Out in the Mountains

If Santa Claus Were Gay...

A Queer List of Holiday Wishes

Governor Dean:
Will Santa
deliver the

Dems?

Paul Olsen

COLCHESTER/NORTH POLE -- As the holiday season
approaches and the spirit of giving enters our hearts, I found
myself developing a Christmas list for Vermont which I will be
sending to the North Pole. If Santa were to take my advice,
here is what he would deliver on the morning of December
25th.

To those living with HIV/AIDS: a cure.

To lesbian and gay parents: legislation protecting their rights as
fathers and mothers.

To the Vermont Legislature: a productive session that ends on
time.

To Bishop Kenneth Angell: the realization that lesbian and gay
families are a threat to no one and that wearing a condom is
preferable to getting AIDS.

To Howard Dean: a Democratic majority in the State Senate.

To Barbara Snelling: a claim to fame other than Dick Snelling.

To 135 Pearl: paper towels for the men’s room, a discretionary
door policy, and a new light for the pool table. (Just kidding!)

To Vermont CARES Executive Director Kate Hill: the arrest
and conviction of the arsonist(s).

To James Jeffords: more articles about him in OITM.

To the Vermont Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights: ever
increasing membership.

To State Representative Ricky Westman: courage.

To lesbian and gay youth: role models, and freedom from
physical and verbal abuse.

(OITM photo by Kip Roberson)
135 Pearl: Maybe Santa will bring them one more new name?

MICHAEL GIGAN T E, PH.D.

Psychosynthesis
Counseling & Therapy

(802) 254 -8032 15 Myrtle St., Brattleboro, VT 05301

04/94

David W. Curtis
ATTORNEY AT LAW

HOFF, CURTIS, PACHT, CASSIDY & FRAME, P.C.
100 Main Street
P.O. Box 247

Burlington, VT 05402-0247 802-864-4531