbian owners of Your Place or Mine
will be opening a restaurant at Beau Chaine’s old Aardvark Café. I hope
it will be a success.
What
is going on in my life? Not much. It’s spring time and with it comes my hay
fever.
23 March 1988 Wednesday
I
had to go down to Job Service this morning to attend a four hour interviewing
skill seminar. It was mandatory. I saw fellow former Utah Title employees, Ron
Hanson, Cindy Bork, and others there also, We all sat together and commiserated
about how Utah Title did us wrong. This Friday there is a bankruptcy court
proceeding for Utah Title that I may attend.
After
the seminar, I went to the LDS genealogy Library to do some more research for
the rest of the evening.
James
Conrad has come over a few times this past week to talk about his break up with
Frank Fatah and while I am glad to be his listening post, in a way it hurts me because
it floods me with emotion about Billy Bikowski’s unrequited love.
24
March 1988- Thursday
I was at
the LDS Genealogy Library for most of the day doing research. I hope I don’t
burn out on this job as I really do like it mostly and I think I am getting the hang of it. But
it is really mentally fatiguing.
I stayed home this evening watching
the Cosby Show and Night Court on TV while writing up my reports.
What is happening around me? I heard
Jim Hunsaker is looking for a new
roommate since Graham Bell will be leaving the state in May. Lyle Bradley has
his condo up for sale and is moving to Japan in June. Randy Olson hasn’t been
to Unconditional Support for a while I wonder what is going on there.
Time
changes everything I suppose. I have grown very close to John reeves and I
would have to say now that he’s my best friend. I don’t know what is going on with Michael Anderson at all
when we used to be sisters. He doesn’t
come out anymore nor calls me just to visit.
I guess maybe I should get on the horn and start rebuilding
relationships. Or perhaps it’s just out with the old and in with the new. I
just don’t know.
25
March 1988 Friday
John Reeves and I went to the YMCA this
afternoon to sign the contract for the Beyond Stonewall retreat. We were both
extremely nervous and afraid that once they saw the word Gay all over our
agenda it would be all over and they would throw us out on our ears. But they didn’t say
a word to us about it being a Gay retreat so they can’t say they didn’t know
now that we are a Gay group. They must need the money.
So
the fears that Rev. Bruce Barton rested on my heart is finally put to rest.
Yay! What a burden has been lifted. John Reeves has done a superb job at
planning this event and if the retreat is successful it can be laid at his
feet.
In
the evening John and I went to the show and saw “Batteries Not Included” again
at the dollar movies in West Valley. It was cute but mindless and
predictable. We saw Ken Francis and
Eddie Muldong there too.
I
am kind of nervous about the community dance tomorrow and hope it will be
successful and not another bust. The community needs these kind of dances to
build community outside of the bars especially for young people.
26
March 1988 Saturday-
John Reeves and I went over to the
Central City Community Center to set up the dance this evening that the Lesbian
and Gay Student Union, Wasatch Affirmation, the Resurrection Metropolitan
Community Church and Unconditional
Support is sponsoring. The dance lasted
from eight to midnight and I think it was a great success.
Dave
Malmstrom sat with me the entire and took money. The dance was $3.00 per person
and we made $224. The Youth Group, Affirmation, Unconditional Support, and The
Provo Men’s Group all came out in full support however the Lesbian and Gay
Student Union was very lacking in
representation and support. None of the leadership attended. Maybe they
were all out of school
Anyway
There were a lot of people at the dance I had never seen before which means
they must have read about it in The Triangle which was great or by word of
mouth.
Dave
Malmstrom and I agreed to lend our share of the profit from this dance to help
the Community Council finance bringing Romanovski and Phillips to
town. Bruce Harmon needs $215 to rent Bryant Intermediate School for the
concert so this money will help go towards that.
27
March 1988 Sunday-
I haven’t heard from Becky Moss for almost
all of this month about what she wants
to do about Concerning Gays and Lesbians. I can’t engineer the show so if I
don’t hear from her I guess I’ll have to let this project go. I will kind of
miss doing it.
John
Reeves had me over to his place off of Redwood Road and 215 Freeway to help him
cook a lasagna dinner. Afterwards I went to Wasatch Affirmation and it
wasn’t too thrilling so I went home to get things ready to do LDS genealogy
tomorrow.
I
want to talk to Chris Brown when he gets back to Salt Lake to see whether he
thinks that the Lesbian and Gay Student Union is viable to participate in these
community dances.
28 March 1988 Monday
There wasn’t any AIDS Quilt Meeting
this evening thank goodness> I just have terrible hay fever and am so
miserable being clogged up and itchy eyes. I Just can’t face another miserable
spring of not being able to breathe and constantly blowing my nose.
29
March 1988 Tuesday-
Unconditional Support was good
tonight I think. We had a frank discussion about the bath houses and their being a sub culture of the Gay Men’s Culture.
Only about 3 people at the meeting said that they had never been to a bath
house. At first there were a lot of negative comments said about the bath
houses, even by people who frequented them, but by the end of the meeting we
were able to be more objective and pointed out some positive aspects of them.
30 March 1988 Wednesday
I worked on LDS genealogy all day
and blew my nose until it was raw.
31 March 1988 Thursday
Today would have been my Grandma
Williams; 86th birthday had she not died in 1979. When I came home
from the LDS Genealogy library, I had a phone call from Jeff Wood who asked me
to go to a show. I am over being disappointed in him so I said sure. We went to
the dollar theater at the West Valley Mall and saw “The Serpent and Rainbow”
which was about zombies and voodoo in Haiti. It was pretty intense.
What
does Jeff want from me?
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