JULY 19, 1996 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

COMMUNITY GROUPS

Legislation update: Ohio marriage ban on hold, for now

by Susan Bader

According to an article in the June 21 Cleveland Plain Dealer, anti-gay State Sen. Gary Suhadolnik has decided not to introduce such a ban in the General Assembly, at least for now. Keep an eye open for any changes in this development and let us know if you see anything happen.

H.B. 89, Education Bill. I received a letter dated June 13 directly from Rep. Michael Wise and Rep. Jim Jordan telling me that "Now is the crucial time to contact your state senator to voice your support for this bill's passage."

We cannot let them get away with this during the summer. We need to write once again to our state senators and tell them not to support H.B. 89. This bill will keep needed information on human sexuality education from children and it will interfere with teachers' ability to present information to their students. Tell the senators that

there is nothing wrong

teaching materials.

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with the current law dealing with sex education and the open records law applying to

H.B. 257, Hate Crimes Law. A special thanks goes to everyone who worked on returning postcards and petitions on this bill, which would add gays and lesbians to the existing law incresing penalties for hate crimes. Two days after the Columbus Stonewall March and Rally, I delivered over 500 postcards to Ohio state representives. Rep. Otto Beatty, the bill sponsor, was also very thankful for your special effort.

This bill is currently going through another revision. Rep. Beatty is amending the bill to increase the penalty of arsonists burning churches. If you would like a copy of this amended bill, contact Rep. Beatty at 614-466-5343. Rep. Beatty will be trying to add his bill as an amendment to another bill being brought to the House floor at their September session. So keep those postcards and letters going to your Ohio Representative, asking them to support H.B. 257.

For further information, call 614876-9953. ♡

Living Room, Project Inform to have HIV update forum

The Living Room, a Cleveland drop in center for people affected by HIV/AIDS and Project Inform, a San Francisco AIDS service organization, will offer a free, community educational forum focussing on the latest in HIV treatments on Monday August 1 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm at the Cleveland Health Museum, 8911 Euclid Ave.

The forum will feature Martin Delaney, founding director of Project Inform,

who will discuss strate-

information regarding the treatment of HIV and AIDS are encouraged to attend.

This forum will include recent news on protease inhibitors, combination therapies, immune enhancement, opportunistic infection management, and cost/ reimbursement issues.

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Since November of 1995, four new therapies have been approved to treat HIV, and five more will likely by approved by spring of 1997. People interested in all of the new

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In addition to the Living Room and Project Inform, the event is co-sponsored by AIDS Clinical Trials Group of Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Department of Public Health, John T. Carey Special Immunology Unit, the AIDS Taskforce of Cleveland, and the Open House.

For more information about this event, contact The Living Room at 216-522-1998, or the Project Inform Hotline at 800-822-7422. ▼

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