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In a recent column, Ann Landers has asked for
information from the gay and lesbian community.
She wants us to send her a postcard saying either:
“Yes, I ’m glad I ’m gay or lesbian,” or “No, I ’m
not glad I ’m lesbian or gay.” Please sent your vote
to: Ann Landers, PO Box 11562, Chicago, IL
60611 -0562. Let’s flood her with our responses.
CA LIFORN IA
Giovano, Inc., an African-American-owned
company that distributes Caution Condoms, placed
its first advertisement on the back cover of BLK's
December issue, marking the first time an Ameri
can condom distributor has run such a high-
profile ad in a gay publication. BLK is the world’s
largest publication targeting the African-Ameri
can lesbianjmd gay community. Its address is
Box 83912, Los Angeles, CA 90083-0912.
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The National Task Force on AIDS Prevention
(a San Francisco-based, national advocacy orga
nization for gay and bisexual men of color) an
nounced the awards of two grants from Burroughs
Wellcome Co. The two awards, totaling $85,000,
are designed to augment the National Task Force’s
primary focus of prevention information and edu
cation services.
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R epublican p re sid en tial can d id ate Pat
Buchanan has once again angered the gay com
munity, this time regarding his unauthorized use
of footage from ‘Tongues Untied,” filmmaker
Marlon Riggs’s award-winning and controversial
documentary about gay African-American men.
Buchanan used scenes from the film in a televised
advertisement to illustrate what he called the
Bush administration’s funding and support of
“blasphemous art.” Through his San Francisco
attorney, Riggs sent a certified letter to Buchanan
demanding that he immediately stop copying,
colorizing, editing, and broadcasting any part of
‘Tongues United" or face further legal action.
Buchanan has yet to respond.
ILLIN O IS
U.S. Rep. Sidney Yates, D-Ill., is the 48th co
sponsor of a House of Representatives resolution
calling on President Bush to rescind the military’s
ban on gays and lesbians. Sixty-five percent of
Americans believe gays should be allowed to
serve in the military, and 81 percent think gays
should not be kicked out if their homosexuality is
discovered after they enlist, according to a Penn &
Schoen Associates poll.
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The first inpatient mental health program in
the Midwest designed to diagnose and treat issues
facing lesbians and gay men has opened in Chi
cago. Positive Lifestyles is a safe place where
lesbians, gay men and bisexuals receive individu
alized mental health and substance abuse treat
ment. A specially selected and trained staff helps
to assure the program is free from heterosexism
and homophobia. More information can be ob
tained by calling toll-free (800) 877-6848.
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Unlike their Boston and New York counter
parts, gays and lesbians in Chicago marched with
out incident in the huge St. Patrick’s Day Parade
onM arch 14. Infact, the 50-person Queer Nation
contingent was headed by Joan Jett Blakk, an
African-American drag queen who has captured
gay Chicago’s heart in the past year. Although
Queer Nation was not an official parade entrant,
its participation was made possible when state
Rep. John Cullerton of Chicago gave the group
his permit.
INDIANA
A prison inmate has sued the Indiana Depart
ment of Corrections for access to condoms. Albert
Squires, 27, filed suit in LaPorte CircuitCourt last
month. He wrote: “Several inmates who have
tested positive for exposure to HIV or AIDS are
... confined in the general population. (Westville
Correctional Center] has a high rate o f homo
sexual activity, both consensual and non-consen
sual, which occurs on a daily basis. The th reat...
o f being exposed to HIV is g re a t”
M ICH IG A N
R ep u b lican p re sid e n tia l c an d id ate Pat
Buchanan managed to bash both gays and Jews in
a March 13 interview with The Detroit News.
Although the daily did not include Buchanan’s
bigoted remarks, a gay reporter who helped inter
view Buchanan shared his notes with the gay
press. During an exchange about gay rights,
Buchanan said he regarded homosexuality as a
“violation of morality,” and as “physically ruin
ous.” He also said American landlords should
have the right to refuse to rent to gays, lesbians,
and Jews.
NEW H A M PSH IR E
Filmstar-tumed-Republican-activist Arnold
Schwarzennegger has been campaigning with
President Bush in Derry. Referring to a recent
televised debate among Democratic presidential
candidates, Schwarzennegger said: “O f course,
we don’t talk about those Democrats. I watched
ihat debate, and they all looked like a bunch of
girly-men.”
NEW JE R SE Y
The first annual New Jersey Gay Pride Parade
is set for S aturday, June 6, in Asbury Park. Among
other accomplishments, the New Jersey Lesbian
and Gay Coalition will be celebrating its success
at getting an amendment passed to New Jersey’s
antidiscrimination law to protect gays, lesbians,
and bisexuals. The gay and lesbian community in
New Jersey is estimated at over 750,000.
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Delta Airlines is facing over 100 employment
discrimination complaints resulting from proce
dures followed during its takeover of Pan Am.
The complaints, filed by the New York City
Commission on Human Rights on behalf of former
Pan Am employees who were refused employ
ment by Delta, include alleged violations in al
most every class protected under the city’s human
rights laws-including gays and lesbians.
PENNSYLVANIA
“ Political correctness is going to destroy gays,”
says Andrew Sullivan. "It will marginalize us and
further weaken us,” said the editor of the influen
tial opinion journal The New Republic, in an
interview with Philadelphia Gay News. “My
view is we don’t want to be another special-
interest group,” Sullivan said. “We should talk
about sheer equality.” Sullivan also disapproves
of the increasing use of the word “queer.”
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A Feb. 13 meeting between national gay activ
ists and the chairman of President Bush’s re-
election campaign has sparked an angry backlash
from the conservative right. The White House so
far has distanced itself from the meeting, saying
only that it was a “personal decision” by
Mosbacher.
W ASHINGTON
Following the recommendation of one of its
standing committees, the state Senate likely will
reject a proposal that would have included gays
and lesbians in a list of groups protected by state
law against malicious harassment. The House
earlier approved the proposal to add sexual orien
tation to a list that includes race, religion, nation
ality, and disability. In a surprise move, the
Senate committee suggested that “gender” be
added to the list, a move that drew mixed reac
tions from a lobbyist for the National Organiza
tion for Women. “We certainly don’t want to be
part of any trade-off-women in, gays and lesbians
out,” said the lobbyist, Lonnie John-Brown.
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