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' · Parental Notification (Continued from page 9) Immortal Words If a young women does not feel comf'Ortable in discus· sing abortion with her parents, it is an invasion of (her·•ay) Shirley Polykoff has become the first ''living" 4>rivacy to force her to do so with a law. It's far too late woman to join the Advertising Hall of Fame. Polykoff, fe.. save any parent-child relationship if it exists only ' who was honored last March, reportedly carved her because of a·statute. And who would trust the reaction niche tn ,the advertising world by inventing the famous of a parBD.t whose daught~!' doesn't trust· her/him hair dye company slogan: "Does she or doesn't· she? 1 e.nough, to discuss the topic in the first place. Parental .,.', · Only her hairdresser knows for sure.'' notification by law is not needed where parents ·have fulfilled their roles adequately-or are prepared. to ac· cept the conseQ.uences of their own inadequacles or their daughter's right to choose ah'Ortion. Where parents have been inadequate to the point where· their minor pregnant daughters· do not turn to them voluntar. 'flle Science Fiction Sisterhood Uy., it is criminal to punish the daughters by forcing them to a confron~ation. I suspect ·that it is precisely that­ (Continued from page 9} punishment-that the authorS of parental notification Leigh Breckett, T. laws have in mind for .these young women. Marjen ·Zimmer Bradley, T. Suz,y McKee Charnas, F, X. Isn't it interesting that'the State of Utah, the MORMON Mildred Clingerman, T, ss. state, has a statute requiring parental qotifica~ion! Jo Clayton, F. Mormoas. those clean:...cut, pure.. living, strong family­ Joan Cox, F. li/& exemplars. If they are so much more successful than 1 Miriam Allen deFord, T, SS. ~ anyone else at having liltrong traditions.! families, w ·y Sonya Dorman, F: SS. do they feel the need .to legislttte the relationship' be· Suzette Haden Elgin, F. tween parents and kids? ·coll!d it be despite. all ·the Carol Emshwiller, SS. Mormon ..holier than t)wu" attitudes about being "pro­ Cynthia Felice, F. family," that the Mormon Church is no more ,help to D. G. F!)ntana, T. people in solving the intricate problems of family Ufe Zenn~ .Henderson, T .. than; say, the Unitarian Church? Maybe the Unitarian Virginia Kidd, F. editor, too.' Church is better.· At le.ast the Unitarians I've met admit UrsUla LeGuin, F, X. they have problems; Tanith Lee, Fantasy. Elizabeth a. Lynn, F. ) ., ~ ; . ·~·&Dd':Gay'~··~~cY"'''. KattmMri& Macteab.f T. Ann Maxwell, F, X. (CGntinued from page .1) · Anne McCaffrey, T, F. Some progress has been made since 1969. The Lesbian Vonda. N, Mcintyre, F, X. epd Gay Rights Bill in the House of Repl't;~$entatives now JU~th Merrill, T, SS. ha'. 47 sponsors. At pr.eeent, 24 states have no laws on C. L. Moore. T; px:}vate consensual adult sexual activity. Many towns ~e Norton, T. and cities across the counuy .· have passed anti-dis· Barbara .Paul, F. x. criminatory ordinances. Continued public education on Doris Piserchia, F, X. the issue by gfoups such 8$ NOW is necessary for ·· Marta 'Randall, F, X. · changing negative attitudes and for achieving legisla· Kit Reed, P, SS, X. tive remedies {or discrimination· Jtxperienced by gay Pamela Sargedt, F, editor too, X. people in employment,· housing, access to publ~c addC?¢· J~phine Saxton, T. m~ations, immigration .. and the military.· . Alice Shelci()n (Racoons Sheldon, James Tiptree, Jr.). F. X; I Each NOW chapter should organize some activt'ty. in Kathleen Sky, T. June to celebrate Le~bian and. Gay Pride and a)so to re-. Joan Slonzcewski, F, X. new the committment to actively press fQr full civil · Joanna Russ., F, F. rights for gay people. Some suggestions follow: Sydney J. VanScyoc, F. 1. Hold~a march and rally. , Joan D. Vinge, F; X. 2. Send a porttingent to the nearest march. and rally .. Kate Wilhelm, .T. Contact lesbian/gay groups for information. . · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, F, X. / 3. Hold an educational :program an lesbian rights as. Ma~,ty 'of yo~robably violently disagree with ·my des­ part of a regular chapter meeting or as a separate crjption of one or more of the above, I'm sorry. I'm also event. sorry that I can't give more names of writers of fantasy, 4. Co-sponsor ·an event with a 1local lesbian/gay but I don't read books that contain lots, of words I can't group. pronounce out loud. I would•like to compile a compre· 5. Donate a book such as Our Right to Love: A h•ive.list of Jenrlnist/womeJJ. oriented science fiction. Lesbian Resource Book, edited by Ginny Vida, so anyone whf) b.QS comments or additions is encourageq Prentice Hall, 1978, to your local library. to add to my list.