“NGLTF has received a growing
number of reports about police officers
who failed to respond adequately to gay
and lesbian law enforcement needs be-
cause of fear of AIDS,” commented Kein
Berrill, Director of NGLTF’s Anti-Vio-
lence Project and member of I-IRRC Advi-
sory Board. “By focusing on at-risk behav-
iors rather than risk groups, this card helps

. to dispel myths about AIDS that lead to

irrational and unprofessional behavior. I
recommend that gay and lesbian commu-
nity groups encourage their local law
enforcement agencies to distribute this in-
formation and to adopt sensible policies
on dealing with AIDS and other infectious
diseases.”

AIDS pocket cards are available from
the Human Rights Resource Center, 30 N.
San Pedro Rd., Suite 140, San Rafael, CA
94903; 415/499-7465. Cards are $20.00
per 100. Packets of sample police depart-

) ment AIDS policies and training are also

available free from HRRC.

NGLTF Issues Report Cards on 100th
Congress

The National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force (NGLTF) today distributed Report
Cards evaluating the records of all 535

7 members of the 100th Congress to

activists around the country. Each
Congressperson’s voting record was
tracked on a variety of issues important to
the lesbian and gay community such as:
civil rights legislation, anti—lesbian and
gay violence, federally-funded programs
and educational materials regarding the
AIDS epidemic, and anti-discrimination
provisions for handicapped people in-
cluding PWAs, PWARCS, and those who
are HIV positive.

The report cards reveal that while
many Members of Congress support
lesbian and gay issues, a great deal of
educational work remains to be done.
NGLTF found that over half the Members
Of the House of Representatives (56%)
earned a grade of ‘A’ or ‘B,’ and almost
lhreefluarters (72%) earned a passing

at least 60% of the time. By contrast, only
one-third of the Senators (34%) earned a
passing grade of any kind, and 66 Senators
received an ‘F.’

The Congressional delegation from
Massachusetts scored the only cumulative
‘A’ with a combined score of 90%. Other
states whose representatives scored well
included Connecticut-88%, Vermont-
86%, Rhode Island—85%, Washington-
84%, Hawaii-79%, and Michigan-76%.
Among those states whose representatives
did the worst were New Hampshire whose
delegation received a score of 35%, Idaho-
27%, and Wyoming-25%. (Ed. note-
NY’s delegation received a score of 75%).

Smithsonian to Acquire Panels from the
AIDS Memorial Quilt

The Smithsonian’s National Museum
of American History will acquire several
commemorative panels collected by the
NAMES Project for its AIDS Memorial
Quilt.

The acquisition will take place over
aperiod of time in an effort to document
the diversity of those who have died from
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
The quilt panels will be added to the
collections of the Division of Medical
Sciences, which has an ongoing interest in
issues related to the history of public health
in the United States.

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