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Voice of the Gay Community
Volume 1 No. 1
Friday May 11, 1984
Dallas Gay Community Pulls Together
for ElectionThe effectiveness of block voting became J
obvious when precinct voting totals were
released after last Saturday's primary election.
The clout of the Dallas gay community's
vote had been questioned after last year's city
council race. However, analysis of the results
of this year's election clearly show that when
the gay community unites behind one
candidate, it can flex its muscle.
The Dallas Gay Political Caucus (DGPC),
the political action committee of the Dallas
Gay Alliance (DGA), ahd endorsed many
candidates for the primary election.
According to Mike Richards, DGA board
of directors member to the DGPC, the offices
of the U.S. Senate, the Dallas County Sheriff,
and the Dallas County Commissioner, District
No. 3 were the most important.
The DGPC had selected twelve precincts in
which to concentrate its efforts. Selection of
the precincts was based on the number of gay-
identified voters in a particular precinct.
In the three races the gay community pulled
together, giving an impressive showing in each
of the precincts which had been targetted by
the DGPC.
The DGPC had endorsed John Vance in the
Sheriff's race and Lloyd Doggett in the Senate
race. Both candidates pulled enough votes to
place in the June 2 run-off election.
Fred Blair, endorsed by the DGPC for
District #3 County Commissioner did not win
enought votes to place in the run-off.
Nonetheless, his showing in the DGPC
precincts was significantly higher than any of
the other candidates.
Lloyd Doggett, formerly a Texas state
senator from Austin, received 42% of the vote
from Dallas County as a whole. However, in
the twelve precincts targetted by the DGPC,
Doggett received 61% of the vote, while his
two chief opponents, Bob Krueger and Kent
Hance, received 26% and 10%, repectively. '
Krueger received 38% in Dallas County, while
Hance received 16%.
Doggett, who is the most liberal of the
Senatorial candidates, will face Hance in the
run-off. The final tally on votes across the state
showed Hance with just over 1,000 votes more
than Doggett. Doggett led Krueger by just
over 1100 votes statewide.
Hance had launched a vigorous media
campaign three weeks before the election,
publicizing his disagreement with both
Doggett's and Krueger's support of the gay
rights bill currently in both the U.S. Senate
and House. Hance also publicized his
disapproval of amnesty for illegal aliens who
had lived in the U.S. for a certain number of
years. While Hance's media campaign may
have gained strength for him in the rural parts
of Texas, it probably polarized him in the
more liberal urban areas of Texas, such as
Dallas and Houston.
Doris Taylor, chair of Lesbian/Gay
Democrats of Texas, an organization which
had also endorsed Doggett, said that she
hoped 100% of Krueger's supporters wouldMike Richards posts precinct returns during
last Saturday 's election
vote for Doggett in the run-off.
Taylor expressed the belief that if Hance
were to win the run-off election, there wouldbe no real choice in the November general
election since Hance, and the Republican
candidate, Phil Gramm, share very similar
philosophies.
DGPC's Richards expressed a similar
sentiment and stated that he wanted to carry
out an "anti-Hance" campaign.
In the Sheriffs race, the DGPC endorsed
John Vance. Although Vance's showing in the
DGPC targetted precincts was not as strong as
Doggett's, Vance still received a significant
proportion of the votes.
Vance pulled 52% of the vote in the twelve
precincts, while Bill Wiseman, whom Vance
will face in the run-off, received only 18%.
Wiseman was Vance's closest opponent in the
targetted precincts.
In the District #3 County Commissioner's
race, on1l six of the 12 targctted precincts were
in the district, and hence, were able to vote.
Although Fred Blair, DGPC's endorsed
candidate, did not make the runoff, his vote
totals in the DGPC targetted precincts were
much higher than in the district as a whole.
In the six DGPC precincts, Blair pulled 44%
of the vote, while the voting tally of the entire
district only gave him 24%. Blair's closest
contenders in the DGPC precincts were John
Wiley Price, with 17% of the vote and Elsie
Faye Heggins with 16%. Heggins and Price
will face each other in the run-off.Mike Richards said that the DGPC would
probably not make an endorsement of either
Heggins or Price. Richards explained that
both had been supportive of the gay
community in the past.
The DGPC strongly encouraged voters to
attend their precinct caucus meetings and
attempt to be elected as delegates to the district
conventions.
The DGPC had also recommended that
members seek passage of resolutions
requesting futher funding for AIDS research
and patient support and an end to
discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Richards said that he believed that there
were approximately 100 gay delegates elected
to the Democratic Senatorial District
Conventions. Richards also noted that
approlmately seven precir.cts passed the
AIDS funding resolution and five precincts
passed the anti-discrimination resolution.
Richards explained that these figures were
uncertain and that more information would
filter into the DGA office during the week.
A strategy meeting has been scheduled by
the DGPC for delegates to the Senate District
Convetions. The meeting will be held in the
Gay Community Center at 3920 Cedar Springs
on May 17 at 7:30. All delegates and alternates
are encouraged to attend.
--Don RitzOFFICIAL 1984 LOGO
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PRIDE .WI
The Pride III: 84 Steering Committee,
a community-wide organization coordi-
nating Dallas gay pride activities, has
released the official 1984 logo for Pride
III events. The flag is based upon the
Texas flag, with the familiar white star on
a blue ground on the left side. The right
side varies with two red stripes separated
by a white stripe. The logo and an actualDALLAS, TEXAS 1984
flag to be made for street decorations will
be used to identify all Pride III activities
during 1984.
Pride III is comprised of three large
events to be celebrated in Dallas this year.
Pride I events will be our celebration of
National Gay Pride Week, June 23
through June 30. This year celebrates the
15th anniversary of the Stonewall riots inNew York City. Dallas, as well as most
other cities in the United States has
adopted the national theme "Unity and
More in '84."
Pride 11 will be held August 17 through
August 19 to celebrate the 2nd anniver-
sary of Judge Buchmeyer's decision to
overthrow Texas Penal Code 21.06. Pride
III will be the Texas Freedom Festival to
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