GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE MARCH 25, 1994

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Boyle on AIDS, choice

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cause I think that's an important part of the message that I certainly heard regarding this race. My record on commitment on AIDS goes back a long time, to my early days on the board of county commissioners. The first set of concerns back in '86, '87 had to do with whether we needed to be developing a comprehensive response to the AIDS crisis in Cuyahoga County-about what the medical response needed to be and how could we guarantee that services were going to be provided to people who were sick from AIDS/HIV and also were experiencing discrimination as a result of it. So we began then by participating actively in the AIDS Coalition including having staff participation, financially supporting it and working on the organization, the goal being that there be a unified voice expressing a response to the AIDS crisis in the county. It didn't go as well as we all hoped it would for lots of reasons, including the diversity and dispersion of communities caring about AIDS in the Cuyahoga County area.

The county government however continued in a couple of areas to be particularly concerned about a positive response, and it didn't relate to the gay community at all. First rounds had to do with children that were coming into our custody who were born HIV positive, and what was the appropriate way to care for these children, what was the life expectancy for these children, what kind of special care did we need to do. How do we prepare foster homes able to care for HIV positive babies. The next round had to do with concerns about whether there were HIV positive men in the jail. And there was a scare about how they needed to be isolated, what stigma would be attached. And then there was the issue if this were a separate crime to infect anyone, so these were real difficult issues in the late 80s.

Fortunately I think we moved back calmly to a look at what the appropriate comprehensive response would be. We worked on education of our employees and the sheriff's employes who work in the jail . . . and we worked on how to have our own programs respond more adequately to HIV and AIDS to try to get a fast response network in place when someone is diagnosed... We also worked on making sure HIV infection be covered under our non-discrimination against people with disabilities, so no one would lose their jobs for being HIV positive. As far as I know to this day, we haven't encountered an employment discrimination issue around that concern.

The other thing we've done in response to the concerns about the AIDS coalition is we've worked actively as part of the CAPP [Community AIDS Partnership Project], a coalition for funders for AIDS services in the county, and have established a comprehensive Citizens Committee on AIDS which is getting ready to issue its recommendations... helping to set the direction for how this community will respond.

Gay Owned and Operated

If the gays in the military issue is raised again in the Congress, how would you get involved?

In much the same way that proponents of the elimination of the ban did this time around. We got a compromise, if you will, on what was being requested and what some opponents to the elimination wanted to have happen. The court cases that are playing out now are very important in setting the direction, and appear to be basically supporting my position and the position that the gay community proposed.

You are a pro-choice supporter. Isn't a large part of Ohio conservative on the abortion issue; how do you justify your position?

Ohio's no different than other states in regard to that. I cast my first vote in favor of choice back in 1979 when I was first elected to the legislature, on the very first budget that came before me in my tenure. Obviously through those years in all of the racés that I have run for, there have been peopleright to life supporters—who have had concerns about my record. But throughout that whole time, people, voters that I've appealed to, the constituencies that I've worked with, have continued to maintain support for me and my record in public service. I think we'll hold in this case as well.

As senator, you'd be following in the very large shadow of Howard Metzenbaum. Can you comment on the leadership he's offered the state.

I have had very eloquent comments from people as I've traveled the state about Howard. The way it mostly gets said is, "I don't agree with him on everything he did but he was always a fighter for Ohio. He always stood up for what he thought was right, no matter what the consequences were."

I heard that so many times that I am totally convinced that I am the candidate that can do exactly that. I have a record of fighting for my constituents on tough issues. I've stood up on issues that have been controversial such as choice in times when we weren't sure how the voters in the state of Ohio would feel; on tough budget decisions; on civil rights issues; on proposing new ideas and new programs that I had to build constituencies of support for. There are people who say the same thing about me: "I don't agree with her on all those issues, but I know that she's honest and straightforward and she'll fight for Ohio." That's what we need, that's the tradition we need to continue. And I am the candidate that can do it.

Have you seen the movie Philadelphia? I haven't, and I'm really sorry that I have not had the time to see it.

In the event you don't get elected, when does your term as county commissioner end?

I'm now serving in a term that ends in 1996, however, I am going to get

elected.

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