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8 ▼ aprii 1 9 . 1 9 9 8 ▼ ju s t o u t from any phone without records of your identity, calling patterns, call duration, ^origination or destination. t t t t t t t t t t t t t i ◄ Monthly Stpport Group* for Parents, touth & Children (Metis second Mondty of mortM The Patent Teach» Panel Onerine Heats * Mlndl ◄ ◄ ◄ Speaker E m p c w e r m e rt W orkshops ◄ 1 o *e Makes a T a rty* Weekly Tak Radio Proyam KKEY1150 AM »7-9 am Wed. ◄ A P u b lic V o k c fo r Le s b ia n a n d G a y Fa m ilie s ◄ 503 / 228-3892 ◄ Fax: 503/228-3970 ◄ PO Box 11694 ◄ Portland, OR 97211 a a a a a a a a a A A A A Youth and AIDS ◄ ◄ Press 1# for Information @ ◄ Dialogue for Educators 644-7715 '^uctcU ny A national news * ◄ “Youth and HIV/AIDS: An American Agenda” is the title of a report issued March 5 by the White House Office of AIDS Policy. President Clinton requested that Patsy Fleming undertake the study when he appointed her as AIDS policy coordinator in late 1994. Community reaction to the publication has been mixed. “This report is neither a set o f new recommenda tions nor a set o f new ideas,” read the opening lines o f the executive summary. “It is intended as a catalyst of change in the way Americans view HIV and AIDS to the next generation.” Troy Petenbrink, spokesman for the National " Association of People with AIDS, said, “They did good in terms o f what they produced.. .but a report is just a report.” He pointed to a 1993 report by the National Commission on AIDS which covered much o f the same ground. “What is their commitment to seeing [that] the report is followed through on?” he asked. “When they talk about open and honest education, then they turn around and fire Joycelyn Elders, you have to wonder how committed are they to open, honest education.” The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Center was shocked that the report “completely ignores gay and bisexual youth in its list o f action steps.” “Sixty-three percent o f the reported AIDS cases among men under 25 are from unsafe sex with other men,” noted the center’s executive director Lorri L. Jean. She said the recommendations “turn a blind eye to gay and bisexual youth.” “It is not enough to make recommendations that talk about youth in general. Gay and bisexual youth are disproportionately affected by HIV, and any action to curb the growing infection rate must not only mention them, it must include programs tai lored to them.” Jay Cobum, lobbyist with the AIDS Action Council, pointed out “there are also not specific recommendations for youth of color and young women.” He thinks it “makes some sense” that the recom mendations don’t target specific groups, because the demographics of the epidemic differ from geo graphic community to community. 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F U N D S FOR 407-420-1200 OP 1-800-556-0807 PHOTO BY JU DI PARKS E PASSWORD Place calls Bob Roehr LPGA golfer comes out Keith Meinhold and Zoe Dunning Meinhold retires from Navy Keith M einhold, the only person to success fully challenge in court the old ban on gay men and lesbians in the m ilitary and rem ain on active duty, retired from the Navy on M arch 27. He ended his 16-year m ilitary career by deciding to take a package o f early retirem ent benefits. “M y em otions and m y heart say to stay in the Navy, but my head says, ‘Y ou’re 33 years old and it’s time to start a second career,’ ” M einhold said. He will make a fund-raising tour to benefit the Servicem em bers Legal D efense N etw ork before settling into a new life. In the past he indicated som e interest in attending law school and also in going into politics. Bob Roehr Court strikes down ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ Judge Saundra Brow n A rm strong o f the 9th U.S. C ircuit C ourt o f A ppeals struck dow n the “new ” m ilitary ban on gay men and lesbians in a decision issued M arch 29. T he opinion mirrors one issued last year in the Able case in New York. This challenge was brought by C alifornia Arm y N ational G uard Lt. A ndrew H olm es, who wrote a letter to his com m ander stating, “As a m atter o f conscience, honesty and pride, I am com pelled to inform you that I am gay.” He was subsequently discharged. A rm strong said the law and regulations im ple m enting “d o n ’t ask, d o n ’t tell” “target and punish service m em bers w ho sim ply acknow ledge who they are.... That is im perm issible under our C on stitution.” She rejected governm ent argum ents that said the ban was necessary to m aintain good order and discipline in the service, calling it a thinly veiled attem pt to justify prejudice. She ordered that Holmes be reinstated. T he C linton adm inistration has a policy o f appealing these decisions for review by a higher court, in this case, a three-m em ber panel o f the 9th Circuit. That is the sam e circuit that earlier ruled for M einhold. The Ladies Professional G olf Association has its first out lesbian player. Muffin Spencer-Devlin, 42, told Sports Illustrated that she plans to marry her lover, musician/composer Lynda Roth, in May. “Coming out is like an incredibly huge weight being lifted from my shoulders,” Spencer-Devlin said. “No more living in the shadows. N o more lies. “Could you imagine me hugging and kissing my woman lover at the conclusion o f my last tourna ment win? Well, [that’s what you’ll see] at my next one. Spencer-Devlin said she has no intention o f becoming an LPGA lesbian spokeswoman. “I’m not anybody’s mouthpiece,” she said. LPGA President Vicki Fergon said, “N ot.. .every player will be thrilled about [the coming out], but w e’re a family and we respect each other.” “I applaud Muffin,” she said. LPGA Commissioner Jim Ritts said: “I don’t have any concerns about this. I know there are still individuals who have problems with diversity, but w e’ve come so far as a society that I don’t see this as a topic that really moves people.” Spencer-Devlin has won three LPGA tourna ments in her 18 years on tour. The D epartm ent o f D efense rem ains the only C abinet-level office that has not issued a policy statem ent prohibiting discrim ination on the basis o f sexual orientation am ong its civilian em ploy ees. Three years ago, rather than issue a govern m ent-w ide executive order im plem enting that policy, President C linton asked all departm ents and agencies to adopt it as part o f their individual regulations. The N avy and C oast G uard have issued such statem ents, but the other services have not. And so gay and lesbian civilian w orkers at the largest federal em ployer rem ain w ithout protection. Rex Wockner Bob Roehr Bob Roehr Back at the Pentagon