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HERO RE-ORGANIZES, SEEKS
NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
NEWS FROM PARIS "ALL BAD”
t by Garey Lambert
BALTIMORE- Baltimore's Health
Education Resource Organization (HERO)
has announced a broad re-organization of
its administration that abolishes the
current post of executive director, and
creates two new executive positions.
Peter Laqueur, HERO'S executive
director since the organization's founding
three years ago, will become the director
of program development. Laquer's new
position will remove him from the
day-to-day administration of HERO'S
operating- programs and rapidly growing
staff. He will, instead, devote his time to
the development of new programas, a
task for which he has proven abilities.
"That's really all I've been doing since
the organization began,” says Laqueur. "I
resigned at the board's request They felt
it was time for an administrator to operate
the programs we've started, and I agree
with them. Now, I'll work on new
program development, new sources of
funding through grants and foundations,
and I'll work hard on fund raising. My
best expertise is in those areas."
Office management and administration
of existing programs will be the
responsibility of a new executive director,
who has yet to be named. Until a new
director is named, Dr. Bernard Branson is
acting executive director.
"We're looking for the best; a fully
experience, top-notch manager for this
office, " says Branson who also sits on
HERO'S Board of Director's. "We've
advertised fc : "his postion in Baltimore,
and in Wash., gton and New York."
Hero's Board of Directors has appointed
a search committee, and is to meet
(Saturday, July 12) with a health
management consultant to structure the
new administration and give it direction.
"These changes are to be expected," says
Branson, who has just returned to
Baltimore from the International
Conference of AIDS in Paris. "Hero is
struggling through growing pains. As
AIDS becomes an even more critical
problem, HERO is going to assume a
larger, and larger role in the community's
Continued on page 5
Angry protesters gathered in New York’s Sheridan Square for an instant
response to Court ruling. ww photo: sue rotgard
"Let every person be subjugated to government authorities."
". . . He who resists authority has resisted the authority of God."
Attorney General Edwin Meese
Are you ready to be subjugated?
Are you ready to resist?
See Page 4
WYMAN PARK - THE BEATINGS GO ON
In last month’s ALTERNATIVE,
we reported on a series of incidents of
anti-gay violence occuring in Baltimore
this summer. Our report brought several
phone calls to the ALTERNATIVE
offices. These responses have indicated
that the Gay community is not dealing
with individual isolated cases of violence,
but that a specific, identifiable and
identified group of persons is on the
prowl in the Wyman Park area.
A group of five to six Hampden youths
follow traffic around Art Museum Drive
in a 1964-65 white Mustang with a black
vinyl top, licenseplate number JPX-753.
This license tag was traced to a red
Oldsmobile in Prince George's County.
The youths are known to be armed with
weapons ranging from pipes and chain, to
and unidentified short, blunt instrument,
probably an axe or hatchet.
Their first mode of operation is to pull
up behind a car stopped at a»stop light,
rear-ending the car. When the driver steps
out to check on damage, the youths will
jump out of the Mustang and attack.
A second ploy is to have one of the
youths standing in provocative poses on
the edge of the Park. The youth will
invite an unsuspecting prospect deeper
into the park, where his accomplices are
waiting in ambush.
Please be aware that Wyman Park is
not the only area where anti-gay violence
is prevalent. The intersection of Cathedral
and Read is known to be dangerous, as
well as St. Paul between Lafayette and
Preston Streets. Another area of concern
is Boston Street, especially the parking
area adjacent to the Anchorage Town-
houses. There are certain precautions
which can be taken to defend yourself.
1. First of all, be aware that it is
summer, and hot, and there are many who
see gays as public enemy number one.
2. If you are out at night, do not drink
to the point of intoxication. Stay alert.
3. If you can, travel in groups of two,
three or more. If you are alone, and sense
danger, move to the center of a well-
lighted street, or call a cab.
4. Do not see yourself as defenseless.
Take a self-defense course for your own
self-confidence, if necessary. Many people
are surprised as soon as a gay man shows
any sign of fighting back. But don’t be
stupid and take unnecessary risks.
5. If you are attacked, don't forget to
scream bloody murder, throw things,
kick, bite or scratch your attacker(s) in
tender places.
6. Report the attack to the police, in
detail. The police are not interested in
making moral 'judgment; they are
interested in building a case toward a
conviction, and they need facts, all the
facts, in order to do that. Without
convictions to back up rumors, they will
take the easiest way out, and clear
everyone out of the park area.
7. Afterward, if it has been a serious
attack, get counseling if you need it.
There are stages of recuperation that you
go through mentally as well as
physically. You may find counseling
helps restore your sense of self-respect.
8. Report the attack to record keeping
authorities. 1-800-221-7044 is the
number for the New York City Gay
Crisis line. (Members of the
ALTERNATIVE staff are working on
establishing a local line to report
statistics; this will be of help in future
Gay rights legislation in Baltimore City
and the state of Maryland.)
(More details on this situation will be in
the ALTERNATIVE next month.)
LAROUCHE'S
FOLLOWERS
BUSY IN
STATE
ACTIVISTS AND
RECRUITS SEEK OVER
100 OFFICES
by Jeffrey W. Peters
Reprinted through permission of The
Evening Sun
Followers of political extremist Lyndon
LaRouche have filed as candidates for
more than 100 elective offices in
Maryland this year.
The office seekers include a handful of
activists committed to LaRouche, and
dozens of political novices they recruited
at information tables in front of shopping
centers and government buildings.
Many candidates filed for two or more
posts, the most frequent combination
being a seat in the Maryland legislature
and membership on the State Democratic
Committee. Several Republican races
also feature candidates who were urged to
file by LaRouche workers.
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