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In doing so, Breyer rejected arguments that the clubs should be entitled to furnish the drug because customers find it hard to survive with out marijuana to ease the pain and side effects of cancer and AIDS therapy. Several other medical marijuana clubs have refused to abide by his order. Clubs in Oakland, Ukiah and the Marin County town of Fairfax continue to operate. rganizers of the fourth annual Gay and Straight Youth Pride Day in Boston had expected to attract a crowd of about 2,000 to the May 16 gathering. According to police esti mates, it drew closer to 7,500. The Boston Globe says a section of Beacon Street was closed to traffic as the larger-than- anticipated crowd spilled into the street from the steps of the state House. “This shows me we are not alone,” said first time attendee Daniel Penland, a 14-year-old freshman at Bedford High School. "We can reach out and connect here. It is a neat feeling.” SALE 5B695 Reg. Price 52900 k 644-061 5 11565 SW Baav.-Hlllsdala Hwy. Baavarton Town Square Bell Atlantic employee is suing his employer for not extending health benefits to his live-in girlfriend—benefits he insists would be hers if theirs was a same-sex relation ship. According to The Associated Press, Long Island resident Paul Foray, who has worked for Bell Atlantic for 28 years, is seeking $485,000 in damages. Prior to filing this suit in U.S. District Court, Foray unsuccessfolly sought $12 million in state court using the same argument. A SEE US FOR ALL YOUR COLLISION REPAIR NEEDS ¿454 E. BURNSIDE • PORTLAND. OR 97214 bian population and would give the city one of the nation’s broadest sets of domestic partner ship policies, according to the New York Times. The bill’s timing coincides with Republican Giuliani’s attempt to gain national support for a possible run for higher office. But his timing leaves some party members baffled. “For lack of a better term, it’s a very Northeastern Republican bill,” grumbled Colorado Republican Party Executive Director Chris Baker. “Imagine him trying to campaign on that kind of legislation down in Alabama. It won’t work.” currently, Beu /xtiantic extenas Denents to same-sex partners of employees who cohabit; opposite-sex partners must be married to employees to receive benefits. OHIO hio residents with HIV who don’t inform sexual partners of their status may soon be subject to felonious assault charges—regardless of whether the virus is transmitted—if a bill that passed the state House May 12 makes it through the Senate. While nondisclosure of one's HIV status is already illegal in Ohio, it is a crime that carries no penalty, the Dayton Daily News reports. Republican Rep. Ron Young’s proposal would make nondisclosure a felonious assault and institute second-degree felony charges for sexual contact between an HIV-positive adult and a minor, regardless of disclosure. Penalties would apply to any type of sexual contact, with or without a condom. The bill passed the House 92-1. The lone “no” vote was cast by Rep. Dennis Stapleton, R- Washington Court House, who expressed con cerns about enforcement and the possibility the law might discourage people from getting tested for HIV. PENNSYLVANIA n the heels of a successful May 7 Philadelphia City Council vote for domes tic partnership benefits for lesbian and gay city employees, activists are consolidating support for the Pennsylvania Civil Rights Initiative. The initiative promotes twin civil rights bills to amend the Pennsylvania Human Relations NEW YORK Act and the Pennsylvania Fair Educational egislation proposed by New York City Opportunities Act to include sexual orientation Mayor Rudolph Giuliani would require the as a category in which people would be protect city to recognize registered unmarried couples— ed from discrimination. hetero- or homosexual—as having the same Organizers hope to have the initiative intro rights as married couples. duced into the state Senate in June. The proposal would fulfill a campaign promise Giuliani made to the city’s gay and les ■ Compiled by W ill O’B ryan L
