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Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays GREENSBORO, N.C. Vol. 9 No. 12 December, 2002 Holiday Party held A good time was had by all who managed to escape the snow and ice and make it to Winston-Salem for the annual PFLAG Christmas Party on Dec. 7. There was lots of good food, entertainment, and fellowship as the Winston- Salem, Greensboro, and Alamance chapters joined for the holiday celebration. Time to renew your membership Now is the time for all PFLAG members to renew their annual membership. Your dues support the newsletter as well as the work of PFLAG both locally and nationally. Dues help us locally to meet costs that our grants do not cover..such as our love offering to Friendship Friends for providing space for our meetings, potlucks, and storage for our supplies. Our dues help support our national initiatives toward providing safe schools for our children. By paying our dues our chapter is represented which contributes toward the national membership of PFLAG. Our current tax deductible dues amounts are the following: Individual = $25 Household = $35 Limited Income = $15 Angel = $100 Make your check payable to Greensboro PFLAG and bring it to the next meeting or mail your check to Greensboro PFLAG, P.O. Box 4153, Greensboro NC 27404. Greensboro PI December meeting December 17, 7:30 p.m Friendship Friends Meeting House 1103 New Garden Road Editor's Note: I apologize for the lateness of this newsletter, due to the lack of electricity during last week's ice storm and final exams at A & T this week. - Tom Clarke Welcome to PFLAG. We offer a safe, confidential space in which to explore our feelings and understandings about the gay experience, especially "coming out" and what this means to families and other loved ones. Listen and share as much or as little as you feel comfortable with, knowing that others can understand. Welcome especially to our returning members whose love is so healing. NEWS BRIEFS Some bright spots in November elections After the November elections, with Republicans now in control of Congress, gay political observers predict that it will be very difficult to pass pro-gay legislation at the federal level. In fact, there will likely be hard-fought battles to protect gains of recent years. Nevertheless, there were bright spots in the otherwise gloomy election returns. Aside from an expected rebuff of gay marriage in Nevada, the election was a coast- to-coast success for gay issues and candidates. The three openly gay members of Congress won re-election by landslide margins; Providence, R.I., became the largest city with an openly gay mayor; and activists prevailed in three referendums on municipal nondiscrimination codes. Openly gay candidates fared well in races for federal and stale offices, led by the three incumbent members of Congress. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., was unopposed, while Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., each won more than 60 percent of the votes. An even bigger landslide occurred in Providence, where Democrat David Cicilline won 84 percent of the votes. The Rhode Island capital, with a population of 174,000, will surpass Tempe, Ariz., as the largest city with an openly gay mayor, according to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund. In Ypsilanti, Mich., voters rejected an amendment to the City Charter that would have removed "sexual orientation" from the non-discrimination ordinance, as well as excluded gays from inclusion as a protected class in any future measures passed by the city. Voters defeated the charter amendment 3,080 to 1,739, or 64 percent to 36 percent, according to unofficial results. Tacoma, Wash., voters rejected Initiative No. 1, which asked voters to delete sexual orientation and gender identity from the antidiscrimination law that the City Council passed in April. This was the third time in 12 years that Tacoma voters were asked to decide whether the city- should protect sexual minorities from discrimination. Voters in Westbrook, Maine, narrowly upheld a gay rights ordinance approved by the City Council in July. The vote Tuesday was 51 percent in favor of the measure and 49 percent opposed. The ordinance - outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations—is one of 10 such measures on the books in Maine cities and towns. An anti-discrimination amendment including protections for gays and lesbians was added to the Sarasota, Fla., charter, with 73 percent of voters, (cont'd on page 2)
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Transcript | Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays GREENSBORO, N.C. Vol. 9 No. 12 December, 2002 Holiday Party held A good time was had by all who managed to escape the snow and ice and make it to Winston-Salem for the annual PFLAG Christmas Party on Dec. 7. There was lots of good food, entertainment, and fellowship as the Winston- Salem, Greensboro, and Alamance chapters joined for the holiday celebration. Time to renew your membership Now is the time for all PFLAG members to renew their annual membership. Your dues support the newsletter as well as the work of PFLAG both locally and nationally. Dues help us locally to meet costs that our grants do not cover..such as our love offering to Friendship Friends for providing space for our meetings, potlucks, and storage for our supplies. Our dues help support our national initiatives toward providing safe schools for our children. By paying our dues our chapter is represented which contributes toward the national membership of PFLAG. Our current tax deductible dues amounts are the following: Individual = $25 Household = $35 Limited Income = $15 Angel = $100 Make your check payable to Greensboro PFLAG and bring it to the next meeting or mail your check to Greensboro PFLAG, P.O. Box 4153, Greensboro NC 27404. Greensboro PI December meeting December 17, 7:30 p.m Friendship Friends Meeting House 1103 New Garden Road Editor's Note: I apologize for the lateness of this newsletter, due to the lack of electricity during last week's ice storm and final exams at A & T this week. - Tom Clarke Welcome to PFLAG. We offer a safe, confidential space in which to explore our feelings and understandings about the gay experience, especially "coming out" and what this means to families and other loved ones. Listen and share as much or as little as you feel comfortable with, knowing that others can understand. Welcome especially to our returning members whose love is so healing. NEWS BRIEFS Some bright spots in November elections After the November elections, with Republicans now in control of Congress, gay political observers predict that it will be very difficult to pass pro-gay legislation at the federal level. In fact, there will likely be hard-fought battles to protect gains of recent years. Nevertheless, there were bright spots in the otherwise gloomy election returns. Aside from an expected rebuff of gay marriage in Nevada, the election was a coast- to-coast success for gay issues and candidates. The three openly gay members of Congress won re-election by landslide margins; Providence, R.I., became the largest city with an openly gay mayor; and activists prevailed in three referendums on municipal nondiscrimination codes. Openly gay candidates fared well in races for federal and stale offices, led by the three incumbent members of Congress. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., was unopposed, while Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., each won more than 60 percent of the votes. An even bigger landslide occurred in Providence, where Democrat David Cicilline won 84 percent of the votes. The Rhode Island capital, with a population of 174,000, will surpass Tempe, Ariz., as the largest city with an openly gay mayor, according to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund. In Ypsilanti, Mich., voters rejected an amendment to the City Charter that would have removed "sexual orientation" from the non-discrimination ordinance, as well as excluded gays from inclusion as a protected class in any future measures passed by the city. Voters defeated the charter amendment 3,080 to 1,739, or 64 percent to 36 percent, according to unofficial results. Tacoma, Wash., voters rejected Initiative No. 1, which asked voters to delete sexual orientation and gender identity from the antidiscrimination law that the City Council passed in April. This was the third time in 12 years that Tacoma voters were asked to decide whether the city- should protect sexual minorities from discrimination. Voters in Westbrook, Maine, narrowly upheld a gay rights ordinance approved by the City Council in July. The vote Tuesday was 51 percent in favor of the measure and 49 percent opposed. The ordinance - outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations—is one of 10 such measures on the books in Maine cities and towns. An anti-discrimination amendment including protections for gays and lesbians was added to the Sarasota, Fla., charter, with 73 percent of voters, (cont'd on page 2) |