Throng of gay men, lbians and their supporters will march on Washgton on April 30 to mand public legimacy and to mobilize as votg bloc for November; anizer, Dianne Hardy-Garcia, says one primary goal of march is to turn out largt gay vote Amerin history; Pr Clton and Vice Pr Al Gore are expected to liver viotaped remarks; photo (M)
Contents:
- GAY RIGHTS
- GAY RIGHTS MARCHERS PRS CSE WASHGTON
- GAY MARCH ON WASHGTON 2000 MAY TAKE MONEY, ENERGY OM OTHER AREAS
- GAY MARCHERS WILL FLEX POLIL MCLE CAPAL
- STARS LEAD GAY MARCH ON WASHINGTON
GAY RIGHTS
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * gay march on washington 2000 *
A five-pot platform for the march lled for passage by Congrs of a “prehensive” lbian and gay civil rights bill; a printial executive orr banng discrimatn based on sexual orientatn the feral workforce, the ary, ferally ntracted private employers; repeal of all anti-gay/lbian laws; an end to discrimatn child ctody disput for gay and lbian parents; and protectns for gay and lbian youth agast discrimatn at home or schools. Items add to the platform beyond those clud for the 1979 march clud a ll for legal regnn of lbian and gay relatnships; repeal of sodomy laws applyg to nsentg adults; an end to discrimatn agast people wh HIV/AIDS; reproductive eedom for women; and an end to racism the U.
Plans for the third march on Washgton for “Lbian, Gay, and Bi-Equal Rights and Liberatn, ” as was officially named, began prr to the 1992 printial electn while Gee H.
GAY RIGHTS MARCHERS PRS CSE WASHGTON
By the time the march took place on April 25, Print Bill Clton, who exprsed support for gay rights durg his electn mpaign, had been office for jt over two months. While march anizers were generally optimistic over a Clton Whe Hoe, some exprsed ncern that the new print appeared to be backg down om his promise to lift the ban on gays the ary followg opposn to the proposal by many Congrs.
GAY MARCH ON WASHGTON 2000 MAY TAKE MONEY, ENERGY OM OTHER AREAS
Another vol msage livered at the march was strong opposn to Colorado’s Amendment 2, a ballot measure passed by voters that banned ci and unti the state om adoptg anti-discrimatn laws protectg gays and lbians.
GAY MARCHERS WILL FLEX POLIL MCLE CAPAL
In a break om the first three ‘gay’ Washgton march, which were iated by dividual activists, the Millennium March was iated by the Human Rights Campaign, the natn’s largt LGBT civil rights group, and the Rev. Rather than seek put om grassroots activists and lol LGBT groups, HRC and Perry formed a march mtee on their own and hired lbian edian and events producer Rob Tyler, who had been llg for another gay march, as the march’s executive producer.
STARS LEAD GAY MARCH ON WASHINGTON
In a prs release announcg the march, the mtee boasted that rporate sponsors were beg led up to help fance the march and a long list of celebri, most of whom were gay or lbian, would be performg at a ncert durg the weekend of the planned march.