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N A TIO N A L
I T hat’s a charitable company to do when
the Boy Scouts of Americas gay ban flies
in the face of its own nondiscrimination policy?
Be prepared.
A nationwide cam­
paign against the anti-gay
rule already is starting to
take effect. During the
past several weeks, Chase BOY SCOUTS
Manhattan Corp., Knight OF AMERICA
Ridder Inc., Levi Strauss
(Si Co. and Wells Fargo cut financial support for
the Scouts, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Sources say Merrill Lynch & Co. also is like­
ly to pull funding. An official with the Scouts’
New York chapter says several other companies
have contacted it and are reviewing their op­
tions, hut he declined to name them.
And some leaders fear the protest will snow­
ball after opponents held rallies in at least 36
cities Aug. 21. Demonstrators were turned away
from the national headquarters in Irving, Texas,
after presenting a 55,000-signature petition
protesting the organization’s ban on gay troop
leaders, according to The Associated Press.
Meanwhile, the Broward County, Fla.,
school district is reconsidering its longtime part­
nership with the Boy Scouts, according to the
Miami Herald. For decades, troops have met in
auditoriums, sponsored character education
lessons and recruited members at campuses
across the region.
But Broward education leaders now question
whether those dealings violate their nondis­
crimination rules. Gay and lesbian community
activists praised the district for analyzing
its commitment to the Boy Scouts.
“This is precisely what school
boards are for, which is to edu­
cate the young people in our
society that it is wrong to
discriminate against other
people in our society,"
said Dean Trantalis, a gay
rights leader in Wilton
Manors. It would he a
gixxl lesson for the Scouts,
he said, to “feel the sting of
discrimination by being
denied such a basic thing as
access to their meeting room.”
National spokesman Gregg Shields
said the group simply is abiding by membership
standards that barely have changed in its 90-
year history. “The Boy Scouts have always
taught traditional American family values, and
a homosexual would not be a valid role model
for those values.”
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in June that
homosexuals can be barred from serving as troop
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leaders. The ruling also might permit the 6.2
million-member organization to reject gay
members.
T
he Mary-Helen Mautner Project for Les­
bians with Cancer announced Aug. 14 it
will present Healing Works: The First National
Conference on Lesbians and Cancer from
Sept. 21 to 23 in Washington, D.C.
“Healing Works is an unprecedented
advance in the field of lesbian health,” Execu­
tive Director Kathleen DeBold says. “For the
first time ever, we are bringing together the
many constituencies who share a common
vision of increasing care, services, research, pro­
gramming and organizations for lesbians with
cancer, their partners and caregivers.”
The conference will convene scores of pan­
els, round tables and workshops enabling can­
cer survivors, health care providers, re­
searchers, activists, public policy advocates and
government officials from around the country'
to share their information and experience. To
register, call (2 0 2 ) 332-5536, send e-mail to
mautner@mautnerproject.org or visit www.
mautnerproject.org.
C A L IF O R N IA
he Los Angeles Dodgers apologized
i l Aug. 23 after ejecting two lesbian fans from
the stadium Aug. 8 for kissing during a game
against the Chicago Cubs, the City News Serv­
ice reports.
Meredith Kott and Danielle Goldey were
summoned from their seats and ordered to leave
because security personnel had heard a
report of lewd conduct. The women
claimed heterosexual couples
being equally affectionate
weren’t approached.
“Meredith and Dan­
ielle, I’m sorry that you
weren’t allowed to return
to your seats,” Team
President Bob Graziano
said during a ceremony
in West Hollywood. “It’s
troubled me a lot. And 1
have to tell you it means a
lot to me that you guys are
Dodger fans and will be returning
to Dodger Stadium soon, because I
know how I feel about the Dodgers. I know how
you feel about the Dodgers. And that’s a com­
mon bc^nd that we have and everybody in Los
Angeles who loves the Dodgers has, and we’ll
keep that.”
The women showed that all was forgiven by
kissing for photographers during the news con­
ference and donning Dodger caps. The team
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