From The New York Times (7/20/92):

    Mary D. Fisher, a member of a socially prominent Republican
    family, has asked to speak about AIDS at the Republican
    National Convention next month in Houston.  Ms. Fisher, who
    has tested positive for the HIV virus, would follow the
    precedent set by Bob Hattoy and Elizabeth Glaser, who spoke
    at the Democratic National Convention last week about having
    AIDS.
    
    "There have been discussions held since Mary gave testimony
    at the Republican platform hearings," in Salt Lake City in
    May, said A. James Heynen, a spokesman for Ms. Fisher.  "These
    have been informal conversations back and forth with people
    at the [Republican National] Committee or with people who have
    specific responsibilities for the convention."
    
    Ms. Fisher, an artist and a mother of two, could not be reached
    for comment.  As part of her testimony in May, she said, "Today
    I am asking you to help us, as Republicans and as Americans, to
    lift our shroud of silence and speak with the voice of
    compassion."
    
    Ms. Fisher's father, Max Fisher, is the honorary chairman of the
    Bush-Quayle '92 National Finance Committee.  In July 1991, she
    learned she had contracted the HIV virus, a condition she made
    public in February.  She is a consultant to the National
    Commission on AIDS and has lobbied Republican lawmakers about
    the disease.
    
    Joseph Fleming, a spokesman for the GOP convention, said the
    selection of speakers was not finalized.  "Everyone who was there
    in Salt Lake City was quite impressed with her testimony," he
    said.
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