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Southern Voice/Noverriber 22, 1990 3 NEWS Denver Says 'Yes' to Gay Rights The Denver City Council has passed a civil rights ordinance which protects lesbians and gays from discrimination in housing, employment, health services, and public accommodations. According to Gay Community News, Tea Schook, one of the ordinance's authors, set about to add sexual orientation to Denver's human rights ordinance but then found that Denver had no human rights ordinance at all. The new ordinance includes to sexual orientation, military status, marital status, race, gender, age, and mental or physical disabilities. 'Hot, Horny, and Healthy' Ad Blows D.C. AIDS Workshop: D.C. government official, Rae Parr-Moore, ordered Black and White Men Together (BWMT) to rephrase an advertisement which sponsored 'Hot, Homy, and Healthy' as the central theme for a government sponsored AIDS workshop. The order was followed by a cancellation from the Howard Inn, where the con ference was to be held. Apparently the hotel General Manager Edward Isom as well felt the ad was offensive. Parr-Moore related that the workshop was federally funded and therefore must comply with federal regulations about AIDS education not being explicitly sexually suggestive. She adds, "The bottom line is to have a viable program, fully funded on a continuing basis." How do you do an AIDS workshop without being explicit about sexuality? San Francisco Votes a 'Lavender Sweep': Jesse may have beaten Harvey in N.C.but out in S.F. the recent elections produced a landslide of victories for the city's lesbian and gay communi ty. Openly lesbian candidates Carol Migden and Roberta Achtenberg (shown tearfully hugging a supporter) were elected to the board of supervi sors and "were among the top 4 vote getters in the race. Openly gay Tom Ammiano—a well known comedian— was elected to the school board. And San Francisco voters also approved Proposition K, domestic partnership legislation which allows gays and lesbians to register their domestic relationships at City Hall. Black voters helped push the measure over the top by 8 points. More good news on the domestic part nership front: a move to repeal Seattle's D.P.ordinance was defeated by 16 points and Ithaca, NY has passed legislation which permits registration of same sex relationships but does not grant spousal benefits to them. L.A. Court Says Gay Man Can Lead Boy Scout TVoop: Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Sally Disco has ruled that the Boy Scouts are a business establishment and is therefore subject to California's Unruh Civil Rights Act which forbids discrimination on the basis of sexu al orientation. Unless the Mount Diablo Council can prove that homosexuality will interfere with its business purposes in a trial set for early 1991 they will be required to admit ex-Eagle Scout Timothy Curran as an adult troop leader. If Curran is admitted as a Troop leader he will be able to teach his scouts a great deal about patience. He filed his original suit in this case in 1981. Lesbian/Bisexual Organization Forming at Spelman: Members of Atlanta's African American Lesbian Gay Alliance (AALGA) were invited to join more than 100 students who attended a two hour panel discussion on religion, sexuality, family, and the discrimination of les bians and gays within the African-American Community. The program was the second part of a four part series about sexuality in the Black community sponsored by the Counseling Services Department at Spelman College and by Alternatives, a women's organization for lesbians, bisex uals, and those unsure of their sexual orientation. Those interested in more information about Alternatives may write to the organization c/o Spelman College, 350 Spelman Lane, S.W., Box 234, Atlanta, Georgia 30314-4399. Barney Frank Suffers Heart Attack: Openly gay U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D., MA) suffered a mild heart attack on Sat., Nov. 17, while exercising at his health club. Accoring to the AP, Frank, 50, checked himself into Beth Isreal Hospital on Saturday night with chest pains. Doctors exam ined him, found a blockage in a coronary artery and performed a successful angioplasty to remove the blockage. Frank is said to be resting comfortably. UNC at Chapel Hill Adds Sexual Orientation to Non-Discrimination Policy: Chancellor Paul Hardin of UNC-CH has released a memo calling sexual orientation an "irrelevant" factor, along with race, sex, religion, and national origin, in educational and employment decisions. For several years already, the Student Congress has required that groups receiving student fees include sexual preference in their nondiscrimination policy. And sexual orientation has as well been included in the university's harassment clause for years. Leaders from the Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association feel the groups most affected will be religious organizations, fraternities, and sororities. Ex-Lesbian Lover Sues For Visitation Rights to Child She Helped Raised: The New York Court of Appeals will decide whether a non-biological lesbian lover should have legal visitation rights to children she raised with the child's biological parent, her ex-lover. Lambda Legal Defense Fund is representing Alison D. who lived with Virginia M. for seven years. Together they raised Virginia's biological son for two and a half years before Virginia and Alison separat ed. The women agreed on a visitation schedule for Alison until 1987 when Virginia decide to revoke Alison's visitation rights simply because Alison is not the son's biological parent. Courts in New York have before awarded visitation and custody rights to non-biological parents, step parents and adoptive parents. Lesbian Found Guilty of Battering: A Los Angeles lesbian, 25-year-old Sherry Sperling has been convicted of battery after the prosecution, Los Angeles City Attorney James K. Kahn, admitted as evidence battered women's syndrome (BWS). Sperling was sentenced to three years summary probation and ordered to enter a batterers' treatment program. Sperling had beaten her lover giving her two black eyes and bruises on her body. BWS occurs when the victim of domes tic violence comes to believe the that the victim is responsible for the abuse. This is the first prosecution of a lesbian batterer in which BWS has been used as evidence. Bias Crimes Report: Since our last issue the Lesbian and Gay Police Advisory Committee has received reports of three incidents of harassment and notice of receipt of hate mail from one individual. None of these incidents are related to the reported Police/Parks Department harass ment in Piedmont Park or the Queer Nation incident reported on the facing page. An incident of bias related vandalism reported to Southern Voice is also not included. Please remember to report all bias, hate and violence incidents to 286-BIAS. ' The Language of the Goddess Marija Gimbutas Once and Future Goddess Elinor Gadon Women's Rituals: A Source Book Barbara Walker Atlantis Connection New Age Bookstore 1402 N. Highland 881-6511 Classic Cheese eesecakes Anniversaries Ceremonies • Celebrations Birthdays • Parties Handmade with 1 st Quality Ingredients 23 Flavors featuring pumpkin 2179 Briarcliff Road N.E. ^Briar-Vista Shopping Ctr. 982-0065^ DISCREET & IJXCEXSOIIED DON'T HAVE A TURKEY, MAN! 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