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• ▼ Jan u ary 1 9 9 2 ▼ Just o a t national briefs ILLINOIS: Longtime Chicago activist Tim Edgar said, to identify the individuals targeted by Drake will leave his job at the National Gay and the guidelines. Y Y Y Lesbian Task Force in Washington, D.C., to run The National Association of Black and White for the Illinois House of Representatives. Sources say Drake, a Republican, and some of Men Together (NAB WMT) has issued a manual NGLTF’s many leftist staffers and board members, to help the gay and lesbian community explore the including Executive Director Urvashi Vaid, have issue of racism. Resisting Racism: An Action been at odds for months over NGLTF’s extensive Guide is edited by Dr. Gerald Mallon and published by the Racism Task Force of NAB WMT. work on non-gay and lesbian-specific issues. The manual can be ordered by sending a check ▼ ▼ ▼ Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar horrified AIDS activ or money order for Sd 9.95, payable to NAB WMT ists, civil libertarians, gay health workers and Publications, PO Box408641, Chicago, IL 60640. others when he said the state may start forcibly It is also available at most gay and lesbian book testing some health care professionals for HIV. stores. MASSACHUSETTS: The first sex manual New guidelines from thfe Centers for Disease written for gay men in the age of AIDS is finally Control urge infected health care providers to stop performing “exposure-prone invasive proce nearing publication. Gay Sex, an illustrated dures” unless they receive approval from “an manual by Jack Hart, was scheduled for release by expert review panel" and then tell their patients of Alyson Publications of Boston in October. After their HIV status. Mandatory testing may be 18 commerical book printers refused the job, a The full-page ad is sponsored by the national Lesbian and Gay Public Awareness Project, a non-profit organization which uses the media to educate the public on the topic of homosexuality and homophobia. The ad will appear in the Dec. 30 year-end double issue of People and feature a photo of more than 40 lesbians and gay men with the capiion, “Guess What? We’re your family, neighbors, and friends...and we’re gay. Look beyond the lesbian and gay stereotypes and find out more about us!” WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. Rep. Gerry E. Studds (D-Mass.) and Don Edwards (D-Calif.) have succeeded in forcing the Department of Defense to withdraw a briefing paper listing “ho mosexual conduct” among potential behavior Y Y Y A lesbian and gay organization is placing in patterns of spies. Y Y Y People magazine what may be the single most U. S. Surgeon General Antonia Novello, the expensive and widely seen pro-gay advertise nation’s chief medical officer, told ACT UP/District ment ever. of Columbia members that if she were HIV-positive, she would join ACT UP, the group reported. She also pledged to “become a thorn” in the administration's side over safe-sex education be cause “this is something I have to do,” ACT UP said. Canadian printer agreed to publish it. However, the layouts have been seized by Canadian cus toms agents, presumably because of their explicit nature. Despite the delay, publisher Sasha Alyson predicts the book will be available early in 1992. NEW YORK: More than 20 AIDS activists dressed as Santa wreaked havoc at Macy’s de partment store in New York City Nov. 29, chaining themselves together inside and forcing store per sonnel to call police. Macy’s firing of Mark Woodley, an HIV-positive Santa, prompted the Santa blitz on the traditional first day of Christmas shopping. Nineteen people were arrested. Woodley, 34, is suing the store for $2.75 million and asking that he be rehired. Relax this winter Y Y Y Thanks to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, an appropriations bill signed into law by President Bush includes mandatory procedures for the Dept of Justice to follow in responding to hate crimes, including those leveled against gays and lesbians. Under a provision the Dept of Justice must now include homophobic incidents in its bias crime investigations and reports. Y Y Y The Names Project Foundation is launching a national fundraising effort to help return the entire quilt to Washington, D.C., for display during the weekend of Oct. 9-11, 1992. Those interested in contributing contact the Names Project Foundation, 2362 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94114, telephone (415) 863-5511. Y Y Y In a HOT SPRING SPA! 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