NGLTF’s “Fight the Right”
Expands to New England

The National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force (NGLTF) Policy Institute this
month added a third regional organizer
to its “Fight the Right” program. Sue
Hyde, a former staffer in NGLTF’s D.C.

main office, has been named as the Fight

the Right New England field organizer.

Hyde has opened a Northeast field office
in Cambridge, Mass. for the NGLTF
Fight the Right program, which was
founded this year to help state and local
communities battle Colorado-style anti-
gay initiatives. She will provide tech-
nical and organizational assistance to ac-
tivists in the Northeast and participate in
coalitions to fight anti-gay measures.
Hyde previously worked for NGLTF as
the Privacy/Civil Rights Project Director
from 1986 to 1990.

“Sue’s experience in organizing on the
national, regional and local levels is a
perfect fit for this position,” said Peri
Jude Radecic, who will become NGLTF
Executive Director in November. “The
addition of a field organizer in New Eng-
land gives more depth to our Fight the
Right program, which is a priority for
NGLTF as Colorado-style initiatives
multiply across the country.”

In addition to offering assistance to ac-
tivists battling anti-gay initiatives, the
NGLTF Fight the Right program pro-
duces materials to counter the Far Right,
conducts organizing and media trainings
around the country and sponsors re-
gional summits on countering the Right.

“The gay, lesbian and bisexual com-
munity needs to be at least as or-
ganized, informed, and savvy as the
Right Wing in these battles,” Radecic
said. “We need to be sharing in-
formation, materials, skills and strat-
egies to insure that Colorado stands
lone in mandating discrimination.”

The NGLTF Fight the Right program
has produced a “Fight the Right Action
Kit,” which was recently cited by the
Rev. Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Val-
ues Coalition and was highlighted in a
Focus on the Family newsletter about
Amendment 2 in Colorado. The 120-
page Action Kit includes information on
religious Right organizations; working
with labor groups, the business com-
munity, religious denominations and tra-
ditional civil rights organizations; rural
organizing; legal issues; campaign strat-
egies; media advocacy; fundraising and
field strategies.

To order the Fight the Right Action Kit,
contact NGLTF at: 1734 14th St. N.W.,
Washington, DC 20009-4309 (202) 332-
6483, TTY (202) 332-6219. American
Online members can contact NGLTF
through the Gay and Lesbian Forum and
download the action kit direct1y.V

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