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a beneficiary in a will but not to same-sex part
ners, most of whom do not have wills. Unlike
opposite-sex spouses, gay and lesbian partners
without wills cannot submit claims for compen
sation. Instead, they would need to rely on
another member of the victims family to name
them as a survivor.
In meetings with victims’ relatives, Feinberg
has indicated orally he would consider amend
ments to include same-sex partners not named by
the family member submitting the claim. Howev
er, disputed cases will be referred to state courts,
which— with few exceptions, such as Vermont—
do not recognize same-sex partnerships.
YOUR
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TEAM Terri Popejoy
cent of respondents in the 1993 National Black
Politics Study.
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O
fficials of the Catholic Church, which has
been rocked by recent revelations of a
child sex abuse cover-up by its hierarchy, are
attempting to deflect attention from their own
culpability in the growing scandal by suggesting
a purge of gay priests. A number of far-right
commentators seized on this notion and have
begun to make unfounded assertions linking
adult homosexuality with pedophilia.
“One important perspective has been miss
ing from much
of this debate:
that of gay and
lesbian Catho
lics,” said Mari
anne
Duddy,
executive direc
tor of Dignity, a
gay Catholic
o rg a n iz a tio n .
“The Catholic
Church’s scape
goating of gay
priests, paired
with their his
torical refusal to
discuss
their
role in oppress
ing gay and les
bian
members
A newly released survey polled 2,645 people during the summer of 2000 at black
Gay Pride celebrations throughout the country (including Houston Splash, above) of the Catholic
Church, is only
creating more pain and distrust for those who
epresenting the largest multicity sample of seek solace in the church.”
black sexual minorities ever surveyed on
such a wide array of topics, a national study
KANSAS
released March 25 documents a significant
he Kansas Supreme Court ruled March 15
that the 1998 marriage of transsexual J ’Noel
prevalence of parenting, high levels of political
participation and widespread experiences of Gardiner to her late husband, Marshall, was
invalid. After his death, his son successfully
racism and homophobia. Say It Loud: I'm Black
and I’m Proud also found HIV/A1DS, hate vio sought to block her claim to her spousal share of
the estate.
lence and recognition of same-sex relationships
Chief Justice Donald Allegrucci wrote that,
to be their top priorities.
despite undergoing successful sex reassignment
“It contains significant policy implications
surgery in the early '90s, “J ’Noel remains a trans
for the predominantly white G L B T community
sexual, and a male for purposes of marriage
and for the predominantly straight African
under Kansas law. A post-operative male-to-
American community,” said Juan Battle and
female
transsexual does not fit the common def
Cathy J. Cohen, the study’s lead researchers and
inition of a female.”
primary authors. “This report also provides
Allegrucci further determined the state has no
much-needed data on an underserved and
“full faith and credit” duty to recognize Wiscon
understudied population which is an integral
sin’s judicial determination that reissued Gar
part of both the black community and the
diner’s birth certificate recognizing she is female.
G LB T community.”
He said Kansas marriage can exist only “between
A total of 2,645 participants were surveyed
a biological man and a biological woman.”
during the summer of 2000 at black Gay Pride
“It strikes me as the Supreme
celebrations in Philadelphia; Hous
Court
trying to bury its head in the
ton; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles
sand and ignore the reality of 21st
and Oakland, Calif.; Chicago;
century science and medicine,” said
Detroit; New York; and Atlanta.
Jennifer Middleton of Lambda Legal
Among the report’s key findings:
Defense and Education Fund. “The
• A high prevalence of parenting
court relied on a 1970 edition of Web
is revealed: 40 percent of women, 18
ster’s dictionary instead of contempo
percent of men and 15 percent of
rary medical evidence to conclude
trans people reported having at least
that J ’Noel Gardiner is not female and
one child.
left her in a legal void.”
• Half of the respondents say
The case cannot be appealed. The National
racism is a problem in the white sexual minori
ties community.
opinion to be a travesty of justice.
• Two-thirds report that homophobia is a
“It absolutely defies logic that the very same
problem within the black community.
• In terms of sexual identity, three-quarters state that created law which allowed for the
issuance of a valid marriage certificate to Mr.
identify as gay or lesbian, 11 percent bi and
and Mrs. Gardiner |would) later determine that
1 percent trans.
their own state procedures for marriage could be
• More than half say their church or religion
deemed
invalid,” board chair Yosenio Lewis
views homosexuality as “wrong and sinful.”
said. “Judge Allegrucci and the other justices
• The sample is slightly less Democratic,
and more Republican, than the hlack popula have invalidated their own procedures." J H
tion as a whole. At the same time, it is more lib
Compiled by News Editor JlM R ados TA, who can
eral than the hlack population as a whole, with
47 percent identifying as liberal vs. only 31 per be reached at jim@justout.com.
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