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egotiations broke down M arch 10
between the Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation and NBC News concern
ing shock jock Michael Savage, who regularly
launches verbal attacks on women, people of
color, immigrants and queers. A cable version of
his radio talk show, Savage Nation, debuted
March 8 on MSNBC.
“For the past two weeks, G LA A D has been
negotiating in gtxxl faith with NBC News exec
utives in hopes of securing a meeting to discuss
NBC’s decision to offer a television platform to
Michael Savage,” executive director Joan M.
Garry said. "Unfortunately, we cannot agree to
conditions mandated hy NBC News tcxlay that
would bar us from talking about the content or
outcome of the meeting with our constituents,
our coalition partners or the media. It is incon
ceivable an operation like NBC News would not
have the integrity to publicly state it would hold
Savage accountable to its current standards and
practices regarding news content, as it does all
other NBC, MSNBC and C N B C on-air talent.”
The ultra-conservative says in his brx)k Sav Within one week of his cable talk show’s debut,
age Nation, “The degenerates cm the left who Michael Savage lost all six of his national sponsors
want to sell Americans on the idea that homo
sexuality, bisexuality, transsexuality, even sex
G LA A D announced March 12 that all six
with animals is normal are using pom as a way
national sponsors of Savage Nation have publicly
to indcx:trinate the sheeple.” O n Page 48 he
withdrawn from the program. Procter & G am
writes that MSNBC stands for “More Snotty
ble, Dell Computer Corporation, Casual Male,
Nonsense By Creeps.”
Idea Village, Cole Media Group and T he Sharp
“It was evident in his debut program that
er Image have instructed MSNBC that their ads
NBC News was forced to exert strict control over
arc not to appear on future airings. Kraft Fcxxls
Savage’s content and the views expressed hy his
and General Mills also have stated that they will
callers,” Garry said. “Clearly, they fear that, with not support his television show.
out these controls, he will revert to the types of
“These companies get it,” Garry said. “They
bombastic, inflammatory diatribes targeting
get that Michael Savage’s racism, sexism and
minorities upon which he built his reputation.”
homophobia do not reflect the attitudes and
beliefs of fair-minded corporations and con
sumers. We applaud these companies’ swift, deci
sive response and their stand against the divisive,
intolerant diatribes of Michael Savage.”
he National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
board of directors announced March 5 that
executive director Lorn L. Jean will step down
from her position at the completion of her two-
year contract May 31.
In June she will assume the
position of C EO at the L.A.
Gay &. Lesbian Center, a $30
million social services organiza
tion that she led from 1993 to
1999. She will be joined there
hy NGLTF deputy executive
director and longtime col
league Darrel Cummings.
“Lorri put her life on hold to
come and help us at a time
when the organization was fac
ing tremendous financial diffi
culties and overall instability,”
board co-chairwoman Margaret Lorri L. Jean
Burd said. “In the two years that
she has been at the helm we not only have
recovered from that instability but have posi
tioned the organization to play an increasingly
vital and effective role in the GLBT community
for years to come.”
Jean commented: “My work at the task force
has been enormously gratifying. We have accom
plished what I was hired to do, and more, thanks
to a remarkably talented staff and a dedicated
board. Now it is time for a new leader to take the
organization to its next stage. I am proud that the
new executive director will inherit a strong
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organization that is well poised to meaningfully
lead our movement towards freedom, justice and
equality, and I am committed to ensuring a
smooth transition of executive leadership for this
vitally important GLBT organization.”
he U.S. Census Bureau has released a land
mark report that, for the first time, provides
data on the nation’s families headed by same-sex
partners. It gives information on the
number of these households that are
raising children, the couples’ aver
age age and their racial makeup.
The report was compiled on data
taken during the 2000 census. Previ
ously released statistics revealed that
the country has 594,391 reported
same-sex households— of those,
301,026 are male, and 293,365 are
female. Those same numbers also
showed that gay and lesbian families
live in 99.3 percent of all counties in
the United States.
The new report indicates one-
third of female partner households
(34.3 percent) and one-fifth of male
partner households (22.3 percent) are raising kids.
Eight states and the District of Columbia, along
with scattered counties across the country, guaran
tee same-sex couples access to second-parent adop
tion, which lets both parents establish a legal rela
tionship to any child they might raise together.
“Children in all families deserve the security
of a legal relationship to both their parents,” said
Lisa Bennett, who runs the Human Rights C am
paign’s FamilyNet. “These new census numbers
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