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One woman claimed that it was well
known that typically gays have 500 to 1000
sexual partners in their lifetimes. This
brought a burst of laughter from the crowd.
Over and over the opposition recited simi-
lar unfounded “facts”. One group had got-
ten a hold of an article from the Gay Com-
munity News that threatened that homo-
sexuals would “sodomize your children in
the locker room”, and warned that homo-
sexuals would eliminate heterosexuals. “It
is not the gays in this room we are worried
about,” one woman said late in the evening,
“it is the militant gays with a hidden agenda
that we worry about.”

Proponents of the bill marched for-
ward with accounts of violence against
them. There were doctors telling the unnec-
essary cost of tests performed when a
person’s sexuality is not known. Ministers
testified that the lack of this bill was uncon-
scionable. “Most people who are different
are not dangerous. Most people who are
dangerous are not different,” testified John
Weston, intern minister of the First Unitar-
ian Universalist Society of Burlington.

Anne Wallace read a letter signed by a

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March1988

1988 Gay Pride March in Jeopardy

To date OITM has received no responses to its February questionnaire about Gay
Pride 1988. At this time it appears the energy is not out there for another annual March
and Rally. If you feel differently, please contact OITM and we’ll put you in touch with

 
       

   

: It's the time of year again, folks,
to start thinking about this year's Gay
IPride celebration. To make sure
I 1988's celebration is as successful
[as it has been in previous years,
I we're asking our readers what they'd
I like to see happen. We will tabulate
land publish your responses in next
month's issue.
I REMEMBER: your responses
[and participation will determine
I whether or not there Is a 1988 Gay
|Prlde Celebration. Help make It
happen!
I

| 1. Should a Lesbian/Gay Pride
[Celebration (march, rally, etc.) be

any other interested organizers. Remember, it’s up to you this year.

  

  
 
  

2. Where should it be held?
Burlington
Montpelier
Rutland
Brattleboro

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area, would you travel as far as Brat- |
tleboro? yes no I

4. Would you be willing to help I
plan the event (attend meeting, make
arrangements, plan fundraisers, I
etc)? yes _ no : I

if yes:

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phone

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Names Project Quilt to Come to Boston

The Names Project, also known as the
AIDS Memorial Quilt, will be coming to
Boston the weekend of June 18. The New
England Chapter of the Names Project was
recently formed to bring the quilt to Boston
as part of its national tour.

The New England Chapter is seeking
help in the hosting of the quilt by asking for
donations of money (expenses are esti-
mated to run in the tens of thousands of
dollars); of new panels to add to the already
existing 3,000 panels dedicated to someone
who has died of AIDS; and of volunteers
who can help spread the word about the
quilt and what it means to the Gay and
Lesbian Community.

If you would like more information

about the tour or on donating, contact
Names Project/New England, P.O.Box
1798, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. The tele-
phone number is (617) 451-9003.

Loring AFB and U.S. Military
Spend Millions in Gay Witch Hunts

According to their own records, all
branches of the U.S. military spend well in
excess of $22,000,000 every year to search
out and identify lesbian and gay military
members. Over $375,000 is spent annually
to process discharges of otherwise honora-
bly-serving members of the U.S. military.
There are nearly 2,000 discharges in all
branches of the U.S. military every year,
discharges of soldiers who are doing their
job but who happen to be lesbians and gay
men.

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