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April
Year
1990
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■ ■ The March issue of Ten Percent offered an interview with James "Jamie" Marsh, 4th-Ward Democratie candidato for Ann Arbor City Council. In the interview Marsh said that the gay rights movement is 'the last real bastion for civil rights in this country." Marsh is presently providing legal counsel to LAGROC in their discrimination case against U-M's Michigan Student Assembly (MSA). MSA hasforrnally recognized areligiousgroup, Cornerstone Chnstian Fellowship, that, according to LAGROC, discriminates in its membership policies on the basis of sexual orientaron. "You'd think Ann Arbor wou ld have a liberal, intelligent city council, but it doesn't I think I could make a real ditference on city council," said Marsh in the interview. As we prepare to vote, Iets consider who is likely to support our concerns. The bulletin board belonging to the U-M Lesbian & Gay Law Student Allí anee (LGLSA) was reeen tly vandal ized. The Associate Dean of the Law School, Susan Elkund, and the Assistant Dean, Virginia Gordan, have launched an investigaron of this attack against property and have asked all members of the U-M Law School community to express their commitment to the Law Schools pohcy of non-discrimination on the basis of sexual orienta tion On May 25 lesbians from across the U.S. will convene the fifth national ference for Catholic Lesbians. The Conference will be held in Estes Park, CO. Info: P.O. Box 436, Planetarium Station, New York, NY 10024, or cali Erna at (212) 562-8922. Gay Uberatlon's Purpos is to provide in forma tion, counseling, and relatad social services for people concerned about sexual orienta tion. We maintam a hotline for crisis intervention, peer counseling and referral. We help provide tactual information to offset prejudice and misinformation about lesbians and gay men. We work to obtain human and civil rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation We help lesbian and gay men's groups organize. And we are a link to other community groups. Community Services include: a Hotline for crisis intervention, peer counseling, referral. Educa tion workshops and conferences on lesbian and gay male concerns, with an emphasis on how people in the "helping professions" and "teaching professions" can work positively with lesbian and gay male clients, patients. & students. Speakers Bureau: phone for intormation Human & Civil Rights: information and referral to help people who are being discnrni nated against because of their actual or presumed sexual orientation or because of their presumed "cross-gender" characteristics; lobbying for human and civil rights. nlty Organizing: information and assistance in organizing groups, setting goals, addressing conflict, linking with other groups and resources. Gay Liberation Meetings vary according to purpose; we do most of our work in subcommittees (counseling, groupwork, education, civil rights). Cali for time and place. Gay Liberation includes U-M students, staff, and faculty, and people from the larger com munity . We have a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. We're a registered non-profit organization. Gay Liberation, co 4117 Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109; Information: 763-4186.

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