MONDAY, APRIL 25. 2005
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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QUEERS AND ALLIES
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BY ESTUARDO GARCIA
egaricia@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The more than 200-person march started at South Park, 1141 Massachusetts St., and worked its way down to Watson Park at Sixth and Tennessee streets.
"Corn, Corn, Beans, Beans; Kansas is full of dikes and queens" shouted members and supporters of the University of Kansas Queens and Allies in Saturday's Pride March.
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The marchers flew rainbow flags and held signs that said "Proud and Loud," "Homophobia Hurts God" and "Queer is not a four letter word, but Fred is."
More than one march was scheduled that afternoon and after people from the Earth Day parade and the AIDS Walk 2005 finished their route they joined the initial group of 118 Pride marchers.
Jimmie Manning, Q&A director, said this year's march had 100 more marches from last year's.
The march was a highlight of Q&A'S Pride Week, which included last Monday's Kiss-In, the Queen Awards and Friday's Brown Bag Drag Show.
Pride Week was a time to get out, have fun and let people know they are not alone, Manning said.
"It's kind of nice to be optimistic," he said. "If we let ourselves slip into a bad attitude things will never change."
Organizations such as the Kansas Unity and Pride Allegiance, Network Q, Lawrence High School and Free State's Gay/Straight Alliance and the lawrence Kansas Unitarians also participated in the march.
Mike Rundle, city commissioner and former mayor, waved from the lead car.
After the march Rundle, who publicly announced he was gay earlier this month, gave a speech where he said how proud he was to be out.
Couple plans to marry despite legal obstacles
QUEERS AND ALLIES
BY ESTUARDO GARCIA
egarcia@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Allison Hansen, Spring Hill graduate student, and Maureen Warren, Garden City senior, march in the Pride March Saturday morning on Massachusetts Street. The couple joined other marchers in shouting "Douglas County voted no. Douglas County voted no."
Allison Hansen, Spring Hill graduate student, enjoys watching "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" with her fiance, Maureen Warren, Garden City senior, would rather watch a good Clint Eastwood film.
While they might not agree on movies, both women do agree that early next year, they will be walking down the aisle together.
"Amendment, no amendment, we're getting married," Warren said.
The march was part of Pride Week, which, after the April 5 vote that allowed for a constitutional ban on gay marriage, had new meaning for Hansen and Warren. At the march the couple proudly carried a sign saying they were going to get married.
The couple marched along with other Queers and Allies members in Saturday morning's Pride March downtown on Massachusetts Street.
Hansen and Warren plan to have their wedding ceremony with the Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence, 1263 N. 1100 Road. Warren said they would also file for power of attorney and a living will with a lawyer. Although they recognize that their marriage will not be legalized, Hansen and Warren said they were prepared to face their inevitable obstacles together.
Hansen first met Warren back in the fall of 2003 during a Queers and Allies pub crawl. There was an instant attraction when Hansen laid eyes on Warren.
"I thought she was really pretty," Hansen said. "She just kind of won my heart over."
At first Warren did not take Hansen's advances as a sign of attraction. Hansen had just received an award for "Ally of the Year," leading Warren to
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They then had to share the news of their relationship with Hansen's family.
Hansen considers herself bisexual and had never had a long-term relationship with a woman. She also had never told her parents about her sexual orientation.
"All the red flags were there, but I kind of missed the boat," Warren said.
She said that when she was younger her parents had spoken to her about homosexuality and that although they would always love her, they would worry about the way she would be treated.
Hansen's determination to maintain a lesbian relationship, but was reassured when Hansen came out during last year's spring break. Hansen said her parents were understanding and soon invited Warren to come and visit.
Warren had already come out to her parents, and they had accepted it.
The following. November Warren proposed.
While she is happy about the prospects of their wedding, Warren said she had some concerns about the politics of gay marriage that would be hanging over them.
At first Warren doubted
"It can be difficult when people want to see the wedding as a political statement," Warren said. "The ceremony is not a public gesture, it's about publicly committing to each other."
ON THE RECORD
— Edited by Azita Tafreshi
- A 21-year-old KU student reported her purse stolen to Lawrence police between 2:30 and 6 a.m. April 20 from the 1000 block of Mississippi Street. Her purse and contents are valued at $286.
♦ A 48-year-old KU employee reported damage to her 1996 Mazda Protege between 9:45 p.m.
April 20 and 6:30 a.m. April 21 in the 200 block of Arrowhead Drive. The damage is estimated at $1,500.
♦ A 24-year-old Lawrence resident reported her cell phone missing to the KU Public Safety Office between 7 and 8 p.m. April 14 in Anschutz Library. The phone is valued at $300.
- The KU Public Safety Office arrested a 20-year-old KU student for failure to appear, minor in possession and unlawful use of a driver's license at 9:07 p.m. on April 21 at the intersection of 11th and Illinois streets.
ON CAMPUS
♦ The Spencer Museum of Art will sponsor a lecture on "Nefarious Heads: Abbot Portraits at the Zen Monastery Daitokuji" by Greg Levine of the University of California-Berkeley at 4:30 today at 211 Spencer Museum of Art. Call 864-4710 for more information.
Donna Brazile, campaign manager for Al Gore, will give a lecture and book-signing at 7 tonight in the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. Call 864-4900 for more information.
♦ Anderson Cooper of CNN will give a lecture at 7:30 tonight at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Call 864-SHOW for more information.
- The Center for Russian and East European Studies will sponsor a Laird Brown Bag lecture on "Central Asia in International Relations" by Kemal Babjanov of Turkmen State University at noon tomorrow at 318 Bailey Hall. Call 864-4236 for more information.
- Bob Dole will lecture at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Dole Institute of Politics. Call 864-4900 for more information.
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