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to" Mu" ITY Mal LING LIST participate: could receive an initial list of rrnyazigling lDabels
At the November GLSO Board meeting, we at cost and could receive additional sets of labels as
initiated a mailing list project in order to provide our needed. New groups that wish to participate would
local community organizations with a list of addresses apply to the Services Network. We could have
for social, political and fund raising purposes. There sub—categories such as voting districts. We still have to
is a great need for such a list and various attempts have decide what agreement that should be made to insure
been made to assemble one in the past. Please read the discreet return addresses. We also need to clear about
articles by Linda West in this issue concerning the work appropriate uses of the list and of course, we would
done by Fairness in the last election and the need stipulate that the list could not be sold.
Fairness sees for such a mailing list. We realize that some people have concern
After a long discussion, the GLSO board came about putting their names on such a list As lesbian, gay
up with a process to begin compiling a list and some and bisexual people, we have to continually decide
suggestions for its maintenance. If you receive the how out to be. The members of the GLSO Board
GLSO New by mail and you do NOT want your name understand that some of us are not ready and others
to be placed on the Community Mailing List, you need may not be interested in being on such a list. We would
to call Mary Crone at 266-5904 or drop a note to the like to encourage participation however. It is often
newsletter before March lst. We will repeat this some degree of fear that keeps us quiet, unorganized
information in the next two issues of the GLSO News and closeted. Sometimes we are concerned about _
to insure that everyone knows well in advance. After loosing people close to us or sometimes we are
March lst, the names and addresses of all subscribes concerned about the more extreme actions of right-wing
who did not call or write to us will be added to the fanatics and homophobes. The need we feel to protect
community List. The Board anticipates that some ourselves can itself be harmful. We need to challenge
individuals would have preferred for us to handle this ourselves to overcome our fears one step at a time. For
in a different manner. We considered several some people, going to a concert or some other social
alternatives, such as asking those wanting to be on event is the next step. For others, the time is right to
such a list to call, or having volunteers call all our attenda public political rally. The various groups who
subscribers. We decided that having subscribers call serve the various sectors of the lesbigay community
us is the most efficient method. Of course, if you are need to know how to reach you to inform you of their
not a subscriber and wish to be one, give us a call. events. We encourage you to leave your name on the
We will be contacting community groups to ask list.
for their participation in this project. We anticipate that
each group will canvas their membership and, if CONTINUED TO PAGE 2
deciding to participate, will add names to the list. So . . . .
far, we have had a favorable response. We are open Have you been dlscrlmmutcd against
to suggestions as to how the lifst will be organized, in the Commonwealth of Kcntuc
maintained, and distributed. I on or your group - -
would like to discuss details, please attend the December “if your sexual orientation?
and/or January Services Network Meeting. (See the THE" REPORT IT!
article b Ann Olli es in this issue)
We considefed a number of ideas about how to 216-5383
best maintain this list in our discussion. We agreed that
the Community List should be on—going with names
, being added upon request. It could be maintained by fiui$¢flmntump¥° 3“?“
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