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“Our society has to be better off as we go
through sometimes the pain of opening society
up, so that everyone gets a chance to make their
maximum contribution,” the mayor said during
a ceremony recognizing gay men and lesbians
working in city government.
“W hen you think back to 100 years ago,
when lots of people were excluded from govern
ment, some based on race, some based on gen
der, some based on sexual orientation, we were
working with half or less than half of the poten
tial talent that was available,” Giuliani said.
“Maybe that’s one of the reasons why the city
does so much better now than it did 20 and 30
and 40 years ago,” the mayor added.
In a proclamation, the Republican mayor
declared June 22 “Out in Government Day,”
part of the commemoration of queer pride
month.
NORTH CAROLINA
“This bill is a threat to public health, is
unnecessary and is simply an attack on those
Alaskans who need treatment, compassion and
confidence in our public health system— not
prosecution,” Knowles said.
CALIFORNIA
n June 11, a Stanislaus County court nulli
fied the arrest of a man who solicited sex
from an undercover police decoy during a sting
operation in a Modesto park.
According to the M odesto Bee, Superior
Court Judge A1 Girolami’s ruling cited a 1996
California Supreme Court decision that, in
essence, found such sting operations to be dis
criminatory if they singled out gay people.
Bruce W. Nickerson, the attorney who won
the 1996 decision as well as this recent decision,
argued police rarely use decoys to ferret out het
erosexuals who may be engaging in lewd acts in
public places. He said that after reviewing three
years of Modesto court records, he was unable to
find a single arrest in which police used decoys
to arrest heterosexuals for solicitation without
money being involved.
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NEW YORK
nder legislation approved June 19, doctors
throughout the state must report the
names of people living with HIV and A ID S and
notify their sexual partners.
According to The Associated Press, the state
Assembly passed the sweeping notification mea
sure 112-34 after two hours of heated debate
that pitted civil liberties concerns against public
health needs.
Under the legisla
tion, health care
workers must try to
get
HIV-positive
patients to identify
any former sexual
partners who may be
at risk and then noti
fy them. Currently,
doctors have the
option of telling part
ners about the virus in some cases, but health
workers say they fear lawsuits if they do so.
Critics say requiring such reporting will deter
some people from seeking testing and treatment.
Public health officials argue the notification
program could help stem the spread of HIV.
U
ayor Rudolph Giuliani credited gay men
and lesbians June 22 with playing an
important role in New York City’s turnaround,
saying the Big Apple had grown stronger by
embracing diversity.
M
sheville was a busy town in June, holding a
pride march early in the month, followed
by the Families United for Biblical Values
Weekend just a few days later.
According to the Hendersonville Times-N ews,
about 3,000 people attended the latter event.
Among those in attendance was Robert
Knight of the Washington, D.C.-based Family
Research Council.
“In this co m er...is the gay rights move
ment,” he said. “They have a single-minded pas
sion for changing this country. In the other cor
ner we have the family values fighter.... There
are a lot of people out there in America who are
desperate for somebody to stand up and say ‘no’
to homosexual activities and ‘yes’ to family val
ues.”
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PENNSYLVANIA
June 11 Philadelphia Daily News report says
the Wash West Neighbors Association suc
ceeded in thwarting the opening of a gay show
bar in a central city neighborhood.
In denying a liquor license for the site,
Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Stephen E.
Levin Jr. claimed Vincent Massarelli, the club
owner, was “not a reputable individual” and had
lied on his liquor license application.
Association president Ruthanne Madway
responded positively to the decision: “W e’ve
stopped something that was very negative and,
hopefully, set the stage for something positive at
this site.”
T he location, reportedly popular with prosti
tutes and drug addicts, is just a few blocks away
from the Avenue o f the Arts, a $330 million
redevelopment project, and is close to several
other queer bars.
A
WISCONSIN
hile the sexual minority communities
recognized June as a month to express
pride, Wisconsin Christians United used the
time to try to “reverse the tide of evil that’s infil
trated our country,” says the organization’s direc
tor, Ralph Ovadal.
T he group attacked the perceived evil by
posting the message “Homosexuality is not a
family value. Homosexuality is a sin!” on five
billboards around the state, reports the
M ilwaukee Journal Sentinel.
O ne of the group’s aims is to recriminalize
homosexual sex in Wisconsin, according to
Ovadal.
“Christians need to battle against evil so that
we can live in a world that’s not taken over by
these sexual perverts,” he laments.
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