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An independent newspaper serving the gay community. This edition features articles on the success of the Combined Federal Campaign charity drive in raising records amounts for local AIDS groups and gay organizations, the revelation that Democratic Party studies as late as 1985 were referring to gays with biased and alienating language, speculation that the Supreme Court was leaning more liberally on issues of privacy and gay rights following a significant pro-choice verdict, the release of a statement saying it was acceptable for Marines to associate with gays made the same week as a dishonorable discharge was issued to a Marine for her friendship with a civilian lesbian, charges filed against one of three teens accused of violent assaults in D.C. and Maryland, arts reviews including the film Looking for Langston, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups.Volume 20, Number 17Original version: print newspaper; DC Public Library, Special Collections, Periodicals, Washington Blade
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- Aids (Disease)
- Appellate Courts
- Arts
- Charities
- Crimes Against Sexual Minorities
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Fund Raising
- Gay Clubs
- Gay Community
- Gay Military Personnel
- Gay Newspapers
- Gay Press
- Gay Press Publications
- Gay Rights
- Gays In Mass Media
- Government
- Government Policy
- Homophobia
- Hughes, Langston, 1902 1967
- Justice, Administration Of
- Motion Pictures
- Newspapers
- Police Crackdown
- Politics
- Privacy, Right Of
- Pro Choice Movement
- Sexual Minorities
- United States
- United States. Combined Federal Campaign
- United States. Marine Corps
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