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Subject: INT'L MARCH ON UN TO AFFIRM HUMAN RIGHTS OF LESBIAN & GAY PEOPLE!
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Stonewall 25

                       June 26, 1994 * NEW YORK CITY
                 International March on the United Nations
                        to affirm the Human Rights
                         of Lesbian and Gay People

              208 West 13th Street * New York, NY  10011-7799


Dear Friends:

Representatives from lesbian, gay, bisexual, and AIDS activist
organizations throughout the U.S. will meet January 15-17 in
Dallas, Texas, to help build the International March on the
United Nations to Affirm the Human Rights of Lesbian and Gay
People.  It is important that your organization's representatives
be there.  We must all work together to build a March that is a
fitting observance of the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall
Rebellion.

The annual commemoration of the Stonewall Rebellion has become
one of the great traditions and institutions of our movement.
For many of us, this is how we came out of the closet, sometimes
we felt fear of being in the sunlight.  But when we looked around
us and realized that we were part of a wonderful community, we
experienced euphoria, pride.

At our 1987 March on Washington, we all experienced a wide sweep
of strong emotions, sometimes in quick succession.  We felt love,
grief, rage and joy.  But what was mots profound of all was the
realization that this entire experience, this moment in history,
we being shared by a sea of 650,000 people.  The lesbian and gay
movement of the United States had come together.  You felt the
love and you felt the power.  And you knew that despite whatever
might be thrown at us, ultimately, we would prevail.  For those
of us who were there, the event was seared into our beings.  For
the rest of us it has become a legend.  In 1994 we will raise
this experience to a higher plane.  Think what it will be like to
be present when lesbian and gay people from every continent come
together as one.

We will come from different continents and we will be different
in appearance and language.  Our ways of being gay will vary from
one culture to the next.  So too vary the forms of homophobia
that we have been forced to endure.  In South America, we are
murdered and mutilated by death squads.  In Central America,
sodomy laws are restored after having been abolished.  In Asia,
we are exterminated by cyanide injection and shackled in
concentration camps for having AIDS.  In Europe, we are arrested
for having sex and then exposed in newspapers for further
discrimination.  And here in the U.S., violence against us
continues to rise at an alarming rate and state referenda propose
enacting homophobia into law and mandating the teach of bigotry
in the schools.

The 1994 March has the potential of being a truly international
mobilization.  The name and demands of the March were decided at
the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the International Lesbian and
Gay Association (ILGA) in Paris in July, 1992.  Activists around
the world have been expressing their interest and excitement
about the event.

An International Advisory Committee including representatives of
organizations from countries on every continent will meet at the
1993 ILGA Conference in Barcelona, Spain, to plan the program of
the International Rally.  One of the tasks of the Dallas
Conference will be to select the U.S. members of the
International Advisory Committee.  Another important task will be
to develop a program proposal for the U.S. representatives to
present to the International Advisory Committee.

Although a number of major decisions are being made on the
international level, there are many things that must be done
here.  It is not logistically feasible for an international body
to define, implement, coordinate, and oversee the myriad tasks
that must be undertaken.  This conference must develop a
structure within which this work can proceed and appropriate
international coordination can be maintained.  The structure we
develop in Dallas must also enable us to mobilize the largest
possible number of people from the U.S.  The more organizations
that are involved right from the beginning the better we can do
this.

This letter of invitation to your organization is one of several
thousands that are being sent out.  Our goal is to mail out an
invitation to every lesbian, gay, bisexual and AIDS activist
organization in the country.

Another function of the Dallas Conference will be disseminating
information about other events planned for June and July in New
York City.  Many organizations, networks and constituencies are
planning conference, cultural events, social functions and
religious observances.  The International March and Rally will be
the largest of several hundred events.  Group planning events are
being encouraged to provide information to conference
participants.  This information will also be added to the Global
Media Calendar, a comprehensive listing of events related to
Stonewall 25.  This networking is expected to contribute to the
success of all the events.

We hope that you are as excited by this project as are those of
us on the Conference Planning Committee.  Let us remember that no
one has ever done anything on this scale before.  Please select
two people to represent your organization and send in forms and
payment as soon as possible.  Please consider the need to
represent the diversity of our communities.  If selection of
representatives will take some time, please feel free to send in
registrations in the name of the group.  Your participation is
needed for the International March and Rally to succeed.
Together, we shall make this event an experience that no one will
ever forget and a phenomenon that no one will be able to ignore.


STONEWALL 25 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Rob Appel                 Brenda Howard              Pat Norman
Steve Ault                Joyce Hunter               Nicole Ramirez Murray
Mandy Carter              Susan Jester               Howard Wallace
Barry Douglas             Morris Kight               Gary Wells
Marjorie Hill             Marsha Levina              Michael Yates

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                             A CALL TO ACTION

            INTERNATIONAL MARCH ON THE UNITED NATIONS TO AFFIRM
                 THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LESBIAN & GAY PEOPLE

"...recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and
inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the
foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,"
          (Preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

     On a hot June night in 1969, the police raided the Stonewall
Inn, a gay bar on Christopher Street in New York's Greenwich
Village.  For the police, it was just another routine raid on a gay
bar.  But this time, people fought back.  Christopher Street was
ablaze for three days and three nights.

     No one there could have imagined how they were changing the
course of history.  Suddenly, our ancient burden of oppression was
transformed into anger, self-affirmation, pride -- and ACTION.  The
call for gay liberation reverberated around the world.  And today,
our movement ranks among the great forces in the struggle for human
rights.

     The 25th anniversary of the rebellion that sparked our
contemporary global movement will be commemorated in New York City
on Sunday, June 26, 1994.  The International March on the United
Nations to Affirm the Human Rights of Lesbian and Gay People will
be our largest single event yet.  We will have many victories to
celebrate, but also many injustices to protest.  And we will
remember those who have died of hatred, whether by violence or by
government inaction in the fact of the AIDS epidemic.

     The March and Rally will take place on the last Sunday in
June, the day the Stonewall Rebellion is traditionally celebrated
in New York City and many other places.  To underscore the
magnitude of this event, Pride groups across the U.S. and in other
countries are shifting the dates of their events to avoid
conflicting with the International March and Rally.

     The International March and Rally will be the largest of
several hundred events planned for June and July, 1994, in New York
City and around the world.  Gay Games IV, the 16th Annual
Conference of the ILGA, and the Stonewall History Project are other
major events occurring in New York City on the occasion of the 25th
Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion.

     Our goal is to mobilize the largest human rights march and
rally the world has ever seen -- that means more than one million
people.  To create this unique event, extraordinary measure are
being taken.  By announcing the event so far in advance, as many
people as possible will be able to attend.  Every grouping in our
community must be involved in this effort.  This event will be
truly international in scope.  The name and political demands of
the March were decided at the 14th Annual Conference of the
International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), meeting in Paris,
France.  More than 250 conference participants. from over 30
countries, unanimously endorsed the March.

     The demands of the march include a call upon the United
Nations and its member states to take all necessary action to
assure that the promises of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights not be denied to lesbian, gay and bisexual people, nor to
people who have AIDS or are HIV positive.  The Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly of the
UN in 1948, proclaims that all human beings are entitled to basic
human rights.

     The mass mobilizations of our movement have played a critical
role in our struggle for liberation.  Not so long ago, even the
very mention of the word "homosexual" was taboo.  Most of us felt
isolated, powerless and afraid.  Our great mobilizations have
roused us to the awareness that we are members of a greater
community -- that we are not alone.  These actions have fired our
spirit and deepened our commitment.  By bring together all the
facets of our community in common action and purpose, our national
marches have helped to transform the gaol of a national movement
from an aspiration to a reality.  With the International March on
the UN, we are lifting this concept to its ultimate level.

     On October 14, 1979, we celebrated the tenth anniversary of
Stonewall by coming out in the National's capital.  Our first March
on Washington showed that we are a national constituency that can
organize and mobilize.

     On October 11, 1987, we returned to the Capital 650,000 strong
in defiance of Reaganism and the Supreme Court's Hardwick Decision
which upheld state sodomy laws.  Neither the AIDS epidemic nor the
ultra right's attempt to capitalize on it could stop our movement.
We declared that under no circumstances would we be forced to
retreat back into the closet in defeat.

     On June 26, 1994, we will flood the streets of New York with
an immense show of strength.  Our combined diversity of community
and unity of purpose will take the world stage.

     On June 26, 1994, we shall proclaim to the world that we are
an international community with the collectively avowed task of
eradicating homophobia not only from our own villages, cities,
provinces, and nations, but from the entire planet.

=================================================================

                 INTERNATIONAL MARCH ON THE UNITED NATIONS
           TO AFFIRM THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LESBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE

                      JUNE 26, 1994    NEW YORK CITY


We call upon the United Nations, its agencies, its member states
and its affiliated non-governmental organizations to take all
necessary action to assure that:

1.   The promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights not
     be denied to lesbian, gay and bisexual people;

2.   The rights and freedoms of the Universal Declaration of Human
     Rights be fulfilled to all people, including lesbian, gay and
     bisexual people, without distinction of any kind, such as
     race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity,
     language, age, disability, socio-economic status or national
     or social origin;

3.   The agencies of the UN and non-governmental organizations
     affiliated with the UN undertake to report on violations of
     the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affecting lesbian,
     gay and bisexual people;

4.   The promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights not
     be denied to people who have AIDS or are HIV positive;

5.   The promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with
     regard to the right to health care not be denied to people
     with HIV/AIDS, nor to lesbian, gay and bisexual people,
     including those who desire to engage in reproduction;

6.   The global effort to combat HIV/AIDS be intensified;

7.   The member states of the UN adopt a protocol to the Convention
     on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide to
     define as a crime of genocide the intended destruction of any
     of the targets of the Holocaust, including lesbian, gay and
     bisexual people, or the intentional destruction of any
     population group based on that group's race, gender, sexual
     orientation, religion, ethnicity, language, age, disability,
     socio-economic status or national or social origin;

8.   The agencies of the UN not deny non-governmental organizations
     recognition or consultative status on the basis of their
     support for lesbian, gay and bisexual people, for people who
     have AIDS or are HIV positive;

9.   The General Assembly of the UN proclaim The International Year
     of Lesbian and Gay People (possibly 1999);

10.  The UN and its agencies not discriminate against lesbian, gay
     and bisexual people in matters of contracting, hiring,
     employment conditions and termination;

11.  The member states increase the funding of the human rights
     agencies to the UN to accelerate the progress toward realizing
     the promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

12.  The right of lesbian, gay and bisexual people to create
     families be recognized and protected, and that our family
     relationships with each other and our children be celebrated
     in 1994, The International Year of the Family.

We call upon the United Nations and the people of the world to join
us in affirming the dignity and legitimacy of lesbian, gay and
bisexual people as participants in the rich mosaic that constitutes
the diversity of the human family.

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We would like to thank the following for their support:

Christopher Street West/Los Angeles
The Colonial House/New York City

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                 THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

                                _Preamble_

     _Whereas_ recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and
inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of
freedom, justice and peace in the world,

     _Whereas_ disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in
barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the
advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and
belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest
aspiration of the common people,

     _Whereas_ it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have
recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression,
that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,

     _Whereas_, it is essential to promote the development of friendly
relations between nations,

     _Whereas_ the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter
reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and
worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have
determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in
larger freedom,

     _Whereas_ Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-
operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for
and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

     _Whereas_ a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of
the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,

     Now, therefore, *The General Assembly* _proclaims_ *This Universal
Declaration of Human Rights* as a common standard of achievement for all
peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ
of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by
teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and
by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their
universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples
of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under
their jurisdiction.

                           --------------------


     Article 1.  All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and
rights.  They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards
one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

     Article 2.  Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set
forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race,
colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or
social origin, property, birth or other status.
     Furthermore no distinction shall be made on the basis of the
political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or
territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-
self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

     Article 3.  Everyone has the right to life, liberty and the security
of person.

     Article 4.  No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and
the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

     Article 5.  No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment.

     Article 6.  Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a
person before the law.

     Article 7.  All are equal before the law and are entitled without any
discrimination to equal protection of the law.  All are entitled to equal
protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and
against any incitement to such discrimination.

     Article 8.  Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the
competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights
granted him by the constitution or by law.

     Article 9.  No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention
or exile.

     Article 10.  Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and
public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the
determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge
against him.

     Article 11.  (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right
to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public
trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.

     (2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any
act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or
international law, at the time when it was committed.  Nor shall a heavier
penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal
offence was committed.

     Article 12.  No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with
his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour
and reputation.  Everyone has the right to the protection of the law
against such interference or attacks.

     Article 13.  (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and
residence within the borders of each State.

     (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own,
and to return to his country.

     Article 14.  (1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other
countries asylum from persecution.

     (2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions
genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the
purposes and principles of the United Nations.

     Article 15.  (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.

     (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied
the right to change his nationality.

     Article 16.  (1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due
to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a
family.  They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage
and at its dissolution.

     (2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent
of the intending spouses.

     (3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society
and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

     Article 17.  (1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well
as in association with others.

     (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

     Article 18.  Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience
and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or
believe, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in
public or private, to manifest his religion or believe in teaching,
practice, worship and observance.

     Article 19.  Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and
expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without
interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through
any media and regardless of frontiers.

     Article 20.  (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful
assembly and association.

     (2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

     Article 21.  (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government
of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.

     (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his
country.

     (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of
government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections
which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret
vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

     Article 22.  Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social
security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and
international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and
resources of each States, of the economic, social and cultural rights
indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.

     Article 23.  (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of
employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection
against unemployment.

     (2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay
for equal work.

     (3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable
remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of
human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social
protection.

     (4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the
protection of his interests.

     Article 24.  Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including
reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

     Article 25.  (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living
adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family,
including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social
services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness,
disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances
beyond his control.

     (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and
assistance.  All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy
the same social protection.

     Article 26.  (1) Everyone has the right to education.  Education shall
be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages.  Elementary
education shall be compulsory.  Technical and professional education shall
be made generally available and higher education shall be equally
accessible to all on the basis of merit.

     (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human
personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms.  It shall promote understanding, tolerance and
friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further
the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.

     (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that
shall be given to their children.

     Article 27.  (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the
cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in
scientific advancement and its benefits.

     (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material
interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of
which he is the author.

     Article 28.  Everyone is entitled to a social and international order
in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully
realized.

     Article 29.  (1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone
the free and full development of his personality is possible.

     (2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be
subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the
purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms
of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order
and the general welfare in a democratic society.

     (3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to
the purpose and principles of the United Nations.

     Article 30.  Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as imply
for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to
perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms
set forth herein.

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                  THE HISTORY OF THE STONEWALL REBELLION

     During the last weekend of June, 1969, police and Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board agents entered a gay bar--The Stonewall Inn, on Christopher
Street in New York City.  Allegedly there to look for violations of the
alcohol control laws they made the usual homophobic comments and then,
after checking identification, threw the patrons out of the bar, one by
one.  Instead of quietly slipping away into the night, as we had done for
years, hustlers, drag queens, students and other patrons held their ground
and fought back.  Someone uprooted a parking meter and used it to barricade
the door.  The agents and police were trapped inside.  They wrecked the
place and called in reinforcements.  Their vehicles raced to the scene with
lights glaring and sirens blaring.  The crowd grew.  Someone set a fire.
More people came.  For three days, people protested.  And for the first
time, after innumerable years of oppression, the change, *"Gay Power!"*
rang out.

     This event has taken on a mythic significance.  Many organizations
proudly use *Stonewall* or *Christopher Street* in their names.

     During the summer and autumn of 1969, five Gay Liberation Fronts
sprang up--in New York, Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose.
By the end of 1979, three hundred Gay Liberation Fronts had been created.

     The first demonstration in commemoration of the Stonewall Rebellion
was held in New York in August of 1969.  Marches were held in 1970 in New
York and Los Angeles on the anniversary of the Uprising--and thus, a
tradition was born.  Since then, annual marches have been held in many
cities in the U.S. and in other countries.  For many of us, our first march
was a turning point in our lives.  We came out, we drew strength from those
around us, we felt pride in our community.

     On October 12, 1985, at the annual conference of the International
Association of Lesbian and Gay Pride Coordinators, Morris Kight, a member
of the Christopher Street West/Los Angeles delegation, proposed that the
25th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising be observed with the first
international lesbian/gay pride celebration.  He proposed a massive
presence of our international community in New York during June of 1994.

     Since then, the developing concept of Stonewall 25 has met with
enthusiastic response at Pride Coordinators conferences in Vancouver,
Minneapolis and Boston, and at International Lesbian and Gay Association
(ILGA) conferences in Stockholm and Paris, where delegates discussed and
formulated the name and demands of the International March.

     Several preliminary meetings have already taken place.  A commitment
was made to develop a decision-making process that includes international
participation.  A goal was set to strive for gender parity and 50%
representation of People of Color on decision-making bodies.  We are also
committed to adequate representation of the disabled, bisexuals, seniors,
youth--indeed, the entirety of the grande mosaic that comprises our
community.

     There will be a vast array of other activities beside the
International March and Rally.  Events in New York will include Gay Games
IV, the annual ILGA conference, the Stonewall History Project, a mass
concert by the Lesbian/Gay Bands of America and a mass Worship Service
organized by the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches.
There will also be athletic, cultural, educational, health-related,
political and religious/spiritual/humanist events organized by lesbian/gay/
bisexual communities around the world.


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This conference is open to everyone.  Each registered organization
will have 2 votes.

Please make checks out to: _Stonewall_25_Conference_

Mail check and registration form to: Stonewall 25
                                     ATTN: Conference Committee
                                     208 W. 13th St.
                                     New York, NY  10011-7799
                                     Phone:  [phone]

If your organization has received more than one copy of this
mailing, please return all labels and indicate which is correct.

We are currently negotiating with the Sheraton Mockingbird Hotel,
which is near the airport.  We expect fees to be $55.00 per room
per night.  Rooms have 2 double beds and can be shared by up to 4
persons.  More information, including info on booking hotel
reservations, will be provided after we receive your registration
materials.

Please write or call us to request additional brochures for
organizations that were not mailed a brochure.

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Organization:____________________________________________________

Address__________________________________________________________

City_____________________________________________________________

State_______________________________  Zip________________________

Phone ____________________  Fax ____________________

     *********************************************************

[ ] Official vote representative   [ ] Non-voting participant

Name_____________________________________________________________

Phone (H) ________________  (W) ________________

Address _________________________________________________________

City_____________________________________________________________

State_______________________________  Zip________________________

[ ]Community housing; [ ]lodging at the Sheraton Mockingbird

Special needs: [ ] Vegetarian; [ ] Spanish Interpretation; [ ] ASL
               Interpretation; [ ] Childcare (age(s)___________)

               [ ] Accessibility_________________________________

               [ ] Other ________________________________________

     *********************************************************

[ ] Official vote representative   [ ] Non-voting participant

Name_____________________________________________________________

Phone (H) ________________  (W) ________________

Address _________________________________________________________

City_____________________________________________________________

State_______________________________  Zip________________________

[ ]Community housing; [ ]lodging at the Sheraton Mockingbird

Special needs: [ ] Vegetarian; [ ] Spanish Interpretation; [ ] ASL
               Interpretation; [ ] Childcare (age(s)___________)

               [ ] Accessibility_________________________________

               [ ] Other ________________________________________

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Conference fee (per person-includes Friday night reception,
breakfast & lunch Saturday and Sunday, and breakfast Monday)-$85.00

Conference fee (per person-includes Friday night reception but not
breakfasts and lunches): $30.00 (Please note that there are no
restaurants near the hotel)


Scholarship Fund Donation:    $__________

Stonewall 25 General Donation:$__________

Conference Fee:               $__________

Total Enclosed:               $__________


As of October 20, 1992, this brochure underwritten by:  Christopher
Street West/LA and the Colonial House, NYC