Gay senior action group
(NGTF) One of the most innovative gay service organizations we know of is New York City's SAGE-Senior Action in a Gay Environment. It is the country's first and so far only, private or public agency exclusively. devoted to helping older lesbians and gay men deal with the problems of aging in a homophobic society and an often cruelly youth-worshipping gay culture. In operation since September, 1979. SAGE currently has twenty-five home-bound clients plus about forty others served by 140 part-time volunteer workers,
many of them health-care or social-work professionals. The first paid staffer, a full-time director, began work this May....
Along with visiting, escort, and referral services, bereavement support, and social activities. SAGE has been running a CETAfunded writer's workshop in which twelve older lesbians and gay men have been recording their memoires of growing up gay earlier in this century: SAGE expects to publish these memoires within the next few months. SAGE is non-profit, privately funded, tax-exempt cor-
poration. Recently it received the area's first-ever grant to a gay organization, in the amount of $34.200, from the Greater New York Fund/United Way, and it has also received $20.000 from the New York Community Trust philanthropy. Both grants, however, are earmarked mainly for salaries, and additional funds are and will continue to be needed for supplies. rent for SAGE's community center in Greenwich Village, and other costs.
Because of local publicity concerning the United Way grant, that organization has
New listing for feminist
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. S. Diane Bogus, author and poet, has won listing in the forthcoming third edition of Who's Who Among Black Americans. Chicago born, Ms. Bogus is editor/owner of feminist WI.M. Publications, Inglewood, CA. She is familiar to readers as the author of I'm Off tó See the Goddam Wizard, Alright!, Woman in the Moon. Her Poems and various writings.
Who's Who Among Black Americans is the most comprehensive book referencing biographies of prominent Black Americans. The new edition will include nearly 15.000 women and men from every sector of the country
S. Diane Bogus' listing will appear in the forthcoming third edition of this standard biographical reference work -later this year. (The book can be ordered from the publishers. Who's Who Among Black Americans. Northbrook, IL)
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Ms. Bogus qualified for selection and inclusion on the basis of responsibilities held during her continuing career in education and publishing as well as for
S. Diane Bogus
the level of significant achievement in her capacities The book contains information about living Black American achievers exclusively those noteworthy because of their efforts and preeminence in their fields
Carter nod to legislation to repeal anti-gay Immigration law
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ment in 1975, had promised to ease restrictions on travel as one way of promoting human rights. A number of individuals, she said, including Patricia M. Derian, Assistant Secretary of State for human rights, have seen the ban on those who are homosexual as being inconsistent with the Helsinki agreement.
As amended, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, also known as the McCarran-Walter Act, lists 33 grounds for automat-
ically excluding aliens from the United States Included are being a prostitute, being a pauper, being a polygamist. along with being someone with a "psychopathic personality."
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a member of a select commission formed in Congress to consider posible changes in the law, said that all 33 subsections listing grounds for exclusion should be repealed.
He said that they should be replaced with "reasonable and humane provisions.
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Ms Bogus. among the youngest in her, field to win such national recognition, commented, smiling. "Hey they're finally going to make an honest woman out of me."
received some letters and calls of protest and cancellations of membershp. The people at SAGE would appreciate it if members of the gay community and friends would express support in letters to the fund. Please write to Donald L. Miller, Chair, Special Allocations Committee. Fund/United Way. 99 Park
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Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016; W possible, send coples to Ben. Ross at the same address and to SAGE. For more information about SAGE, or to make a taxdeductible contribution, please write or call senior Action in a Gay Enviironment, Inc. 487 A Hudson Street, New York, NY. 10014 (212) 741-2247.
Lambda gets $5000
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund has received a $5000 Grant from the Playboy Foundation. The grant is in support of Lambda's ongoing litigation efforts, in particular its work in People v. Onofre (challenge to the constitutionality of the New York consensual sodomy law).
The Onofre case is currently on appeal to the New York State Court of Appeals and a decision
is expected before the end of the year. If the Court of Appeals sustains the decision of the Appellate Division in this case, consensual sodomy will be legal in the State of New York.
Lambda Legal Defense & Edúcation Fund is a not for profti corporation lauthorized to practice law and organized to work for the lachievement of full legal rights for lesbians and Igay men
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