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INTERNATIONAL GROUP FIGHTS DISCRIMINATION AIMED AT GAYS
Have you ever considered what it's like to be a sexual minority in
another country where your basic human rights are not guaranteed? Around
the world, gay men and lesbians are murdered by paramilitary death
squads, jailed, have their publications censored or suppressed, lose
custody of their children, are
denied jobs and housing and the
right to form organizations. SODOMITESINTHE SNOW --
These types of flagrant, and often STATE SUPREME COURT HEARS
violent, discriminatory practices ARGUMENTS ON SODOMY LAW
occur too often without any
international concern or protests. By Jeff Jones
The International Gay and As the Kentucky Supreme Court
Lesbian Human Rights Commission is heard arguments in challenge to
dedicated to researching and the constitutionality of the
documenting human rights abuses state's sodomy statute on April 2,
against gays, lesbians and other 45 people gathered on the steps
sexual minorities around the and rotunda of the Capitol to show
world. support for protecting the privacy
The group is currently expanding rights of Kentuckians.
our Emergency Response Network for The court is reviewing the
the express purpose of bombarding decisions of the Fayette District
the offending parties with phone and Circuit Courts that ruled the
calls, letters, petitions and statute prohibiting homosexual
demonstrations. Our hope is that sodomy between consenting adults
one day soon, (Continued on page 5) as unconstitutional.
If the Supreme Court upholds
the decisions, Kentucky will join
In This Issue 25 other states by making all
private sex acts between
SUMMER WOMEN'S EVENTS scheduled consenting adults legal. Such a
around the county are previewed by ruling would make Kentucky the
Mary Crone — page 10. third state in the nation (after
N.Y. and Penn.) to overturn the
FAIR! SUPERHERO Rupert Kinnard's sodomy law in the state courts.
comic about a superhero who is a The Kentucky statute forbids
gay, radical, black genital—oral, genital—anal, and
teenager, is now in . anal-oral acts between same—sex
a book, reviewed ‘ couples.
on page 9. You can \ 7. The demonstration in favor of
discover how humor Imp/«,4 privacy was organized in response
and whimsy are used to an expected protest by
on behalf of truth, '. ._ J _ .11.,“ christian fundamentalists who want
justice and the fight “ N” v to keep the sodomy statute. The
against homophobia. .f I demonstrators included people from
the Kentucky ACLU, KY Lambda
BEST IN THE BLUEGRASS in this Coalition, P-FLAG, GLOBAL, and UK
issue we report reader's views on Lambda.
the area's best pizza, restaurant, Gathering from around Kentucky
drag queen, etc. -- page 8. with signs in tow, (Continued on page 5)