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January 19^2001 » Ju st “ Ut , 9 •■ir»*» k 'r iiiu h 'rin n e w s R E /M A X « the stickers in response to a series of hate crimes in the community. She figured if they were placed on all police cars, firetrucks, snowplows and other vehicles, people wouldn’t be afraid to place them on their bumpers. But according to local activist M’Lynn Hartwell, an officer claimed the city was violat ing his First Amendment rights by forcing him to drive a patrol unit with a rainbow sticker— which he considered a political statement— attached to it. She said conservative Christian organizations then stepped in and offered to pro vide whatever legal services were required to support his assertion. “Rather than pit the city against the Ameri can Family Association, the city attorney rec ommended removal of the stickers from city vehicles," Hartwell said. “Many employees of Traverse City have chosen to place rainbow bumper stickers on their personal vehicles...in protest of the...decision.” Hartwell said demand for the undistrib uted bumper stickers, which remain closeted somewhere downtown, has been overwhelm ing. Her organization, We Are Traverse City, is planning to print additional rainbows. Direct questions and comments to WeAreTC@TraverseArea.com, or send finan cial donations to RO. Box 9, Traverse City, MI 49685-0009. The unfolding saga also is being tracked at the Internet site www .TraverseArea. com/TC. O M A R Y LA N D % ere hours after discussing drug treat ment projects with the deputy mayor, TV sacrificed about $2 million in adver tising revenue when it aired 17 commer Baltimore’s housing com cial-free hours of celebrities reading accounts of missioner entered a bar in hundreds of hate crime incidents from across the a drunken stupor and launched into a homo- country Jan. 10. The music network began the evening by phobic tirade Dec. 28, PlanetOut reports. Paul T. airing Anatomy of a Hate Crime , the story behind the attack and murder of 21 -year-old gay college Graziano, 47, was arrested after refusing to leave and student Matthew Shepard. Afterward, MTV News went live and invited John Norris, one of now is headed to a 30-day Paul T. the victim’s close friends and an expert from the alcohol abuse inpatient Graziano treatment program. Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, According to Bertha’s bartender Donna to talk about how discrimination and hate affect Reinsel, he only had been seated 10 minutes youth today. The effort launched the network’s yearlong before he began making insulting anti-gay Fight for Your Rights: Take a Stand Against comments to two patrons. She called the Discrimination campaign. Visit the Internet police, and Graziano loudly announced, “Thte site FightForYourRights.MTV.com for more place is full of fags.” He later apologized, admitting that he information. blacked out and that he might have a drink ing problem. However, Mayor Martin O ’Mal- M IC H IG A N raverse City, which received widespread *ley infuriated activists by only giving praise last month for spending $1,800 on Graziano a verbal reprimand and accepting his drunkenness as a “mitigating factor.” 10,000 rainbow stickers for all city vehicles, “Anything less than a resignation sends a chickened out Dec. 19 after receiving com message that sexual minorities are less val ued as citizens,” said Timothy Hurley, Gay and Lesbian Communi ty Center of Baltimore president. “When some one gets to the point of not remembering, that’s an indication of a seri ous alcohol problem. That alone should call into question whether he’s fit to serve.” The Sun didn’t buy O ’Malley’s reasoning, either, and called for Graziano’s resignation in a plaints that the emblem promotes homosexual ity, The Associated Press reports. Mayor Larry Jan. 4 editorial. “The mayor needs to speak out, Hardy said he had “no idea it had anything to to reassure not only the gay and lesbian commu nity but to calm other Baltimoreans’ fears that do with the gay community.” “I personally think I was kind of conned,” he he may be tolerant of bigotry.” j n said. “I was stupid not to know what the symbol Compiled by Copy Editor J im R a d o s t a , who stood for.” City Commissioner Margaret Dodd designed can be reached at jim@justout .com. and local resources toll-free service founded in 1996, has increased its hours of operation. Thanks to the recent opening of a San Francis co office in addition to the original New York location, people now can call 888-THE-GLNH from 1 to 9 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Staffed by well-trained and compassionate volunteers, the anonymous hot line is the only national organization of its kind in the country. More than 100,000 calls are placed to it each year from teens and adults in all 50 states. “Our approach is to help callers focus on their feelings rather than for us to tell them how to solve their problems,” hot line execu tive director Brad Becker said. “By talking to a caller about the issues they are facing, it is often the first step in their ability to come to an understanding and comfort with the way they want to live their lives. Callers can also get information on groups and organizations of every imaginable type— social, support, politi cal, religious, athletic and professional— plus gay-friendly businesses, doctors, lawyers and counselors.” Hot line volunteers have access to a national database containing more than 18,000 listings— the largest resource of its kind in the world and still growing. For more information, call the administrative office at 888-415-3022, e-mail glnh@glnh.org or visit the Internet site www.glnh.org. M T S ignature P ro perties ! 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