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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2001 6 5ee NEWS? Chrony news line: Let us know. 581-704- Protester Comes to U Anti-Ga- y 1. . MATT CANHAM Chronicle Editor in Chief The Lesbian and Gay Student Union will make protests held by Pastor Fred money off of the anti-ga- y Phelps. B AR IIUJIJILIMHUWIMJUHULIMLIHIIill & IIIIIIIMILIIHUl.iHiLiHILUHI.il CRll (gllTifr II H, II '1" ll " nTI '"" fl'TT 'II t4Mlft jl.M5e: t Phelps gained national attention for protesting at the funeral of Matthew Shepard, who was murdered because he was gay, in 1998. Phelps is now conducting protests around the country to mark the third anniversary of Shepard's death. Phelps will be at the University of Utah Friday at 11:30 a.m. near the U's seal at the bottom of Presidents Circle. Members of the Utah AIDS Foundation will attend the event to mark the amount of time he speaks and what words he says. KRCL Producer Becky Moss started an unofficial pledge drive to help the U's Lesbian and Gay Student Union (LGSU), the AIDS Foundation and the Gay and Lesbian Community Center when she heard about Phelps' planned arrival in Salt Lake City. g him. We are thanking "We are not him for letting us raise funds for organizations that always need it," said Moss, who produces the show "Concerning Gays and Lesbians" on KRCL 90.9 FM. Moss is working directly with the AIDS Foundation to coordinate the drive, which she said has already brought in "hundreds of dollars." People can pledge money for every minute Phelps protests, or they can pledge money for every time he uses a derogatory term such as "fag" or "dike," she said. Those who donate can select which organization will receive the money. The AIDS Foundation will also have representatives counter-protestin- continued from page 5 FCob'i"fcStflfl ld5Ti ful." e Kalina Duncan, LGSU president, said the U's lesbian and gay population originally planned on an the members would wear large where "angel protest," block Phelps from the public. would angel wings that They later decided to ignore him. "Our opinion is more apathetic. He is coming on fall break, and he is not going to be heard by a lot of people," Duncan said. Phelps has sent faxes to campus organizations that read God destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City to show the world America's sins. He called the U "a prime example of America's irreversible apostasy." The flyer reads that gays and lesbians "run the school." While in Salt Lake City, Phelps will also protest churches that he believes are sympathetic to gays and lesbians, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, All Saints Episcopal Church, Our Savior's Lutheran Church and the United Church of Christ. "He hates Mormons as much as he hates gays and lesbians," Moss said. The pledge drive also includes raising money for each of these churches. Moss and the AIDS Foundation are attempting to contact each entity to see how they would like to accept the donations. mcanhamchronicle.utah.edu co-vic- tion because she's still doing what VIOLENCE 1 at his protests to encourage people not to engage Phelps. "We don't want to lower ourselves to that same sort of hate message," said Stan Penfold, executive director of the Utah AIDS Foundation. "This drive is a good, positive spin to put on something that is pretty hate- exists in the world, and both need to be addressed, Chatterjee said. Because a religion or custom, such as female genitalia mutilation, is dominant in a culture does not mean it's acceptable, he said. After Chatterjee finished, Can-dic- e Women's Christiansen, Resource Center practicum counselor, responded to his remarks. '"From dowry death to female genitalia mutilation, violence and terrorisms take place in women's lives in our and every other culture," she said. "We need to look at how women are being put to death socially, politically and mentally by our culture." Christiansen addressed not only physical violence but "industrial violence," which includes women starving themselves, putting silicone in their bodies and conforming to fit into the social ideals of the United States. She also warned about women falling victim to socialization. "If a African woman is suffering through genital mutilation, and she's saying 'No, stop, it hurts,' she's still falling victim to socializa she was raised to follow," she said. To relate socialization back to the culture of the United States, she talked about racial differences. "Women of color, if we're working with that label, are treated worse than white women. That's a result of the socialization they've been a part of," she said. People need to look at how a woman's culture has an underlying political stance which affects them personally, she said. The speakers then opened the discussion to the audience. Brenda Voisard, counseling coordinator at the Women's Resource Center, spoke about the label "women of color." "I think we need to make the distinction of 'women of color' because there are political differences between them and white women. White women are definitely treated better," she said. However, Chatterjee felt differently. "The title 'women of color' seems to marginalize women and nominal-iz- e the inequalities between white and women," he said. Christiansen brought up the subject of justice again. "The women I work with at the non-whi- te often feel like there is no and justice they are victims of the said. she system," Every time a woman uses her voice to change a bad situation, she is creating justice and helping to empower womankind, she said. People need to look at capitalism and the violence it creates, said Elizabeth Rago, program coordinator at the Women's Resource CenYWCA ter. However, men fall victim to capitalism as much as women, she continued. The only male in the audience, Russ Millham, responded to Rago's comment. Millham is a student and doesn't earn as much money as his wife, often criticize and his sisters-in-lahim for this. is the common "Capitalism men and women. of both enemy Capitalism gives us a common purpose: to unite and fight it," he said. People need to build a bridge between the United States and the global community to end violence against women, Chatterjee said. 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