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6 ▼ S eptem ber 2 0 , 1 9 9 6 ▼ ju s t o u t Em ily S im on national news 620 SW Fifth Ave., Sie. 1204 Portland, Oregon 97204 ( 503 ) 2 4 1-15 5 3 (503) 241-2587 FAX Em phasizing representation of the accused in all m isdem eanor, felony, traffic and DUN actions in state, federal, juvenile courts and adm inistrative actions Lesbian mom loses in court North Portland Veterinary Hospital Like any family member our pets need good healthcare. At North Portland Veterinary Hospital, we provide the very best medical care along with big doses of tenderness and compassion. L odging— where mountain meets the sea 95590 Highway 101 6.2 miles south of Yachats, Oregon 97498 (541) 547-3227 285-0462 2009 N.Killingsworth offered to get him into a movie for free. He said that while in the movie, according to the boy, Scondras put his hand on the boy’s leg and began moving it toward his groin, and that the teenager then punched Scondras in the face. The source reported that Scondras and the boy continued to scuffle in the theater lobby. According to a spokesman for Scondras, Scondras “denies any wrongdoing.” The spokes man said the teenager began attacking Scondras ! when Scondras told the boy he was gay. A Florida court upheld last month a lower court ruling granting custody of a 12-year-old girl to her father, a convicted murderer, rather than her les bian mother. The action by the Florida First District Court of Appeals kept in place a 1995 ruling by a trial court that removed Cassie Ward from the home of her mother, Mary Ward, and her lesbian partner, and placed Cassie with her father, John Ward, and his fourth wife. John Ward was con- victed 22 years ago of murdering his first wife. In appealing the original ruling, Mary Ward ! claimed that Pensacola trial judge Joseph Tarbuck gave custody to John Ward solely because of Mary Ward’s lesbian relationship. The appeals A 19-year-old man was convicted last month court said Tarbuck had weighed all the evidence, in the January stabbing death of a gay man. Daniel not just Mary Ward’s lesbianism. Christopher Bean faces a possible sentence of up Mary Ward plans to appeal to the Florida to life in prison for the murder of Frederick Supreme Court. Mangione, 46. Bean and another Washington man, Ronald Henry Gauthier, 21, met Mangione at a bar in Katy, Texas, just west of Houston. They stabbed Mangione 35 times with a knife, then fled the scene on foot. They were stopped by a Harris County The family of a woman active in conservative deputy who thought they were curfew violators. religious politics in Kentucky filed suit Aug. 28 According to police Bean and Gauthier are against a number of gay bars, organizations and members of a neo-Nazi group called the German newspapers. David and Donna Shedd’s com Peace Corps. plaint alleges intentional infliction of emotional Gauthier is still awaiting trial. distress, criminal harassment, defamation of char acter, invasion of privacy, interference with con tractual relations and conspiracy, reports Kentucky’s The Letter. A national study of 138 gay-oriented newspa The lawsuit stems from a boycott started in pers and magazines in the United States reports August 1995 by bar owners and activists against that advertising spending in gay publications River City Distributing, of which David Shedd topped $73.7 million this year, a 19.6 percent was co-owner and president. The boycott was increase over last year. launched in response to the political activities of The third annual Mulryan/Nash Gay Press Re Donna Shedd, who is vice-president of the Ken port attributes the increase to the influx of advertis tucky Eagle Forum chapter. Eagle Forum is a ing by mainstream companies. Mulryan/Nash is a national conservative group opposed to gay and New York-based agency specializing in reaching lesbian rights, a woman’s right to choose, and gay and lesbian consumers. equal rights for women. A leader in the state and The two largest overall ad-spending catego local Republican Party, Ms. Shedd voted in favor ries remain bars and clubs at 14 percent and 800/ of a 1994 Kentucky Republican Convention reso 900 phone services at 13.3 percent. lution to recriminalize same-sex sexual activity. The boycott sought to dissuade consumers | from purchasing Miller Beer and other products distributed by River City. Although a number of gay and lesbian groups, bars, restaurants and businesses are named as Contrary to popular belief, unprotected oral sex defendants in the suit, the Shedds did not name as is not safe sex. A study that appears in Annals o f defendants any of the nongay bars and groups that Internal Medicine reports that people with relatively supported the boycott. few sexual partners whose riskiest sexual behavior was oral sex are becoming infected with HIV. The study was conducted by Timothy Schacker Former Boston city councilor David Scondras and co lleag u es from the U niversity of Washington’s department of medicine. was severely beaten last month by a teenage boy who accused Scondras of making sexual advances “Oral sex was the most common form of sex” toward him. Scondras was hospitalized with stom among the 46 participants in the study, Schacker ach bleeding, a broken jaw, a cracked nose, a told United Press International, “and a small set of cracked bone near his eye and a swollen kidney. patients had only had oral sex.” “Unprotected oral sex is a definite risk factor for AIDS,” Schacker said. Washington man convicted in gay-bashing murder Religious right activist sues Louisville gay groups Ad sales in gay press soar Oral sex carries risk of HIV infection Scondras bashed in Boston N.Y. domestic violence law covers “companions” David Scondras ( right) Boston police and the 16-year-old boy filed an application for a criminal complaint against Scondras, accusing Scondras of indecent assault and battery, reports The Boston Globe. A source for the Globe said the teenager claimed he was approached by a man in the lobby of the Sheraton Boston, where the boy and his family were stay ing. According to the source, the boy said the man A toughened domestic violence law signed on Aug. 8 by New York Gov. George Pataki uses the word “companions” in its language. The measure is part of Pataki’s efforts to fight violence against women, but Paula Ettelbrick, legislative counsel for the Empire State Pride Agenda in New York, told The Washington Blade that the term extends coverage to lesbians and gay men for the first time. “I would say that that very clearly applies to lesbian and gay partners,” Ettelbrick said. “[TJhat’ s been a big gap in the domestic violence law here in New York.” Compiled by Kristine Chatwood