Press release celebrating the enforcement of the Hate Crimes Statistics Act that prevented a hate crime's hotline from disconnecting calls regarding anti-gay and -lesbian hate crimes.
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Press release celebrating the enforcement of the Hate Crimes Statistics Act that prevented a hate crime's hotline from disconnecting calls regarding anti-gay and -lesbian hate crimes.
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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: national hate crimes hotline disconnects gays, but NGLTF pressure forces policy change],
text,
May 15, 1990;
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc915849/:
accessed May 28, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.