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quicksilver
where have you been?
we've been here,
but you've been far out.
we've dug you
shen you wore flowers
and shouted love.
we grew when our child
read mao's redbook.
we made bread from:
"quicksilver times
better than the new york times
get ypur quicksilver here
only 25*;"
so that you could have bread too,
because we dug you
now you're really far out.
we s t i l l dig you,
but where are you?
mayday gayday;
mayday lifeday.
i t was your day too,
but you made i t so dam blue
we want to cry with you.
in the last year and a half we
have seen q.t. go from being a drugculture
oriented hippie paper into
a struggle-oriented political newspaper.
this is great, we have sold,
read, bought and occasionally stolen
thousands of q . t . ' s and have watched
all of the changes closely.
in the last few months q.t. has
gotten much worse; i t has failed to
grow, we are street people, sometines
the only money we have comes
from selling papers, we used to
feel we were passing the word,
joyously spreading our love and l i fe
and dreams in the middle of the
death agonies we all feel under
the shadow of the great white penis,
now i t ' s business again; the joy is
gone.
the last issue, Aaericong, is
a good exanple of what's gone wrong.
mayday, the greatest orgasm of lovepain,
joy-sorrow, life-death we have
ever felt was treated with no love
at all.
where i s your coverage (coverage?)
of gaymayday? we are gay and don't
like being missed, we were there, we
were action—maybe even in a leading
role—in trying to deal with sexism
at the campsite (algonquin peace city?
whoever called it that?), we too took
over the stage once, we made our
flags, our banners, our chants and
noises known, q.t. must have heard
us, at least once.
where i s the mention of sclc,
and nwro? these are perhaps the two
most energetic, broadbased progressive
groups in the country. . they are based
primarily in black communities,
aren't they worth a l i t t l e space in
the page of q.t.?
what about the thursday april 29
town meeting, where the people of the
campsite decided that the regional
representatives, instead of the mayday
organizers, would run their camps
i t e from that point on.
what's happened i s , q.t. seems
to have no real consciousness of
what happened during mayday. it's a
view from the outside—events are reported
on, 70 pictures of "heavy" actions
filled the pages with technically
perfect s t e r i l i t y , q.t. seems
to be totally out of touch with the
community that surrounds i t . instead
we have isolated reportage, critical,
where most of us weren't really critical,
glorifying a misrepresentation of
what we did, missing out on most of
what was important to us.
i f the hip press is to be revolutionary,
it must do more than report
what happened and be on our side, it
must be a tool in the struggle, we
must have constant interchange, we must
be able to see what we did right and
why i t worked, what we did wrong and
how to learn from our mistakes, it
doesn't do much good to read about
ourselves, no matter how favorable the
coverage i s ; and most of q . t . ' s readers
are from Washington, we were here, we
know what happened.
q . t . , and the d.c. hip community
have come a long way. we've s t i l l ' g ot
a long way to go.
in love and struggle,
marie anderson
doug lawson •
terry lee
gaymayday
Marie and Terry came by last
week to deliver tfiie letter and talk
over with us these and other criticisms
of the paper. Primarily,
they feel that while Quicksilver
exists to serve and inform Washingtons
's young, revolutionary community;
it is at this time isolated
from many segments of that community.
We agree; this problem is not
new to us, but the solution will
have to be. The QT collective should
be seen as a part of the free community,
and not as a detached observer.
Likewise, the paper is a part
of the community. Our small collective
cannot directly involve itself
in all that happens here. To best
serve it's purpose as an information
and communications center for free
Washington, Quicksilver's contents
must be largely a product of that
community. We are totally commited
to working with our sisters and
brothers to produce a better people's
paper, but we can't do it alone. All
of our community has to contribute to
the free flow of information, criticism,
and support among us.
If you have any criticisms or
suggestions on how best to bring all
this about, please call us or stop
by and rap.
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Gay Liberation Front
Gay Pride
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Page 8 July 14-24, 1970 Quicksilver Times
Gay Liberation
by a radical lesbian
Four girls and two dogs pulled into
thebusy corner in the heart of Green :
wich Village where a crowd of
gays and'\straights mingled, argued,
and confronted each other last week. I
Off to the side, three smiling sisters
warmly directed us to the Women's
Center -- the Church of the Holy
Apostle. TheTe we discovered a really,
tumed-on group of "Liberated women"
and joined them for a weekend of consciousness-
raising and getting it
together.
First a pot-luck supper — what a
feast! We swapped recipes and samplet
cheeses, breads and salads. Remember
way back when "cooking is the way to
a man's heart" and "make someone a
good wife" s h i t ) . This time i t was |
just friends breaking bread together.
An a l l women's dance downstairs
brought over a hundred of us together.
(After some previous dances with gay
men the women realized that the maledominated
affairs oppressed then and
they preferred sisters only events.)
Late in the night, the more p o l i t i - -v
cally-minded adjourned to create
slogans and banners for Sunday's his- i
t o r i c march, commemorating the Christopher
Street gay r i o t one year ago
protesting a police raid of a gay
bar. As the wine flowed so did our '"'
true sentiments'. Encouraged by s i s ters
we boldly wrote -- "Lesbians
Unite," "Gay is...ummm Groovy"; "I am ..
a Lesbian and,I am Beautiful,"."Hi
Mom Guess What," " The Lavender .Menace
loves your daughter," "We are the type
of women our mother warned us about."
Into the morning we talked of the fu- -.-•
ture of gay liberation, of women's
liberation -- of the inevitable c o n nection
between the two, of our newly-:
emerging consciousness and fulfillment
with each other; of personal and polit
i c a l alternatives.
The next day, apprehensive and
excited, we joined forces. Over
ten thousand of us merged, a coalition
of gay groups, militant and moderate,
from all over the east coast. A
large number of Washington gays found
each other; reuniting with old friends
embracing new ones. Crowds lining the
sun-lit sidewalks were questioning,
identifying, shocked, s i l e n t.
A motherly figure shook-her finger
at me saying "But'Why wouldn't you
let me live my l i f e as I wish? I t 's
just as good with ,a man i s n ' t i t ? I
replied, "You are questioning^ yourself.
Why are you here? Examine
your own unease when confronted by .
other women with what we feel is a
better life style. Are you'fami 1
with the concept of "the woman as
nigger?" This means that women hav. .
too long accepted and like you even
defended their oppression by continu
ing to be treated as nice, empty
packages to be kept by their men."
A psychiatrist benignly preached,
" I t ' s not your peoples? fault. It's,
your upbringing, your parents, a ;
'traumatic experience." I responded
''To me, i t ' s not a matter of cause K
or fault, as you so academically put;
it». Any more than heterosexuality K
i s . In this society at this time, w
the only sane thing for us to be is i
lesbian. Our society is sex-obsesseu
So i t mistakenly labels our efforts V
to extricate ourselves from being
treated as merely sexuaf objects as
a sick sex substitute. Actually we
have something better in mind.
Love and Self-fullfillment for example.
Within the straight society
we have only.roles to relate to the
"opposite sex." We are not yet persons."
Some of the s i s t e r s and brothers
seemed friendly. But many lesbians
preffered to march together. The
"Queens" led the show. The Gay Liberation
Front, the Lavender Menace,
the Gay Activist Alliance, Mattachine
Society participated. We started
down Sixth Avenue. (Tax out, I
thought. Queers with a parade permit
proudly marching through Manhat-
"tan. And theipolice who had a year
ago provoked the protest now "protecting"
the protesters. One out of
six. How many cops?) Cameras snapping
along the route. Traffic stopped
for an eleven block unity. On
the sidelines, friends clapped and
Blushed as the chants of "Gay Power"
and "Out of the Closets and into the
Streets" gained s p i r i t along the
line of march. ' Women with their
companions, men with their buddies,
unidentifiable as gay or straight.
How many of you out there are with
jus in s p i r i t , how many will be with
ius in body next year. It sure
wouldn't have been me last year!
Two "hip" appearing, denim-clad
males jumped behind the lesbian
banner. I was apprehensive. "Hey,
your brothers are up ahead." '.'We'd
rather be here," they replied.
"Say, are you gay?" "No, but I've
always wanted to make i t with a
lesbian," leared the bearded-one.
"Off the pig sexist", we shouted.
Steamy pavement, tired feet,
good vibes, thirsty dogs. • One fanat
i c on the side lines had really
gone'to a lot of trouble with an
Amerikan flag and a sign "Sodom and
Gomorrah." "Look at that queer."
"Not a bad fag." More comments from
the marchers. He was threatened.
Hostile. What compelled him to so
have to prove his masculinity, to
overcompensate?
What a mixture in.the movement;
pretty g i r l s , strong women,, college
students, black, oriental, white.
We were t i r e d , relieved, happy. We
had shared with our gay s i s t e r s a
new-found pride.
And now Gay Liberation Front comes
to D.C. For those sisters and brothers
who are ready to "come out and
l i v e , " we meet Tuesdays at 8:00 pm
in Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown
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Gay
coffeehouse
Are you_tired of having to pay rip
off" prices for watered down drinks?
Tired of having to l i e about your
age to get into a bar? Or not being
able t o get away with lying about
your age? Disgusted with having to
support Mafia-run bars which create
an oppressive "meatrack" atmosphere
for people who are looking for a
chance t o relax and be themselves
for an evening?
The Washington Gay Liberation
Front has started planning a gay
coffeehouse.lt will be run and maintained
almost entirely by gay people
under 21 and is being set up for the
benefit of gay youth in the D.C. area.
Once set up i t will serve soft _
drinks and provide entertainment at
night and act as a center for young
gay people to talk about their problems
during the day.
unfortunately,this takes money.A
fund-raising dance has been planned
but i t will raise only a fraction of
the money needed.The Gay Coffeehouse
can exist only with contributions
from the community.Checks should be
made payable to:
The Gay Liberation Front Coffeehouse
c/.o Howard Grayson ""
And should he sent to:
GLF Coffeehouse .
c/o Howard Grayson
1620 S St. NW
Washington,DC 20009
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Bruce Pennington Papers (Series IV)
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Consists of personal correspondence and photographs; career resumes, diplomas, and school documents; topical files and documents including the Gay Liberation Front-DC; business files, manuscripts, and newsletters from his tenure as president of Black and White Men Together-DC; files of NAMES PROJECT: AIDS Memorial Quilt, memorabilia and obituaries of prominent members of the Washington, DC community, drafts of articles for The Advocate. Also includes collected ephemera including gay-themed t-shirts, buttons, periodicals, and videotapes.<br /><br /><span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mGP65vYKaPiJSbU1f-9yttWQscoBBGbzrREb0xvFoiI/edit?usp=sharing"><strong>VIEW ONLINE FINDING AID</strong></a></span>
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<span>Some items are available online. </span>Collection is available for “fair use" <span>to all researchers at </span><a href="http://www.dchistory.org/research/">the DC History Center</a> as <span>MS 0764 RHP, Series IV Pennington. Material may be protected by copyright.<br /><br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mGP65vYKaPiJSbU1f-9yttWQscoBBGbzrREb0xvFoiI/edit?usp=sharing"><strong>VIEW ONLINE FINDING AID</strong></a><br /></span>
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Pennington, Bruce C., 1947-2003
Bruce C Pennington was born in Rugby, ND on September 17, 1947 and died in Washington, DC on August 26, 2003. He arrived in Washington, DC in the autumn of 1968 to work initially for Liberation News Service. In Washington, DC he was an early member of the Gay Liberation Front (1970-1974), founding member of the Stonewall Nation Media Collective, producers of the Friends radio program on WGTB-FM and WPFW-FM (1973-1982), of Black and White Men Together-DC, and of the Rainbow History Project (2000-2003). He served on the Washington, DC Human Rights Commission from 1988 to 1991. Pennington worked professionally as a chef and restaurant manager and a teacher of English. As one of the first gay men to serve as a foster parent to a gay youth, he gave credibility to the gay foster parenting campaign.
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GAY PEOPLE: HAVE-WE COME THIS FAR ONLY TO LEAVE BEHIND SOME OF US?
As you know by now, Washington's gay organizations have begun a series •-- *#
of legal actions, including a weekend picket, against the new:Lost and Found on
L Street, Southeast. Why? Because of flagrant discrimination against gay
blacks and women.
L & F's racist policies were explicitly acknowledged by Bill Parry,
representing the Lost and Found management, in an October 15 meeting with Paul
Kuntzler of GAA, a 10-year veteran of the Washington gay movement. Parry
declared: "This is a Southern city." (A reference to when Washington had
legalized segregation twenty years ago.) He said that if possible, the Lost
and Found would bar all-black people, and clearly indicated that the principal -~
reason for L_&_F's I.D- was to exclude as many gay blacks as- possible.
This is how the Lost and Found game is played: Two pieces of I.D. are
required, Parry says. A driver's license and a "passport or a birth certificate."
Such conventional identification as a"draft card or a government
employee I.D. card are not acceptable." However, generally only black gays are
asked for identification—whites are not, except those who actually appear
under age.
What are the objectives of the L & F game? Parry intimated that the
Lost and Found is only interested in serving the most affluent gay crowd,
primarily white suburbia, (in a black ghetto!) Parry rationalizes that "black
people are generally poor and, besides, most of our patrons are bigots." In
any case, the Lost and Found does not want to cater to those gays, black or
white,"who spend only $2.25 a night in our bar."
Now, to answer two questions: It's true that some token blacks are seen
in the Lost and Found. The. bar has no choice but to admit those few blacks who
are willing to meet L & F's I.D. requirements. It is also true that the I.D.s
of many whites are now being checked—as a temporary response to the picket
line outside.
However, Washington gay organizations are not interested in momentary
pretenses at non-discrimination. We will accept only their uncompromising
agreement to end all discrimination against all gay people--a resolution that
provides the necessary guarantees.
In regard to women, the Lost, and Found's double-standard dress requirement
for women will not be tolerated. If men can wear blue jeans, so too can
women.
Many of you have said that you think it distressing that homosexuals are
fighting one another. We agree. Let's resolve this conflict. We ask the Lost
and Found management to begin discussions with us.
We, too, think the Lost and Found is beautiful. We congratulate them.
And when they change their oppressive policies, the club will be even more
beautiful.
In addition, we are fully cognizant of their substantial investments
and the need to make a return and a good one. However, we will not allow them
to realize extravagant profits at the expense of the human dignity and freedom
of certain gay people.
£5>&T5S,
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We who represent you in our struggle to improve the quality of gay life
have come belately:to the recognition that we are not just the defender of
white, male homosexuals, but the representative of all gay people. The Lost
and Found management will have to recognize, too, that the year is 1971; those
days when Washington was a "Southern city" are gone.
All of us, finally, should understand that either we are all together
or none of us is together. As gay people we have advanced too far to now
leave behind some of us who are black or female.
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The following Washington gay organizations request that the Lost and
Found end their racist, sexist, immoral, and illegal policies and implement
the list of our 10 demands necessary to resolve this conflict:
The Mattachine Society of Washington
Evangelical Catholic Community •
The Black Caucus
Gay Activists Alliance*
Alabama Avenue Collective
Skyline Faggots
The Breadbox
Gay Women's Open House
Student Homophile Assn. of the Univ. of Maryland
Easter Day Collective
Hand-to-Hand Newspaper
1971 Kameny for Congress Campaign Committee
• • The Women's Film Festival
"Our House" Collective
Gay Liberation Front
Gay Men's Open House
Gay Campus Ministry of the Univ. of Maryland
Applecore Collective
Metropolitan Community Church
(Motion passed last Sunday by Church membership)
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Gay people : have we come this far only to leave behind some of us?
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Gay bars--Washington (D.C.)--20th century
Discrimination against African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--20th century
Committee for Open Gay Bars (Organization)
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Washington (D.C.)
1970s
African Americans
Bars and clubs
Discrimination
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Lost and Found
Racism