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hospitality rooms at the conventions, and over 100 more or less openly gay delegates or alternates at the 1982 covention. There is no Republican group at present, although there has been talk of one being organized.

TGLSOC (see Aug. News) is a group you would be particularly interested in, since it is for student support organizations–the address in the article is still good to contact, if you haven’t already. In addition, The Texas Human Rights Foundation is a group of lawyers (who were responsible for handling Don Baker’s suit against 21.06) and the Rural Coalition is just forming to serve people on farms and in small towns (see Oct. News). There has been talk about a business coalition too, but so far nothing has come of that; and some of an organization of gay telephone lines.

It’s too bad you are so far away from Denton–both myself and Tom Cain, the present Task Force chair, live here. You’re in the Western region; our male board member form Lubbock has not been very active; we hope to have a woman from there soon since one has expressed interest and maybe your groups would like to send representatives to each other. Maybe, too, Tom and/or I could get there some time on a vacation or long weekend, though I suppose your groups takes pretty much the same school holidays that NTSU (where we both are) does, so no one would be around when we are free. Maybe though we can work something out.

I’ve put your group in the mailing list for the News, and would appreciate our receiving any newsletter your group is putting out. Please do keep in touch–I’m sorry to be so slow in replying, but when everything is volunteer there’s always something pushed back till one can do it right. TGLTF would like to become a means of organizations such as yours scattered around the state keeping in touch, but we are just working on the mechanics now. Some possibilities for the future include: