Gay Lesbian Parents

The Eighth Annual World

Conference for Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition

International was held in June in Atlanta, Georgia. Over 200 parents from the United

States, Canada, Mexico and Australia attended the three day conference of workshops and speaches focusing on the issues of gay and lesbian parenting. The theme was "Proud Parents Proud People... Learning from Each Other." The GPCI which has support groups throughout the world has over 2000 members and was founded in Washington D. C. in 1979.

AIDS TRACING ABUSED

National Gay Rights Advocates has charged the Kern County Health Department in

Bakersfield, California with gross abuse of its authority in contact tracing for AIDS. According to NGRA, the department responded to an unsubstantiated anonymous phone tip that a man was bisexual by contacting his wife, questioning her about her husband's sexual orientation, and urging her to be tested for HIV antibodies. The department made no attempt to counsel the man or ask him about his medical status, and even refused to speak with him when he phoned on his own initiative. He then contacted NGRA, which wrote to the department demanding that it apologize to the couple and develop strict guidelines to avoid similar abuses in the

future.

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ATTORNEY AT LAW

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Cleveland & Solon Offices

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IN THE KITCHEN WITH ANUTIE RAY

You get up friday morning thinking about the weekend. Suddenly you remember! You said you would bring the desert for the picnic on Saturday. thinking quickly, you take a pound of butter(salted, or sweet) out of the fridge, set it on the counter, and go off to work. When you get home the butter will be ready to use for: SHORTBREAD

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STAMP OUT AIDS

A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO HELP

PEOPLE WITH AIDS

1. 1 lb Butter(room temp) 2. 1 cup sugar

3. 1 teaspoon vanilla 4. 4 cup flour.

cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla together. Slowly add flour, mixing well. DO NOT use a mixer as the dough is quite stiff. Use your hands in stead. When well mixed, press evenly into an un greased 12" x 18" x 1" pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 to 35minutes or untill golden brown. cut as soon as you take it out of the oven. Serve wuth fruit or ice cream. It is also great the way it is.

For just one dollar you can make a significant difference to someone with AIDS. Stamps, similar to Easter and Christmas seals, with the message STAMP OUT AIDS, are being sold nation wide$1.00 buys 6 stamps-the money raised to be targeted specifically to AIDS service organizations through the NATIONAL AIDS NETWORK.

Multiply your dollar by thousands of concerned citizens, and you can imagine how much you can help improve the quality of life for someone with AIDS.

For further information, call: (212) 354-8899

John Glines, Project Director

Please send me.

STAMP OUT AIDS 240 West 44th Street New York, N.Y. 10036

set(s) of "STAMP OUT AIDS"

stamps @ $1 per set of 6. Enclosed please find

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stamped envelope.

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plus a self-addressed

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If paying by check, make payable to: "National Aids Network/STAMP OUT AIDS." Contributions are tax-deductible as provided by law.

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