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Fight The Right's Anti-gay Initiative

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Month
July
Year
1993
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The Michigan Campaign for Human Dignity, a statewide coalition of groups, is organizing to prevent the passage of an amendment which would in effect legalize discrimination based on sexual orientation. The Michigan Family Values Committee - the group promoting the amendment - would like to see Michigan's constitution amended in the same way that Colorados has been.

The MFVC's ballot petition reads: "Neither the State of Michigan, through any of its branches or departments, nor any of its agencies, political subdivisions, municipalities or school districts, shall enact, adopt or enforce any statute, regulation, ordinance or policy whereby homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual orientation, conduct, practices or relationships shall constitute or otherwise be the basis of or entitle any person or class of persons to a claim of discrimination."

The next meeting of the Michigan Campaign for Human Dignity will be held Sunday July 18 at 1pm in Room D of the Michigan League. Please join us! If this idea concerns you, get involved!

Please visit the LesbianGay Male Programs Office & Gay Liberation Front Art Fair booth! We will be with the other nonprofit organizations on Liberty, west of Division, every day of the Art Fair (Wed. July 21 through Sat. July 24).

Remember that August brings the annual Michigan Women's Music Festival (Aug. 10-15); this year is the festival's 1 8th year! Plan to go "up and over " to Hart (northwest of Grand Rapids) for a day or for the entire Festival. Information is available at (616) 757-4766. LGMPO has copies of the Festival brochure - come during regular working hours to the reception area of LGMPO, next to Room 3116 in the Michigan Union.

If you're looking for housing tor the fall, come to the LGMPO office area to check out the "housing bulletin board" You are welcome to post your own ad. While visiting LGMPO, be sure to look tor postings of current events that did not make the AGENDA calendar.

Gay Liberation Front's Purpose is to provide Information, counseling, and related social services for people concerned about sexual orientation. We maintain a hotline for crisis intervention, peer counseling and referral. We help provide (actual information to offset prejudice and misinformation about Lesbians, Gay men, and Bisexual people. We work to obtain human and civil rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation. We help organize groups for Lesbians, Gay men, and Bisexual people and are a link to other community groups.

Community Services include: a Hotline for crisis intervention, peer counseling, referral. Education: workshops and conferences on concerns of Lesbians, Gay men, and Bisexual people with an emphasis on how people in the "helping professions" and "teaching professions" can work positively with clients, patients, & students who are Lesbians, Gay men, and Bisexual people. Speakers Bureau: phone for information. Human & Civil Rights: information and referral to help people who are being discriminated against because of their actual or presumed sexual orientation or because of their presumed "cross-gender" characteristics; lobbying for human and civil rights Community Organization and Liaison: information and assistance in organizing groups, setting goals, addressing conflict, linking with other groups and resources.

Gay Liberation Front Meetings vary according to purpose; we do most of our work in subcommittees (counseling, group work, education, civil rights). Cali for time and place. Gay Liberation Front includes U-M students, staff, faculty and people from the larger communities. We have a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. We're a registered non-profit organization.

Gay Liberation Front, co 4117 Michigan Union, 530 S. State, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109-1349; 763-4186.

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