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From: WAND_M@gold.colorado.edu
Subject: Denver thanks you, Arsenio
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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:52:24 GMT

Editorial from The Denver Post
December 5, 1992

Amendment 2 supporters grumble that Wellington Webb shouldn't have gone to 
Hollywood to fight boycotts brewing since the proposal's passage because 53 
percent of Colorado voters said yes to the controversial measure and Webb 
shouldn't go against the majority's decision.

But as Denver's mayor, Webb doesn't work for all Colorado voters--he only was 
elected to represent the Mile High City.  And in Denver, nearly 61 percent of 
voters said no to Amendment 2.  Thus, Webb *was* reflecting his constituency's 
will when he flew to California to appear ion the Arsenio Hall Show, Good 
Morning America and NBC Nightly News.

More importantly, Webb was delivering the right message to national audiences: 
that by boycotting Colorado, gay-rights advocates could hurt the very people 
who opposed Amendment 2, and who therefore are their allies.  As the mayor 
noted, when African Americans were fighting for their civil rights, they didn't 
boycott the South; they *went* to the South.

It's nevertheless ironic that while acting on Denver's behalf, Webb likely 
benefited the whole state because so much of Colorado's economy depends on 
tourism, and his efforts may have contained some of the damage inflicted by 
Amendment 2's passage.

The people of Denver also would like to thank TV star Arsenio Hall and his 
staff for giving Webb time to speak on the show, especially because weather 
had prevented the mayor from appearing as originally scheduled on Nov. 23.  
Hall's producers also paid all of Webb's expenses, so the city wasn't out a 
dime.  That contribution can be calculated easily, but the national exposure 
that Hall was willing to give the issue was invaluable.


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From: RMVLUG_4@FLINT.MINES.COLORADO.EDU (FRANK BERNDT)
Subject: What is CLIP
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The OUT FRONT
Colorado's Gay Community Forum
12/09/92



Colorado Legal Initiatives Project
(C.L.I.P.) What is it?
By Jim McNulty
Colorado Legal Initiatives Project (CLIP) is the lesbian and gay
organization coordinating and facilitating the legal challenge to overturn
Amendment 2.  The Amendment seeks to legalize discrimination of homosexuals
and bisexuals and prohibit Colorado government entities from ever enacting
laws which protect lesbians, gays, and bisexuals.

  As well as the legal battle to overturn Amendment 2, CLIP is in the
process of developing plans and strategies consistent with their purpose of
educating and reviewing legal matters pertinent to our community.  CLIP
will also provide legal support for Colorado's lesbian, gay, and bisexual
community, assisting victims of the discrimination and violence which
Amendment 2 seeks to foster.

  CLIP consists of openly lesbian and gay attorneys Mary Celeste, Larry
Hoyt, Lynn Palma, and Patrick Stedman.  There are two other members Q
Richard Evans of the Mayor's office and Linda Fowler, chairperson of the
Mayor's Gay and Lesbian Advisory Committee.  CLIP is currently working in
association with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Lambda Legal
Defense and Education Fund, and former Associate Justice of the Colorado
Supreme Court, Jean Dubosky.  It is important to note that all of the
attorneys involved in this litigation are unpaid volunteers; however, the
costs in this landmark litigation could be immense.  Some of the expenses
will include docket fees, depositions and transcripts of proceedings, jury
fees, witness fees and mileage, travel, expert witness fees and reports,
staff and office overhead, and process serving expenses.

  CLIP is applying for a 501(c)(3) tax exempt status, so contributions are
not currently tax deductible.  To contribute, make checks payable to CLIP
and mail to CLIP, P.O. Box 44447, Denver CO 80201-4447.  Their phone number
is 830-2100.
  It is likely that this case will be appealed all the way to the United
States Supreme Court.  It is extremely important that the lesbian, gay, and
bisexual community and our allies rally behind CLIP if they are to complete
the job that our futures depend on.


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From: Michael Doherty <doherty@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Colo Daily: Hate Crimes on Rise
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:37:45 GMT

Colorado Daily,                        reprinted without permission
Boulder Colorado 
12/14/92

Hate crimes on rise

Tom Spring for the Colorado Daily

The number of hate crimes in November in Colorado was 50 percent
higher than any of the previous 18 months since the Denver
Anti-Violence Project began recording them, according to Jody
Andrade, coordinator of the project.
     Andrade believes 51 percent of those incidents were directly
attributed to the passage of Amendment 2.
     Victims were identified with the campaign to prevent the passage
of Amendment 2 by having "No on 2" bumber stickers, buttons or lawn
placards. "A message was left on the machine at the home of two
lesbians by a male who stated, 'Seven out of 10 Coloradans think you
suck; you're bullshit; you're dead.'" Other crimes have included
vandalism, bomb threats and actual beatings.
     Equality Colorado, using information obtained in last month's
Creating Change Conference in Los Angeles, predicts that the
following states will have Amendment 2-like initiatives on a
statewide basis in 1996: Florida, Ohio, Maine, Missouri, Idaho,
Washington, Oregon, California and Minnesota.
     Colorado's approval of Amendment 2 set a precedent nationwide,
it believes. Colorado will be the first state in the nation to have
written into its Constitution an anti-gay rights amendment. The city
of Tampa, Fla. passed a similar measure repealing gay-rights,
although not on a statewide level in November.

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From: WAND_M@gold.colorado.edu
Subject: Measure to repeal amendment 2 drafted
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>From Colorado Briefs, Daily Camera
December 8, 1992

Newly elected House Minority Leader Sam Williams said Monday he is drafting a 
Constitutional amendment to repeal Amendment 2, the anti-gay-protection measure 
that is spurring a national boycott of Colorado.

"We've got to do something," the three-term Democrat from Breckenridge said.  
"It's costing us too much."

Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, in New York Monday to promote his state and city, 
was tailed all day by a handful of protesters angry about Colorado's new 
anti-gay rights law.

Later Monday, about 50 demonstrators gathered outside the CBS Radio Network 
building on 57th Street where Webb was being interviewed on a live syndicated 
talk show.

Also Monday, Manhattan Transfer announced plans to donate proceeds from two 
concerts in Fort Collins on Dec. 15 and 16 to an organization pursuing a legal 
challenge of Amendment 2.

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From: WAND_M@gold.colorado.edu
Subject: Amendment 2 roundup
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>From the Gazette Telegraph of Colorado Springs
December 9, 1992

In other news relating to Amendment 2 and the boycott:

*	Tim Gill, chairman and founder of the Denver-based software company 
Quark, Inc., said Tuesday he will contribute $1 million toward the fight 
against Amendment 2.  Gill said he will divide the money among several 
organizations fighting the measure, but he said he hasn't yet decided which 
ones.  He said he wants the money to be used to educate people that 
discrimination is wrong in all forms.

*	The Seattle City Council is expected to approve an official travel ban 
to Colorado next week.  Mayor Norm Rice, a Denver native and friend of Denver 
Mayor Wellington Webb, said he backed the boycott as the best way to overturn 
Amendment 2.

*	Organizers of Aspen's annual gay ski week in January expect a big crowd 
despite the growing boycott.  Most of the large out-of-state groups that bring 
skiers to Aspen are sticking to their plans, but say they'll join the boycott 
in 1994 if Amendment 2 isn't repealed.

*	The California Shakespeare Festival withdrew from a scheduled 
production of "Hamlet" at Greeley's Union Colony Civic Center next fall.  The 
center's program director, June Lindenmayer, said the cancellation was related 
to the Amendment 2 boycott.

*	Members of the entertainment communities in Colorado and California 
announced plans for an advertising campaign designed to help repeal Amendment 
2.  Coloradans and Californians for Fairness in the Nation (COFFIN), a Los 
Angeles-based group formed after the passage of Amendment 2, will place ads in 
gay publications seeking money to help repeal the measure.

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From: "Orlando Archibeque, Auraria Library, 303-556-3482"
Subject: Colorado Library Association and Amendment 2
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:42:50 GMT

At its Monday, December 14, 1992 meeting, the Executive Board of the
Colorado Library Association approved several motions concerning
Amendment 2:

1.  It approved a resolution "that the Colorado Library Association
    will hold its annual conferences only in counties which defeated
    Amendment 2."  Meetings planned for Colorado Springs (1994, 1995)
    will be relocated.

2.  Also approved was a resolution to encourage participation at the
    1993 Mountain Plains Library Association conference to be held in 
    Aspen/Snowmass (since Aspen had an antidiscrimination law on the
    books).

3.  Concerning the ALA Mid-Winter Conference in Denver in January, 1993:
    attend this time, but plan no more conferences in Colorado until
    civil rights are guaranteed.

Submitted by:
Orlando Archibeque
Social Science Bibliographer
Auraria Library (serving the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan
   State College of Denver, and the Univ. of Colorado at Denver)

bitnet:    oarchibeque@cudenver
internet:  oarchibeque@cudnvr.denver.colorado.edu


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From: RMVLUG_4@FLINT.MINES.COLORADO.EDU (FRANK BERNDT)
Subject: March on Washington & Colorado Springs
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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 21:07:29 GMT


	COLORADO COALITION CHRONICLES

The 1993 March On Washington For Lesbian, Gay,
and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation.

Colorado Coalition focuses on National Civil Rights
March but plans warm up in Colorado Springs

The Colorado Coalition of the '93 March on Washington is calling for 
a Civil Rights March in Colorado Springs. February 20th's March 
on Colorado Springs will be a warm up to the April 25th March in 
Washington, D.C. and will serve as a national call for focus on 
the bigotry and intolerance coming out of that city and much of 
the state of Colorado.

A planning meeting for this action will be taking place Sunday, 
January 17th, at 3:30 in Poor Richard's Restaurant. This will 
also be an organizing meeting for the Colorado Coalition of the 
March On Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and 
Liberation. 

The April 25th, 1993 March is expected to be the largest Civil 
Rights March on our nations capitol with over 1 million 
participants. The last march in 1987 drew over 600,000 people 
concerned with the basic dignity of all people, unveiled the 
Names Project Quilt, and helped launch the National Gay and 
Lesbian Task Force, the Human Rights Campaign Fund, and National 
Coming Out Day.

We invite you to be a part of this empowering experience. To 
discover the difference you can make as part of this national 
movement for basic Human Rights. Make your plans right now to be 
in Washington, D.C. this spring.

For more information contact:
GLCCC--Colorado Coalition
'93 March on Washington
Drawer E
Denver, CO 80218

or call the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Colorado,
(GLCCC) at (303) 831-6268



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From: WAND_M@gold.colorado.edu
Subject: Measure to repeal amendment 2 drafted
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>From Colorado Briefs, Daily Camera
December 8, 1992

Newly elected House Minority Leader Sam Williams said Monday he is drafting a 
Constitutional amendment to repeal Amendment 2, the anti-gay-protection measure 
that is spurring a national boycott of Colorado.

"We've got to do something," the three-term Democrat from Breckenridge said.  
"It's costing us too much."

Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, in New York Monday to promote his state and city, 
was tailed all day by a handful of protesters angry about Colorado's new 
anti-gay rights law.

Later Monday, about 50 demonstrators gathered outside the CBS Radio Network 
building on 57th Street where Webb was being interviewed on a live syndicated 
talk show.

Also Monday, Manhattan Transfer announced plans to donate proceeds from two 
concerts in Fort Collins on Dec. 15 and 16 to an organization pursuing a legal 
challenge of Amendment 2.

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From: WAND_M@gold.colorado.edu
Subject: Boycott alternatives discussed
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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 21:01:05 GMT

Gay community seeks other measures, unity
By Michael Booth, Denver Post Staff writer
December 7, 1992

Nearly 100 leaders of gay and lesbian community groups from throughout Colorado 
met at a Denver church last night to discuss alternatives to a boycott and seek 
unity in opposition to Amendment 2.

Closing the meeting to outsiders, the representatives sought to reach agreement 
on how to pursue legal and political challenges to Amendment 2, approved by 
Colorado voters Nov. 3.

Amendment 2 repeals laws protecting gays from discrimination in Denver, Boulder 
and Aspen, and prohibits the state or any local government from passing such 
anti-bias laws in the future.

The Boycott Colorado movement has captured most of the attantion following the 
surprise Amendment 2 victory.

A number of national, convention, tourism and political groups announced they 
would refuse to spend money in the state unless Amendment 2 is overturned.

Some gay and lesbian leaders say, however, that Boycott Colorado represents 
only one faction of the community.  Many political activists oppose the boycott 
because it may undermine public support for gay rights and hurt lesbian and gay 
workers.

Participants at last night's meeting said they would discuss alternatives to 
the boycott, including:

*	More visibility for national fund-raising efforts for the lawsuit
	challenging Amendment 2.  Some leaders say the Denver District
	Court suit is the fastest way to overturn the new law.

*	Positive alternatives to the boycott, including compiling lists
	of businesses and communities supportive of gay and lesbian rights.  
	Colorado residents would then be encouraged to patronize those
	businesses.

*	Modifications to the blanket ban called for by Boycott Colorado.
	Some gay leaders want to organize marches or other gatherings in
	Colorado to demonstrate their strength to the public.  But boycott
	advocates have urged all tourists and gay travelers to stay away 
	from the state.



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From: WAND_M@gold.colorado.edu
Subject: And a counterboycott?
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>From 'Denver & The West'
The Denver Post
December 13, 1992

Amendment 2 supporters were working on plans for a counterboycott.  Barbara 
Sheldon, head of the Colorado office of the Traditional Values Coalition and a 
member of the Colorado for Family Values board, wants amendment supporters to 
buy postcards depicting state vacation spots and then send them to friends, 
family or acquaintances in other states.  CFV got Amendment 2 on the Colorado 
ballot--and TVC, a California lobby, said the movement againast gay rights is 
spreading to other states to counter homosexuals and the "liberal elite" who 
have launched a "cultural war" against traditional families. 

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