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Ju »t o u t T n o v t m b t r 1092 ? 7 national briefs ARIZONA A federal district judge has settled a land dispute between the Navajo and Hopi tribes, giv ing almost all of the land to the Navajos. The dispute began thousands of years ago between the tribes, but culminated in 1974 when the Hopi sued for half of 7.1 million acres that Congress had made part of the Navajo Indian Reservation in 1934. In April, Judge Earl Carroll reduced the claim to 152,843 acres, o f which he finally granted 60,518 acres to the Hopi. W hileonly Navajos live on the land Carroll turned over to them, the Hopi have a precedence of thousands of years in the area and use the land for religious purposes. CALIFORNIA Religious judgmentalist Pat Robertson is buy ing MTM Entertainment for $68.5 million. In acquiring MTM, Robertson will gain control of numerous television shows considered to be his ideological opposite, including Evening Shade and The New WKRP, and reruns of Lou Grant, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob New hart Show. ▼ T ▼ The Bush administration has accused the Uni versity of California at Berkeley o f “reverse dis crimination” for setting minority enrollment goals of 23 to 27 percent. The university denied using quotas but agreed to modify its policy with next year’s entering class. The complaint issued by the U.S. Education Department echoed the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of Allan Bakke, a white man who accused the University o f Cali fornia at Davis medical school o f “reverse dis crimination.” ▼ ▼ T The fifth annual Creating Change Conference of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force will be held Nov. 13-15 in Los Angeles. Creating Change, the largest skills-building conference for lesbian and gay activists, will feature over 80 workshops addressing critical issues facing the gay and lesbian community. For more informa tion, contact Catherine Cater, Conference Coor dinator, NGLTF, 173414th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20009-4309; phone: (202)332-6483. ▼ ▼ ▼ Los Angeles radio station KFI cancelled an appearance by best-selling author and “sexpert” Susie Bright on a two-hour interview and listener call-in show out o f fear that “station guidelines” against indecency would be broached. Touring to promote her book, Susie Bright's Sexual Reality (Cleis Press), Bright said, “I ’ve done extensive radio touring throughout the U.S., many times at stations more conservative than KFI, but I haven’t been yanked before.” Bright also authored Susie Sexpert's Lesbian Sex World (Cleis Press), Herotica I (Down There Press) and Herotica II (Down There Press/Plume). ▼ ▼ ▼ Mobilization Against AIDS is attempting to organize meetings with as many as 200 U.S. congressional candidates before the November election in order to establish a dialogue on AIDS with the nation’s future leaders at a time when they most need the support of residents in their districts. “Once a candidate is elected, their attention shifts and their time becomes closely guarded,” said MAA Executive Director Paul Boneberg. “Now’s the time to get their atten tion.” Anyone interested in joining the grassroots AIDS lobbying program should call MAA at (800) 24-LOBBY for information and expertise on arranging meeting and networking with other constituents who wish to participate. ▼ ▼ T This year for the first time, the city o f Palm Springs has published a Gay Guide to Palm Springs in addition to its regular Visitor's Guide. The glossy format magazine, which states, “In Palm Springs, gay people-both visitors and the large local contingent-lead a relaxed life knowing they are accepted and welcomed, not merely toler ated,” contains extensive information on local offerings, thoughtfully including a lambda sym bol for lodging accommodations that cater to a gay clientele. For a free copy, call (800) 347-7746 and ask for The Gay Guide. FLO RIDA A special domestic court and safe house for battered women have been opened in Dade County to deal with a wave o f increasingly violent cases. Emergency injunctions to protect women and children have doubled following the devastation of Hurricane Andrew on Aug. 24, while the avail ability o f police officers has radically dimished. Usually cases involve men with a history of violence and problem drinking. Many people traumatized by the loss of shelter, property and employment are further stressed by crowding in shelters and confusion about their futures. “Now the women are more dependent on their hus bands,” said Leonel Mesa, a domestic violence counselor. “The house is devastated, the defenses are low, they feel that, regardless of the past, they have to rebuild." M ASSA CH U SETTS Cambridge became the first municipality in the Commonwealth o f Massachusetts to extend benefits to partners of lesbian and gay employees following a narrow vote o f approval by the City Council. Provisions of the ordiance, which apply to unmarried heterosexual, gay and lesbian couples, include health insurance for partners of city workers, visitation rights in city jails and hospitals and access to school records o f children of the domestic partnership. TEXAS The Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Church has asked the U.S. Defense Department to recognize them as a religious body and allow UFMCC ministers to serve as military chaplains. “W e’re here to serve notice to the military that w e’re entering a new phase of our fight,” said Rev. Elder Troy Perry, UFMCC founder, at a press conference in Dallas. “W e’re prepared to take it to the Supreme Court if neces sary." Rev. Dusty Pruitt, MCC pastor of Long Beach, Calif., who was discharged from the Army in 1986 for acknowledging thatshe is lesbian, will be UFMCC’s first candidate, for a chaplaincy with the Army Reserves. ▼ ▼ ▼ A jury in Austin awarded a lesbian mother custody of her two-and-a-half-year-old son in spite of attempts by a man once thought to be the child’s biological father to inflame homophobic sentiments in order to win the lawsuit. 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