From: tempestj@aol.com Date: Thu, 03 Feb 94 00:12:04 EST Subject: SW25 Georgia Brochure Here is the text from a brochure produced by Stonewall 25 Georgia. You may find it usefull for your own area. Please check with the NY Stonewall office for updated info.-- Hubert Alexander (tempestj@aol.com) STONEWALL 25 - G E O R G I A International March on the United Nations to Affirm the Human Rights of Lesbian and 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 to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) June 26, 1994 - New York City Atlanta Lesbian and Gay Pride 1994, June 6 - 12, 1994 - Atlanta, Georgia Gay Games IV / Team Atlanta, June 18 - 25, 1994 - New York City YOU CAN MAKE STONEWALL 25 A SUCCESS BE THERE! TELL YOUR FRIENDS! Many thousands of people from countries around the world are making the Stonewall 25 International March happen. Much has already been done, but much remains, and we need your help. This is a grassroots effort. Local organizing committees, forming in the U.S. and around the world, need people to work on fundraising, outreach, media, and travel arrangements. We also need the participation of our community organizations, religious and social groups, and bars and clubs to help with all of these tasks. TO ALL SEGMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY The entire spectrum of lesbian and gay people worldwide will be involved. People from around the globe will be marching for their rights, regardless of nationality or race. The ultimate success of Stonewall 25 will be measured by the degree to which our organizing efforts reflect the diversity of our communities. People of color are playing a key role in organizing this event. Those of us who engage in the many varieties of personal expression that characterize our community, including drag/transgender people, bisexuals, and leather people will be part of the kaleidoscopic nature of Stonewall 25. The experience of seniors and the energy of youth will provide dynamism. The insight of people who are physically challenged and people with HIV/AIDS are important. Stonewall 25 will do everything possible to make it easy for all to take part, from insuring wheelchair accessibility to facilitating obtaining visas for people with HIV/AIDS. All parts of our community will be on hand in pride and in protest. INFORMATION Stonewall 25/Georgia: P.O. Box 5282 Atlanta, GA 30307 404/662-7535 Georgia travel and accomodations: Conventional Travel 404/315-0107 or 800/747-7107 National travel and accommodations: 800/216 1880 Merchandise orders: Proud Enterprises 800/IS PROUD Stonewall 25 International Office: 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011-7799 212/626 6925 Fax: 212/626 6965 For information electronically: Backroom BBS (by modem) 718/951 8256 LOGIN: First name=SW25, Last=INFO For Global Calendar Information: (Voice) 718/951 8998 Atlanta Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee404/662-4533 P.O.Box 54024, Atlanta, GA 30308-0024 THE HISTORY OF THE STONEWALL REBELLION Early in the morning of June 27, 1969, New York City police and Alcoholic Beverage Control Board agents made a routine raid on a gay bar, The Stonewall Inn, on Christopher Street. Allegedly there to look for violations of the alcohol control laws, they made the usual homophobic comments and then, after checking identification, threw the customers out of the bar, one by one. Instead of quietly slipping into the night, as gay men and lesbians had done for years, they remained on the scene. The rising commotion drew more people to the area. Drag queens and drag kings, many of whom were African American and Latino/a, hustlers, students and other people on the street held their ground against the police and, in fact, fought back. A parking meter was uprooted and used it to barricade the door. The agents and police were trapped inside. They wrecked the bar and called in reinforcements. Their vehicles raced to the scene with lights glaring and sirens blaring. The crowd grew further. A fire was set. More people came. For three days, people protested. And for the first time, after innumerable years of oppression, the chant rang out, Gay Power! In commemorating the Stonewall Riots of 1969, the event that sparked the modern Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Rights movement, we are calling upon the nations and peoples of the world to affirm the dignity, legitimacy and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people without distinction of any kind. These basic human rights and freedoms shall not be denied to us, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification, religion, ethnicity, language, age, disability, socio-economic status, national or social origin, HIV/AIDS or health status, marital status or political opinion. MARCH DEMANDS 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 for lesbian, gay, bisexual, drag or transgender people; 2. The rights and freedoms of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights be fulfilled to all people, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, drag and transgender people, without distinction of any kind, such as race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, language, age, disability, socio-economic status, national or social origin, and gender identification; 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, bisexual, drag and transgender 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, and the intentional destruction of any population group based on that group's race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, language, age, disability, socio-economic status, national or social origin, and gender identification; 8. The agencies of the UN not deny non-governmental organizations recognition or consultative status on the basis of their support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, drag and transgender people, or people who have AIDS or are HIV positive; 9. The General Assembly of the UN proclaim an International Year of Lesbian and Gay People (possibly 1999); 10. The UN and its agencies not discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, drag and transgender people in matters of contracting, hiring, employment conditions and termination; 11. The member states increase the funding of the human rights agencies of the UN to accelerate the progress toward realizing the promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 12. The right of lesbian, gay, bisexual, drag and transgender 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.