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which the AFC platform rests.

In addition, gay/lesbian families face
discrimination by the legal system, lack of
legal protection and recognition for unmar-
ried partners, and lack of access to
tangible economic benefits such as medi-
cal leave, insurance and other government
benefits accorded to married partners.

“This deliberate avoidance of gay/
lesbian families is an example of the
cowardice and benign neglect that typifies
the mainstream civil rights’ community’s
approach to gay and lesbian equality,”
noted Jeffrey Levi, Executive Director of
NGLTF.“‘The American Family Celebra-
tion is trying to avoid controversy by not
taking up gay/lesbian family issues. This is
shameful and in the context of the AIDS
health crisis that is destroying so many gay
families, it is morally reprehensible.”

NGLTF urges that letters protesting the
silencing of gay issues be sent to the
American Family Celebration, 1920 L
Street NW, Suite 700, Washington DC
20036. NGLTF will organize a gay/lesbian
presence at the May 14th event.

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want to represent as many different cur-
rents within the lesbian and gay commu-
nity as possible. We are trying to distin-
guish between sexually explicit materials
as part of creative expression and as
portrayals of the sexual life of our commu-
nities, versus commercial material,”
Escoffier said when I interviewed him by
telephone on May 10.

This is nota news magazine, but it does
pick up timely events for discussion, such
as the March on Washington and the Baby

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