DID YOU KNO^...?
★North Carolina ranks 21st in number of
reported AIDS cases but 49th in
spending for AIDS education.
★In 1987, North Carolina had more
reported crimes against gay men and
lesbians than any other state and led
the nation in crimes of violence
against persons of color for the fourth
year in a row.
★In North Carolina, you can be legally
fired from your job, denied insurance
or housing, and lose custody of your
children simply because you are gay or
lesbian.
★"Crimes Against Nature," which can be
practiced by both heterosexuals and
homosexuals, are felonies in North
Carolina, punishable by up to ten years
in prison.
LGHP
Post Office Box 3203
Durham, North Carolina 27705
919/286-4107
24-hour answering machine
North Carolina Lesbian
and Gay Health Project
Healthline Staffed Sunday-Thursday
6:50-9:50 PM
Medical Referrals and Social Info
New:
The AIDS Services Project (TASP)
286-7475
AIDS Information, Support Groups,
Buddy Program, Lesbian Health,
Community Education and Support
Confidential Information and Assistance
Volunteers Always Welcome
FAVORING FUNDING...
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The CGLA functions as a support group
for g3-y men and lesbians, as an
information center, and as a social
group. The first two functions are
partially funded by Student Government
allocations. The last function, as a
social group, makes money for the
Association. We at CGLA raise 52% or
our own budget, more than most other
groups on campus.
To fulfill our support function, CGLA
has an office where anyone, member or
not, can go to be around supportive
people. Our bi-monthly lesbian lunches
provide special support * for lesbian
members of the campus community. By
meeting supportive people at our office
or at our lunches, students are able to
form friendships with people who accept
each other regardless of sexual
orientation. That acceptance can be
hard to find on many parts of campus.
The CGLA office is also the center for
our role as campus and community
educator. LAMBDA is one of the
campus's largest newsletters. Lesbian
and Gay Awareness Week features
speakers, panels, and cultural events.
The Outreach Program, which coordinates
gay men and lesbians to address classes
and answer questions regarding
homosexuality, has been particularly
successful in reaching large numbers of
students. We receive many requests for
Outreaches each semester.
The office also holds a library, AIDS
information, and alternative
periodicals such as the Washington
Blade. Oav Community News. The
Newsletter, and Soiourner. And from
the office we send representatives to
campus and community events. Too often
lesbian and gay concerns are overlooked
in discussions where they should be
included. Attendance of CGLA
representatives at these events helps
to prevent these ommissions.
Finally, CGLA hosts social events, such
as dances and concerts. Neither
student fees nor CGLA as a whole pays
any money for these events; instead
CGLA uses these events to raise some of
the funds Student Congress requires us
to raise. So far this year we've held
two dances. We contributed $250, half
the proceeds of our Halloween dance, to
the Hope Foundation for its fight
against AIDS. We've also produced a
concert by Romanovsky and Philips and
cosponsored a performance by Kay
Gardner. And we periodically hold CGLA
dinners, for which no admission is
charged.
There it is: that's what CGLA does.
At election time, candidates for
Student Congress have the opportunity
to voice their positions on funding for
our organization. If we are still
allowed to decide how our student fees
should be spent, we should consider the
candidates' positions on all the issues
and vote for the ones we best agree
with. If, on the other hand, the North
Carolina State Legislature has already
decided the funding question, then we
students will be subject to something
we should not bear: taxation without
representation.
--Liz Stiles
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