- Title
- Baltimore Alternative, August 1992
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- Identifier
- BA_92_August
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- Subjects
- ["AIDS activists","LGBTQIA","LGBTQ issues","LGBTQ life","AIDS (Disease)","Baltimore (Md.)","Maryland"]
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- Description
- The Baltimore Alternative newspaper August 1992 issue.
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- Date Created
- 01 August 1992
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- ["pdf"]
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- Language
- ["English"]
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- Collection Name
- ["Baltimore Alternative collection"]
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Baltimore Alternative, August 1992
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ALTERNATIVE
August 1992 ▼ Volume 7, Number 8 ▼ Serving The Baltimore /Washington Community Since 1986
PHOTO BY PATSY LYNCH
Activists Prove They’re Ready for
Prime Time Convention Coverage
BY JOHN ZEH _
THE ALTERNATIVE
NEW YORK
The gay, lesbian, and AIDS movements shined under
unprecedented spotlights at Madison Square Garden,
on Manhattan's streets, and on prime time television
during the Democratic National Convention here last week.
Two People With AIDS (PWAs) — a gay environmentalist
with HIV-related lymphoma and a pioneering pediatric AIDS
activist who has lost a child — urged Democratic delegates
and people tuned in to TV or public radio July 14 to unseat
incumbents.
Earlier that day, some 50,000 people from over 220 AIDS-
action groups packed 17 blocks of Broadway and Times
Square in one of the largest AIDS protest ever.
And “justice for all" was highlighted as a key cornerstone
of the Democrats' 1992 platform by openly lesbian San
Francisco Supervisor Roberta Achtenberg, who co-authored
the party's new agenda. “The prescription for economic
health must include justice as a critical component," she said.
See ACTIVISTS page 7
A Tale
of Two
Rallies
BY JOSHUA LOWE _
THE ALTERNATIVE
NEW YORK
running battle erupted
between a disgruntled
ACT UP, including
members of ACT UP/
Baltimore, and New
York City Police at what
was supposed to be a peaceful Unity
for AIDS Action rally in Times
Square, July 13.
More than 70,000 activists filled
the streets, according to ACT UP/NY
bringing Times Square to a halt to
send a message to the Democratic
National Convention and Democratic
presidential Candidate Bill Clinton.
But, while Times Square filled with
activists from just about every con¬
ceivable AIDS organization from all
over the United States, ACT UP was
marching at the back of the march and
was stopped by police at about 51st
Street.
Several shoving matches took place
and the barricades were either broken
through or removed by police four
timess to allow ACT UP to advance.
Officers on the scene said the barri¬
cades were placed because there was
no more room in Times Square and
people were being backed up.
Tempers flared at the final stopping
point of 46th Street where hundreds of
police officers met the advancing
activists. An ACT UP member then
See ACT UP page 6
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