Press release from the NGLTF calling for a boycott of Marlboro cigarettes and Miller beer because of the Philip Morris Corporation's endorsement of anti-gay Senator Jesse Helms.
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Press release from the NGLTF calling for a boycott of Marlboro cigarettes and Miller beer because of the Philip Morris Corporation's endorsement of anti-gay Senator Jesse Helms.
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Dennis Vercher Collection (The Dallas Way) (AR0789), University of North Texas Special Collections
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Publications pertaining to issues relevant to the LGBT community. The collection includes The Dallas Voice, a weekly newspaper for the gay community in North Texas that has been published since 1984.
Named for journalist and activist Dennis Vercher. These materials, which include correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial documentation and press releases, relate to LGBT activism, legislation and HIV/AIDS.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (U.S.).[Press release: NGLTF backs Marlboro and Miller boycott; rejects Philip Morris money],
text,
November 4, 1990;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc916303/:
accessed June 28, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.