Date: Tue, 11 Oct 94 14:56:05 EDT
From: Philattey@aol.com
Subject: UF ALUMNI START NEW GAYTOR CLUB

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     NEWS FOR LESBIAN GAY AND BISEXUAL ALUMNI AND STUDENTS OF
                    THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        CONTACT:  Phil Attey
October 10, 1994                               (202)628-4160 HRCF


          LESBIAN AND GAY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ALUMNI
     CREATING NATIONAL "GAYTOR CLUB" AND "GAYTOR DIRECTORY"

  ...University of Florida #1 ranked football season springboards
     new network of "Gaytor Clubs" in cities nationwide.


     WASHINGTON, DC  The newly formed Gaytor Club of Greater
Washington, DC is sending out a call to lesbian, gay and bisexual
graduates of the University of Florida across the country to take
part in the creation of a national "Gaytor Club."  The Club's 
first goals are to organize chapters in cities across the country
and produce a national "Gaytor Directory."  Organizers plan to
kick off the effort during the University of Florida's 1994
Homecoming Celebration, November 4-6.

     The Gaytor Club of Greater Washington DC formed after 1988
University of Florida graduate Gilbert Vansoi placed an ad in the
Washington Blade, Washington, DC's largest lesbian and gay
newspaper, asking local "Gaytors" to get together for football
games.  Vansoi calls the response he got, "terrific."  "I had new
messages every day on my message machine," recalls Vansoi.  "It's
been a lot of fun finding how many of us there are in
Washington."  The group's size increases with every football game
and is expected to grow dramaticly before the end of the football
season.

     In conjunction with the Human Rights Campaign Fund, the
largest national lesbian and gay equal rights group, the Gaytor
Club created "Gaytor Party Packets" for UF alumni host football
parties to raise money for the Alachua County NO ON 1 COALITION,
a countywide group working to defeat two anti-gay initiatives on
the November ballot in Alachua County.  Gaytor alumni in Miami,
Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, New York, Washington (DC), Boston and San
Francisco are hosting Gaytor fundraising parties for NO ON 1.

     Gaytor Club organizers want to keep their focus social -
getting together for football and basketball games and organizing
trips to Homecoming and to Bowl games.  Discussion has included
the possibility of raising money for scholarships and assistance
to the lesbian and gay student group at the University of
Florida, but the group first will concentrate on putting together
a national directory to help lesbian and gay alumni network and
in other cities and create new chapters.

     Gaytor Club organizers expect the national response to be
overwhelming.  "Every alumnus we've talked has put us in touch
with more alumni," exclaims "78 graduate Anna Chen.  "Now it's
just a matter of setting up a data base and starting the
communications process.  We're really excited."

     To register or to receive more information about the Gaytor
Club call or e-mail:

     Anna Chen
     (202)296-3943
     (J.AnnaChen@aol.com)

     or
     
     Gilbert Vansoi
     (703)750-1120
     (DCGators@aol.com)

     Registration forms will be available at Homecoming parties
at the University of Florida and in Gainesville's gay dance
clubs, the Melody Club & Ambush Lounge and the University Club.

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