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VOL. 11 NO. 16
JUNE 17,1994
Jann Gilbert
FEATURES
PHOTOGRAPHER
Queer pride 1994
Linda Kliewer
A rainbow o f events celebrate
the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender communities
ADVERTISING
Fred Allemann
Meg Grace
E. Ann Hinds
Jewel Robinson
(P- 14)
Havana journal
part III
a rio t
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Rupert Kinnard
The United States can learn
from Cuba about ways to
make our AIDS policy more
humane
COPY EDITOR
(p i 7)
now
E. Ann Hinds
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Kelly M. Bryan
FORMATTER
DEPARTMENTS
Fred Allemann
TYPESETTER
Dee StarDancer Fultz
World news
DISTRIBUTION
Sweden is third to legalize
same-sex marriage
(pp. 3-4)
Up Front Distribution
OFFICE MANAGER
Aaron Bong
National news
CONTRIBUTERS
The Employment
Non-Discrimination Act
is introduced in Congress
Martha Allen
Howard N. Dana
Jann Gilbert
Kake Huck
Lee Lynch
Matthew Nelson
Bob Roehr
Steve Warren
Rex Wockner
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Local news
MHRC begins education
campaign; New leaders bring
energy to local organizations
ed ito rial
(pp. 10-13)
The issue is NAMBLA
It's time to face this organization that keeps hanging on to the queer community
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by Ariel Waterwoman
he North American Man-Boy Love Association is
rearing its ugly head again. For those of you who
are unfamiliar with the organization, NAMBLA
advocates removing all age laws regarding sex.
This is not acceptable to most people. Children are
not on equal footing with adults. As adults, our
responsibility is to protect children from sexually
adults. NAMBLA’s beliefs are contrary to the contemporary
values of the lesbian and gay liberation movement. Most of us
in the movement see NAMBLA as an organization that con
dones child sexual abuse.
An organization called the International Lesbian and Gay
Association has worked to get recognition from the United
Nations, and has become a nonvoting consultative member of
the U.N. Economic and Social Council. The ILGA’s member
ship was scrutinized by right-wing organizations that don’t
want it to have any recognition at all from the United Nations.
NAMBLA was found to be a member of the ILGA. This
delighted the homophobes to no end. They are now crying for
the ILGA’s removal because it has a pedophile group on its
membership roster.
By the time this paper comes out, the ILGA will have voted
on whether NAMBLA can be a part of its organization. It takes
80 percent of the voting membership to expel an organization
from the ILGA. Beyond all comprehension, there are queer
people it) the United States and abroad who continue to support
•NAMBLA. Voting may bt fclbW. A tote to retain NAMBLA
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would likely destroy the ILGA, as most of the group’s leaders
have said they would resign if NAMBLA were retained. If
NAMBLA’s membership is upheld, the ILGA will lose its
consultative status at the United Nations.
A group calling itself the Spirit of Stonewall has formed to
support NAMBLA in its beef with organizers of the Stonewall
predatory
25 Parade, from which it has been ousted. The Spirit of
Stonewall released a statement which reads, “The issue is not
intergenerational sex—although that is one the movement
needs to confront honestly—the issues are censorship and
inclusiveness.”
This language can be confusing for people. The issue is
adults having sex with children. Every country has laws con
cerning age of consent. Children would be even more sexually
exploited without these laws. Calling it “intergenerational sex”
further confuses the issue, because that phrase doesn’t tell the
truth. NAMBLA is about adults having sex with children. That
is never OK.
In our struggle for liberation, we need to re-examine
NAMBLA’s role in our movement. I, for one, refuse to be part
of a liberation movement that includes an organization that
advocates having sex with children. This is not liberation, this
is exploitation. It’s time we faced that truth. We will never
progress as a movement with NAMBLA tied to our boots. Let’s
stop the confusion about NAMBLA’s civil liberties. I don’t
recall that pedophiles have any right to civil liberties
COLUMNS
Spirituality
Pope says queer marriage
is a threat
(p. 8)
Out there
I t’s a queer world after all!
(p. 24)
Amazon trail
The season o f Mother’s and
Father’s Days can bring
sadness
(p. 28)
ARTS
Cinema
Go Fish makes other films
look like Victorian novels
Ip- 22)
Television
In a New Light ’94 airs July 9
(p- 27)
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