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ORGANIZATION A PUBLICATION OF THE LEXINGTON GAY AND LESBIAN SERVICES ORGANIZATION
HERALD-LEADER FACTuAL ERRORS IN I‘m“?
REFUSES TO PRINT IuNE ARTICLE A CRY FOR 1
UNION ANNOUNCEMENT Contributed by Mary Crone _
The May 27 Union Ceremony of . ”St month’ GLSO pUbIIShed an HELP" . l
Tammy Strong and Elizabeth Gilliam article, ”,6 COS! of the Closet, With 00 l
was announced to the public, but Jeff Jones name on It. Jeff dld not It’s not 100% certain et but ;
only through invitations and word-of— erte this article; It was taken off the our la out editors ma be {no’vin l I
mouth. When they requested that the Internet. at theind of Au ust :nd we mg ‘
Lexington Herald-Leader print their The article “5th examples Of our hel ' g ’ l
announcement, they were called by “soc1ety’s assault on lesbIgay Y A 'opl; offer to Elizabeth ma
the editor himself, Tim Kelly, who people” including violent attacks, take thjem both to Boston so th: |
detailed the shaky grounds on which loss 0f jobs, and “he? forms Of GLSO will need at esetter - and '
he chooses to deny a public service to homophobia and discrimInation. SQQNI yp I
homosexuals. It was disturbing to find the The GLSO is current]
Printed here (on p. 5) isthe letter names 0f men arrested for sexual t eset on a Mac in Quark bu); '
written by Mary Crone and signed assaults against children Included in th: newt esetter’will receive not ‘
,1 by many of the ’ceremony’s this list. Those who have a sexual onl Quaik and Illustrator but a
v witnesses. [t was printed in the interest in children are pedophiles, fully com liment of fonts, _ for‘
Letters to the Editor column of the ”Qt homosexuals. The lesbigay either (fie Mac or the PC l
H-L on June 28: bl” 0'11)’ after Mary community needs to be clear about environment in addition to re- ‘
called and demanded to know why this. The nght Wing uses the scanned ads and lo 05 P r
they had waited four weeks already. mistaken idea that gay people _ Please call Mag at 266-5904 .
One of the reasons cited by Mr. particularly rnen - do abuse children, or Peter at 273-5815 if ou are ‘
Kelly as justification for discrimina- to discredit and .malign- our interested or have a lie/ad on
tion is that, “Well, frankly, this is the community. lt is a major contributor someone who mi ht be 1 l
first request I’ve ever had; I don’t to the anger and hate that-cripples ”5,; ‘l—wg ' 1‘-
think there’s much call for it.” The , Some Of the.“RelIgIous lhght _7
GLSO encourages you to write or claim. that molestIng children '15 part ll?l$]®3 JULY:
call the Herald (231—3100) to let them 9f bemg ’35”: Others suggeS‘ that ”“5 Nam: Statement on 5:. Pat's
know that yes, there are people in Is a recrUItIng method, and others Pamde Ban 2
Lexington and its surrounding areas believe none. Of us WOUld “choose” C < ‘ N3
who do want to read about it. And if this lifestyle If we were not survivors onImunIty CWS
, . . OfCl‘Illd abuse. National News 4
211:: 2::khtzbvpllfc: :EY:E:Z£::;:’n:aH Variations on these beliefs are Herald-Leader Protest l_etter,.u.5
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