Word: gayness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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JACKSON has always proved himself courageous. He marched alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s--a movement that his current rivals were alarmingly distant from. Today, Jackson is the only candidate who openly welcomes gays and lesbians into his coalition, welcoming to Congress the current Lesbian and Gay Rights Bill, which forbids discrimination based on sexual orientation. On the AIDS question, Jackson advocates more federal funding for research and treatment. Only Jackson, among all the presidential candidates, marched in last year's gay march on Washington...
When Jon Sugar came upon two men fighting on a San Francisco sidewalk last December, his reaction was typical of many city dwellers: he crossed to the other side of the street. But before the 38-year-old gay poet could get safely out of range, one of the men suddenly came after him."Hey, you faggot bitch," the man called out, "I'll mess you up." Running over, he knocked Sugar to the pavement and began kicking him in the back. As Sugar lay on the ground, another man ran over and stole his wallet...
...rapid-fire series of lunchtime stops in the Eighth Congressional District, formerly that of Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., Dukakis was warmly received by most of his fellow Bay Staters. But he was dogged by a small band of gay rights advocates who loudly denounced his foster care policy...
With the use of education, the gay communityhas been able to change its sexual behavior andslow the transmission of the disease, Hiatt said.By contrast, there has been no success amongintravenous drug users, partly because the waitingtime for addicts who want to join a rehabilitationprogram is almost a year. "For up to a year, thedrug users are either disseminating the virus orat risk for getting it," Hiatt said...
Profoundly conservative in his personal life, Dukakis has certain policy prejudices that show up mostly on social issues. He does not easily take advice on things he is opposed to, such as state-provided needles for drug users and programs that allow gay foster parents. His ideology is mixed: Dukakis is a strong believer in government intervention in areas like education, crime and welfare...