Established in 1986 Volume XVIII, Number 1 Editor Euan Bear editor@mountainpridemedia.org Art Director Pete Gershon art@mountainpridemedia.org Copy Editor Euan Bear Classifieds Sandy Reeks classifieds@mountainpridemedia.org Calendar Sandy Reeks calendar@mountainpridemedia.org Source Editor Tania Kupczak source@mountainpridemedia.org Contributors Alan Arnaboldi, Lynne Barton, Euan Bear, Alison Bechdel, Judith Beckett, Mike Bensel, Crow Cohen, Eric Cross, Michael Fannon, Stuart Granoff, Tim Harvey, Khristian Kemp-Delisser, Robert Kirby, Tania Kupczak, Ted Looby, Lee Lynch, Heather McKeown, Ernie McLeod, Fran Moravcsik, Kevin Moss, Lluvia Mulvaney-Stanack, Deb O'Donoghue, Paul Olsen, Eric Orner, Roland Palmer, Pippin, Sandy Reeks, Larry Rudiger, Skeeter Sanders, Sally Sheklow, Jennifer Sherwood, Francesca Susanna, Leah Wittenberg Special thanks to Alison Bechdel for permission to reprint the the February page from her 1995 DTWOF Calendar. Photos of the Highlands Inn by Judith Beckett. Photo of Rev. Troy Perry courtesy of Jim Birkitt of Metropolitan Community Church Communications. Advertising Manager Tania Kupczak ads@mountainpridemedia.org 802.434.5237 National Advertising Representative Rivendell Marketing Company, Inc. 212.242.6863   Board of Directors Dan Brink, James Garris, Wayne Hobbs Fran Moravcsik, Roland Palmer, Alverta Perkins, Vicky Phillips, Richard Slappey Out in the Mountains was founded in 1986 with start up money from the Haymarket People’s Fund. Mountain Pride Media’s current funding sources include the Chicago Resource Center, Green Mountain Fund for Popular Struggle, Gill Foundation, Haymarket People’s Fund, Physicians Computer Company, Samara Foundation of Vermont, and individual private donations.   Statement of Purpose The purpose of Out in the Mountains is to serve as a voice for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered people, and our supporters in Vermont. We wish the newspaper to be a source of information, insight, and affirmation. We also see OITM as a vehicle for the celebration of the culture and diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered communities here in Vermont and elsewhere.   Editorial Policy We will consider for publication any material which broadens our understanding of our lifestyles and of each other. Views and opinions appearing in the paper do not necessarily represent those of Out in the Mountains. This paper cannot and will not endorse any candidates or actions of public officials on issues of importance to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgendered persons. We reserve the right not to publish any material deemed to be overtly racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, ageist, classist, xenophobic, or homophobic. Writers’ guidelines are available on request. All materials submitted must include a name and a contact number. However, within the pages of the newspaper, articles may appear anonymously upon request, and strict confidentially will be observed.   Out in the Mountains (ISSN 1081-5562) is published on the last Tuesday of each month by Mountain Pride Media, Inc. It is printed by BD Press. The newspaper maintains offices at 5 Bridge Street in Richmond, Vermont. The subscription rate is $29 per year within the United States of America. ©2003, Out in the Mountains Out in the Mountains PO Box 1078 Richmond VT 05477-1078 TEL (802) 434-OITM FAX (802) 434-7046 editor@mountainpridemedia.org www.mountainpridemedia.org mountainpridemedia.org is updated to include the current issue of OITM, generally by the 10th of each month. OITM is available in alternative formats upon request. OITM is printed on recycled newsprint containing 30% post-consumer and using 100% soy-based inks.