Word: gay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Albano argues that Thompson has no political accomplishments or clear platform issues, calling him "nebulous on rent control" and insincere on gay rights. "The only thing he's done is come out and attack us," he adds...
...Proposition 102. Says David Kirp, professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley: "If you push hard enough, people won't come into the clinics." Moreover, some opponents suspect that the "reasonable cause to believe" provision would encourage the reporting of people simply because they appear gay...
...weeks after a Columbia football coach allegedly instigated harassment of a dining hall employee, gay groups are charging that athletes are the main source of homphobia on campus...
...Columbia Gay and Lesbian Alliance (CGLA) complained after the dining hall employee received an anonymous note that read, "Get the homos out of the kitchen. You are encouraging AIDS. Die!" The employee, James S. Mukherjee, said football players later harassed him with hoots, cat calls, and derogatory references to his sexual orientation...
Jackson's stance on gay rights has helped bring gays into the political spectrum. The first step towards solving AIDS, which only Jackson has taken, is for politicians to show that they are aware that gays are an important part of their constituencies, whose rights must be protected; the second must be for them to acknowledge that the disease affects the entire country and not just a small, stigmatized group...