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AIDS in Eagle Forum’s July newsletter. Called “ AIDS: the Challenge and a Plan of Action," it demands mandatory testing and reporting of test results, criminal penalties for anyone transmit ting the disease, and the instituting o f “ value- driven” sex education in public schools. Schlafly claims that the Eagle Forum has “ achieved most o f our goals in the Illinois legis lature” (the Eagle Forum is based in Illinois). Her letter ends with an appeal for money, ac cording to the Windy City Times. O f the Klan and Spokane. cording to the Washington Blade. Mother Teresa’s Gifts of Peace Home which had been in operation since last November, provided a supervised living space for homeless PWAs. However, the D.C. Board o f zoning adjust ment voted unanimously that the home must now be licensed as a health care unit and meet strict medical guidelines. Zoning officials had previously held that the facility was not a health care unit, since no medical services were of fered, and the nuns who staff the facility were not nurses. ays and lesbians in Tennessee were part of an impromptu demonstration against the Ku Klux Klan last month. The protest was fueled by an interview in Nashville’s daily newspaper, the Tennessean, which quoted a Klan leader as saying that ‘ ‘AIDS was a miracle from God.’ ’ The gay protestors were part of a larger demonstration against the Klan, but local leaders said the gay presence was the first public protest by gays and lesbians in the Nashville area, according to the Sentinel. Protests against the Klan may become neces However, residents successfully lobbied the Neighbors force closure sary in the Northwest, as Klan leaders move zoning commission to reverse itself. One neigh Jews, gay activists, union organizers, and al o fD .C . AIDS home west. Illinois Klan leader Kim Bodynsi has borhood activist said, "T he medical profes ternative spiritualists are preparing to protest his moved to Spokane, where he is presently sionals can give this neighborhood no valid Washington D.C. Catholic home for presence. The Pope has reaffirmed traditional recruiting members for a white supremacist assurances that AIDS is a non-transmissible people with AIDS has been charged with Catholic positions against abortion, women’s group. Aryan supremacist Richard Butler has disease, and, besides, homosexual and hetero operating in violation o f city zoning codes, after rights, contraception, divorce, gays, and has announced plans to relocate to the Oregon coast. sexual rape o f children does occur.’ ’ • neighborhood residents filed complaints ac- spoken for the political status quo. Last year the A June police raid on a public restroom Pope issued a position paper on homosexuality that identified gay love as an “ intrinsic evil” iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii and an “ objective disorder.” Religious and political groups are staging major protests for the Pope’s visits to Los Angeles and San Francisco. However, organiz ed protests are not the only form of response to the Pope’s visit. American capitalism may de mean and cheapen the visit more successfully than any political action. A columnist for the Miami Herald reports on the burgeoning busi ness in Pope-mania: in Detroit, the faithful can The Ju st Out Pocke t Book will become your buy a Pope water sprinkler called “ Let us spray” ; in California, post cards are available best friend. It will guide you to services, with a picture of the Pope and Clint Eastwood, with the caption, “ Thou hast made my day” ; professionals, and businesses which Marvel Comics is issuing a 64-page comic book welcome you as a valued customer. on the life o f John-Paul. The degree of present antipathy to the Pope was apparent in recent correspondence to the For just $ 1 , the Just Out Pocket Book will Village Voice regarding the Pope’s meeting help you network within our community and with Kurt Waldheim, alleged former Nazi and present Austrian president. According to one become your trusted source for politics, correspondent, the issue is not simply the Pope meeting with a Nazi. Rather, “ considering this sports, religion, health, entertainment, Pope’s reactionary policies in the 1980s (his services and more. opposition to women’s rights, gay rights, di between Spokane and Coeur d ’Alene has gen vorce, etc.), I object to Waldheim meeting the Pope.” erated controversy in the area’s gay com Just fill out the coupon below and mail it with your munity, and has provoked strong reactions from check or money order to Just Out Pocket Book, the public. In passing P. O. Box 15117, Portland, Oregon 9 7 2 1 5 According to the Seattle Gay News, area gay rthur B res san, a filmmaker and gay activists have largely sought to distance them activist, died recently in New York of selves from the eleven men arrested at the rest area, by making a distinction between men who complications associated with AIDS. Buddies, Please send m e _________ Just Out Pocket Book(s). 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If you are interested in selling the lust Out Pocket Book, Despite the fact that most of the men arrested July died o f AIDS complications in San Francis please call Jeff Fritz at (503) 236-1252. were family men, the incident has led to in co. Waddell was the founder of the Gay G am es, and had been an Olympic decathlon athlete in creased gay phobia. No m atter how long you have been ‘out’ 1968. Just before W addell's death, the US Supreme Court ruled that the International you can wear a Ju s t Out T-shirt. “ Crimes o f hate" Olympic Committee could bar organizers from investigator urged using the term “ Gay Olympics,” the name White, 5 0 /5 0 Hane s T-shirt with purple print. Waddell originally used in promoting the Gay Los Angeles City Councilmember has Games. Waddell was 49. J u s t $8. called for a full-time city attorney to G A I | E very phone should have one! 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The attorney for the women claims that the faculty was being The best revenge may be “ purged” o f suspected “ radical feminists,” by Pope soap-on-a-rope which the religious groups meant lesbians. The director of the University’s w omen's center was also fired when she refused to allow distribution ope John Paul II will spend four days in o f anti-ERA and anti-abortion materials, ac California this month on an official pas toral visit. His welcome will be somewhat short cording to the Gay Communty News. Schlafly recently issued a position piece on o f unanimous, since a consortium of feminists. P P With every T-shirt receive a free Just Out Pocket Book. Please send me Just Out T-shirt(s) at $ 8 each. Enclosed is $ 8 per shirt and $1 for postage and handling. Circle size(s) Name _______ Address ____ City, State, Zip S M L XL XXL Mail to: Just Out T-shirts P.O. Box 15117 Portland. Oregon 9 7 2 1 5 i llll Just Out • 7 • September. 1^87
