From: RMVLUG_4@FLINT.MINES.COLORADO.EDU (FRANK BERNDT)
Subject: BCI update.
Followup-To: amend2-discuss@cs.colorado.edu
Originator: doherty@ucsu.Colorado.EDU
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 03:29:59 GMT

SMRY: LATEST BOYCOTT UPDATE

Contact:
Terry Schleder or Jan Williams
303-777-0560
 
                         *** UPDATES ***
                 4,000 Person Conference Cancels
            National March Co-Chair Endorses Boycott
                BOYCOTT BUMPER STICKERS RELEASED
 
(DENVER) -- A conference of 4,000 members of the American Mathematical
Society will not to be held in Denver in 1995 because of Amendment 2.
Executive Director William Jaco notified BOYCOTT COLORADO, INC. this
week of the decision by the Massachusetts-based organization.  Using
conservative industry- recognized estimating techniques (those
recognized by the Colorado Convention and Visitors Bureau), this
represents another $4,000,000 loss to Colorado because of the anti-gay
law which was supported by a militant fundamentalist group based in
Colorado Springs.
 
        BOYCOTT COLORADO, INC. has been notified by at least 4 other
organizations, including the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, that a definite decision has been made to cancel plans which had
included Colorado, because of passage of Amendment 2.  Research is still
underway to determine the dollar loss.
 
                             ******
 
        Derek Livingston, one of the co-chairs of the National March on
Washington, has thrown his support behind the global boycott of
Colorado, telling BOYCOTT COLORADO, INC. "The nightmare of Amendment 2
in Colorado is awakening the other 49 states to the fact that bigotry is
alive and well and on the march."  He said he will meet in a few days
with his fellow co-chairs to determine an organizational stand on the
boycott.  He said he believes Amendment 2 has set off a dangerous
nation-wide any-gay movement by the right-wing which must be stopped in
Colorado.   The National March on Washington is expected to draw a
million supporters of equal rights for gays and lesbians to the Nation's
Capital this Summer.
 
                        ****************
 
        In response to a nation-wide call for buttons, t-shirts and
other pro-boycott advertising, bumper stickers bearing the trade-marked
BOYCOTT COLORADO logo are being mailed out at a rapid rate at a price of
$2 each or 5 for $8.00
 
            CALL 1-800-4-BOYCOTT FOR MORE INFORMATION
                              # # #
WHO IS BOYCOTTING?
The Following have officially endorsed the boycott.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Brouder County, Florida
The City of Atlanta
The City of Chicago
The City of New York
The City of Los Angeles
The City of Austin
The City of Seattle
The City of Boston
The City of Philadelphia
The City of Baltimore
The City of Laguna Beach, California
The City of Madison, Wisconsin
Minnesota State Democratic Party
Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
So. Calif. ACLU
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Colorado
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Robin Tyler Prod.(Aspen Gay Ski Week)
Barbra Streisand
Whoopie Goldberg
Jonathan Demme
Joan Rivers
Armistead Maupin
Liza Minelli
The Kennedy Family
Ed Saxon
John Landis
Nora Ephron
Michael Tolken
Sally Kirkland
Madonna
Angie Dickinson
La Gente Politica
The National Greens
Ground Zero
Aids-Medicine-Miracles
The Village Voice
Lesbian News
Lesbians in Colorado
The New York Times
GLAAD/LA
Americans for Democratic Action
BOYCOTT COLORADO AUXILIARY GROUPS:
Boycott Colorado ~ New York
Boycott Colorado ~ Philadelphia
Boycott Colorado ~ Los Angeles
Boycott Colorado ~ Chicago
Boycott Colorado ~ San Francisco
The Following have canceled conventions or other activities in Colorado.
First Affirmative Financial Network, Inc.
Lotus Development (software such as 1-2-3)
Microsoft Corp. Employees Ski Club
Xchange Computers
Laurel Entertainment TV mini-series
 
Cancellations, Continued
WMMR Radio Phila., ski trip to Breckenridge
Hispanic Journalists Association
Land Trust Alliance
Chamber Music America
Recording Artists Association
Nature Conservancy
American Massage Therapy Association
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Assoc. of College Unions International
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund
American Assoc. of Law Libraries
Coalition of Labor Union Women
California Shakespeare Festival
Natl. Gay & Lesbian Journalist Assoc.
Unitarian Universalists
Comm. for U.S. Student Association
American Assoc. of Phys. for Human Rights
National Council for Social Studies
National Education Association
Hotel Giorgio reports 525 lost room-nights
Women's Sports Foundation (canceled
        $1 million dollar project)
National Mayors Conference
Greenpeace
Our most conservative tracking procedures place the estimated total loss
since Nov 3, 1992 at a minimum $25,000,000.  That is "outside dollars
coming in to Colorado"  When we learn of a cancellation or endorsement,
we contact that party and verify information prior to release.  BOYCOTT
COLORADO, INC. acts as a clearing house of this type of information so
the voters of Colorado can see an accurate picture of the price of
legalized discrimination.
 
This list constantly grows larger.  It is impossible for us to print a
new list every day.  If you are a news reporter and need frequent
updates, please call 303-777-0560.

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