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Group Addresses Men’s Size

Men who are ashamed of their size
(genitals and stature) can now connect with
others who understand and are sympathetic
through the newly formed organization
Small Etc.

For too long, Small’s members claim,
the Small have been overlooked, ashamed,
and neglected. The group is committed to
the fact that Small men have rights, feel-
ings, and a lot to offer. They offer support
through advice, a sounding board, and
making men know that there are others in
the same situation.

For information, send a SASE to:
Small, Etc., P.O. Box 294, Bayside, NY
1 1361.

ACT UP Sues U.S. Marshall

Lambda Legal Defense and Education
Fund announced that the Portland, Oregon
chapter of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to
Unleash Power), an international AIDS
protest group, filed suit in the Federal Dis-
trict Court of Oregon against the U.S.
Marshall for the District of Oregon.

The lawsuit alleges that federal
marshalls in Portland strip searched ten
ACT UP demonstrators following their
arrest for nonviolent civil disobedience at a
Portland protest regarding Food and Drug
Administration AIDS policies, specifi-
cally, bureaucratic delays in the approval of
drug treatments for ailments associated
with AIDS that are safe as well as promis-
ing, but which have not been scientifically
proven effective to the satisfaction of the
F.D.A. in strictly controlled trials. Some of
these drugs are licensed in Europe of Asia,
but remain unapproved for use in the
United States.

The demonstrators, all lesbians and
gay men, claim the strip search was unjus-
tified and that the marshalls violated their
fourth amendment right to be free from
unreasonable searches. The lawsuit seeks
money damages and injunctive relief
against future strip searches of demonstra-
tors under similar circumstances.

  

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Dannemeyer Challenged on Youth Sm.
cide Report

In a letter to President Bush delivered
in September, the National Gay and Les.
bian Task Force (NGLTF) challenged an
attempt by Congressman William Danne.
meyer (R-CA) to persuade the White
House to repudiate sections of a Depan.
ment of Health and Human Services (HHS)
report that addressed lesbian and gay youth
suicide issues.

In a September 7 letter to Bush regard- ‘

ing the Report of the HHS Secretary’ s Task
Force on Youth Suicide, Dannemeyer

asked the President to “affirm traditional I

family values by denouncing the portion of
the Report that deals with homosexuality.”
Dannemeyer stated in his letter to the Presi-
dent that he had previously asked Dr. James
Mason, Assistant Secretary of HHS, to
denounce aspects of the report dealing with
homosexuality.
suggested to Dr. Mason that he will need to
decide whether he will side with traditional

Wrote Dannemeyer, “I ‘

family values or the National Gay and I

Lesbian Task Force.”

Responding to Dannemeyer’s letter,
NGLTF’s Urvashi Vaid wrote to President
Bush, urging him to place “moral leader-

ship” over “prejudice and moral postur- I

ing,” and to vigorously implement the gay-
positive recommendations of the report.

Noted Vaid, “The HHS report cor-
rectly identified the special vulnerability of
lesbian and gay youth to suicide. By urging
the President to ignore this tragic situation,
Congressman Dannemeyer shows his true
colors as a cold-blooded bigot who sup-
ports the senseless destruction of young
gay and lesbian lives. We are also outraged
by his false and pernicious claims about
‘homosexual recruitment among youth’.”

The report identified gay and lesbian
youth to be at particularly high risk for
suicide.