Sponsor of anti-gay legislation
Senator Laxalt still at it
WASHINGTON, D.C. March 3, Family Protection Act, which the 1981--The Gay Rights National right-wing Human Events desLobby reports that the anti-gay cribed as the "top legislative goal "Family Protection Act," or some of the organized Christian comversion of it, will be re-munity," could well change in introduced by Senator Paul Laxformat, being separated into four alt (R-Nevada), President Reaseparate bills. The form and congan's closest advisor in the tent of the bills is not yet known. Senate.
Because of this close association, Senator Laxalt had initially been reluctant to re-introduce the "Family Protection Act." Only considerable pressure by his colleagues in the New Right changed Laxalt's mind. But the
There are mixed signals on how vigorously the legislation will be pushed. On the one hand, Senator Laxalt said, "I'm not suggesting benign neglect of social issues. But the economy and defense have to come first. They'll require 100% of our time at the front end." He went on to
Gay Dems fundraising
By Rick Berg
Cleveland's new gay political club will present Judge Sara R. Hunter as speaker for its fundraising cocktail party Sunday, April 26. Judge Hunter currently sits on the bench of the Cleveland Hts. Municipal Court.
The cocktail party is the first fundraising event in the fourmonth history of the Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club.
The club was formed in the Iwake of the 1980 elections to provide a channel for local lesbians and gay men to participate in the partisan political process.
send
a message to his New Rights troops, "I'll counsel them to cool it and wait a bit without totally neglecting or abandoning their causes. Let's not make our legislative plate too full or too complex."
On the other hand, Human Events reports that Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman of Labor and Human Resources, has pledged to schedule hearings on the legislation as soon as it is
introduced.
Kate McQueen and Jerry Weller, Co-Chairs of the GRNL Board of Directors, urged concerned citizens to take two actions: to use the occasion to build coalitions at the grass roots level with others endangered by the Family Protection Act--racial minorities, labor, and women, and to write your senators to point out that the "well-being of the family" does not depend on
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denying some persons civil rights.
Those needing additional information or interested in being part of GANL's on-going Constituent Network to defeat such legislation should write to: Gay Rights National Lobby (GRNL), P.O. Box 1892, Washington, D.C. 20013 or call (202) 462-4255 (national office) or (415) 864-6481 (West Coast Regional Field Office).
Fraternity humor
What you see below is a photographic copy of a leaflet distributed by Phi Lambda Phi Frafor reelection at its monthlyternity at the Massachusetts meeting in February. High-Institute of Technology, as an ranking officials on Hunter's initiation prank. campaign staff sought the club's endorsement, citing the Judge's deep concern for the civil rights of all people, including gays, and the judge's outstanding record in that area. ERDC members voted unanimously to make the endorsement. It is the first endorsement of a candidate which the club has made.
The cocktail party will be held in the home of David Batz and Rick Berg on Sunday, April 26, from 5:00 to 8:00. Requested donation is $15 per person. All members of the gay and lesbian community and their friends are cordially invited. For more
The April 26th event will assist the club in meeting its pledge of $400 to the campaign of Judge Sara R. Hunter in her bid for reelection as judge of the Cleve-information and reservations call land Hts. Municipal Court.
David or Rick at 229-7529 or
ERDC endorsed Judge Hunter 421-2122.
3 Florida senators
vs. campus gay groups
Reprinted with permission of GAY COMMUNITY NEWS, 22 Bromfield Street, Boston, MA 02108.
By Bonnie Asselin
TALLAHASSEE, FL.--Three
Wall's trouble began last October, when his attempt to (Continued on page five)
state senators here have filed a cover photo
bill which, if passed, would prohibit any state college or university in Florida from recognizing a lesbian and gay student organization.
The bill grew out of an attempt by a student at Polk Community College (PCC) in Winter Haven to gain recognition for a lesbian and gay coalition.
The student, John Wall, was unsuccessful until February 20, when the U.S. District Court in Tampa issued a restraining order granting full rights to the group for 10 days. The order may be extended until a final hearing or until persons involved reach an agreement.
The suit, filed February 12 by Wall and his attorneys, David Slaughter and Jere Fishback, charged the school's refusal to grant recognition denied Wall the right to free speech and assembly.
After four months of waiting, Wall expects the coalition to provide counseling and "accurate" information about lesbian and gay life because, as he put it, "there are a lot of people, who
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The picture on the cover is a publicity photograph of Charles "Buddy" Rogers from around 1930. Rogers is probably most widely known for having starred in the motion picture Wings and for being the loyal and loving husband of Mary Pickford from 1937 until her recent death.
The phrase "America's Sweetheart" would not be inappropriate for Rogers himself. His looks are noted for having been accompanied by a sweet, kindly and modest disposition. Despite having lived around back-biting Hollywood for over 50 years, no one seems to have ever said anything against him as a person.
An article by David Morris in the March 7 issue of Gay Community News reports that a meeting took place on February 25 between the fraternity, Dean Robert Halfman, and Kyle Hoeper, vice president of Gays at MIT. After the meeting the fraternity delivered a letter of apology to the gay organization.
Said the letter, "We hope that you will accept this apology for we don't want to be perceived as disrespectful of personal dignity."
"We would like to stress that no serious attack was intended on the gay community."
The letter said that the initiation was modeled on those of previous years and cited last year's initiation which had featured a pro-draft rally.
Said the letter. "The presentation is intended to be so blatently reactionary as to obviously be a farce. We realize that our error this year was in picking an issue which attacked a specific group of people rather than an abstract cause. In retrospect, it was obviously insensitive and tasteless."
The initiation prank began on February 20, a Friday, with fraternity members placing severed
lamb's heads at four different campus locations together with the leaflet signed by the fictitious Capital Punishment for Homo sexuals Society.
One of the lamb's heads and copies of the leaflet were found in the women's rest room at MIT across the hall from the bulletin board of Gays at MIT.
The following day 15 fraternity members were seen in nearby Central Square and in Harvard Square passing out the leaflets and shouting anti-gay slogans through bullhorns. Some, according to onlookers, were intoxicated. The 15 fraternity members wore plastic penises on their noses.
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The Sapital Punishment for Homosexuals Society group of loyal Amencans who want to rid our nation of the gay, queer, butt-fucking Faggots who are who are degenerating America. We would like to see all queers come out of their closets so that we can castrate them and shove their dicks down their throats just before we garrot them. These BROWN DIRT BOYS HAVE GOT TO GO! So won't you help us and write your congressman asking for a new law that imposes the death penalty the death penalty on homosexuals.
"If I had me a shotgun, I'd blown 'em all to hell!" Reverend Jerome Gercia 'Can I fuck chickens?" A gay Iranian
"Gays
are against nuclear proliferation." Amy Carter
"They play with the oranges in supermarkets" Anita Bryant
"A butt-fucker at Harvard 3. No way, its not preppy Derek Bok They are all foreign agents spying on us." George Bush
"I never fucked a dead goat" Ed King
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gun
• Rev. J. Falwell
"Let's get higs and watch a hangin'" The Frock Brothers "Am I president yet?' Zippy
SAVE THE USA
A HIGH GEAR staff member who regularly attends old movie conventions reports that nobody of any age or sexual orientation seems to be entirely immune from having a crush on Buddy. · The staff member says that after one of Rogers' films is run, you can always hear the straightest and most conservative middleaged men sighing and making Rogers is too good looking. the same comment Buddy batuomme asw it stupe nigh
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