Contact: Terry Schleder or Jan Williams 303-777-0560 *** UPDATES *** 4,000 Person Conference Cancels National March Co-Chair Endorses Boycott BOYCOTT BUMPER STICKERS RELEASED (DENVER) -- A conference of 4,000 members of the American Mathematical Society will not to be held in Denver in 1995 because of Amendment 2. Executive Director William Jaco notified BOYCOTT COLORADO, INC. this week of the decision by the Massachusetts-based organization. Using conservative industry- recognized estimating techniques (those recognized by the Colorado Convention and Visitors Bureau), this represents another $4,000,000 loss to Colorado because of the anti-gay law which was supported by a militant fundamentalist group based in Colorado Springs. BOYCOTT COLORADO, INC. has been notified by at least 4 other organizations, including the United States Environmental Protection Agency, that a definite decision has been made to cancel plans which had included Colorado, because of passage of Amendment 2. Research is still underway to determine the dollar loss. ****** Derek Livingston, one of the co-chairs of the National March on Washington, has thrown his support behind the global boycott of Colorado, telling BOYCOTT COLORADO, INC. "The nightmare of Amendment 2 in Colorado is awakening the other 49 states to the fact that bigotry is alive and well and on the march." He said he will meet in a few days with his fellow co-chairs to determine an organizational stand on the boycott. He said he believes Amendment 2 has set off a dangerous nation-wide any-gay movement by the right-wing which must be stopped in Colorado. The National March on Washington is expected to draw a million supporters of equal rights for gays and lesbians to the Nation's Capital this Summer. **************** In response to a nation-wide call for buttons, t-shirts and other pro-boycott advertising, bumper stickers bearing the trade-marked BOYCOTT COLORADO logo are being mailed out at a rapid rate at a price of $2 each or 5 for $8.00 CALL 1-800-4-BOYCOTT FOR MORE INFORMATION # # # WHO IS BOYCOTTING? The Following have officially endorsed the boycott. Southern Christian Leadership Conference Brouder County, Florida The City of Atlanta The City of Chicago The City of New York The City of Los Angeles The City of Austin The City of Seattle The City of Boston The City of Philadelphia The City of Baltimore The City of Laguna Beach, California The City of Madison, Wisconsin Minnesota State Democratic Party Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays So. Calif. ACLU National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Colorado National Organization for Women (NOW) Robin Tyler Prod.(Aspen Gay Ski Week) Barbra Streisand Whoopie Goldberg Jonathan Demme Joan Rivers Armistead Maupin Liza Minelli The Kennedy Family Ed Saxon John Landis Nora Ephron Michael Tolken Sally Kirkland Madonna Angie Dickinson La Gente Politica The National Greens Ground Zero Aids-Medicine-Miracles The Village Voice Lesbian News Lesbians in Colorado The New York Times GLAAD/LA Americans for Democratic Action BOYCOTT COLORADO AUXILIARY GROUPS: Boycott Colorado ~ New York Boycott Colorado ~ Philadelphia Boycott Colorado ~ Los Angeles Boycott Colorado ~ Chicago Boycott Colorado ~ San Francisco The Following have canceled conventions or other activities in Colorado. First Affirmative Financial Network, Inc. Lotus Development (software such as 1-2-3) Microsoft Corp. Employees Ski Club Xchange Computers Laurel Entertainment TV mini-series Cancellations, Continued WMMR Radio Phila., ski trip to Breckenridge Hispanic Journalists Association Land Trust Alliance Chamber Music America Recording Artists Association Nature Conservancy American Massage Therapy Association United States Environmental Protection Agency Assoc. of College Unions International Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund American Assoc. of Law Libraries Coalition of Labor Union Women California Shakespeare Festival Natl. Gay & Lesbian Journalist Assoc. Unitarian Universalists Comm. for U.S. Student Association American Assoc. of Phys. for Human Rights National Council for Social Studies National Education Association Hotel Giorgio reports 525 lost room-nights Women's Sports Foundation (canceled $1 million dollar project) National Mayors Conference Greenpeace Our most conservative tracking procedures place the estimated total loss since Nov 3, 1992 at a minimum $25,000,000. That is "outside dollars coming in to Colorado" When we learn of a cancellation or endorsement, we contact that party and verify information prior to release. BOYCOTT COLORADO, INC. acts as a clearing house of this type of information so the voters of Colorado can see an accurate picture of the price of legalized discrimination. This list constantly grows larger. It is impossible for us to print a new list every day. 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