January 1993

‘VT Ski Association
‘Issues Invitation

In a press release titled “Vermont Wel- the only major ski destination state to
~comes All Skiersl”, the Vermont Ski Ar- have gay rights legislation.” In addition
ieas Association (VSAA) issued an in- to giving the contact number for the
I vitation to gay and lesbian skiers to come VSAA, the release also gives the number

to Vermont, 3 state where “they can be of the Vermont Human Rights Commis-

I sure their rights are protect _” sion for more information on the state’s
\ ' gay rights legislation.
The release comes on the heels of calls
for a boycott of Colorado in response to The releasegdated 12/7/92 _Was_ Sent to _ _ _
’ the passage of Initiative 2 which repealed gay and 1esb_1an groups, pubhcatlons, and ES G_“‘_m5‘=°‘- MA ’
any civil rights protections for lesbians ”3V°1?_8e“C1°S 519F033 The COUNTY a3_WeH § 
and gays in that State Two gay groups as pohttcal groups such as the National N:m“1m‘Da£;fl°‘:»CSW
have already announced cancellation of Gay & Lesblan Task F°r_Ce (NGLTF)*,P'  wdmommJ  ;
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lanta have also _]OlllBd the boycott. Those 2 M” . m '.m."_& (M 
supporting the boycott compare it to a
similar action taken a few years ago

against the state of Arizona, for its refusal

To contact the Vermont Ski Areas Associa-
tion call Tom Meyers at (802) 223—2439.V

to honor Martin Luther King Day.  n 
In it’s release, VSAA points out that Ver-
mont was the sixth state in the U.S. to 
pass gay rights legislation and that the 0
law protects people on the basis of their  5
sexual orientation and that, “Vermont is
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