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The incredible amount of energy and
excitement generated last summer in the gay
and lesbian community by these events led
to the creation of a new, politically
responsive entity which has been dubbed the
Triangle Lesbian and Say Alliance. This
organization has attracted virtually all of
the Triangle’s gay and lesbian activists,
several of whom are nationally known.
The TLGft is fully underway with projects
for Pride ’87, including the 2nd Pnnual
March in Durham mid-to-late June, the Fifth
Pnnual Stonewall Community Supper in Chapel
Hill, and a major event in Raleigh (yet
undecided) to coincide with Pride ’87.
The purposes and functions of the
Alliance are outlined in its Statement of
Empowerment, which reads as follows: "The
Triangle Lesbian and Gay Alliance strives
to be a group dedicated to linking together
the separate elements and interests of the
gay and lesbian community. As members of
many other diverse communities, we want to
present a unified presence as lesbians and
gay men. We want to strengthen existing
ties and make new ones. The TLGA will
create its own agenda, react as a unified
front to controversies that affect our
community, and challenge homophobia. We
are dedicated to working on issues in our
own community: racism, sexism, and
discrimination based on class, age, faith,
ethnicity, and ability. We aim to improve
the social, political, and cultural quality
of life for gay men and lesbians in the
Triangle area. "
The TLGA has already given its full
endorsement and support to two very
important national events. The first is
the Mobilization For Justice A Peace in
Central America ft Southern Africa, which
will hold a march and rally in Washington,
DC, on Sat., April 25, 1987. Participants
will gather at the Ellipse at 12:00 noon.
The march will occur at 1:00pm and will
proceed to the Capitol by way of the White
House. A rally will be held from A:00 to
5:00pm on the steps of the Capitol, with
many speakers including the Rev. Jesse
Jackson. For more info, contact Mandy
Carter (682-6374); Joe Straley (942-1694);
or Nancy Paar (787-7292)—area code is 919.
The other national event to be excited
about is the National March on Washington
for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which will be
held October 11, 1987. In short, it s a
march for: . . _ .
•the legal recognitior, of lesbiar, and gay
relationships
*the repeal of all laws that make sodomy
between consenting adults a crime
^a Presidential order banning
discrimination by the federal
♦passage of the Congressional les
9ay rights bill . r*or.nle
*an end to discrimination against people
'^ith AIDS or those perceived to a
♦massive increase in funding
Education, research, and patien
♦reproductive freedom. The
Control our own bodies, and an en
sexist oppression. country and
♦an end to racism m this
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apartheid in South Africa
For more info, contact the Atlanta
March Committee, PO Box 50468, Atlanta, GA
30302 ph.(404) 377-8312, or the National
March Office, PO Box 7781, Washington, DC
20044 ph.(202) 783-1828'and (202) 783-1830.
Those interested in the Triangle
Lesbian and Gay Alliance or participating
in this summer’s activities in the Triangle
should write for more information to TLGA,
P.0. Box 3295, Durham, NC 27705-1295.
(Yes, the zip code is correct!). If you
wish to make a contribution for Pride ’87,
your check can be made out to TLGA.
Cheers and Jeers At Church
The pickets outside said "Only Chastity
will stop AIDS" but inside the preacher
handed out condoms.
^2re services reported that Rev. Carl
Titchener’s sermon at Unitarian Universal-
ist Church in Amherst, NY, was called the
"condom conundrum" of February 8. The
sermon was to make his parishioners aware
of abstinence and condoms as protection
against STDs including AIDS.
He and ushers passed out packets of
condoms during a regular Sunday church
service. He wanted his parishioners to
"touch these things they’re not supposed to
talk about.
Unitarians are traditionally provoc
ative in their free expressions. They are
one of the few denominations who recognize
the unions of same sex partners.
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