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in Fall of 1989

A National Lesbian Agenda Confer-
ence is currently being organized for the
Fall of 1989. Funded, in part, by a grant
from the March on Washington, this event
intends to broaden lesbian awareness of
who we are, our issues, and concerns on a
national scale.

The conference will be hosted by a
coalition of East coast lesbians who have
identified four categories of major input
and invited representatives from each:

1. National / State organizations -
groups which focus on policies affecting
lesbian lives.

2. Academicians/writers - lesbian aca-
demicians, writers of books, journals and
articles.

3. Service providers - doctors, law-
yers, social workers, alternative health
healers, etc. who are lesbians or work with
them.

4. Grassroots lesbian feminists - lesbi-
ans involved in grassroots organizing, ac-
tivists, artists, photographers, documen-
tors, etc.

Some of the issues to be discussed at
the conference include: lesbian legal rights,
unity on definition, coming out, racism,
violence, money issues and visibility, to
name only a few.

The lesbians organizing this event
want it to be a collective effort, and have
extended an invitation for all lesbians to
participate in the conference’s organiza-
tion, planning, and facilitation. Women are
needed to raise funds, provide outreach,
and conduct workshops.

If you would like to participate and/or
offer input, write: “National Lesbian Con-
ference”, PO Box 3057, Albany, NY
12203. You may also write this address to
be placed on their mailing list. Donations
are needed and welcome.

This conference presents a wonderful
Opportunity to discover and celebrate the
diversity of lesbian lives throughout the
nation. See you there.

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January 1989

NEVGALR Organizes for 1989

NEVGALR (North East Vermonters
for Gay and Lesbian Rights) is an activist
group working to end social and economic
discrimination against lesbians and gay
men in Vermont.

NEVGALR first met in December,
1987 to organize support for S.278, the
affectional and sexual orientation bill intro-
duced into the Vermont State Senate in
early 1988. At the end of the legislative
session in May, 1988, the bill had passed
the Senate but was held over in the Judici-
ary Committee of the House. The bill is
scheduled to be re-introduced in the next
legislative session beginning in January,
1989.

NEVGALR’s agenda will focus on
educating local and state representatives
and communities about the complex issue
of homophobia and related civil rights is-
sues.

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NEVGALR is offering programs of
speakers, films, panel discussions and for-
mal workshops on homophobia for profes-
sional, church, school and political groups
throughout the Northeast Kingdom.
NEVGALR will also lobby for gay and
lesbian civil rights in the upcoming legisla-
tive session.

Through educating communities and
officials about the realities of lesbian and
gay lives, NEVGALR hopes to facilitate
the process of social change and foster a
healthy and growing respect for human
diversity. (See VT Resources page for
address.)

 
 
   

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