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ju st ou t ▼ January 19. 1 9 9 6 ▼ 7 when in Seattle, 7Jte £otie/uf. come stay with us at Neo-Nazis charged in stabbing death of gay man Two self-proclaimed neo-Nazis who allegedly bragged they were going to “get a fag” were arrested and charged with the murder of a gay man in a Houston suburb. Fred Mangione, 46, was stabbed 35 times in his van outside a gay bar. Two men from Columbia Falls, Mont., Daniel Christopher Bean, 19, and his half-brother, Ronald Henry Gauthier, 21, were jailed on $50,000 bail. The defendants told police they belong to a group called German Peace Corps. Authorities be lieve the group is based in California. “These guys claim membership in an organiza tion that by their own admission is a neo-Nazi organization that targets blacks and homosexuals for victimization,” sheriff sCapt. Don McWilliams said. The defendants claim they attacked Mangione because he and his companion, Kenneth Stem, made sexual advances toward them. Witnesses told police they heard the defendants talk about attack ing gays before they had even met the victim. “It’s very obvious the victim was targeted be cause of the fact that he was homosexual,” McWilliams said. “They demonstrated no remorse at all over this.” As a result of this attack, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston) announced that she would seek federal action on hate crimes. Lee, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, will ask the com mittee to hold hearings on hate crimes. “This community, this nation and certainly our legal system cannot tolerate these hateful acts of violence,” Lee told the Houston Chronicle. National youth HIV/AIDS conference set The Third Annual National Youth Conference on HIV/AIDS—titled the Ryan White National Youth Conference on HIV/AIDS—will take place Feb. 17-19 in Washington, D.C. Conference co sponsors are the National Association of People with AIDS, the Ryan White Foundation and Metro TeenAIDS of Washington, D.C. Conference topics will include HIV transmis sion prevention, development of skills as peer educators, technical assistance and networking. Texas group intensifies attack on advertisers For the past several weeks businesses who ad vertise in the Texas Triangle, an Austin-based gay and lesbian newspaper, have heard their names broadcast over the radio by the leader of a radical- right Christian organization. Those attacks esca lated to a new level in December. Wyatt Roberts, executive director of the Ameri can Family Association of Texas, sent letters to all the advertisers giving them 10 days to tell him whether they intend to continue advertising in the Triangle. Several advertisers say the letters are a threat by Roberts. One advertiser, First Texas Honda, was targeted by demonstrators after renewing its adver tising contract with the paper. Although Roberts’ actions have cost the paper two advertisers, and many others are nervous, Kay Longscope, editor and publisher of the Triangle, said that others had been angered by Robert’s tactics and have vowed to continue advertising in the newspaper, the Austin American-State sman reports. Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, one of many Austin pastors protesting the American Family Association’s anti-gay campaign, told the American-State sman, “Attacking hetero sexual businesses because they have dealings with gay people are not the tactics of a democracy. These are brown-shirt tactics.” Youth put heat on California Assembly Nearly 300 youth descended on the California Capitol on Jan. 3 for the Golden State’s first Youth Lobby Day. The event was organized by the LIFE Lobby, a gay and lesbian organiza tion. Gay, lesbian, bi sexual, trangen- dered and straight youth came to Sac ramento to push for passage of two bills—SB 101, which would ex tend AIDS educa tion to fifth- and sixth-graders, and AB 1001, which adds sexual orientation to the protections guaran teed by California’s education code. Legislators responded to the young lobbyists with varying degrees of warmth and support. Some legislators refused to even talk with their constitu ents, while others were welcoming and receptive. Deneuve changes name Curve, the lesbian magazine formerly known as Deneuve, hit the newsstands with its new name this month. The five-year-old publication changed its name after French actress Catherine Deneuve filed lawsuits in both Paris and Los Angeles to stop the use of her last name by the magazine. Deneuve, the actress, alleged various trademark violations by Outspoken Enterprises, the company that publishes the magazine. Outspoken Enterprises insisted the magazine was named for the publisher’s first love, not Catherine Deneuve. Curve magazine is published bimonthly and distributed throughout the world. Standen S/fólliCx 9i Sot 1 Sound QincuixUcd SfacUecjXf,. Why leave your financial future to chance when you can trust the solid experience of Floreid Walker ? As a Waddell & Reed account represen tative, she can help analyze your financial resources, needs and goals. Then, with objectives firmly understood, plan and implement a person al program designed specifically for you. The first one-hour consultation is free, so instead of picking more loiter}' numbers, pickup the phone and dial Floreid Walker’s number. 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The study reports that the adult children of lesbians are no more likely than the adult children of heterosexuals to seek psychological help. All of the children raised by lesbians had had heterosexual relationships by the age of 23. About 25 percent of them also reported having had one homosexual relationship by the same age. Clinton challenged by ACT UP member President Clinton is facing a challenger in the Democratic primaries. Steve Michael, a member of ACT UP in Washington, D.C., has already filed for the New Hampshire primary. He is now trying to secure the signatures necessary to appear on the New York ballot. Calling his campaign the “AIDS Cure Cam paign ’96,” Michael’s goal is to “make Bill Clinton a better president on AIDS issues between now and the general election....” The campaign is also intended to send the message to politicians that AIDS is a primary issue. Compiled by Kristine Chatwood O l i left But h a vin g H IV isn’t one of those tim es. 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