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Unfortunately this
is not EVERYTHING that happened in our community this
year, but it's not meant to be. This is only some of
the highlights. However, if you feel that anything
has been left out or is incorrect or you wish to take
issue with any of it in any way, by all means I want
to hear from you! Email me at rabiera@gayokc.com!
Please note that the links below will take you to
pages which may contain some links that no longer
work.
August,
2001: Jim Roth kicks off campaign for Oklahoma
County Commissioner for District One
Dec 2, 2001: Soulforce
In Oklahoma invites participants to join in OKC
'direct actions'
Dec 19, 2001: Joe
Quigley & the Nativity banner
Dec 20, 2001: RAIN
announces new director
ORU-OUT
seeks information on alumni lost to HIV/AIDS
Dec 22, 2001: OKC
schools censor GLBT websites
Soulforce
mediation fails - Village Baptist vigils to
proceed as planned
Dec 27, 2001: Gays
And Lesbians Refuse To Be Silenced By Oklahoma
Minister
January
Jan
5: A
letter from the Salvation Army - and Keith
Smith's response
Coming
out stories on the Net
The
"Premiere Meeting of 2002"
Jan 6: Paul
Barby on yesterday's Soulforce vigil
Queer As Folk's
second season premieres on Showtime
Jan 8: Joe
Quigley - January is Gay and Lesbian Recruitment
Month
Joe
Quigley/NW Classen update - Wed, Jan 9
Jan 11: Local
activist Paul Thompson to receive award
Jan 13: Joe
Quigley - Lambda Legal gets it wrong
Jim
Nimmo - Where's your umbrage now, Senator Inhofe?
A
thank you note from Karen Weldin
Jan 21: Several GLBT groups participate in the
annual Martin Luther King, Jr Day Parade.
Historic activist Clara Luper makes her stand
against homophobia on the steps of the former
Calvary Baptist Church, traditional starting
point of the parade.
Jan 25: Teacher
alleges anti-GLBT vandalism done by NW Classen
employee
Jan 26: Anti-GLBT
vandalism at NW Classen investigated
LBT
group forms at OU
Jan 29: Two
Democratic cents worth on Coburn from Nikkii
Adams
Joe
Quigley - NW Classen: Prinicipal Davis does the
right thing
Jan 31: Team
OK-USA website up & running again
February
Feb
1: Deadline for first Cimarron Alliance
Foundation high school essay contest
Feb 2: Miss OKClassic in Review
Feb 4: Oklahoma Legislature opens session
Feb 5: Personal
reports on the second Soulforce vigil at Village
Baptist Church from Karen Weldin and Paul Barby
Feb
7: On this day in 1978 the
Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a law
allowing school boards to fire homosexual
teachers or teachers supportive of gay rights.
State Rep. John Monks announced that it would
cover "both queers and lesbians."
Paul
Barby on Log Cabin Republican C. Smith's letter
in the Gayly Oklahoman
Feb 9: Soulforce
invites Mel White & Jimmy Creech to OKC
Jim
Nimmo: My reply to C. Smith's letter in the Gayly
Oklahoman
Feb 12: Joe
Quigley writes a letter to the Daily Oklahoman
Mardi Gras
Feb 13: Progress
at NW Classen High School
Feb 16: The Vagina
Monologues are performed at
First Unitarian church
Feb 17: Miss COPA-at-LARGE Pageant
Feb 23: OFFAIDS throws Mardi Gras 2002 annual
fundraising bash
March
Mar
1 & 2: Homosexuality and Scripture Conference
is held at Church of the Open Arms. The Ku Klux
Klan threatens to rally in protest but cancels
due to the weather.
Mar 1: Church
of the Open Arms plans "solidarity rally"
in response to KKK demonstration
"Spiritual
suggestions" from Soulforce in Oklahoma
Mar 2: Patrice Pike & the Black Box Rebellion
perform at the Blue Door
Mar 3-9: Balm In Gilead 13th Annual
Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of
AIDS
Mar 3: Gods
& Gay votes
Mar 4: Karen
Weldin reflects on this weekend's Soulforce vigil
Mar 5: GLBT
Community presents bulletin board to NW Classen
High School
Mar 7: Bulletin
board, gift of GLBT Community, installed at NW
Classen
Daily
Oklahoman accuses "Religious
Left" of "stifling debate" on
homosexuality and Paul Barby and Phillippe
Beaudette respond
Mar 9: Black
Church Week of Prayer for AIDS Annual Program is
held at Holy Temple Baptist Church
Mar 18: Nimmo
- Is Frosty Troy correct?
Mar 19: Today, Oklahoma City votes for a mayor.
GayOKC.com recommends voting for NONE OF THE
ABOVE
Music
on the way
Mar 20: Humphreys wins in record
low turnout ("Record low" meaning that
a lot of people voted for "none of the above"
- Rob)
Mar 21: Bitch & Animal perform at the Blue
Door
The offices of RAIN are vandalized.
A benefit for RAIN by a visiting company of My
Fair Lady goes on at the
Copa even after a fire at the company's hotel
room destroys most of their belongings. The
company refuses to accept a portion of the
proceeds to help make up for the fire, insisting
that all of it be donated to RAIN.
Mar 23: RAIN
benefit cancelled due to hotel fire - offices
vandalized - donations needed
(A correction to this story was posted after it
was learned that despite the fire, the RAIN
benefit went on after all)
Mar 24: TeamOK-USA
holds first statewide meeting
Mar 30: Donated
bulletin board gets 'special' visitors at NW
Classen
Vibrations Magazine
ceases publication
April
Apr
5: Queer
As Folk's 'Emmett' - Peter
Paige - coming to Tulsa
Apr 6: Ms OKClassic 2002
Miss Wreckroom Pageant
Apr 7-14: Annual Days of
Remembrance for the Holocaust
Apr 7: OU
to offer course in Gay and Lesbian Literature
OCU
boldly goes where OETA has never gone before
Stonewall
Democrats promise latest dish from New York at
next meeting
Apr 8: Karen
Weldin reflects on this month's Soulforce vigil
Apr 9: David Ray wins the Norman City Council
election today and becomes the first openly-Gay
elected official in Oklahoma history.
"Out/Outside: An Exploration of the
Complexities Faced by Gays & Lesbians in Our
Culture" with John Cline,
LPC & Beverly Evans, LCSW. All Soul's Church,
6400 N Pennsylvania
from the ABC
News website: "Because
of events in the Middle East, we have reluctantly
postponed the Nightline series "A Matter of
Choice?" It was originally scheduled to run
the week of April 8-12, but our fear was that
news developments overseas would prevent us from
running all five parts in one week. We will try
to air it as soon as possible. We thank all of
you for your patience."
Apr 10: Day of Silence
The Justice Department is using a federal hate-crimes
law for the first time in its indictments, issued
today, against David Darrell Rice, who is accused
of murdering 2 women in Shenandoah National Park
in 1996. GLBT groups are hailing the move as
"historic".
Gay poet Mark Doty does a reading at OCU
Apr 16: OUGLBTF
to host founder of GLBT Muslim group
Apr 19-21: Sooner State Leather contest takes
place at the Copa.
Apr 19: Murrah Bombing Anniversary
RAIN issues press release stating that its doors
will close permanently unless it can raise $40,000
by May 15.
Apr 20: Oklahoma Lambda Intercollegiate Coalition
holds annual "Family Reunion"
Conference at UCO in Edmond
Quigley
- update on The Bulletin Board
Apr 22-26: GLBT Awareness Week at OU
Apr 22: Democrats
host candidate meet-n-greet
Apr 23: TeamOK-USA
dives into fundraising
OU
GLBTF celebrates GLBT Awareness Week
Apr 24: Nimmo
- An invitation to Mr Rocker
Apr 26-28: OKClassic Bowling Tournament
Apr 26: OU's GLBTF celebrates its 30th
Anniversary with a FLIP OUT Party
Apr 27: Quigley
- A written verbal reprimand
Before
the Parade Passes By
Apr 28: OCU shows Scout's
Honor
Apr 29: Norman
swears in openly-Gay council member
Apr 30: Quigley
- Response from the Principal
Language providing protecting based on sexual
orientation is stripped from School Bullying Law
before it is signed by Keating
May
May
3-5: Mel White comes to OKC on behalf of
Soulforce.
May 3: Nimmo
- Ashcroft enforces important hate law for his
own benefit
May 4: TeamOK-USA launches fundraising drive at
Wal-Mart
May 5: Miss Copa pageant
May 7: Karen
Weldin reflects on latest vigil and weekend with
Mel White
May 11: 'Gay
and Lesbian' bulletin board vandalized at NW
Classen
Christian
group seeks to provide 'mentors' to OKC schools
Turner
- Judge confirmation blocking
Sprint Adventure Race at Lake Thunderbird
May 15: RAIN executive director Jean Ann Van
Krevelen issues a statement that RAIN has
received $106,000 in donations and pledges since
Apr 19 and will be able to remain open.
May 16: Hedwig and the Angry
Inch screens one night only
at OKC Art Museum's Noble Theater
Miss Gay Angles pageant
May 17-19: Herland spring Retreat
May 18: Gay
club opens in Bricktown
Church of the Open Arms holds annual Dogs For
Diversity event
May 21: Openly-Gay
Norman City Councilperson David Ray to keynote
state Stonewall Democrats convention
Lee Burrus opens restaurant in Hollywood Hotel
May 23: clubliquid Grand Opening
May 24-26: OGRA holds its 17th Annual Great
Plains Rodeo. As usual, it is the biggest party
of the year for OKC's GLBT Community.
May 27: City
denies permit for Gay Pride banners
Roth
claims Commissioners violate Open Meetings Act
Vermont
Governor Dean coming to Oklahoma City
May 30: Nimmo
- An open letter to Kirk Humphreys
Miss Gay Metroplex pageant held at the Copa
May 31-Jun 2: Jimmy Creech comes to OKC on behalf
of Soulforce.
Paula Brown leaves the Gayly
Oklahoman after 10 years.
June
Jun
1: Scott
memorial scheduled
Jun 4: Karen
Weldin on Jimmy Creech and Soulforce in
Oklahoma's Village Baptist vigils
Jun 5: Soulforce
in Oklahoma to continue vigils at Village Baptist
Church
Southern
Baptist president Merritt refuses to repudiate
execution statement Soulforce In Oklahoma members
prepare to join "national action" at
annual Southern Baptist meeting
Jun 6: Paige
event almost sold out
Jun 7: Cimarron
Alliance Group issues statement denouncing
Oklahoma Republican Party chair Alexander
Folklahoma
interviews the Therapy Sisters
Live
music dates from Folklahoma
Jun 8: OFFAIDS
announces grant recipients for 2002
Jun 11: ODP
chair Parmley officially welcomes Stonewall
Democrats
Bonney
- Gay Republican responds to Alexander (again!)
Nimmo
- Mr. Alexander has forgotten about Mary Cheney
Jun 13-22: Live version of Hedwig
and the Angry Inch
performed at Stage Center
Jun 14-22: Robert Matson presents his play Before
the Parade Passes By at IAO
Jun 14: Karen
Weldin on Soulforce's protest at the Southern
Baptist Convention
REVEALED!
The cast of Before The
Parade Passes By!
Jun 15: Parade
organizers ask city to proclaim Pride Month
OKC Metro Chorus presents A Sentimental Journey
Through Time
Jun 16: Annual 39th Street Block Party
Vermont Governor Howard Dean is in OKC for a
fundraiser to benefit the Progressive
Alliance Political Action Committee.
Jun 18: Rally
for Pride banners to be held Wednesday
Nimmo
- Gay Pride is worth every cent
Jim
Nimmo on Sunday's brunch with Governor Dean
Jun 21: Photographer Tom Bianchi is guest of
honor at Cimarron Alliance Foundation's awards
banquet
Jun 22: A
letter to Jack & Ron
Folklahoma
- Herland Picnic Saturday + many other shows!
Jun 23: Annual OKC Pride Parade
Jun 26: RAIN
announces Music Fest
Jun 27: McMahan
to address NWOKC Democrats tonight
TeamOK-USA
thanks Paige event supporters
July
Jul
1: Cathedral
of Hope-OKC to award music scholarship
Jul 6 & 7: TeamOK-USA has car wash at Habana
Inn to raise funds for trip to the Gay Games
Jul 8-10: Candidate filing
Jul 12: Oklahoma
County Democrats endorse Walters
Nimmo
- Big Apple Envy
Jul 16-18: 26th Annual Miss Gay Oklahoma of
America Pageant (Kris Kohl, winner)
Jul 17: Darrell
campaign responds to Roth press release
Jul 20: Ruby Ann Boxcar signed books at Barnes
and Noble
Donald Pete arrest videotape causes outrage
Don Clothier leaves OKC Metro Choral Association
August
Aug
1: Deadline for Cathedral of Hope-OKC Music
Scholarship
Aug 4: Cathedral of Hope-OKC celebrates 2nd
Anniversary
Aug 7: Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus
issues Voter Guide for 2002 Primary Election -
Jim Roth scores higher than Shirley Darrell
Local
bands lending talents for RAIN Music Fest 2002
Soulforce
vigil update
Aug 10: THE EVENT - 11th Annual OFFAIDS Cabaret
Aug 12: Joe
Quigley - Back to NW Classen
Aug 13: Karen
Weldin on Sunday's Soulforce vigil
Joe
Quigley - unbelievable: NWKlassen redux
Potts
to speak at Stonewall meeting
Aug 14: Joe
Quigley - Indiscretions at NW Classen
OFFAIDS
'EVENT' one hell of a hoot
Upcoming
Soulforce events
Let's
BOWL!
Joe
Quigley - NW Classen Update: Aug 15, 2002
Aug 16: RAIN Music Fest fundraising concert
Aug 17: Oklahoma County Democratic Party Annual
Pancake Breakfast
Aug 19: Activists
endorse judge candidates
Joe
Quigley - NW Classen Update: Aug 19, 2002
Aug 20: CHER WAS HERE! CHER WAS HERE! (OK, Cindy
Lauper was with her, too)
Joe
Quigley - NW Classen Update: Aug 21, 2002
Joe
Quigley - NW Classen Update: Aug 23, 2002
Aug 23: Light pole incident on 39th & Barnes
- anti-Gay evangelical group tries to tie a cross
to the Light pole on the NE corner. Police are
dismissive, apparently unaware of city policy
regarding light poles.
Aug 27: Primary election
Jim Roth defeats Shirley Darrell in the
Democratic primary for Oklahoma County
Commissioner District One
Councilwoman
Brooks responds to Evangelism
on 39th Street
Floyd
Martin adds to Evangelism on
39th Street
Aug 30 - Sept 2: Central
Oklahoma Primetimers Annual Labor Day Get-A-Way
September
Sept
3: Joe
Quigley - Gay and Lesbian History Month
GayOKC.com
Election 2002 Update - Sept 3
Sept 4: Joe
Quigley - Davis says NO
Sept 6-8: Camp Willowswish held at Lake Murray
Joe
Quigley - NW Classen Update: Sept 6, 2002
Jim
Nimmo - Public education system, not an
indoctrination cult
Sept 7: Soulforce In Oklahoma shows
Homosexuality: The Debate Is Over, The Verdict Is
In, Not A Sickness, Not A Sin at
the Warr Acres Library
Sept 8: Gay Bowling season
kicks off!
Sept 9: A meeting was held to reorganize the
Oklahoma city chapter of PFLAG
Sept 10: Bob Lemon Campaign Kick-Off
Sept 11: First anniversary of 9/11
Joe
Quigley - Davis bans Gay 9/11
memorial
Joe
Quigley - NW Classen Update: Sept 12, 2002
Sept 12: Cimarron Alliance Foundation throws Hot
Time Summer In the City at Habana pool
Sept 13-15: Herland Fall Retreat
Sept 13-15: Bearadise 2002
Sept 15: Judge Robin J Cauthron rules against
Oklahoma City's banner ordinance
Text
of ruling (.pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader
required)
Sept 17: Angles 20th Anniversary
Runoff Election
TOHR
meets with Tulsa Police
OUT
OK to feature film directed by Gay Oklahoman
Sept 21: OBUPride, a GLBT support group at
Oklahoma Baptist University, holds its first
organizational meeting.
Sept 22: Rev Tessie Mandeville preaches first
sermon as new pastor of Cathedral of Hope-OKC
Sept 23: TeamOK-USA
enters the final stretch
Sept 28: OGRA Royalty Competition
Sept 30: A letter announcing the
establishment of OBUPride is sent to the
administration of Oklahoma Baptist University
Melissa Ferrick performs in Norman for OUGLBTF
October
Gay
and Lesbian History Month
Oct 3 & 4: Oklahoma HIV Conference
Oct 3: Annual Celebrate Diversity - Stop The Hate
event is held at St Paul's Cathedral
clubliquid throws Red Party for
AIDS Walk OKC
Oct 5: OKC
date set for Scouting For All rally
Joe
Quigley - A meeting with the principal
Jim
Nimmo - Equality with the Gaylord Empire
Stage
Door to present Dracula:
Blood of Nosferatu
Oct 6 - 12: Scouting For All Annual National
Rally Week
Oct 6: AIDS Walk OKC
Karen
Weldin's reflections on Oct 6 Soulforce vigil
After learning that the check to pay for their
travel arrangements failed to clear, members of
TeamOK-USA confront chairperson Steve Berryhill
in his travel agency office in Tulsa on Sunday,
Oct 6 and demand the organization's financial
records. Upon examination, over $40,000 cannot be
accounted for, leaving TeamOK-USA without the
funds to travel to Sydney to participate in the
Gay Games.
Oct 9: Turmoil
at TeamOK-USA- Sydney trip in jeopardy
Oct 11-13: TeamOK-USA volleyball team competes in
DIVA Dallas Fall Classic tournament
Oct 11: National Coming Out Day
Joe
Quigley - NW Classen Update- Oct 12, 2002
OUT
OK "Premieres"
Oct 13: Cimarron Alliance Foundation throws
Banner Victory Party at Angles to celebrate court
decision against city
Oct 14: Central
Oklahoma Stonewall Democrats has a new clubhouse
Oct 15: Looking
For Some Tail on Sunday?
Come
Beat Your Drum Or Blow Your Horn!
Oct 17: Soulforce
In Oklahoma Volunteers Join Soulforce National To
Help Confront Anti-Gay Bigotry
Oct 20: Cimarron Alliance Foundation holds 3rd
annual Coach House Dinner
Oct 22: Joe
Quigley - Davis unethical?
Oct 23: Joe
Quigley - Davis unethical? (the prequel)
Oct 24: Joe
Quigley - Content-based censorship
OUT
OK announces final film line-up
Soulforce
In Oklahoma plans vigil for tenth month
Oct 25: Headline in the Daily
Oklahoman: "OBU keeps
homosexual policy"
Jim
Nimmo - OGLPC reviews Temple B'nai Israel
candidate forum
Family Pride OKC throws Halloween Party
Oct 26: Annual OFFAIDS Halloween Ball - Valley
Girls From Mars present Theatre Macabre
Herland
to present adoption seminar
Oct 27: Joe
Quigley - Poster is down
Tails
From The Closet guest hosts
announced
Oct 30: Graves
and Hodges gang up on Roth
Karen
Weldin on Gay Pride Weekend in Lynchburg
Oct 31: Nimmo
- Wasson responds to Graves
November
Nov
1: School Bullying Law goes into effect
Nov 2: Gay Games open in Sydney, Australia
Nov 3-Dec 15: Tails From The
Closet presented every
Sunday night at IAO
Nov 5: Election Day
Jim Roth wins Oklahoma County Commissioner race,
defeating arch-homophobe Beverly Hodges to become
the second openly-Gay elected official in
Oklahoma history
A
Final Thought (and a laugh or two) from the Alex
Greenwood Campaign
Election
results: State Election Board
Nov 6-10: NGLTF holds annual Creating Change
conference. OKC activist Rachel Morse, Young
Democrats GLBT Caucus chair, attends and presents
a workshop..
Nov 6: OUT
OK releases festival schedule
Nov 12: Soulforce
In Oklahoma members moving to Lynchburg
Joe
Quigley - Memo to Principal Davis
Nov 15: OUT OK film festival kicks off in Norman
Nov 16: Herland Sister Resources present "Adoption
Workshop for Non-Traditional Families"
Nov 19: Joe
Quigley - Call to action
Nov 20: OBUPride
to challenge policies against gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender students
Joe
Quigley - Call to action update
Transgender Remembrance Day
Nov 25: Gay
Oklahoman scheduled for execution
Nov 26: Joe
Quigley - The next step
Nov 28: Thanksgiving Day - Tramps serves annual
Thanksgiving dinner
December
Dec
1: World AIDS Day
Dec 2: Joe
Quigley - School board report
Sonja Martinez hosts 12th annual Loaves &
Fishes benefit
Sonja
Thanks Community For Benefit's Success
Dec 6: Gay Pride float appears in OKC and Norman
Christmas parades
Joe
Quigley on 'inclusivity' at NW Classen
Soulforce
In Oklahoma Needs Your Story!
Dec 7: Anthony Romero, openly-Gay national
director, keynotes annual ACLU of Oklahoma Bill
of Rights dinner
Karen
Weldin recaps seventeen months of Soulforce In
Oklahoma vigils at Village Baptist Church
GayTulsa.com goes
offline
Assorted
items of note not included above:
Mary
Reynolds & Louise Goldberg performed everywhere
more times than I
could possibly remember!
Volunteer meetings for Jim Roth's campaign. Jim
had at least 400 people volunteering for him by
the time it was allsaid & done.
All the meetings of GLBT groups that political
candidates spoke at.
The monthly shows of Sonja Martinez and Alison
Scott.
Church of the Open Arms Friday afternoon Food
Bank.
All the regular group meetings!
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