Gay news #74

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Gay Headline news #74
McCain Takes Donations From Gays
PHOENIX (AP) – Sen. John McCain has collected roughly $40,000 in
contributions for his GOP presidential campaign from members of a gay
Republican group despite his disagreement with their views of a range of
gay issues...
http://www.gfn.com/index.cfm?from=L-12/24/99
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Pentagon Takes Aim At Harassers
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Defense Department is pressing armed services
leaders to re-emphasize to commanders that harassment of troops based on
their sexual orientation will not be tolerated...
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  Thai AIDS Community Protests
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) – Some 120 Thai activists and AIDS patients
camped Wednesday outside the Health Ministry demanding an end to a U.S.
pharmaceutical monopoly that makes anti-viral drugs too expensive for
most in Thailand...
http://www.gfn.com/index.cfm?from=L-12/24/99
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Study Shows New Antiviral Beneficial
SAN FRANCISCO (AScribe News) – An experimental drug that fights the
AIDS virus by attacking the enzymes that enable it to replicate has
proved effective in a nationwide clinical study...
http://www.gfn.com/index.cfm?from=L-12/24/99
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Students Urge State To Clarify Gay Rights BOSTON — Students and the
Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth will urge the state Board
of Education today to require every school district to spell out clearly
the rights of gay and lesbian students...
http://www.gfn.com/index.cfm?from=L-12/24/99
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Anti-Smoking Campaigns Elude Gay Men
NEW YORK — Gay men are almost twice as likely to smoke cigarettes as
men over all, a new study finds...
http://www.gfn.com/index.cfm?from=L-12/24/99
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      Pentagon Takes Aim at Harassers  (Associated
Press) The Pentagon has ordered each of the military services to
re-emphasize to commanders in the field that harassment of troops
accused of being gay or lesbian will not be tolerated....
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19991224/pl/military_gays_9.html
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      McCain Takes Donations From Gays  (Associated
Press) Sen. John McCain has collected roughly $40,000 in contributions
for his GOP presidential campaign from members of a gay Republican group
despite his disagreement with their views of a range of gay issues...
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19991223/el/mccain_43.html
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              Atlanta Mayor Blasts Rocker 
                 (ABC NewsWire)
Harsh words about New York, gays and foreigners have Atlanta Braves
pitcher John Rocker in trouble. Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell told A-B-C's
"Good Morning America" he's shocked and a horrified by Rocker's remarks.
Campbell says fully 40-percent of the Atlanta Braves are minorities or
players from other countries... so it's "really hard to understand how
one could make remarks quite like this". The mayor says it does NOT
reflect the city of Atlanta, which is known for diversity...
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(Ap photo)
rocker protest ~
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/p/ap
/19991224/sp/rockers_remarks_i06.html
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PEACE
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