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Gay Man Seeks
Miami Mayoral Seat
Gay businessman and political activist Jack
Campbell announced March 22 that he will be
a candidate in the November Miami (Florida)
mayoral race, according to TVN.
Founder of a chain of gay spas called Club
Body Center, and president of the Lesbian and
Gay Democrats of America, Campbell is
making his third bid for public office. He lost
a 1975 bid to unseat Miami City
Commissioner J.L. Plummer, and in 1986 he
fell short in his attempt to become a state
representative.
"I don't want to launch a vendetta against
Suarez," Campbell told TVN. "His being in
the job has attested to what the Cuban-
Americans can do in this city. I just think that
my candidacy can do the same for gay people.
Just think what four years under Jack
Campbell would be like." Suarez is Miami's
first Cuban-American mayor.
Lesbian Co-parent
Can Seek Custody
Los Angeles - A lesbian co-parent's suit
seeking joint custody of the child her ex-lover
gave birth to was supported by a judge here on
March 16. According to reports in the
Montrose Voice and Gay Community News,
Superior Court Commissioner James Endman
ruled that Terri Sabol could seek custody of
the child she and her partner conceived
through artificial insemination.
"This case is an inspiration to persons who
have been in same-sex relationships and who
would like to have access to courts to protect
their rights," said Gloria Allred, Sabol's
attorney.
Sabol's lover gave birth to the child after
both women agreed that they wanted to have a
child through artificial insemination,
according to news accounts. Using semen
from a relative of Sabol's, her partner
conceived in 1986, and subsequently gave
birth to the child who was given Sabol's name.
Sabol allegedly contributed financially to
raising the child before the two women split in
July 1987. Sabol was denied visitation rights
by her ex after October 1988.
A hearing was scheduled for March 30 to
determine if the case will go to trial.
N.C. Considers Two
Anti-Gay Bills
Gay and lesbian activists in North Carolina
are worried about two new bills recently
introduced in that state's legislature which
could lead to discriminatory treatment against
homosexuals, according to a story in The
Front Page.
Both proposals rely on the state's Crimes
Against Nature (CAN) laws as the
justification for limiting homosexuals. The
first proposal is an amendment aimed at
sexually active gay men and lesbians.
The proposal would allow landlords to
deny housing to anyone if the landlord "has a
reasonable basis to conclude that the applicant
has committed a felony."
The second proposal would require
teachers to teach school children the penalties
for acting on one's gay or lesbian orientation.
Included with those penalties is being charged
with a felony, as dictated by the CAN laws.
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Famous Faces
Who Framed Grace Jones?
Multitalented star Grace Jones spent a few days in the less-than-sunny side of Jamaica
last week following an encounter with the law. Police arrested Jones after finding .006 of
an ounce of cocaine in her home in Kingston and kept her in a local jail for three days.
Jones, who starred in the 007 thriller "A View to a Kill," maintains she was framed by a
"third party" and vows to fight the charges in court. The hours of captivity proved
productive, though. She wrote six songs, planned a music video and confounded police by
asking for permission to return to the jail for artistic purposes. Jones' angular face will
soon appear behind bars in an anti-drug video named "Crack Attack."
Who Was That Masked Patient?
The Lone Ranger's heart is giving some trouble to the legendary avenger of evil.
Clayton Moore entered a hospital in Malibu, California for tests and observation after
experiencing an irregular heartbeat Moore, now 74 years old, galloped on his trusted
horse "Silver" into American homes in the 1950s. He deftly destroyed opponents of good
and the American way before disappearing into the sunset until the same time next week.
Who Was That Naked Woman?
The Santa Ana Freeway has seen few traffic jams quite like the one that snarled traffic
for miles on April 10 and sent drivers into a mad scramble for flying bills and naked skin.
When highway patrol officers arrived at the scene of the disturbance, they found a woman
sitting on the hood of her car, naked from the waist down, tossing $20 bills into the road
and swinging a metal chain at nearby cars. The woman explained she was out of gas and
wanted to get the other driver s attention. Police started her car without any problem
before taking her into the local psychiatric hospital.
-F.G.
Suit Discovers "Lesbian City" In Sweden
"Lesbian city of 25,000 bans men"
trumpeted the headline over a story in the
April 18 edition of the Sun, a supermarket
tabloid, that asserted "each and every one of
these gals is a man-hating lesbian."
The article said that the city of
Sapphoborg, Sweden is surrounded by
barbed wire and armed guards to protect
unsuspecting men who stumbled upon the
town.
"We used to have a scattering of men
here," said Mayor Helga Gomblad, "but
they were being constantly harassed and
beaten up. We banned them for their own
protection."
If a man must enter the city, Gomblad
said, he is given a special day-pass so the
guards will "let him pass."
Once inside the gates, the Sun reported,
life is fairly normal in the city "where
women fill every position from corporate
executive to firefighters."
"I imagine the world would be surprised
by how simple and happy our family lives
are," Gomblad said. "We women know how
to please our women better than some fat, *
beer-guzzling husband."