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the core issues of mainstream America,
she said. “Our fight is a fight against dis-
information.” But in order to do so success-
fully, according to Ms. Osborn, “we need to
take a deep breath, look at what has happened
over the last twenty—five years, and change
the way the movement thinks about itself in
relation to power.” Gays and lesbians need
to “get over” their fear of being outsiders and
play the “politics of taking power”.

As an example of the job that Vermont has
done in the area of grass roots organizing,
Ms. Osborn pointed to the fact that the Re-
ligious Right has targeted every state in the
U.S. that has a statewide anti-
discrimination law except Vermont. “They
don't think they can win here.”

She also squelched rumors as to why she is
leaving NGLTF, the nation’s largest gay
and lesbian organization, after less than a
year as their Executive Director. Ac-

cording to Ms. Osborn, she accepted the .

offer with NGLTF in order to do “big pic-
ture planning” for the national movement.

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However, the job actually entailed writing
“personnel manuals” and performing other
“administrative tasks.” She calls it an
“amicable divorce.”

Ms. Osborn fielded questions and com-
ments from the audience on issues such
as outing, bisexuality, lesbian chic, fem-
inism, and Clinton’s “don't ask, don't tell”
military policy toward gays and lesbians.
When asked if Donna Shalala is a lesbian,
she said that she has spoken with lots of
people who have known Shalala for
many years. “Some say she is (a lesbian),
some say she isn’t....That sounds like she
is.” But she did break the bad news that
“George Stephanopoulos is straight!”

She ended her talk with an endorsement
for the Vermont Coalition of Lesbians
and Gay Men’s Creating Change/
Creating Community conference in
December. “This is just what you
need to do,” she said of the upcoming
event. “As usual, Vermont is in the
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