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sometimes in a bar, late at night and loaded or a little drunk, between flirtations and conversations we pass and stop— for a moment we talk and touch,with a look that is more than old friendship and understanding we acknowledge a desire, a possible fieriness and then, nothing promised, we move on.daytimes we are friends and comrades.with limits clearly definedwe eat, go to meetings, plan our trips,talk of this woman or that--the others in our lives--never of the night before,and so we continuethrough the nights and days and season we play this game that has no ending.maybe you will move to the city, maybe I will find other friends, perhaps this summer will be different.

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In the process of pouring over my highly disorganized notes, I ized that what I want to send home Is everything--and in thrnext breath, I kne:w it entirely póssible, t ranee ripTribunal are now being copied ln: Br%|^ls, a book which vali' inoludé " ¿verythi%j^'first of May. .(When,,it,will,-tie mto do is' collect; ail- the-lesbian ;try to ma.ke .-sense of ;] ;V imprietìsi;j|t ;!ajriè-i:| t’i.ì^^^ytbii®the^ thing else I can find hère (andAt least 405 of the women a{b the >^rithihal gether, ■ fpom ' 10+ countÿiès) wjerelli^i^hfe ioyousiy i^sbian-^-meeting everyday at l diédàèâ,many’ wearing- signé,- a' Lesb4a|r-;U|^i,ab^ ,Coh®l|t< lr ' t;Îmost' women must -.'s'tay.in thé ..:;cÿoée'§ té r|.'''a {;§uch'a' wonderfully impossible to say just how ■

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’’Oppre-ssion of Lesbians” was officially délega'téd to Sunday day of ”testim'ohÎés .” Bverythiiig was, ho>ieverf thoroughly !ni u long beforehand. On Thurs<^y, about 25 Cgifcÿ wcÿiéh for théi firs time. Unanimously, ”We will hot be relegated to a topic ./,iesbiah are particularly oppressed in every form of crime committed a^^ihsi womenl” We decided to meet every day, ahd did. We maìò e$#i^>W' shared experiences, and gave, supporti we suffered .agonies over; trans­lation and prepared a statement: to thè Tribunal at. large, Ì^ur day, some 3p0+ Lesbians flooded. the- podlu^» the stairs, -front of the hall, singing an gbs^ipy wOT^rful song wi^ versés and a chorus of^"Leabiahi liésSiarii i] abblani after our statement WE ARE HERE! was read.

: v . . r > ^ . -On Sunday, as originally scheduled; testimonies wéreweigen woman first read her testimony* .QiSorimihatibn tnO]^lute. Most Lesbians are wives and m o t h e r s w o u l dandón their homes and children to come otjtv AiJ itted ^isolated in prisons, forcibly raped in-psyi^hiaWic h<»plí¿3ÍjS, ar.<‘given no protection from violence under thé Her iwTO:gony watpersonal and bitter. -.nWomen from the Lesbian Action Center in West Berlin ^esdribed thf yellow press tactics of their country. Two women

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There »8 a lot of talk golr. around these days about ti threat of nuclear power, pro ai con* 1^© pros com© in the form ads taken out In some of tl ’'straightor” publications by ou collective power and ll^t co'> panies* Basically, they»r© out placate our worst fears, and th are very successful at it. I a skimming through an old News we and came-across an ad which re ”Why shouldn»t I be concern with Nuclear Power Plants?"; went on to explain that w© real have NOTHING to worry about (th have it well under controliilll There are no PROVEN dangers radiation, explosion, leakage waste products (plutonixam), etc

Prolect Survival (located in Palo Alto) disagrees with the co. of "safe" nuclear plants. They contend that the emergency ay. in these plants have never been fully tested (scale models test» flunked 6 times out of 6). Storage lesdcage is another sore poi/ Project Survival. After 30 years, the storage tanks begin ' plutonium into the ground, contaminating the earth w© live on a.'

years. And the list goes on and oi nuclear disasters occurring <

our planet; alternative means of harnassing power must be explored.We have not been given enough information on the "shortcomlngf

of these plants and it’s about time we get that information.On June 8 there will be sin election held; on the ballot will ’

a nuclear initiative---Propositlon 15* Registration closes May 9 . strongly urge you to register and vote Yes on that proposition.

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An only-in-San Francisco love letter* "When the bus strike started, I began walking from my home in Noe Valley toward the financial district via Market. I saw the most fanta­stic guy walking the opposite was, and every day for a week we just snvli ed and our eyes glanced into each other’s. One day we stopped and he gave me his phone number at work. I called him, we met for a drink and are very much in love. So to all the strik­ers, I say thank you— I found my love on Market St, because of the strike. Sincerely, Tom Richardson"--from Herb Caen

April 26, 1976

YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE AT 'ANY FIRE STATION..REGITRATION IS ALSC NECESSARY FOR YOUR SIGNATURE ON MANY PETITIONS, INITIATIVES, ETC, TO BE COUNTED AS VALID,

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