[Activist letter about 101st Congress]

One of 10 items in the series: Folder 4: A: Folder 3 - NGLTF, April-June, 1989 available on this site.

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Letter sent to activists of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) dates May 2, 1989 signed by Peri Jude Radecic with the main purpose of dicussing the 101st Congress. The first page describes the upcoming enclosures, noting that the most significant bills are the Hate Crime Statistics Act, the Immigration, Exclusion, and Deportation Amendment Act, and the Labor, HHS and Education Appropriation Bill. It also requests a $5 fee from activists to cover the costs of postage and copying (the first page is a repeat of UNTA_AR0887-001-04-003). The second page is Senate legislative summary of the 101st Congress … continued below

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[5] p. : b&w. ; 28 cm.

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Radecic, Peri Jude May 2, 1989.

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Letter sent to activists of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) dates May 2, 1989 signed by Peri Jude Radecic with the main purpose of dicussing the 101st Congress. The first page describes the upcoming enclosures, noting that the most significant bills are the Hate Crime Statistics Act, the Immigration, Exclusion, and Deportation Amendment Act, and the Labor, HHS and Education Appropriation Bill. It also requests a $5 fee from activists to cover the costs of postage and copying (the first page is a repeat of UNTA_AR0887-001-04-003). The second page is Senate legislative summary of the 101st Congress (repeat of UNTA_AR0887-001-04-006) and the third page is a House of Representatives legislative summary. Both pages include a statement declaring that the NGLTF is lobbying for congressional action to counter homophobic policies enacted by the military. The fourth page is an information sheet for the fourth National Lobby Day for Lesbian Gay Rights, which is planned for June, 1989 (repeat of UNTA_AR0887-001-04-007). The fifth page is a registration form for individuals and organizations for the NGLTF National Lobby Day (repeat of UNTA_AR0887-001-04-008).

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[5] p. : b&w. ; 28 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: Louise Young and Vivienne Armstrong Papers (AR0887), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Louise Young and Vivienne Armstrong Papers (The Dallas Way)

Sound recordings of the Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition's screening interviews of candidates running for public office in Dallas in 1987 and 1988. Also includes a video conversation about the Dallas Gay Political Caucus from 1996.

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Radecic, Peri Jude. [Activist letter about 101st Congress], letter, May 2, 1989; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1314510/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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