frenzied ideological onslaught.
in solidarity with gays under attack, international fight examines why this is necessary.
Since last summer. when Anita Bryant's Save Children WUH much publicity, und won the repeal of anti-discrimination legislation in Miami, other US mtles- have taken WLAUECN In Eugene, Oregon, a Baptist minister persuaded the populaLion that being a pervert is like being a thiel".
In Greece a particularly alienswve law reminiscent oE the days of the coloneis, B PODBE SO CE CHEEE TEIC SERULL 30ok. This establishes harsh sentences for importuning and 'acts against nature", justifying 83SP linking bomosexuality with VD and prostitution, on 10p of moral censure.
The press has willingly opened sts pages to the moral campaign againsr gays. All the oid slanders have heen raked up.
In Canada, the press led a campaiga linking homosexuality with violent crime. They IN THE LAST year gays have found themselves subject to increasing abuse and physical attack. In many countries they have been in the frontline of a Gays in San Francisco put out an international call that this year's "Christopher Street' marches should be building back. JUDE WOODWARD were not making the point that Our gays. usually receiving end of violent crime ANGUISH The 'danper to children" has been the cutting edge linking Anita Bryant type campaigns against gay teachers and lesbian mothers in the US eisewhere atracks paedophiles in Canada and Europe, *After all, al gays potential child rapists"
Gays are preverts and breed perverted CnslaTen intended conclusions.
The anguish of paedophiles, adready completely ostracised ONS DUER ITCTERSAN Paedophiha also ine perex tor anacks on me gay press; the prosecutior DE EMERT DNUSRND0 Palitic, for example.
SETBACK In France, the decision to ban the disnigy or Gale Presse and Dialogues represents a :Ebe and major serback, equivalent to are the prosecution of Guy News here and its barning from W H and 5mith. are the The hundreds in Montreal in raids provides have arrested new proportions. on gay bars. Everywhere raids on gay bars, clubs and saunas. Danger and coupled with the harassment of individual gays, have reacbed Over 600 gays are in Spanish gays more vigorously FASCISTS The Paris Cay Fili Festival wa1 bombed t South London lesbians leaving discos HAULE organising their own defence from artacks Gays bave shown themiscives ever before.
A 2,000 scrong demonstration in Montreal so shocked the Quehec narhorities thar if led ro protective legislation The young Spanish gay movement sweiled on to the streets of Caralonia in outrage and anger SUPPORT The gay movemem has been Linding a new strength to stand LDCLELLCEK CEHELEI back. I I building alliances CLSSNUEDENand secking support from the
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