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October 5, 2001 » umrmnews For fast, f a ir an d f r i e n d l y service, c o n t a c t T he 8-1 vote came after a heat eliminate homophobia in medi ed public hearing over the mea cine and work toward equal sure. Citizens of Maine have voted access in health care for lesbian against statewide protections and gay people in North Ameri twice, once in 1998 and again last ca,” said Harris, he first African American to lead the association. year. “Equal rights and equal dignity “Their revolutionary beginning are not special rights,” Councilor created a national force that has ultimately led to immense gains Joe Baldacci, one of the ordinance for our community.” co-sponsors, told the Bangor Daily News. “They are basic American Harris pointed to the associa values.” tion’s role in the Presidential The law allows victims to sue Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, Christopher Harris violators with no city-imposed lim .lesbian health research, the physi its on financial damages. It includes an exemp cians advocacy network, the physicians referral program and a number of other initiatives that tion for religious organizations. led to the elimination of discrimination in the But an opponent, Bangor Baptist C hurch pastor Jerry Mick, said an effort to repeal the medical arena. He cited successful efforts to include, for the first time, gay and lesbian dispar ordinance could prove successful, according to the newspaper. H e said he would look to ities in the federal government’s own blueprint for health. The organization also holds continu gain support from com m unity evangelical leaders before launching a petition drive for a ing medical education conferences and publishes the Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Associ referendum. ation, the world’s first and only peer-reviewed, Previous challenges to local gay rights laws in Maine have had mixed results. Portland voters multidisciplinary publication of its kind. rejected an attempt to repeal the city’s ordi “During these two decades, we’ve expanded nance in 1992, hut a similar effort in Lewiston a our charter to include bisexual and transgender year later proved successful. people,” Harris said. “In fact, we have resolved to further expand the ethnic and cultural diver C A L IF O R N IA sity of our organization. This is one of the driv aula Poundstone, who faced a felony child ing forces for us as we enter our third decade.” abuse charge and a misdemeanor charge of T he president heads up the 25-member infliction of injury on a child, pleaded no con hoard of directors and the executive committee. test Sept. 12 in Santa Monica, Agence France- Melinda Muller of Portland serves as treasurer. “We see continued expansion of our mem Presse reports. According to Judge Bernard Kamins, the bership and our programs,” Harris said. "We are going to he making some exciting announce standup comedian’s relationship with her two foster children has been term inated. It is ments early in 2002 as we continue to build on unknown how this will affect her relationship what our founders conceived 20 years ago.” Harris is a pediatric pulmonologist at Van with her three adopted children. Media reports indicate Poundstone will be derbilt University Medical Center. A longtime sentenced Oct. 10 to five years’ formal proba member of the association, he has been active in tion and six months in a secure alcohol and drug gay and lesbian youth health issues. rehabilitation facility. T he 41-year-old also will he ordered to undergo weekly psychological- L O U IS IA N A he New Orleans City Council unanimous counseling for 12 months, attend Alcoholics ly approved an ordinance allowing domes Anonymous meetings, perform 200 hours of community service and pay a $1,000 fine plus tic partners of gay city employees to receive penalty assessments. health benefits. In addition, the law grants Poundstone was arrested June 27 for the inci bereavement rights and family leave policies as well as access to city recreational facilities for dents, which occurred between May 19 and June 6. Her appearance Nov. 9 at Roseland Theater and employees’ same-sex partners. Grill in Portland has been canceled. i n “New Orleans sets the standard for the state, and for the whole South really, in officially rec ognizing same-sex couples,” Melinda Shelton of Compiled by News Editor JlM R adosta , who can be reached at jim@justout.com. the Louisiana Lesbian and Gay Political A ction Caucus told Southern Voice. “They did it with domestic partner registration in 1993, and they did it again today.” A n executive order by Mayor Marc Morial in 1997 also granted the benefits, hut the City Council vote puts the force of law behind the policy. He has said he would sign the measure once it passed, according to Sou diem Voice. 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