Tuesday 29 May 2007

Lesbians and gays put record straight over DP - SAPA

Lesbians and gays put record straight over DP
July 11 2000 at 02:55PM

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GLA) announced on Tuesday that it would change its name to the Democratic Lesbigay Alliance from August 1 to attract more voters during the upcoming local government elections.

The new name would be soon advertised in the Government Gazette and the organisation would be registered before August 10 to contest the elections, said GLA's national executive board vice-president, Lorraine Wanner.

"We believe the name change will be more attractive to voters ... and make us a more strategic role-player in provinces, like the Western Cape," she said.

The GLA would contest this year's local elections because it did not trust the Democratic Party to keep the interests of the gay and lesbian community, she said.

"The GLA called on all its party supporters to cast a vote in favour of the Democratic Party ... but the DP's mad decision to merge with our political enemy, the New National Party, has forced us to withdraw our previous support." - Sapa

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