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Vol. 5, No. 1
Qat)lina G^yA§§oclatioi\.]S[s:w8letter
September 1979
^Event Of The Decade^
March Gears Up For Action
The National March on Washington^
D.C. for lesbian and gay rights on
October 14 is heralded as "the nat
ional gay rights event of the decade."
It marks the tenth anniversary of the
Stonewall Riots. The purpose of the
march is to end all social, economic,
judicial, and legal oppression of gay
people.
Final plans are being set on the
national, state, and local levels.
Any queries concerning housing, trans
portation, or the program should be
to Duke Gay Alliance, 684-3043 be-
7130 p.m. and 9i30 p.m. , Sunday
through Thursday; to East Carolina
Gay Community N.C. March Committee,
919-752-6088, 24 hours a day; or to
the National Logistics Office, 202-
789-1070.
The weekend program will include:
- a National Democratic Party Gay
Caucus,
- a "Night Before" disco, rock,
jazz, and bluegrass festival,
- a National Gay Business Break
fast on October 13,
- a sunrise religious service,
- the march,
- a rally.
- Ballet Truckadero,
- speakers on October 14,
- Congressional lobbying visits
on October 15,
- the National Third World Lesbian
and Gay Conference from October •
12 to 15, and
- an International Gay Sports Expo.
The speakers, who have been invited
but have not yet accepted, include
Jane Fonda, Gov, Jerry Brown, Sen. Ted
Kennedy, Pres. Carter, and Bella Abzug.
The march will start and end at the
base of the Washington Monument. In the
afternoon, the speakers will discuss
gay rights.
The leading contingent will be the
third world lesbians, followed by the
handicapped on vehicles provided by
the organizers.
Marshals for internal security and
medical personnel will accompany the
march. Emergency vehicles will be
available- The organizers are contract
ing vendors, who sell vegetarian and
health foods for the march and rally.
October 15 is the National Constit
uent Lobby Day. Supporters have been
asked to make appointments with their
(March cent* p*6)
Anti-Gay Lobbies Join Forces
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Two anti-gay lobbies have been
formed in Washington, D.C. on the
heels of the organization of "Chris
tian Voice" (Lambda, Jime '79). Op
erating out of Virginia, the two new
groups, called "The Moral Majority"
and "One Nation Under God," have
united in calling for a national
march on Washington in April 1980.
According to Steve Edean, exec
utive director of the Gay Rights
National Lobby, "Christian Voice"
is considering joining the march
effort, which organizers hope will
bring over one million fundamental
ists to Washington from across the
country.
In a related development, Rep.
Larry McDonald (D-Ga) has intro
duced a resolution which would put
Congress on record as opposing
"special consideration or protected
status" for lesbians and gay men.
The real danger, according to
Edean, lies in the bill's potential
for "creating the 'climate' for ac
tion on basic civil rights for this
nation's lesbians and gay men."
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"I am sure that 'Christian Voice
will use this legislation to mobil
ize anti-lesbian and gay male senti
ment around the country and stop
the progress of our civil rights
struggle."
The bill. House Concurrent Reso
lution 166, has been referred to
the Judiciary Subcommittee on Con
stitutional cind Civil Rights. It ii
chaired by Rep. Don Edward (D-Ca),
co-sponsor of HB 2074, the federal
gay rights measure. Edward said
that McDonald's bill would go "no
where" in ccmmiitteei (Sources:
GCN 8/11/79, 8/18/79, Advocate
9/6/79).
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