Stonewall 25

David Landers

On Sunday, June 26, 1994 the Inter-
national March on the United Nations to
affirm the Human Rights of Lesbian and
Gay people will take place. Gay Games
IV will bring over 12,000 athletes from
over 50 countries and the International
Lesbian/Gay Association will hold its an-
nual conference in New York with as
many as 1,000 delegates from over 30 na-
tions discussing the global agenda and
immediate needs of Lesbian/Gay groups
in many countries. Organizers of Stone-
wall 25 have been working for months to
make this event even greater than the
March on Washington. Because it is an
International March, the politics of such a
venture have been complicated. The Unit-
ed States organizers have insisted that
this be an inclusive event and therefore
all literature in the US concerning Stone-
wall 25 will now include Lesbian, Gay,
Bi and Transgendered people. The Na-
tional Steering Committee is also com-
mitted to issues of parity and has taken
very strong steps to ensure the inclusion
of women and minorities in the decision
making.

Vermont currently comes under the re-
sponsibility of the New York delegation
to Stonewall 25, and while the two peo-
ple who share that position (one male and
one female) will make sure that Vermont
is informed of all of the “happenings”
around the March, the National Steering
Committee would like to have a delegate

from Vermont to share a vote with New
Hampshire. Because of their commitment
to parity issues and due to the current
makeup of the New England delegations,
they are adamant about wanting a woman
for this position. This vote would be one
of eight from New England, New York
and New Jersey. If anyone is interested in
serving as a delegate to the National Steer-
ing Committee for Stonewall 25 please
contact me and I would be happy to give
you additional information about the re-
sponsibilities of a delegate. (802) 878-
2903

In the meantime, I will be contacting each
of the various VT Area Resources listed
on the back of OITM to keep them in-
formed of what is happening as the plans
develop for this International March. I will
also be submitting information regularly to
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