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Throughout the planning weekend, delegates debated many aspects of the march itself, including the needs of more marginalized members of the community – lesbian and gay people of color, those living in poverty and with disabilities.
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upholding the criminalization of sodomy between two consenting men in the privacy of a home. In 1986, Steve Ault and Joyce Hunter, co-coordinators of the 1979
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underscore their recognition that oppression of one group affects oppression of all groups. The seven primary demands were:
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