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- Maine repeals so-called gay rights law. Gizzi, John // Human Events;02/20/98, Vol. 54 Issue 7, p5
Reports that Maine voters made their state the first in the nation to repeal the so-called gay rights legislation. Significance of the initiative to the campaign to normalize the homosexual lifestyle in American society; Reason why the anti-gay rights initiative won; Man who is perhaps the...
- Dispatch: RIGHTS BILL IN TROUBLE IN NEW YORK. Anderson, Scott P. // Advocate;11/29/78, Issue 255, p7
Reports on the special hearing about the gay rights bill, Intro 384, held on November 8, 1978 by the New York city council's General Welfare Committee.
- NAM. Merton, Niles A. // Advocate;6/11/85, Issue 422, p6
Comments on the civil rights of gays in the United States. Price for American civil rights; Value to gay pride; Preservation and advancing of civil rights and gay pride.
- CA: Fresno, CALIFORNIA. // Advocate;9/30/86, Issue 456, p26
Reports that the U.S.-based Evangelical Women's Caucus International has approved a resolution endorsing civil rights protection for homosexuals. Refusal of the organization to take stands on other controversial social and political issues.
- NEWS IN BRIEF: MISSOURI. // Advocate;3/23/93, Issue 625, p24
Reports on the allegation that Kansas City, Missouri municipal officials have improperly blocked a referendum on a municipal civil rights ordinance. Claim by the grass-roots conservative group Fired Up in a lawsuit; Argument that implementation of the ordinance will lead to special rights for...
- Getting the names: dirty tricks and the Crosby connection. // Body Politic;Oct78, Issue 47, p26
Reports on revelations as of October 1978, that dirty politics have gone into gathering supporters of a petition for the Briggs Initiative, against gay rights, authored by California Senator Briggs. Additional section to the Education Code, related to homosexual activities of school employees...
- SHORT TAKES: Memphis. // Advocate;11/26/81, Issue 331, p49
Cites the launch of the Gay Advocacy Project by the Memphis Gay Coalition and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee. Goal of informing homosexuals of their civil rights; Production of publications on detainees' rights in an arrest situation.
- Federal Gay Bill Introduced. // Lesbian Tide;May/Jun75, Vol. 4 Issue 6, p22
Reports on the introduction of the Civil Rights Amendment of 1975, a bill that extend the major civil rights legislation passed in the 1960s to include individuals without regard to 'affectional or sexual preference,' in the U.S. House of Representatives. Provisions of the bill; Efforts to...
- Worcester committee OKs bill. // Advocate;7/17/74, Issue 142, p13
Reports on the approval given by the Worcester, Massachusetts city council's Human Resources Committee to gay civil rights legislation for the city. Committee's action on a petition presented by Law Reform Committee head Tom Dotton; Presentation of testimonies in favor of the legislation.
- Oregon Fight Shaping Up. // Advocate;12/29/76, Issue 206, p8
Reports on the efforts of the Task Force on Sexual Preference in securing the approval of the gay rights bill in Oregon. Recommendation for fair housing and public accommodations; Internal conflict within the group.
