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Forward Observer<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/td>\nThe Forward Observer: The Newsletter of the Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans of America<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date<\/td>\nMay-June 1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/td>\nNow known as American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER), the Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans of America group is\u00a0“a non-profit, non-partisan, chapter-based Veterans Service Organization of active, reserve, and veteran service members dedicated to full and equal rights and equitable treatment for all present and former members of the US Armed Forces, especially the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender current and prior military personnel who have been historically disenfranchised by armed forces policy and discriminatory laws governing military service and benefits” (AVER website).\u00a0The Forward Observe<\/em>r is a newsletter published by the organization, which covers issues of interest to the group.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donor<\/td>\nGift of June Holloway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Collection<\/td>\nAlabama Forum<\/em> Records<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repository<\/td>\nThe University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Related Items<\/td>\nPride 1991, Birmingham: Photographs (4 & 5)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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