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pril 4 was a tough day in the Legislature for
gav men and lesbians. The state House of
Representanves defeated a bill that would have
prohibited discnmmation based on sexual orien
tation. HB1331, introduced by Rep. Gloria
Lesha of Denver, went down by a 34-30 vote.
On the same day, a joint House-Senate com
mittee smpped a gav-friend-
Iv amendment from a bill
defining marriage as a
union between one man
and one woman. That
bill, HB1249, had been
amended in the Sen
ate to include a pro
vision ensuring that
the same-sex mar
riage ban would not
affect citv and countv
laws or agreements
between companies and
their employees involving
domestic partner benefits,
reports the April 5 Rocky
,M ourxsn Sews.
“I'm totally disappointed," said Lon Girvan,
executive director of the gav nghts group Equal
ity Colorado. “1 think it sends a message that
somehow there is a separate but unequal realm
tor us."
Insisting the legislative actions were not
ann-gav. Rep. Mark Paschall, R-Arvada, said,
“Neither bill addresses pnvate behavior nor do
thev trv to re-establish sodomy law’s."
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ppeanng at a news conference in
late March, Gov. Tom Vilsack and
Judy Shepard, the mother of slain college
student Matthew Shepard, announced the
creation of a college scholarship program in
Matthew s name.
Three scholarships per year will be awarded
to openly gay high school students. They can be
used to attend one of Iowa’s three state universi
ties. A winning student’s tuition, fees and boob
will be covered at the University of Iowa. Iowa
V ''
F L O R ID A
coalition calling itself Take Back Miami-
V Dade railed to gather enough petition sig
natures to qualify tor the September ballot in its
effort to repeai a Miami-Dade Countv law ban
ning discrimination based on sexual onentation.
Local gav and .esbian activists waged a suc
cessful campaign to discourage voters from sign
ing the pennon.
. ne voters of Miami have sent a clear mes
sage that thev are against discnmmation and do
want a disruptive ballot measure that will
CAi-de the community" said Human Rights
Campaigns national field director. Seth Kil-
bwunt-
To p-ace the repeal issue on the September
n±.. r- ■ Back Miami-Dade needed to collect
t —582 F«noon signatures— 4 percent of Dade
- registered voters. The group, which
mcludes the Christian Coalition and the Flori
da Famiiv .Association, has indicated it is not
-F the tight. It will begin collecting sig-
— — - * 2 ?va:e the issue on the November gen
era. ejection halkx.
Take Back
Mtanu -Daie is
trvsng tc repeal
an ordinance
that
forbids
discrimination
toased on sexual
onentation in
housing
and
e m p lo y m e n t.
M la m i- D a d e
County com
missioners passed the ordinance in December
For information
contact Pai Breen
206 731-6749
Republicans in the Iowa Legislature overturned
that executive order, according to an Apnl 5
story m The Des Moines Register
The measure had barely registered on the
House tally board before Vilsack delivered a blis
tering veto message. There are not enough votes
to ovem de the veto.
The House passed the measure on a largely
party-1 me vote, 55-43.
Democrats believe Republicans orchestrated
the measure so they could use it as an issue in
the general election this fall. Republicans
deny that was their motivation. They say the
governor overstepped his authority and
have stated they may take Vilsack to court
to settle the issue.
Ou<er Florida cities and counties with simi
lar ordinances are Broward County (Fort Laud
erdale area), Kiev West. Miami Beach. Palm
Beach Ccwitv. Tampa and West Palm Beach.
IOWA
» September. Gov. Tom ViLsack signed an
executive order banning discnmmation
aeamst gav men. lesbians and transsexuals m the
hmng of state workers. In early April, however.
State Universitv and the University of Northern
Iowa, reports a March 31 .Associated Press story.
Funding for the scholarships comes from a
charitable foundation established by Rich
Evchaner, an openly gav Des Moines business
man.
Scholarship recipients will be chosen based
on academic achievement, financial need and
community serv ice.
M IC H IG A N
S
tarting this fall the University of Michigan
will otter a class titled “How to Be Gay: Male
Homosexuality’ and Initiation.’’ English profes
sor David Halpenn will teach the class.
A March 30 story in the Detroit Free Press
indicates the course will examine the role initi
ation plays in the formation of gav identity. The
class will study gav men’s writings, cultural arti
facts and activities that seem to play a major role
in learning how to he gav. Movies, opera, mus
cle culture and interior design are among the
subjects covered in the course.
Halpenn say's he will approach the role ot
initiation “as a subcultural practice...a theme in
gay male wnting and a class project, since the
course itself will constitute an expenment in the
very process o f initiation that it hopes to under
stand."
Gary G lenn, president of a conservative pol
icy group called the Am encan Family Associa
tion of Michigan, insists Halpenn is out to
recruit teen-agers to become gay.
Says Glenn: “We do not believe that Michi
gan taxpayers, many of whom oppose homosex
uality, should pay for a course whose express pur
pose is to recruit and initiate teen-age men into
a high-risk homosexual lifesty le. We are asking
for the class to be cancelled."
According to University of Michigan