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6 ▼ j u n « 109 2 ▼ ju s t out national briefs CALIFORNIA ▼ T V By a margin of five to two, the city council in A Gay and Lesbian Center will be part of San Santa Cruz has approved a new ordinance ban Francisco’s new Main Library, thanks to a ning employment or housing discrimination based $500,000 donation and the acquisition of over on height, weight, sexual orientation, or physical 10,000 books, periodicals, and photographs. The characteristics. The so-called “looks law” will donation was made by San Francisco civic leader serve as “a statement that bigotry will not be James Hormel. tolerated in Santa Cruz," said Corin Drummond, IDAHO a 23-year-old resident who said he was beaten up Some of history’s most revered scientists have recently because he is gay. used science to justify racism, a Harvard Univer ▼ V ▼ sity professor of geology and zoology said re The first Cookbook Against AIDS is scheduled cently during a speech at the University of Idaho for publication in early 1993. It will be filled with in Moscow. Stephen Jay Gould, who has written favorite recipes from members and friends of the more than a dozen books, said the human species gay and lesbian community. Also included will is too young for genetic differences to have evolved be various articles, photographs, and dedications, among the races. “That old clichés that differ with proceeds going to AIDS research. Submis ences are only skin deep really turns out to be so,” sions must be received by Dec. 31, 1992. They he said. “Humans are astonishingly similar in may be sent to Cookbook Against AIDS, 16105- genetic makeup from one racial group to an 8H Victory Blvd., #346, Van Nuys, CA 91406. other....” Interested persons also may call (818) 909-9805. ILLINOIS ▼ V ▼ The state legislature is considering two bills Publication of BLK, the first monthly maga involving HIV disease. One, passed by a House zine for African- American gays and lesbians, has committee in April, would require children under been suspended until a new editor can be found to 18 to notify their parents before taking an HIV replace Alan Bell. Bell, who was seriously in test. The other would require people convicted of jured in a car accident in April, is still unable to patronizing juvenile prostitutes to be tested for return to work, his doctors say. More information HIV. AIDS groups generally oppose such mea can be obtained by wr iting to BLK Publishing Co., sures, favoring safe-sex education as the most Box 83912, Los Angeles, CA 90083-0912, or by effective weapon against the spread of AIDS. calling 1-310-410-0808. NEW YORK Vice President Dan Quayle reportedly was red-faced after scrambling the alphabet soup of AIDS drugs during a visit to Manhattan AIDS ward. “Are they talking DDT?” Quayle asked during the visit, to which his hosts responded that he must mean AZT, DDC, or DDI. They pointed out that DDT is a bug spray. “The effect of an administration’s AIDS policies is much the same as DDT,” said Gregory King, communications director for the Human Rights Campaign Fund. “Quayle may be more right than he realized.” T ▼ ▼ The American Civil Liberties Union has asked every major college and university president in the country to join other leaders of higher educa tion in signing aresolutioncalling for an end to the military’s anti-gay policy. James Holobaugh, coordinator of military issues for the ACLU, said that gaining the support of these leaders is crucial. The show of support from these educational lead ers will be invaluable in changing opinions in Washington among legislators and bureaucrats,” Holobaugh said. “Under the weight of this con crete evidence, the Pentagon will be forced to retreat.” Each year, the Pentagon discharges more than 1,400 men and women for homosexu ality, at a financial cost to taxpayers of $300 million annually. sands of people who responded to a question by columnist Ann Landers: “Are you glad you are gay, or would you rather be straight?” The man, who was not identified by name, was among a half dozen whose responses were published in the nationally syndicated column. In his response, the man said he had married and was the father of two before realizing he was gay. He initially tried to hide the reality, but eventually met another man and today is “extremely happy.” Landers said of the 75,875 responses received, about 30 to 1 said they were “happy being gay.” VIRGINIA Fundamentalist television evangelist Pat Robertson, who four years ago failed in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, has suc ceeded in buying United Press International. Robertson already is chief executive officer of a media conglomerate that owns and operates a number of broadcast and cable television fran chises, including theconservativeChristian Broad casting Network. Some UPI affiliates are worried that reporting standards itiay have a conservative bias under Robertson’s leadership. Robertson’s empire is based in Virginia Beach. WASHINGTON, D.C. 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