Lesbian activist urges homosexuals not to cover up sexual preferences by Cynthia L. Smith Kansan staff writer Ten years ago on July 4 she asked her son if he knew what day it was. "It's the unfinished revolution day," the 6-year-old boy said. "Not everyone is free. You're not free; you are a lesbian. I'm not free; I'm black." "Do you think if we all got together — all of us who aren't free — we could finish this revolution?" University Dally Kansan / Fridav. April 14, 1989 Mary Bricker-jenkins, the boy's mother, said, "I don't know, honey, but let's give it a try." She spoke about "Homophobia, the Social Disease and Its Remedies" as part of Gay and Lesbian Awareness in the Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas. The world must be changed, Bricker-Jenkins told more than 100 people last night in the Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union. "Homophobia silences women," she said. "It steals from us the relationships we need for our health and our growth. I dare say it's the same for me — so afraid of closeness, contact." She said nothing less than changing the world would be sufficient because of situations like the one that had two of her friends, a lesbian couple. The couple received approval to adopt a child, but for years bureaucracy and prejudice blocked their adoption. "I said to them, 'You know, it's really hard to change the world,'" Bricker-Jenkins said. One of the two women, Dee Dee, said she did not want to change the world. She wanted to be a mother. Because Dee Dee was a lesbian, it was almost impossible for her to become a mother, Bricker-Jenkins said. Conditions such as this in society demand changing the world, she said. "Changing the world is really easy," Bricker-Jenkins said. "It's just a bunch of tiny, little transformations." She said it was important to speak the truth, not use Monday morning pronouns. Homeosexuals use what Bricker-Jenkins called Monday morning pronouns to hide their sexual orientation. This means referring to a lesbian lover as "he" or a gay lover as "her." A girl named Charlotte, Bricker-Jenkins said she used to refer publicly to a lover named Charlotte as Charles. "Everytime we commit ourselves to ridding our community of all forms of oppression, it's a transformation that makes us of is free until we are all free." "We have a choice to lay the base for a new transformation," Bricker-Jenkins said. "I may not see the future, but I am going to lay the base." APARTMENTS COLONY WOODS GAMMONS NIGHT - $1 Cover Charge - Doors open at 8:00p.m. - $1 Cover Charge - Doors open at 8:00p.m. - Receive a $ 5 Gammons' coupon for taking a tour of our complex. - The first two kegs are on us! - Wednesday, April 19 Location, Lifestyle The Best Value In Town! A CLEAN CAR IS A HAPPY CAR ULTIMATE EXERCISE Participate in the 2nd annual AIESEC CAR WASH Saturday, April 15th North parking lot of Checkers Foods 2300 Louisiana 11 a.m.-3 p.m. AIESEC STANDS FOR: International Association of Students in Economics and Business Management. - Rain date is Sunday, April 16th - Sunata Toning Tables * isokinetic Exercise Circuit * Wollting Tanning Beds 15th & Kasold. Suite 9 + 842-4949 Advertise in the Kansan CHURROS 16" of hot golden cinnamon pastry. FREE DELIVERY!! 841-7125 81.00 each from 9pm nightly (min 85) TACO JOHN'S 15th Anniversary 1974 Prices Sat. April 15th and Sun. April 16th Taco .40 Softshell Taco .50 Burrito .35 Beef Burrito .60 Tostada .30 Beef Tostada .60 Enchilada .70 Taco Burger .50 Refried Beans .30 Texas Chili .40 Limit of 10 per item. All other food items and drinks regular prices All other discount offers not valid. 1006 Mass. 1626 W. 23rd 1101 W. 6th