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First lime Home Buyers Programs Self-Employed Borrowers Bankruptcies & Foreclosures Complicated Borrowers Investment Properties ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ARIZONA The Chandler Public Library will be keeping the book Gloria Goes to Gay Pride, by Lesl6a Newman, in the children’s section of the library, despite a patron’s complaint. In a letter to the patron, library director Karen Drake explained the decision as “consistent with library purpose and policy,’’ and described the book itself as “tastefully done and well recommended.” In the letter, Drake says: “Your daughter may have pulled the book off the library’s shelf, but you made the decision not to read it to her—a clear example of the policy working effectively. Other parents may have made a different decision, but the decision was yours and theirs to make, not the library staffs.” CALIFORNIA About 10 gay men and lesbians joined 60 or so people who demonstrated outside during Gov. Pete Wilson’s address to the California Republi can Convention. The demonstration was held in protest of Wilson’s Sept. 11 veto of AB 2810, the domestic partner registration bill that had passed the legislature and needed only the governor’s signature to become law. Most present carried signs supporting Wilson’s Democratic challenger, Kathleen Brown. ▼ T V A San Diego judge ordered the Boy Scouts to reinstate an Explorer post leader who was kicked out of the organization for being gay. Superior Court Judge Anthony Joseph had ruled earlier that California’s law banning discrimina tion against gay men and lesbians by employers pre vented the Scouts, which he said qualifies as a busi ness, from expelling El Cajon Police O fficer Chuck Merino simply be cause he is gay. The new ruling was the next step in the case. Merino will not return to his post, however, be cause the earlier ruling is still on appeal. Merino was expelled from the Scouts in 1992. FLORIDA A jury in Largo has acquitted a video store clerk charged with renting a tape depicting gay male sex to an undercover detective, according to the Associated Press. Under state obscenity laws, Sheila M. Craig, 37, would have faced a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $ 1,000 fine had she been convicted. Defense attorneys said Craig’s acquittal set an important precedent, since it was the first time a queer movie had been the subject of a trial under state laws forbidding the distribution of obscene material. ~ [d)e A an cffe a f lc o n v e n tio n a l ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ national news Manufactured Housing/Lond Credit Problems Debt Consolidation 3% Down Programs Ptfropprovals for Purchase ▼ ’rey o u rfu ffseru fce m oriyaye com pany. G a ffio c fa y fo r a f r e e c^uafif i c a i ion o v e r ¡fiep fio n e 503 / 636-2066 Pager 505/870-1666 Christine C. Hall '■¿I ▼ ▼ Gretchen Chateau of Orlando never expected to regain custody of her three children when she went back to court six years after losing them to try again. But Jefferson County Family Court Judge Sandra Ross recently ruled that Chateau’s nurtur ing and stable home is superior to the troubled and sometimes abusive home of the children’s father, Fred. Chateau is a lesbian and lives with her lover. The children—9, 12 and 14— had been living with their father, who admitted to using harsh discipline and to having so little furniture that two of the children were obliged to sleep on the floor. All three of the children testified they wanted to live with their mother. Mortgage Broker CAtCAOC bfW lT M N T . INC. m * 4 • MARYLAND Baltimore is the site of the African American People of Color Gay and Lesbian Community Center, perhaps the first of its kind in the United States, according The Washington Blade. Slated to open in October, the center will welcome the heterosexual as well as the entire gay and lesbian community. MASSACHUSETTS The Governor’s Commission on Gay and Les bian Youth has produced a report calling on state health officials to require that all foster parents, guardians and halfway house personnel be trained on gay and lesbian issues. According to Bay Win dows, the purpose of the panel’s 67-page report is to ensure that people who work with youth are aware of the risks faced by lesbian and gay teen agers. If endorsed by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, policies protecting lesbian and gay youth will be a requirement for licensing and certification for professional health agencies and agencies receiving state funds. The Traditional Values Coalition has set up a toll- free number for people to let their congresspersons know what they think. You can dial 1-800-768-2221 and be connected to the Capitol switchboard. Ask for your senator or representative and lobby for queer rights. The call is on Lou Sheldon. NEW YORK Representatives of community centers from around the country met in New York City this summer and resolved to form an alliance: the National Association of Lesbian and Gay Commu nity Centers. The decision was the centerpiece of the annual Community Centers Institute, and had been in the works since the first gathering eight years ago. Representatives of centers in California, Min nesota, Texas and Colorado attended. For informa tion, contact the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, 208 W 13th St., New York, NY 10011, or call (212) 620-7310. NORTH CAROLINA News from Jesse Helms’ home state: The Chapel Hill-Carborro School Board voted in August to include sexual orientation in the district’s plans for diversity education. The new plan affirms the dignity of lesbians and gay men and calls for support staff for lesbian and gay students and families to be included in every school in the district. TEXAS A bailiff in the Dallas County Sheriffs Depart ment was suspended due to a remark he made during the trial of a man accused of raping a lesbian, the Atlanta newspaper Southern Voice reported. According to the victim, bailiff Robert Earl Smith told the defendant’s attorney that if he were on the jury, “I’d only give him 30 days for raping a lesbian.” Smith later admitted to the remark. He was suspended for 10 working days without pay and ordered to undergo sensitivity training and to give a written apology to the woman. WISCONSIN Republican Rep. Steve Gunderson has given an interview to The Advocate in which he finesses the issue of actually saying he is gay. In the article, Gunderson’s “housemate” of 10years, Rob Morris, comments, “Elements of the gay community have waged an all-out war on Steve,” in defense of the congressman’s reluctance. The interview is due out by the end of September, but an advance copy of the article was reported on by Congressional Quarterly. Compiled by Jann Gilbert, Bob Roehr and Rex Wockner