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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.
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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.
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