GAY ISSUES: WHERE THE CANDIDATES STAND

Contents:

• DOLE GAY SERVICE
• ALL TRANSPORT DOLE | GAYTHER
• GAY ISSUES: WHERE THE CANDIDATES STAND
• DOLE, A NEW BOW TO RIGHT, RETURNS GAY GROUP'S MONEY
• TRANSPORT GAY
• GAY CONGRSMAN FROM DOLE'S PARTY BRGS FIRE ON HIM
• TRANSPORTS FRIGO - GAY
• B GAY
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• SAD: GAY TRANSPORT CLOS DOWN AFTER S
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI

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He accepted , then sent back sayg he didn't agree wh the gay group's agenda, then accepted aga, sayg had somethg to do wh a mail mishap.

Durg the late '80s to mid-'90s, most members of Congrs were olr whe men, and the last thg the world they wanted to talk about was "homosexual" issu. This is why the ernment was tragilly so late the game when me to fightg you were a member back those days, you were probably aware of your gay staffers, but you jt didn't talk about them, bee you weren't fortable wh . I knew two people who worked for him who were gay, and they said that personally he was very supportive of them, even though he never addrsed their sexualy.

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Clearly, there were some the Hoe of Reprentativ, like the evil William Dannemeyer, and the Senate, wh the spible Jse Helms, who seemed to revile gay people. And many members piled on the LGBTQ+ muny bee they felt their nstuency didn't support , so the speratn to get elected and mata cumbency, they bashed the gays.

GAY ISSUES: WHERE THE CANDIDATES STAND

It was hurtful, but that's the tth about what was happeng durg that time and durg Dole's along the young, first boomer ndidate, Bill Clton (he was lled the "first gay print"), who wasn't aaid to speak about LGBTQ+ issu. Clton mpaigned on lettg gays, lbians, and bisexuals serve openly the armed forc.

" Clton went on to w, and part won by portrayg Dole and his generatn as old-thkers, narrow-md, and out of gave up his Senate seat after servg for over 30 years when he ran for print, so once Clton was office, Dole had ltle sway over policy, but he was opposed not only to gays the ary but also to same-sex marriage, and that was as late as 2014, before same-sex marriage beme legal natnwi. Bill CltonWh 24 hours of takg office, Clton ma good on his mpaign promise to ensure equal treatment for gays the ary.

DOLE, A NEW BOW TO RIGHT, RETURNS GAY GROUP'S MONEY

Unaware of the backlash that would follow, he put on hold all legal actn agast homosexuals the armed policy he vowed to reverse ntends that homosexualy and the ary didn't mix.

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Enliste would be asked their sexual preference by recer; anyone answerg "y" was tomatilly months later, Clton stepped back om that promise wh his so-lled "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowg gays to serve the ary as long as they keep mum about their his mpaign, Clton promised to crease spendg on AIDS rearch. Clton accelerated the dg-approval procs to make new medic available wh six months and pledged to prs for addnal fundg of the Ryan Whe CARE Act, which distribut money to lol ernments for treatment and support for those wh HIV and May 1996, though, Clton furiated the gay muny by announcg he would sign Bob Dole's legislatn effectively outlawg same-sex marriag. "Bob DoleIt's safe to say Bob Dole won't w the gay 's actns recent years have done ltle but furiate gay rights groups, a rerd that posns the ndidate well among his many far-right nstuenci who nsir homosexualy an afont to Amerin cency and Bill Clton announced plans to lift the ban on gays the ary, Dole acced Clton of not unrstandg the reali and close quarters of ary life.

"In sprg 1995, the Associated Prs reported that the Dole's stopped attendg the Foundry Uned Methodist Church Washgton bee the mister there, Philip Wogaman, supported gay rights, among other "liberal" .

GAY CONGRSMAN FROM DOLE'S PARTY BRGS FIRE ON HIM

)Later that year, the Dole mpaign returned a $1, 000 mpaign ntributn om the Log Cab Feratn, a gay Republin group, that the mpaign ially sought and accepted.

Campaign managers claimed was not their policy to accept ntributns om groups that have an agenda that ntradicts Dole's, a cisn Dole later apologized for, llg a appeared Hawaii was about to legalize gay marriage, the sprg of 1996, Dole proposed last mute legislatn tend to allow other stat to refe to regnize same-sex AMERICANS STANDQutn: For or agast a law that would give legal regnn to marriag between homosexual upl your state? Scramblg to enhance relatns wh nservativ, Senator Bob Dole's Printial mpaign said today that was returng $1, 000 om a gay Republin mpaign said had accepted the June donatn by mistake, and would never have taken money om an anizatn that supported Mr. Dole opposed, like allowg homosexuals the ary.

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"Dole's gettg msag om the straw poll that he's not right wg enough, then he gets word that he might be the first Printial ndidate to accept money om a gay anizatn, " Mr. "His recent manvers around gay issu reflect both of those ncerns.

Dole told The New York Tim Magaze an terview published May that gays "obvly have civil rights. " Asked about overturng the ban on gays the ary, he said, "I haven't ma a judgment on that.

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"But two weeks later, he wrote to The Washgton Tim, "I oppose the special tert gay agenda that ns om gays the ary and reach as far as to suggt special stat for the sexual orientatn unr Feral civil rights statut.

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"A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn 1, Page 1 of the Natnal edn wh the headle: Dole, a New Bow to Right, Returns Gay Group's Money. Transport Gay.

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Reprentative Steve Gunrson, the only openly gay Republin Congrs, nounced Senator Bob Dole today for returng a Printial mpaign ntributn om a gay Republin attack on Mr. Dole, the Senate Republin lear, me a letter to him om an eight-term Congrsman om Wisns who was an early and enthiastic backer of his Printial bid and has only recently bee outspoken about issu ncerng homosexuals. "Are you rejectg support of anyone who happens to be gay?

""If this is so, " he ntued, "do you tend to now reject my support and requt those on your staff who happen to be gay to rign? Warfield ced Log Cab's advocy of overturng a policy that bars people who assert their homosexualy om servg the ary. Gunrson, who reprents a lh dairy-farmg district wtern Wisns, has long been a fixture at gay bars Washgton, only the last two years or so has he been entirely open about his sexual orientatn.

His willgns to speak out for gay rights has st him support among some Republin lleagu.

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Dole was all the more surprisg bee he has at tim been reluctant to cricize his lleagu on gay-related matters.

When Reprentative Dick Armey of Texas, the Hoe majory lear, earlier this year referred to a Democratic homosexual lawmaker, Reprentative Barney Frank of Massachetts, as "Barney Fag, " Mr. Gunrson said:"The Bob Dole I know do not support discrimatn agast persons jt bee they are gay.

"A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 1 of the Natnal edn wh the headle: Gay Congrsman From Dole's Party Brgs Fire on Him. Transports Frigo - Gay. Matt Doyle is a gay Broadway actor and sger.