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NEWS
Rita Coolidge Will Perform on Pride Day
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Atlanta's Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee
announced April 18 that Rita Coolidge will be
the headline entertainer at this year's Pride cele
bration. Coolidge is well known for her work in
AIDS, holding an annual AIDS fundraiser con
cert in San Diego. Coolidge is also a founding
member, along with Aaron Neville and Allen
Toussaint, of NOAAH (New Orleans Artists
Against Hunger and Homelessness. The Pride
Committee continues to meet to finalize plans
for this year's celebration. Meetings are at 7 PM
the first Monday of each month at 2069 The
Page and on the third Thursday of each month
at the Ponce Branch Library. Call 6624533 for
more info. The Pride Committee also needs
financial help to insure the success of this year’s
celebration. Donations may be sent to:
ALGPC; PO Box 77007; Atlanta, Ga. 30357
1007.
Same-sex couples plan to apply for
marriage licenses: Atlanta - Same-sex cou
ples will participate in a Queer Nation spon
sored action slated for Wednesday, May 22 at
the Fulton County Marriage License Office.
The lawful protest will focus attention on les
bian and gay domestic partnership issues by
having couples ask for marriage licenses. Interested couples should call Queer Nation (404-283
2355) for information about an upcoming meeting planned to discuss details of the action. You
don't have to be a resident of Fulton County to participate.
Sting Operation Nets 33 in Marietta: Marietta - A. L. Burrus Park in Marietta has been the
site of thirty-three "sexual battery" arrests since March 23, 1991. The park, according to
Marietta Police Lieutenant Fant, is a "known" gathering place for informal sexual liaisons
between consenting strangers. Fant denies that there is any entrapment involved in the sting
operation. Arrests were only made "when either a man showed [his] penis to the officer, touched
an officer or unzipped," Fant stated. Marietta Police Chief Ralph Carter says the undercover
crackdown on public sex is nothing new. "We periodically have to go undercover to rid the park
of this type of activity. We've done it before and we'll have to do it again." While all those
arrested have been male, Fant adds that he thinks "it's not a gay problem. When total strangers
congregate in a public park to have sex," he continued, "then this becomes everyone's problem.
When we explain this to the offenders, they seem to understand." Fant concluded with a ques
tion. "Over 50% of those arrested are married and have children, now can you explain that to
me?" -Ian Ginsburg
The Experience Appoints New Director: Dan Osborne of Atlanta has been appointed the
new executive director of The Experience, a weekend workshop designed for lesbians, gay men,
and non-gay men and women who want to be more effective in their lives. Osbome replaces
Steven Sabin, who resigned for personal reasons. With the appointment of Osbome, The
Experience's national office will move to Atlanta. "The move...recognizes that the strength of
the lesbian and gay community extends well beyond the borders of California," said Osbome,
who first brought the Experience Weekend to Atlanta with business partner David Dupree in
1986. Osbome has been a co-facilitator of the Workshop since 1989, and was elected to the
national board of directors in 1990.
4th Tuesday Seeks Applicants for Scholarship: Fourth Tuesday, Atlanta's networking
organization for lesbian professionals and entrepreneurs, will award a $1500 scholarship to an
Atlanta-area lesbian at its monthly meeting in August. The Fourth Tuesday Scholarship Fund is
an annual award given to a lesbian who "seeks to further her professional abilities through higher
education and whose goal is to contribute to the welfare of the greater Atlanta lesbian communi
ty through such education." Applicants must be a resident of Fulton, Dekalb, Cobb, Gwinnett,
Douglas or Clayton counties. Send inquiries to: Fourth Tuesday, c/o Terrie Weakly, PO Box
7817, Atlanta, GA 30309.
Hawaii Passes Gay Rights Law: Hawaii became the third state, after Wisconsin and
Massachusetts, to pass a law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation when Gov.
John Waihee signed an employment discrimination bill into law on March 21. The action took
many activists in the continental U.S. by surprise, but Hawaii activists have been working on a
non-discrimination bill since 1974. The bill was already on the governor's desk when fundamen
talists found out about the bill. The opposition did take out an ad warning parents that the bill
meant that "homosexual men and women would be teaching your children," but the governor,
dismissing the ad's claims as "groundless fears,” signed the bill into law.
National Poll Finds Widespread Support for Lesbians and Gays in Military:
Washington, D C. - Over 80% of the American public opposes the current Pentagon policy of
discharging lesbians and gay men from the U.S. armed forces. That is the major finding of a
national survey released April 18 by the Human Rights Campaign Fund. The results were found
in an omnibus telephone poll of 800 randomly selected U.S. residents from April 6 to April 7,
1991. An 81% majority of Americans say that gays and lesbians should not be discharged from
military service solely because of their sexual orientation, according to the poll. "This is a major
finding of support for the tens of thousands of lesbian and gay Americans who currently serve
our nation in uniform," said Tim McFceley, Executive Director of the Campaign Fund.
McFeeley called on President Bush to issue an executive order ending the Pentagon's policy of
discrimination. "Just as President Truman ended segregation of African Americans in the mili
tary by executive order, President Bush could bring the witch hunts to an end through the stroke
of his pen," McFeeley said.
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