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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.
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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
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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
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A lesbian and gay organization is placing in patterns of spies.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Why are gay and lesbian teens particularly at
risk for suicide? How can educators help? Three
important new issue papers have been developed by
noted sexuality educator Ann Thompson Cook,
with cooperation and ongoing review and evalua
tion by experts in the fields of suicidology, educa
tion, counseling, and religion. To order the set of
three papers, send $5 to Respect All Youth, Parents
and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, 1012 14th Av
enue NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20005.
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In the first encounter of its kind in the nation’s
capital, representatives of the gay and lesbian leather
and S/M community met with top National En
dowment of the Arts officials to discuss attacks on
freedom of expression. The activists presented a
legislative overview involving censorship, discussed
the history of the S/M and leather community and its
response to the current political arts crisis, and
displayed works by J. C. Collins, photographer and
current Ms. San Francisco Leather.
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The National Task Force on AIDS Prevention,
the only national minority HIV organization to be
funded by the Center for Disease Control, had its
budget cut by 43 percent. The budget cuts will
cripple its education efforts among people of color.
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Lesbian and gay couples and other non-tradi-
tional families find access to benefits like married
couple housing on 22 U.S. college campuses. A
national survey by the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force Policy (NGLTF) institute. Domestic
PartnersJNon-Tradfitional Family Recognition
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