Volume 15, No. 42 Friday, October 21, 1988
WEEKLY
25 cents
50 outside Seattle
Seattle A RUDE AWAKENING:
GAY NEWS
A governor comes out.
HOLIDAY PULL-OUT SECTION: The daughter of Lavender Pumpkin.
TOWARDS GETTING FREE: Reflections on Coming Out.
A HOMETOWN VISIT:
A walk on the beach with my Brother.
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Photo by Patrick Rumrill
Civil disobedience at the Food and Drug Administration in Bethesda, Maryland October 11.
DEAN W
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Cal ANDERSON
STATE REPRESENTATIVE POSITION #1. 4380 DISTRICT DEMOCRAT
The first Greater Seattle Business Association Business Fair was held at the Scottish Rite Temple this past Wednesday. Pictured above are (l-r) Renee Brulotte and Barbara Stratton from the Lesbian Resource Center, Eric Ishino, Rep. Cal Anderson and Jim Toevs.
Photo by Jim Lindquist
Congress approves comprehensive AIDS legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. In the closing moments of the 100th Congress, the U.S. House and Senate passed an omnibus health bill that includes the nation's first comprehensive plan for fighting AIDS. Passed by a voice vote, the bill S.2889, the Omnibus Health Amendment Act contains the result of negotiations between both houses over AIDS legislation passed earlier in the
year.
The AIDS package passed on October 13 includes these elements:
Authorization for medical research, including most research provisions of both bills. Reserach highlights:
.780 new personnel slots for the Public Health Service set aside for AIDS work;
9-month deadline for award of AIDS research grants and contracts;
21-day response time for resource requests from AIDS research agencies;
Special authorities to the NIAD for construction and acquisition of facilities, training of personnel, and other actions;
New mechanisms to encourage clinical trials and early access to experimental AIDS
treatments.
• Model protocols for care of HIV-infected persons.
Authorization for AIDS education programs at the federal, state and local levels. Authorized spending is at least $270 miilon a year through fiscal 1991. At least $30 million is reserved for education targeted to minority communities. The bill allows use of paid advertising in public education programs.
Two-year authorization for health-care demonstration programs, including home health and sub-acute care$110 million a year.
Two-year authorization for anonymous HIV testing and counseling, through grants to states at $100 million a year.
A two-year national advisory commission on AIDS.
"This bill is especially critical to people with AIDS and HIV infection because it offers them hope that drugs will begin to move more quickly through the research process and become available to sick people as early as possible," said Vic Basile, Executive Director of the Human Rights Campaign. HRCF is the nation's largest AIDS and Gay/Lesbian political action committee and lobbying group.
AIDS activists credited Senators Kennedy & Hatch and Representatives Waxman & See BILL on page 20.
Donations of food to PWAs are requested for the holiday times
by Katherine Grant-Bourne
The Chicken Soup Brigade is in need of food and SGN has agreed to assist in organizing a food drive for the Holidays. As George Bakan, SGN Executive Editor said, "You let the community know you need food and you will have food." This is a great opportunity for
people in the community to assist people with AIDS and once again demonstrate our ability to care for our own. Canned goods or dry goods would of course, be a particularly appropriate donation.
When the Chicken Soup Brigade gets a client, the Director, Carol Sterling, does an in-
take interview. "And, if people just need food," Carmane Slye said, "in the past we have just had to refer them to a local food. bank. That was up until a month ago." Carmane Slye is the Brigade's Food Program Developer. Slye added, "Before that we just provided the practical things like, chore ser-
vices and rides. We have 130 clients, referred to us by the N.W. AIDS Foundation and case workers, at the hospitals. Currently 44 of these have been evaluated as being in need of food assistance.".
Gay man to file discrimination suit against US West
by Casey Hannan
On Tuesday, October 18, Mitchell S. Foshay was notified by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the State of Washington of his right to file suit against his former employer, US West. This is only the latest in a series of legal wrangles involving
Foshay and the corporation since his termination in April of this year; Foshay believes his termination was caused by discrimination against him due to sexual orientation.
Foshay's difficulties began much earlier, however. In October, 1985, the father of
Foshay's lover died in Sacramento, CA. Foshay requested leave to attend the funeral. Officials of US West, then Pacific Northwest Bell, refused, since the deceased was not a member of Foshay's household and they did not recognize Foshay's partner as his "spouse." Foshay's first level manager told
See BRIGADE on page 22.
him he could have one day off, but he would be required to work the following day.
Upon his return to work, the manager directed the payroll clerk to pay Foshay for the day he was absent. On the following day,
See US WEST on page 23.