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The Washington Blade, June 20, 1986

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An independent newspaper serving the gay community. This edition features articles on difficulty enacting an Alexandria City ordinance banning discrimination against gays following a decision by the Virginia Attorney General stating that the ordinance violated state law, anxiety over the appointment of Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court and the elevation of Warren Burger to the position of Chief Justice, moves by Congress to block DC's efforts to reform insurance practices requiring AIDS testing with claims that under such a bill \Drug addicts, prostitutes of all kinds, and homosexuals will flock to D.C. to get health insurance\ placing \our children... the resident and the tourist\ at risk of \concentrated exposure\, anger from African-American leaders over delays in contracts distributing AIDS funds in DC, a heckler who crashed Mayor Ed Koch's speech at New York City's Pride celebration, conflict at P Street Beach where efforts to prevent crime by increasing visibility clashed with Park Service efforts to use ground cover to prevent erosion along the riverfront, the death of gay writer Merle Miller, reviews of gay interest arts and media, health information on safe sex and condom use, a look at tourist destinations Lewes, Delaware and Savage Mill, MD, information about buying condos and co-ops in DC, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups.Volume 17, Number 25Original version: print newspaper; DC Public Library, Special Collections, Periodicals, Washington Blade
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