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[Press Release: Domestic Partners]

Description: A press release from the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force discussing the lack of benefits offered by U.S. colleges to domestic partners and nontraditional families.
Date: November 14, 1991
Creator: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Handwritten Notes: Coming Out]

Description: Handwritten notes discussing LGBT persons coming out and making a stand against the discrimination and prejudices that have kept people afraid of losing their job, their friends, their families or even their lives.
Date: 1988
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Press Release: Hate Crimes]

Description: A press release from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force that addresses the increase in anti-LGBT violence across the nation and the lack of political response to it.
Date: April 6, 1991
Creator: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clippings: Rainbow Flag]

Description: A series of newspaper clippings about California Governor, Courken George Deukmejian Jr., taking down the rainbow flag from the capitol after approving its presence for National Coming Out Day. The articles also discuss gubernatorial candidate, Pete Wilson, who gladly accepted a donation from Gay PAC, then proceeded to say derogatory statements about LGBT persons at one of his campaign fundraisers.
Date: October 18, 1990
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Copy of Newspaper: Gay 'Coming Out Day' ad rejected]

Description: A copy of a newspaper article from the Dallas Times Herald addressing a possible lawsuit against the Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times Herald after they rejected an advertisement that would publish the names or initials of LGBT individuals celebrating National Coming Out Day.
Date: October 12, 1988
Creator: The Times Herald
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Press Release: Hate Crime Training Seminars]

Description: A press release from the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force announcing their participation in FBI regional hate crime training for local police departments to assist officers in recognizing and addressing hate crimes.
Date: August 22, 1991
Creator: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Press Release: Amtrak "Spouse Pass']

Description: A press release from the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force addressing the LGBT employees of Amtrak accusing the company of discrimination after the business refused to provide passes to domestic partners.
Date: December 12, 1991
Creator: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Media Release & Legal Resolution: LGBT Veterans]

Description: A media release followed by an approved resolution. The media release from National Coming Out Day announced that the rainbow flag would fly at every state capitol from Santa Fe to Sacramento. The resolution was from National Security and Foreign Affairs that approves state departments denying homosexuals the right to serve in the military.
Date: October 16, 1990
Creator: National Coming Out Day
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Press Release: AIDS Anniversary Opinion]

Description: A press release from the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) marking the 10th anniversary of the AIDS crisis and the NGLTF offering insight and opinion into what this means for the LGBT community.
Date: June 1, 1991
Creator: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Press Release: Anit-Gay Military Policy]

Description: A press release from the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force about the U.S. Department of Defense maintaining that its anti-LGBT policy for the military will stay in place.
Date: May 10, 1991
Creator: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Newspaper Article: Gay 'Coming Out Day' ad rejected]

Description: A newspaper article from the Dallas Times Herald addressing a possible lawsuit against the Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times Herald after they rejected an advertisement that would publish the names or initials of LGBT individuals celebrating National Coming Out Day.
Date: October 12, 1988
Creator: Dallas Times Herald
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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