Press release celebrating the signing of the Federal Hate Crimes Statistics Act by President George Bush and the attendance of gays and lesbians at the signing event.
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Press release celebrating the signing of the Federal Hate Crimes Statistics Act by President George Bush and the attendance of gays and lesbians at the signing event.
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Dennis Vercher Collection (The Dallas Way) (AR0789), University of North Texas Special Collections
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LGBT Collections
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: President Bush signs hate crimes law],
text,
April 23, 1990;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc916478/:
accessed June 8, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.