ESSKUARY' •197'3-.
THE WEVJS LETTER
OP THE CAROLINA
GAY ASSOCIATION
Vol. 3, No. 2
;■ Box 39, Carolina
Union, Chapel
Hill, N.C. 27^14.
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‘^Hotlanta” Conforehoe Nears
- ' TIIE^THIRD AiiNUAL -SOUliTEASTERN CONFERENCE FOR
LESBIAIIS AND.GAY-. I:E1I Hill be held in Atlanta,
Georgia on March .31, April l and 2, 1978*
The steering comriiittee Is 'Strongly comraitted
to having a broad spectrum of presentations and
workshops,which would appeal to lesbians and gay
men not usually involved in gay social and politi
cal life. This special outreach Includes Blacks,
Ilispanics, younger gays, older gays and the
handicapped.
The conference will be held at the^ Fox Theater
and the Georgian Terrace Hotel. For more infor
mation, write, to the Conference Cormitte, P.O.
Box 5319, Atlanta,.GA 30307, or call former
Chapel Hillian Tom=Carr, (404) 874“9995*
Registration fees are g6 before March 1 and
thereafter, including at the door.
Car pooling and possibly a chartered'bus will
be arranged by CGA and the North Carolina Gay
Union. A local project is now. being planned to
raise money for a ’’Poor Peoples’ Meal{s)” at the
Conference. Faygele ..benlliriam of Efland, N .C .,
■is heading up the effort. , .
Remarks By Student, Legal Services Attorney
Dorothy Bernho] z At Pall CGA Meet Are Summarized
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GAYS FACE a nur.iber of potential legal problems
that stem solely from sexual preferences. Crim
inal prosecutions, although relatively unusual,
present the possibility of extremely severe con
sequences. Discrimination in areas such as housin(
credit and employment is an additional problem
that often confronts gays.
North Carolina General Statute il4-177 prohibitf
’’the crime against nature,” which is defined as
’’sexual intercourse contrary to the order of
nature.” This definition includes both hetero
sexual and homosexual conduct, and a conviction
under this statute is a felony, punishable by fine
or imprisonment of up to ten years. North Carolina
courts have upheld the^ constitutionality of this
statute several times since 1974»
Two other criminal statutes deal with sexual
activity between adults and children vinder age
sixteen. ’’Taking indecent liberties with
children” is prohibited by N.C. General Statute
§14-202.1. This offense is also a felony and is
punishable by fine, imprisonment for not-.more than
ten years, or both. A soriiewhat less serious
offense is contributing to the delinquency of a
child under age sixteen which is a misdemeanor.
Engaging in sexual- intercourse with such a child
is included in the definition of this crime under
N.C. General SJ:atute §l4-"3l8al. • Both of these
' statutes are applicable to homosexual relations
between an adult rand a child. , .’j .
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