Word: publicize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kirk, 31, and Madsen, 34, put much of the blame for the revolution's failure on gays themselves. The pair argue that the movement for too long was wrongly focused on sexual freedom and self-expression, issues that they feel have antagonized the public. Instead, they say, the emphasis should be on civil rights and fairness, concerns that appeal to all Americans. AIDS, which has devastated the gay community, has helped shift the gay-rights agenda away from liberated sex to more mainstream values...
...that end, Kirk and Madsen assert, gays need to project an unthreatening, respectable image to the straight world. They advise curbing flamboyant excesses and keeping drag queens and butch lesbians out of the public eye. Explains Madsen: "If you want to stop the fire of bigotry, don't put it out with gasoline." The authors advocate a calculated national media campaign $ using clean-cut types, an idea they first suggested...
Still, most agree that a campaign promoting positive images of gays is a necessity. On the West Coast, the Lesbian and Gay Public Awareness Project has run advertisements in the L.A. Weekly and the Pasadena/Altadena Weekly. One of them shows a mother, her gay daughter and her partner embracing happily. Reads the headline: I'M PROUD OF MY LESBIAN DAUGHTER. In New York City last month, the Fund for Human Dignity unveiled a model national campaign that would feature gay-rights supporters in 60-second TV spots called "Stonewall Minutes." In one sample spot, attorney Thomas Stoddard of the Lambda...
...deserted the L.D.P. Manae Kubota, a J.S.P. legislator who broke tradition in the Diet when she raised questions about the Prime Minister's personal life, believes that the L.D.P. is suffering because of Uno's actions. "I raised such a 'low-level' question because a man in the highest public office was suspected of the lowest-level deed," said Kubota. "For me it is surprising that a person in a high public office should deal with women like merchandise...
...question is whether the policy shifts signify genuine change or skillful public relations. Tom Milliken, who heads TRAFFIC (Japan), part of the international organization that monitors the wildlife trade, gives Japan measured praise for its attempts to control commerce in endangered species. Says he: "Japan has gone from being the worst of the worst to being on a par with the worst of the European countries -- Italy and France." But on the issues of tropical logging and drift-net fishing, environmentalists are much more skeptical. Observes Japan's Yoichi Kuroda, co-author of a study titled Timber from the South...