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.For lesbian and gay Vermonters, perhaps Squires’ most im-

portant act as a legislator was his testimony just before the vote
on the civil rights act last April. In a moving and eloquent
speech, without notes, he described how it felt to listen to the
legislature debate “whether or not I have the same rights and
privileges as the other members in the body”, how he was gay-
bashed as a UVM student in 1972, and of “hearing an off-duty
Brattleboro police officer in 1991 say that it was a foolish con-
tribution to make (to the AIDS Project Walk) because the queers
were getting what they deserved.”

Squires’ mother said his family has supported him as a gay man
and when he developed ADDS. “The only thing that hurts me is
that where he wanted to be in politics will be cut short” Keith
Goslant of the Vermont Coalition of Lesbians and Gay Men de-
scribed Squires’ effectiveness as a legislator an advocate for gay
civil rights; “Ron really personalized for legislators why there
was a need to do this (pass the legislation). In his two years in
the legislature he showed other members that we do real work
and do make a difference.” Said Speaker Ralph Wright, “If Ron
did anything to leave behind for us, he made it OK for us to do
the right thing.” V

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