From queerplanet-owner Sun Apr 30 03:07:31 1995 Received: (from root@localhost) by abacus.oxy.edu (8.6.10/8.6.11) id DAA13875 for queerplanet-outgoing; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 03:06:15 -0700 Received: from dub-img-3.compuserve.com (dub-img-3.compuserve.com [198.4.9.3]) by abacus.oxy.edu (8.6.10/8.6.11) with ESMTP id DAA13870 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 03:06:12 -0700 Received: by dub-img-3.compuserve.com (8.6.10/5.941228sam) id GAA05764; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 06:06:38 -0400 Date: 30 Apr 95 06:04:44 EDT From: Alan Beck <100600.1343@compuserve.com> To: qn Cc: dsa-lgb , euro-queer , queerplanet , "soc.motss" Subject: Pink Paper 29 April Message-ID: <950430100444_100600.1343_BHJ56-4@CompuServe.COM> Sender: queerplanet-owner@abacus.oxy.edu Precedence: bulk Content-Length: 4105 X-Lines: 80 Status: RO Greetings from 'The Pink Paper', UK national weekly for lgbs Headline news "Tories back down over military gays - senior ministers launch furious attack after Labour pledges review of armed forces ban" The Government appears to have backed down over the issue of gays in the military despite a cabinet minister's furious attack on Labour's pro-gay armed forces policy. Senior Tories were reacting to an interview with Dr David Clark, Labour's defence spokesperson. Clark said that the military ban on lesbians and gays in the British armed forces was an 'infringement of civil liberties'. He added that within a month of attaining power, a future Labour government would set up a working party to look into repealing current service laws. Clark's comments provoked a scathing response from the Defence Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, who said Labour's proposal was 'foolish and extremely bad for morale.' Lord Lewin, Admiral of the Fleet, said: 'Homosexuality is not acceptable in a service environment and my expectation is that the Chief of Staff would resist such a change very strongly.' Some 260 men and women have been discharged from the armed services on the grounds of homosexuality between 1991 and 1994 at an estimated cost of 40m pounds. Four cases of gay service people dismissed from the armed services will be heard in the High Court next month. -------------------------------------------------------------- "Freddie's stamp album on show" Freddie Mercury's boyhood stamp album is to go on display this weekend at the Stamp '95 show at London's Wembley Exhibition Centre. The Queen star's blue album was bought by the National Postal Museum for 3,220 pounds at a Sotheby auction last year. The money raised went to the Mercury Phoenix Trust, an AIDS charity set up by the remaining members of the band. ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Freedom-FM London launched" London's new one-month gay radio station named its presenters for May when it goes on air. Programming highlights include: Diva Delight, with drag performers paying tributes to their icons, and a gay blind date show called Cupid's Calling. The station will broadcast on a special licence on 104.9FM from 4 May. ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Law Society hopeful angers gay solicitors" Lesbian and gay lawyers have vowed to campaign against a candidate for presidency of the Law Society who wants sexual orientation removed from its equal opportunities policy. Martin Mears, a Norfolk-based solicitor, has described lesbians and gay men as 'overbearing minorities', is one of three candidtes standing to become president of the Law Society, the governing body of English and Welsh lawyers. Members of the Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association (LAGLA) said they were 'dismayed' by Mears' decision to stand and feared there was a good chance he would win the election. --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Psychiatrist's lecture cancelled" The annual lecture of the Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (APP) due to be held on Friday, has been cancelled. The controversial American psychiatrist Charles Socradies, author of numerous books and papers describing homosexuality as a 'dosorder' was due to make a speech at the London event. His visit has been opposed by vareious groups including MIND, the mental heralth chairty, and Pink Therapy, a group of lesbian and gay therapists. _______________________________________ Copyright (c) 1995 'The Pink Paper' reproduce and credit 'The Pink Paper' __________________________________________ Alan Beck, Associate Editor, Canterbury, Kent, UK ****************************************************************************** To send a message to the entire list "queerplanet", email queerplanet@abacus.oxy.edu To contact the List Manager, email queerplanet-owner@abacus.oxy.edu *******************************************************************************