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Turkey, where Hibsher had served in the Peace Corps in the 1960s.
TWA issued one ticket to Johnson but enied the companion ticket for Hibher, claiming Johnson's relationship did ot qualify for an award under TWA ules. TWA provides companion tickets o "relatives," which it defines as spouse, parents, children, brothers and isters, grandparents, grandchildren, unts, uncles, nieces, nephews, first ousins and their spouses or in-laws."
Though TWA's agent advised ohnson to claim Hibsher was his cousin, ohnson refused to lie about his relationhip.
"There is no rational reason for TWA o allow me to travel with my randmother or cousin, but not with Bill, vho has been my closest family member Low for seven years," said Johnson, an ttorney in New York. "As consumers, I elieve we must show TWA the strength of the lesbian and gay community's purhasing power by refusing to travel on hat airline until it changes its disriminatory policy."
Federal aviation law makes it illegal to injustly or unduly discriminate against ny person in air transportation, said Barry Skovgaard, the Lambda Legal Defense cooperating attorney who is andling the case. The complaint also alleges that TWA has breached its conract with Johnson and discriminated gainst him on the basis of marital status.
Johnson seeks a reimbursement of the purchase price of the ticket, $100,000 in punitive damages and a declaration that TWA's policy discriminates against les-
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The board will consist of three asociate editors and the editor-in-chief. nput from copy editors, department ditors, art director and publishers also vill be part of the decision-making
>rocess.
Carlie Steen, former copy editor, and Brian DeWitt, production editor, are wo of the new sociate editors. Judy Stern has been hired to replace Steen as copy editor.
The third associate editor's position emains vacant. "The third associate ditor will be a man to maintain the maleemale balance on the board. We are a >aper dedicated to being inclusive of all ssues, so our board must be repreentative of that inclusiveness," said Pononi.
bian, gay and unmarried couples.
"This case has the enormous potential of changing the policies of all businesses which give discount rates to married couples but not to others," states Paula Ettelbrick, Lambda's legal director. "Just as do married couples, lesbian and gay people most often share vacations, car insurance expenses and recreational memberships with their domestic partners, not with their mothers or brothers-in-law.
"[The recent] decision by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to outlaw discrimination against domestic partners illustrates the growing recognition that domestic partners, whether gay or not, are not given the same economic benefits as those related by blood or marriage."
Lambda Legal Defense encourages interested people to write a letter of complaint about TWA's policy to write
to:
Carl C. Icahn Chairman
Trans World Airlines 100 S. Bedford
Mt. Kisco, N.Y. 10549
or
Donald Morrison
Staff vice president of Public Affairs Trans World Airlines. 4080 Wedgeway Ct. St. Louis, Mo. 63045
Others who have been discriminated against in this way are encouraged to call Lambda Legal Defense, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT at 212-995-8585. ▼
"We would like to include people of color, and other under-represented minorities within our community. Unfortunately we have not been able to recruit successfully in that area. All staff members are volunteers which makes it more difficult to get people to work for us."
The Chronicle is accepting applications for associate editor. Qualifications would include a journalism background and a knowledge of the gay male community sufficient enough to suggest stories that might be of interest to the gay reader.
Celebration events include a party and special personals section. The anniversary party is July 16 and is open to the community. For more information, call 321-1129 or 621-0228.▼
On Your Second Anni (per)versary
by Aubrey Wertheim
When Charlie died with brusque dispatch,
When GPC was young, Twas felt no editor could match, His angst and sturm und drang.
The paper must be laid to rest. All thought it was most fit. Not another issue pressed, Unless it was ghostwrit.
But, lo, before much time did lag, A valiant crew of ink-brained pervs, Rose up to resurrect the rag. Prodigious hearts! Colossal nerves!
And many late-night meetings met, Copy copied, pockets pinched, Clip art excised, columns set, As dreaded deadlines closer inched.
And on the seventh day appeared, A valiant newsstand stranger. The masthead once again was reared: A queer and present danger.
Those early infant issues, We all recall with pride: Reading, clutching tissues, (The typos mortified).
Though photos, true, did not impress, And Auntie Ray's bizarre.
Plus Cleveland seemed not to possess, A gay or lesbian bar!
But once again we had a Voice, And saw concerns addressed. At last a journalistic choice, Not just mainstream oppressed.
And now, at two, this noble publication-yay! proclaims, Many newshound, artist, cub, And writers with last names.
Proud must be that humble desk, Where first worked those two cronies: The calm that is Bob Downing, Esq. The passion that's Pontoni's.
And eagerly do we await, The day when it is noted, Quarterbacks and heads of state, All clamor to be quoted.
Gay paperboys and girls ten-speed, Through dewy lavender dawns,
To see each home is GPC'ed (yes, even Parma lawns).
With fashion spreads, exclusive scoops,
And columns that expose, When Higbee's' window dressing droops,
Or bile spews from Rose.
So honor their fine work-subscribe. They fight the good gay fight.
The rights of gays and lesbians thrive, When gays and lesbians write.
July, 1989 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE Page 3
Porn law struck down
A child pornography law, so restrictive that it interfered with safer-sex education, has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge.
The 1988 Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act, touted by proponents as a way to protect children from abuse by pornographers, requires that publishers and distributors document the ages of all nude models in photographs to ensure that they were at least 18 years old at the time the photographs were taken.
In his May 16 ruling on a lawsuit by the American Library Association, Federal District Judge George Revercomb found the law unconstitutional because it imposes onerous burdens on "material that is clearly protected by the First Amendment."
The law already had a chilling effect cluding a safer-sex guide planned by Alyson Publications, the nation's largest gay and lesbian publisher. Because of the law, publisher Sasha Alyson delayed publication of The Safer-Sex Playbook
until the law was tested.
"We felt that the information about safer sex would have saved lives so we hated to delay publication," said Alyson, "but we had to protect ourselves and the bookstores that would carry the book from any legal action. Now that we have a favorable ruling, we'll reschedule publication of The Safer-Sex Playbook.
There is no indication whether the Justice Department will appeal the ruling. A representative said only that the department still was reviewing Revercomb's decision. ▼
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After producing proof of medical insurance and his return ticket to the United States, Landsowne was allowed to enter the country.
According to the press release, a less assertive individual might have decided or been forced to take the next plane home.
Lewis and Landsowne protested to a Vancouver member of Parliament, who put them in touch with the manager of Vancouver Airport's Immigration office. The manager defended the officer's conduct on the grounds that Canadian law requires immigration officers to refuse admission to Canada to people who might become dependent on Canadian health care institutions. The
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law also states that anyone with a communicable disease may be refused admission to Canada as a visitor.
Lewis and Lansdowne also spoke with the manager of the airport's Customs office, who told them his officers were trained to be sensitive to the needs of people with AIDS and that any officer
who acted otherwise was acting independently of department policy.
The press release points out that Canada is the site of two major international AIDS conferences this year, and the next International Gay Games. As such, dignitaries and people with AIDS will be visiting Canada from around the world. ▼
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