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census bureau recruits gays
The Bureau of the Census is
recruiting lesbians and gay men for
the approximately 275,000 temporary
employment positions for the census
in April 1980.
Census results will determine
reapportionment of the Congress and
state legislatures as well as allo
cation formulas for more than 100
federally funded programs.
Census Bureau recruiting director
Mikel Miller said he wants the
names of people interested in this
work, as well as organizations that
would recommend people.
The positions range from Crew
Leader (paying $4.50 per hour) to
Enumerator (paying $4.20 per
hour) to Clerical ($4.00 per hour
or depending on task.) Detailed job
descriptions are available at local
Census District offices or from
Miller. Letters can be sent to:
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Mikel Miller
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lesbians make pen-pals
A new alternate communication
network for lesbians in the U.S.
and Canada has been established.
"Writesisters,” a non-profit
corporation, is based on the pen
pal concept. Interested lesbians
are invited to send in general
information about themselves and
to request the states or pro
vinces to which they would like
to write.
Information should be sent with
$1.00 for postage and handling to:
Writesisters
P.O. Box 8824
Minneapolis, MN 55408
juflge rules marriage invalid
A federal judge in Los Angeles
has ruled that two men who received
a marriage license from a Colorado
county clerk do not have a legally
valid relationship.
U.S. District Judge Irving Hill
ruled that Anthony Sullivan, an
Australian citizen seeking to stay
in the United States as the spouse
of Richard Adams, is not legally
Adams’ spouse. *'The word ‘spouse’
means a relationship between a man
and a woman," Hill said.
Sullivan liad tried to qualify for
permanent immigrant status as early
as 1975. A letter from the Immigra
tion and Naturalization Service at
that time said, "You have failed to
establish that a bona fide relation
ship can exist between faggots."
The INS said it would retract
the offensive language, but not
grant Sullivan permanent immigra
tion status.
(From the Advocate)
gay volunteers test vaccine
Hepatitis B. is a viral disease
which attacks the liver. It often
debilitates its victim for years,
and has been implicated in cancer
of the liver. It is not technically
a venereal disease, but it can be
transmitted through any form of
sexual contact.
An experiment is currently being
conducted in New York City on a new
vaccine which might provide immunity
to Hepatitis B. The researchers said
they decided to study the gay commun
ity because of the high risk of
hepatitis inherent in many gay male
lifestyles,
The test subjects are volunteers
from the gay community. They were
interviewed at cooperating gay cli
nics about their medical histories
and sex habits. Anyone with hepa
titis or who had had it before was
excluded from the study.
Vaccines and placebos were coded
and then divided equally among the
test subjects. The code will be
broken at the end of two years to
determine the effectiveness of the
vaccine.
gau awards scholarships
Information and applications for
Gay Academic Union scholarships for
1981 will be available beginning in
February.
GAU recently announced the six
recipients of its 1980 scholarships.
The six $1000 scholarships were
awarded for work on gay topics.
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Topics include: "The Gay Movement
in the United States Before Stone-
Wall"; "A Different Coming of Age:
A Cultural Account of Religion
and Identity in the Gay World";
"Homophobia: Why People Hate Gay
People."
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