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responsibility to insure the protection of all
of its citizens. She reaffirmed the dignity
and respect that should be the right of all
Vermonters. When she signed the bill into
law, she spoke of how the Senate debate
and final passage were among the most sig-
nificant actions taken during that session.
As Madeleine prepares to leave the
fifth floor and the executive office, I would

like to take this opportunity to publicly say
"Goodbye and thank you." Thank you for
your advocacy and support of Vemiont's
lesbian, gay, and bisexual community.
Thank you for welcoming our voices and
acknowledging our contributions and
worth as citizens. And thank you for giving
us the respect and dignity that should be the
right of all Vermonters.

 

The Need for AIDS Information

Dear OIT M ,

Today a friend in Chittenden County
died of AIDS. He died earlier than he
should have since he ignored doctor's or-
ders of plenty of sleep, little to no alcohol,
moderate exercise, proper nutrition, and
stress management counseling and tech-
niques.

We had not talked much lately. The
last time we spoke,he bragged about unsafe
sex with one-night stands from Pearls, the
Loop, and Montreal. Several "tricks" were
married, both gay and straight. On a few

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occasions he told guys after unsafe sex that
he had AIDS. Needless to say, our last
conversation was heated.

I applaud 01 TM for its efforts to edu-
cate the public on ways to increase the
body's resistance and immune system and
ways to fight the onset of AIDS. Being "out
in the mountains" does not isolate us from
this illness. My now dead friend has proba-
bly infected a dozen people in the area

I can't grieve. I'm too angry.

(name withheld by request)

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