OITM Roundup: Continued from page 5 Of course, they will be needing the Extra Large SEATTLE -- According to the Weekly World News, a group named the Com- mittee Advocating Safe Sex for En- dangered Species has petitioned the feder- al government to buy thousands of condoms and put them in a remote region of the Pacific Northwest, where Sasquatch (Bigfoot) is often reportedly sighted. The committee also wants the government to supply instructions to show the big ga- loot how to use the condoms correctly. "We simply must save them from illnesses that could conceivably wipe out their en- tire population," said Ruth Galpert, spokes- person for the group. (Could this be a job for VT CARES and MHP?) (Update) Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund accepting sub- missions for 1995 awards NEW YORK -- The Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation has announced the submission deadline for .its 1995 Les- bian Writers Fund. Now in its fifth year, the Lesbian Writers Fund will be making five awards of $11,000 each to emerging lesbian writers of fiction and poetry. Three fiction and two poetry prizes will be awarded in 1995. "Astraea stands alone in committing sub- stantial grant monies to support lesbian writers," according to Astraea program director, Ivy Young. "The Writers Fund has made it possible for past awardees to have that space where creation is pos- sible. And we are all made better by their efforts," Young said. The deadline for applications is Wednes- day, March 8, 1995. Interested writers should write or call the Astraea Founda- tion for guidelines and an application form at: The Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation; Attn: Lesbian Writers Fund; 666 Broadway; Suite 520; New York, NY 10012; or call (212)529-8021. Christian right uses prayer chain as a weapon WASHINGTON, DC -- The Capitol Hill Prayer Alert, a Washington, DC based re- Health Resource Organizations AIDS HOTLIN ES: Vermont 1-800-882-2437 New Hampshire 1-800-752-2437 New York State 1-800-541-2437 Massachusetts 1-617-522-4090 Maine 1-800-851-2437 National 1-800-342-2437 Canadian 1-613-563-2437 AIDS Community Awareness Project (ACAP) PO Box 608 St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 (802) 748-1 149 AIDS Community Resource Network (ACoRN) PO Box 2057 Lebanon, NH 03766 (603) 448-2220 Bennington Area AIDS Project PO Box 1066 Bennington, VT 05201 (802) 442-4481 or 1-800-845-2437 Brattleboro AIDS Project PO Box 1486 Brattleboro, VT 05302 (802) 254-4444 (Helpline) (802) 254-8263 (Office) Franklin-Grand Isle AIDS Task Force P. O. Box 241, St. Albans, VT 05478 (800) 524-7742 - (802) 638-7834 Friends Vermont Emotional, Spiritual, & Psychological Support PO Box 402 Bristol, VT 05443 1 800 639-3316 Gay/Lesbian Alcoholics Anonymous GLAA, P.O. Box 5653 Burlington, VT 05402 Lesbian Cancer Support Group (802) 660-8386 . North Star (Holistic Health Care) RR2 Box 3255 Morrisville, VT 05661 0 (802) 888-2858 February 1995 ligious right organization, is urging its members to petition God to bring evil upon a published list of 25 Democrats. The so-called "Phi1istine List" includes two governors, seven senators and 16 members of the House. According to Harry Valentine, one of the group's founders, the list comprises "par- ticularly objectionable (politicians), who have demonstrated themselves to be enemies of Christianity and Biblical morality." "Don't hesitate to pray imprecatory Psalms over them," wrote Valentine in the group's newsletter. "Imprecatory" means to "call down evil upon." Imprecatory Psalms in- clude: "Let his days be few; and let an- other take his office. Let his children be fa- therless, and his wife a widow" (Psalm 109:8,9). "Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wick- edness is in their dwellings, and among them" (Psalm 55:15). "The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked" (Psalm 58:10). (Update) V Read OITM Monthly Vermont AIDS Council PO Box 275 Montpelier VT 05601 - (802) 229-2557 Vermont C.A.R.E.S. (Committee for AIDS Resources, Education, and Services) PO Box 5248 12 North Street Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 863-2437 (Burlington) 1-800-649-2437 (Outside Burlington Area) Vermont Department of Health 1-800-882-2437 (AIDS Hotline) or (802) 863-7245 (AIDS Program office) VT PWA Coalition PO Box 1055 - Brattleboro, VT 05302 1-800-698-8792 or (802) 222-5123 Vermont Women’s Health Center 336 North Avenue Burlington, VT 05401 - (802) 863-1386