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Date:         Thu, 9 Apr 1992 19:52:11 -0400
From:         gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Subject:      GayNet Digest Volume 5 Issue 268

In this issue:
                 United Way dumps Boy Scouts of america
                                 Gibson
                        Gay Teen Substance Abuse
                            NYC Pride March

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From: Rondel K. Buckmire <buckmr@rpi.edu>
Subject: United Way dumps Boy Scouts of america
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 16:51:02 -0500

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	SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- The United Way of the Bay Area carried through
its threat Wednesday, and cut off future general funds to the Boy Scouts
of America because of the group's ban on gay Scouts and troop leaders.
	However, the umbrella fundraising group said it would continue to
allow contributors to earmark funds for the Scouts under its Donor
Choice plan. Last year, the United Way raised more than $57 million, of
which the Boy Scouts received $849,000 in allocations and $326,000 in
Donor Choice funds.
	``The United Way deeply regrets that the six local Boy Scout councils
will no longer participate as funded members of The United Way based on
current limitations imposed by their national charter,'' said Charles
Lynch, the local United Way chairman.
	``The Boy Scouts will, as previously agreed, be allocated general
funds raised during the 1991 campaign for distribution through June,
1993. They will not be eligible for future general fund allocations
until such time as our policies are in alignment,'' Lynch added.
	Blake Lewis, a spokesman at Scout national headquarters in Irving,
Tex., said the local Scouts would look for funding elsewhere.
	``We will go out and obtain the funding necessary to continue a
program for the young people of the Bay Area,'' Lewis said. ``We will do
it in a way that will allow us to operate in a manner we feel is proper.
We currently are looking at several funding strategies.''
	The feud between the two agencies boiled over in January when United
Way warned that the Boy Scout councils of San Francisco, Marin, Alameda,
Contra Costa and San Mateo counties risked losing their funding if they
did not open their membership to all children.
	Despite the fact that individual Scout groups in the San Francisco
area have been critical of the ban, United Way said it could no longer
fund them because of the agency's anti-discrimination bylaws.
	The charity group is not the only agency that has taken aim at the
ban. The San Francisco Unified School District has told local Scout
leaders they can not use the city's schools for afterschool meetings
because of the stand.
---
RON BUCKMIRE, 11 Colvin Circle, Troy, NY 12180-3735.
vox:(518)-276-8910 fax:(518)-276-6920 buckmr@rpi.edu buckmr@rpitsmts.bitnet
"Sure you can get aids from a mosquito -- if you have unprotected anal sex
 with  one!"

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From: Aimee L. Tweedie <tweeda@rpi.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 17:16:33 -0400

The NYS Gay and Lesbian (and Bisexual :) Civil Rights Bill (which
would provide protection against discrimination in employment,
housing, public accomodations, educational institutions, and financial
credit availability) has been stalled yet again.

Although the Assembly version of this bill (A3346-B) has passed,
Senate Republicans continue to block this bill's progress.  The Pride
Agenda originally thought that this legislation (S-2236-B) would go
directly to the Senate floor after it made it through the Judicial
Committee, but Senator Lombardi (R) unexpectedly flagged the bill into
the Finance Committee to determine the "financial impact" of this
bill; in reality, it's the kind of stalling tactic that Senate
Republicans have used for years.

As of today, this bill is not on the Finance Committee Agenda.
However, even if it is placed on the agenda, we are still one vote shy
of passage.  (A rule of thumb - the Democrats support this bill, and
the Conservative or generic Republicans don't.)  IF WE DON'T GET THIS
THROUGH THIS SESSION (which ends in June) WE WILL HAVE TO START OVER
AGAIN!  Write or call your Senator and ask what his/her vote will be
on this crucial issue.  Tell him/her we can no longer afford _not_ to
have this crucial legislation.  If your Senator is not on this list,
please write to Chairman Lombardi and implore him to put this bill on
the agenda.

Queer Nation Albany, NY is considering holding an action on May 8th
(if the Legislature is in session that day) to put pressure on the
Finance Committee to not only put this bill on the agenda, but to pass
it.  If you are interested in attending an action, please let me know!

If you don't know who your Senator is, call Pride Agenda at 518 433-
0134 or 212 727-1291 and ask (Pride Agenda may offer to send you some
postcards; this is OK, however, if they ask you to join, they have
more than enough money right now).


The Senate Finance Committe Members:

Lombardi, Tarky           R    SD 49   Syracuse and other parts
**Committee Chair**                    of Onondaga Co.          Rm. 913

Marchi, John J            R-L  SD 24   Staten Island            Rm. 416
Goodman, Roy M            R-L  SD 26   NYC east side of ManhattanRm. 708
Stafford, Ronald B        R-C  SD 45   Plattsburgh, Warren,
                                       Washington, Essex, Clinton,
                                       Frankin Co's, part of St.
                                       Lawrence Co.             Rm. 502
Present, Jess J           R    SD 56   Bemus Pt., parts of Chautaugua
                                       & Catteraugus Co's.      Rm. 503
Levy, Normak J            R    SD 8    Merrick, part of Nassau Co.Rm. 811
Johnson, Owen H           R    SD 4    W Babylon, part of Suffolk Co.
                                                                Rm. 310
Trunzo, Cesar             R    SD 4    W Babylon, part of Suffolk Co.
                                                                Rm. 711
Bruno, Joseph L           R    SD 43   Brunswick, Rensselaer Co. and
                                       parts of Columbia & Saratoga
                                       Co.                      Rm. 409
Kehoe, Paul               R-C  SD 53   Wolcott, Wayne Co. & parts of
                                       Ontario & Wayne Co.      Rm. 307
McHugh, John M            R-C  SD 46   Watertown, Jefferson, Oswego &
                                       parts of St. Lawrence Co.Rm. 814
Mega, Christopher J       R-C  SD 23   Brooklyn                 Rm. 509
Velella, Guy J            R-C  SD 34   Bronx, parts of Weschester &
                                       Bronx Co.                Rm. 902
Volker, Dale M            R-C  SD 59   DePew, Livingston Co. & parts
                                       of Wyoming & Erie Co.    Rm. 609
Tully, Michael J          R    SD 7    Roslyn Hgts, part of Nassau Co.
                                                                Rm. 707
Halperin, Donald M        D    SD 18   Brooklyn                 Rm. 918
**Ranking Minority Member**
Galiber, Joseph L         D-L  SD 31   Bronx                    Rm. 414
Gold, Emmanuel R          D-L  SD 13   Forest Hills, parts of Queen
**Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate**Co.                     Rm. 313
Leichter, Franz S.        D-L  SD 28   NYC                      Rm. 517
Nolan, Howard C           D    SD 42   Albany                   Rm. 809
Perry, John D             D    SD 54   Rochester                Rm. 410
Mendez, Olga A.           D-L  SD 30   NYC, part of Bronx Co.   Rm. 302
Stachowski, William T     D    SD 57   Buffalo                  Rm. 508
Oppenheimer, Suzi         D-L  SD 36   Marmaroreck, parts of
                                       Westchester Co.          Rm. 515
Quattrociocchi, Ralph     D-C  SD 55   Rochester                Rm. 615
Connor, Martin E          D-L  SD 25   NYC                      Rm. 415

Key:

R = Republican
D = Democrat
L = Liberal
C = Conservative
SD = Senate District

Address Format:

The Honorable ___(insert Senator's name)___
Rm. _(insert Room. #)_, Legislative Office Building
The State Senate
Capitol
Albany, NY  12247

Remember to include the bill's number (A-3346-B for the Assembly
version, S-2236-B for the Senate version) in any correspondence or
communication.

                               Thanks for your time,

                               Aimee Tweedie
                               Queer Nation Albany
                               tweeda@rpi.edu_

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Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 17:36:52 EDT
From: SECSI003%SIVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu
Subject: Gibson

To complete Ron Buckmire's net about Ashe, the woman is Althea Gibson, who's
Wimbledon win in the 50's (maybe more than one) was the first there by any
African American, and the first Grand Slam as well. In addition to her and
Ashe, Yannick Noah was the first...African European (?) to win at the French
Open. That's all..
                  Steve Smith

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From: tbyrnes@attmail.com
>To: internet!gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu Apr  9 16:39:40 EDT 1992
Original-From: attmail!tbyrnes (Timothy J. Byrnes )
Mts-Message-Id: <tbyrnes1002144210>
Phone: (908) 234-5799
Subject: Gay Teen Substance Abuse

I have a friend in grad school who is taking a course to help prepare social
workers (or psycologists?) to deal with problems of adolescent substance
abuse.  My friend would like to address the class on the unique problems of
adolescent gays and how they can be reflected by substance abuse.

What he's looking for is any statistics (and sources) related to gay
adolescent substance abuse.  He would also like to be able to recommend to the
class, organizations that are geared towards assisting gay adolescents deal
with their substance abuse problems.


If you have any information in this area, I would appreciate it if you could
email it to me at

tbyrnes@attmail.com


Thanks!!

Tim

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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 19:43 EDT
From: LAPACHECO@vaxsar.vassar.edu
Subject: NYC Pride March

I sent the information, along with my personal experience last year with NYC
Pride Week, to Andy Dailey, but I am more than happy to share it with y'all.

This year's NYC Gay and Lesbian Freedom March is on Sunday, June 28, 1992.
The March is the biggest march in NYC every year.  The parade route is 6
miles long and stretches from Columbus Circle (where it steps off), runs east
on 59th St, south on 5th Avenue, and then west on Christopher Street.  The
route is marked with a lavender strip down the middle of the road.  March
organizers reported that 250,000 people marched in last years march, and
there were over 300,000 spectators.

The college contingent in lined up in the back of the march.  Schools like
University of Virginia, Brown, Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Vassar, Dartmouth,
Smith, Georgetown, University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Yale, etc. marched
in last years march and we had a great time.  It was a very moving and
empowering experience.  Anyone who has the opportunity and/or the desire
to participate in the march should do so; it is a very worthwhile experience.

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