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T o u r o u r m o d e l a n d r e c ie v e a $ 5 S t a r b u c k s G ift C e r t i f i c a t e A gay man in New York should he able to hold doctors accountable for medical negligence that led to his longtime partners death after rou tine surgery for a broken leg he suffered when he was the victim of a hit-and-run spree last year, Lambda Legal said in court papers filed Jan. 9. St. Vincents Hospital, in the heart of Man hattan’s Greenwich Village, is asking a state court to block John Langan from suing for wrongful death and medical malpractice, claiming that because he and Neal G in rad Spicehandler were a gay couple, their 15-year relationship cannot he legally recognized. They were joined in a Vermont civil union and had several documents reflecting their relationship, and staffers treated Langan like Spicehandler’s spouse throughout the ordeal. “Ginrad was my soul mate and my spouse,” Langan said. “We loved each other as deeply as two people can love, and we did everything we could to formatee, legalize and protect our relatioaship, our love and our commitment to each other.” New York law allows spouses, children, par ents, siblings, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and other specified relatives to sue for wrongful death. Nowhere does the law require that a spouse have a marriage certificate. NATIONAL Life in th e city c a n b e ex citin g an d c o n v e n ie n t at th e Lair Hill H e ig h ts C o n d o m in iu m s N e s tle d a g a in s t a tre e c o v e re d hillside Lair Hill h as in c re d ib le m o u n ta in an d river v ie w s , e a s y a c c e s s to d o w n to w n , th e Y M C A , city p a rk s , an d P o rtla n d S ta te U n iversity 2 B e d r o o m , Flats & T o w n h o m e s F ro m $ 16 4 ,9 5 0 $ LAIR HILL H E I G H T S 3 5 0 5 S W B a rb u r Blvd , P ortlan d -1 /2 M ile S o u th o f th e Y M C A ’ O p e n 1 p m t o 6 p m Thursday thru Monday F o r m o r e in fo rm a tio n p le a s e c o n ta c t D J M a y e r o r M ik e M u lle n w ith th e H a s s o n C o m p a n y at 503.2 95.9 556 he U.S. military has taken the unusual step 1 of preventing all Marines from leaving for the coming 12 months, officials said Jan. 9. The “stop-loss” order applies to the entire service, which has 173,000 men and women on active duty and 100,000 in the Reserve. Marines facing discharge because of sexual orientation, however, will continue to he separated. C. Dixon Oshum, Servicemembers Legal IX’fense Network executive director, called the announcement an affront to the country’s national security. "Even as the Marine G irps scrambles to retain personnel, it discriminates against les bian, gay and bisexual Americans who are qual ified, skilled professionals ready to do their job,” he said. “As our nation prepares for a possible conflict in Iraq and continues its battle against terrorist groups, we can ill afford to lose the tal ents of these dedicated Americans.” “Stop-loss" orders were issued in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks hut also excluded discharge of queer personnel. During the Persian Gulf conflict, similar “stop-loss” orders permitted retention of those same personnel. “Lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans have always served the Marine Corps with honor," said former Capt. Thomas Carpenter, an attack pilot during the Vietnam era. “They have served our nation, in silence, on the front lines of every conflict. They should he allowed to do so open ly and honestly.” According to The Associated Press, the Marines Corps likely would contribute between 65,000 and 75,000 troops to any conflict with Iraq. In fiscal year 2001, the branch discharged 115 gay, lesbian and bi servicemembers. To date, no other service has issued a “stop-loss” order in anticipation of an attack on Iraq. hartes Moskos, primary author of the U.S. ^ policy on queer soldiers, said Jan. 1 that he would support allowing known gays to serve in the military if the nation reinstitutes the draft. The influ ential Northwestern University sociolo gist has been widely consulted by policy makers on military personnel issues. “ If an open gay said, ‘I want to go into the Army,’ it would he his prerog Charles Moskos ative,” Moskos said. “O f course, there would he problems with that, there would he hassles, hut they probably could he overcome." Moskos, who has been criticized by col leagues and civil rights advocates for his defense of the military’s discriminatory policy, acknowl edged that his support for drafting gays might appear to undermine the rationale for “don’t ask, don’t tell.” But he said the draft was a “high er virtue” than the privacy rights of heterosexu al soldiers, which he frequently has cited in his opposition to integrating queer soldiers. According to a 1999 study, 47 percent of male combat Marines believe that if the draft is reinstated, gay men and lesbians should he included just like everyone else. According to Geoffrey Bateman, Center for the Study of Sex ual Minorities in the Military assistant director, “Including gays and lesbians in the military would reflect this country’s tradition of toler ance and diversity that have sustained our democracy for so long.” I n spontaneous protests across the country, hundreds of Associated Press employees are telling their bosses what they can do with key chains that “celebrate” diversity: Keep them. Writers, photographers and others are mail ing hack the $2 novelty gifts, which are embla zoned with the logo “AP Diversity, many views one vision.” Keep the trinkets, they say, and instead grant gay and lesbian staffers health ben efits for their loved ones. In Washington, D.C., the company’s largest
