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He led the Colorado Stonewall Democrats and,
through fierce grassroots campaigning, was elected
secretary of the Denver Democratic Party in 2001.
The election will he held May 6. If no can
didate gamers a majority of the vote, a mnoff
election will he held June 3.
OHIO
ohn Farina is making a second run for the 4th
Ward Lakewood City Council seat— this
time against a vulnerable incumbent.
In 1999 he was 104 votes away from winning
the seat. Now he is armed with valuable cam
paign experience and name recognition.
O hio has just four gay elected officials. Fari
na would he the first in the northeastern part of
the state.
Farina has been involved in numerous queer
causes in the Cleveland area, including an effort
to pass domestic partnership benefits in Lake-
wood. Additionally, he has led the fight to make
the O hio Republican Party more inclusive of
gay men and lesbians. Professionally, he is the
public policy director for the AIDS Taskforce of
Greater Cleveland and has worked to increase
state funding to fight the epidemic.
The primary is Sept. 30, and the general
election is Nov. 4.
in the legal realm to cut off that funding! We are
alsft going to go to the U.S. Justice Department
under John Ashcroft! W hat you are doing is ille
gal! You think it’s 1965 and I’m South Africa.7”
Later in the program Savage said: “1 have
millions of people who vote. Mr. Bush wants to
get re-elected, and just consider me a politician
at that point. I’m going to ask for a trade in
favor. If they keep it up, my favor is going to he
I want these groups investigated.”
M SNBC’s decision to give Savage his own
talk show coincided with its abrupt firing of Phil
Donahue, one of the few hosts who fairly and
responsibly covered gay issues, and hiring of for
mer House Minority Leader Dick Armey, who
consistently opposed equal rights for queers
while in office. He also caused a media firestorm
in 1995 when he called gay U.S. Sen. Barney
Frank, D-Mass., “Barney Fag” at a radio press
conference.
“These programming changes by MSNBC call
into question their commitment to journalistic
integrity— are they willing to give blatant bigotry
a national platform in a desperate hid to improve
ratings.7” said Cathy Renna, Gay & Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation news media direc
tor. “We are shocked hy their lack of understand
ing and their apparent willingness to bottom feed
in an attempt to improve their bottom line.”
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" Ì 004 presidential candidate U.S. Sen. John
Edwards, D-N.C.', will he the keynote speak
er of the 16th annual A tlanta Human Rights
C am paign D inner and Silent A uction on
May 10. The theme for this years fund-raiser is
“Building Our Future.”
“We are honored by Sen. John Edwards'
acceptance to speak at this year’s dinner,” event
co-chairwoman LeeAnn Jones said. “As a U.S.
senator, John Edwards has demonstrated his
support of issues that impact the lives of gays,
lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered A m eri
cans as reflected hy his 100 percent rating on the
HRC scorecard for the 107th Congress.”
he current issue of International Security, a
prestigious military journal compiled hy
Harvard University, has published an analysis of
the privacy rationale, the argument that lifting
the gay ban would undermine heterosexual pri
vacy in military barracks and showers. Accord
ing to the study, lifting the gay ban would not
undermine heterosexual privacy for several rea
sons, including a new barracks construction pro
gram providing almost every member of the mil
itary with private bedrooms and facilities.
The president of Gay-Lesbian Service Mem
bers for Equality, a group of about 15 active
queer soldiers, told researchers that when
folks “join the military, we make a person
al decision to deny ourselves the privacy
that, say, a college student might reason
ably expect. All members of the GLSME
are known hy at least some of their hetero
sexual peers to be gay or lesbian. We have
developed enough of a bond to trust each
other with our lives. And given these
bonds, changing, showering and sharing
personal space is simply not a problem."
A;
ssemhly Speaker Pro Tempore Chris
tine Kehoe, D-San Diego, introduced
legislation Feb. 24 to establish the Califor
nia Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgen
der Veterans’ Memorial.
Shock jock Michael Savage visits what he calls the
“I am privileged to author this his
“Wax Museum of Hollywood Idiots” (also known
toric legislation,” she said. “Countless les-
as Madame Tussaud’s in Las Vegas)
, bian, gay, bisexual and transgender veter
ans have given their lives to protect and serve
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the United States and the freedoms we all
n his radio program Feb. 27, talk show host
enjoy. It is important that we honor their sacri
Michael Savage threatened to shut down
fices and contributions.”
the organizations that are asking MSNBC to
reconsider its decision to give him a television
Assembly Bill 1520, which is eligible for
series beginning in mid-March.
consideration in late March, would create a
commission that would be given the authority
He noted that in today’s political climate, he
would invoke the power of the federal govern for the design, construction, dedication and
ment to shut down groups that took issue with
location selection of the memorial. It would be
his homophobic, racist and sexist attacks. He
composed of appointees of the governor and
also claimed that in order to secure the votes of the Legislature who would serve without pay.
his audience in the next election, President
Funding for the memorial would come
Bush would need to do him a “favor” and order entirely from private contributions. The com
an investigation of his critics.
mission also would be authorized under this bill
to designate an existing memorial as California’s
In one of his diatribes Savage said: “You
LGBT Veterans’ Memorial. JD
think I’m Dr. Laura.7 You think I’m gonna roll
over like a pussy7 You’re wrong.... If you contin
ue this, we’re going to go after your funding Compiled by News Editor JlM RADOSTA, who can
sources. And we will do everything we can with-
be reached at jhn@justout.com.
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