Word: gay
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CLAGA officials also said they are very pleased that Russell, who is openly gay, is campaigning in Cambridge. "Russell provides a public legitimate role model for young people in the community, which is essential to the acceptance of gays as a political force," Lipkin said...
...Cambridge Lesbian and Gay Association (CLAGA) endorsed seven candidates for City Council last week, including Hugh Adams Russell '64, the first openly gay candidate to run in Cambridge...
...their third annual CLAGA Candidates' Night, the 300-member organization supported those candidates who showed "sensitivity and commitment to issues affecting the gay community," said Arthur M. Lipkin, CLAGA president. Those endorsed were Mayor Francis H. Duehay '55, Saundra K. Graham, Russell, Renae Scott, David E. Sullivan, Michael H. Turk and Alice K. Wolf...
...CLAGA is dedicated to giving the gay community an effective political voice," Lipkin said. "Gay issues should be introduced into the Cambridge community because, like Blacks and women, they are a minority group whose rights need to be considered in the community as a whole...
Many of the candidates endorsed by CLAGA stressed the importance of integrating gay needs into the community in an unthreatening way, by relating gay issues to basic human rights, and not making excessive demands on the community...