know all too well the threat that HIV poses for every American.”
(Burlington Free Press)

New England Conference
About Lesbians and Gay Men

KEENE, NH -- The Keene (NH) Unitarian Universalist Church has
received two grants totalling $5500 to be used toward funding a
three day conference about lesbians and gay men. Afiirming Every
Person: The New England Conference About Lesbians and Gay
Men, is designed to inform professionals in education, business,
industry, human services, religion, and law enforcement as well as
members of the gay, lesbian and bisexual community. The
conference, co—sponsored by the Keene Unitarian Universalist
Church, Keene State College and Antioch New England Graduate
School, has been awarded $3000 from the Fund for Unitarian
Universalist Social Responsibility and $2500 from the Haymarket
People’s Fund.

Information about the February conference is available from Ken
Menifield at (603)358-3480, Lenore Wadsworth at (603)357-5183,
or by writing to: Affirrning Every Person; Keene Unitarian
Universalist Church; 69 Washington Street; Keene, NH 03431.

NY second state
to extend domestic partnership benefits

ALBANY, NY -- In response to Governor Mario Cuomo’s intent to
extend health care benefits to domestic partners, the Govemor’s
Office of Employee Relations (GOER) and the unions representing
state employees, including UUP, the bargaining agent representing
the academic and professional staff in the State University, have
reached agreement on implementation. The agreements expand the
current New York Health Insurance Plan (NYSHIP) to include
domestic partners.

For purposes of coverage, domestic partner is defined as follows: “A
domestic partnership is defined as one in which the partners must
be 18 years of age or older, unmarried and not related by marriage
or blood in a way that would bar marriage, reside together, involved
in a committed (lifetime) rather than casual relationship and
mutually interdependent financially. The partners must be each
other’s sole domestic partner and must have been involved in the
domestic partnership for a period of not less than six (6) months.”
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January 1995
Giant AIDS ribbon announced

CONCORD, NH -- As part of the START (Student Teacher AIDS
Response Team) Now Program at New Hampshire AIDS
Foundation (NHAF) a giant AIDS ribbon will be constructed by
students and displayed on the State House lawn in Concord and at
schools throughout the state. The ribbon will be constructed of
hundreds of smaller ribbons. Teams of students from various
schools will meet in January to begin building the ribbon. Each
smaller ribbon will have the name of a person who has died of
AIDS in New England imprinted on them. “I believe this will
make a profound impact on students, as they place name after
name on the ribbons and know it was people living close to them”,
said J.R. Gourley, NHAF’s director. The giant ribbon is expected
to be 80-100 feet long and will be displayed sometime in May. On
the side of the giant AIDS ribbon will be the work HOPE spelled
out in ribbons. Each ribbon can be purchased from individuals for
$15 and $20 (the $20 ribbons are larger) and will have imprinted,
“Giving HOPE to People with AIDS” and the donating person’s
name. For further information, call NHAF at (603)623-0710.
(Rally Quarterly)

Are you gay or Gay?

PITTSBURGH, PA -- An employee for USAir, who happened to
have the last name “Gay,” got on a plane recently using one of his
company’s Free Flight programs. However, when Mr. Gay tried to
take his seat, he found it occupied by a paying passenger. So, not
to make a fuss, he simply chose another seat.

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