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by The Gay and Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation
MacDonald’s food for thought
causes indigestion
In a column appearing in the July 6 edition
of The Wall Street Journal, writer Heather
MacDonald suggests that attempts to protest
the Boy Scouts’ exclusionary policy against gays
— a policy upheld hy a sharply divided US
Supreme Court — will victimize “poor, minor
ity children.”
“If financial and institutional support for the
, Scouts dries up, what will urban children lose?”
MacDonald asks. “Perhaps their best hope for
conquering their circumstances. Scouting
teaches a set of values rare anywhere today, but
especially in troubled inner-city neighborhoods
-— perseverance, personal responsibility and
self-discipline.”
MacDonald fails to acknowledge that the
same boys who are learning these inarguably
important values also are being taught that
prejudice and discrimination against gay people
is admirable. Just as damaging is the message
that young, gay, closeted Scouts must lie about
who they are in order to be accepted. Clearly,
these are not the values most parents want in
stilled in their children. Yet by choosing to pub
licly advocate discrimination, the Scouts’ na
tional leadership has sent a dangerous, divisive
message to its youth that runs counter to their
best interests.
MacDonald also argues that if corporations
pull funding from the Scouts, it will make it
increasingly difficult to recruit Scout leaders.
This is ironic, given that the organization’s dis
crimination policy against gays has already
shrunk the pool of qualified Scout leaders. Like
wise, it is ironic that the Scouts is now on the
record condemning those who demonstrate the
bravery, courage and honesty necessary to come
out of the closet — the very qualities scouting
seeks to instill.
MacDonald’s piece represents divisive poli
tics at its worst, attempting to divide people by
race, class and sexual orientation in an effort to
pit them against one another.
Let The Wall Street Journal know that you
expect a more objective summation of the sig
nificance of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the
Boy Scouts. Contact: Max Boot, Editorial Page
Editor, The Wall Street Journal, 200 Liberty St.,
New York, NY 10281-1003; fax: (212) 416-
2658; email: letter.editor@edit.wsj.com.
Lesbian and gay seniors in
The Miami Herald
As the baby boomers enter into their 50s,
the challenges of aging and retirement continue
to garner increasing media visibility. However,
the aging gay and lesbian community is largely
invisible in this coverage.
On July 2, The Miami Herald published an
excellent article exploring the problems and
opportunities facing gay seniors and the inno
vative solutions many of them have devised to
stay active and build friendships within their
community.
“Growing Old Among Friends,” by Johnny
Diaz and Shari Rudavsky, draws on interviews
with a diverse group of gay and lesbian seniors
(and seniors-to-be), allowing them to tell their
stories in their own voices and deftly linking
their common experiences. Among those in
terviewed: Edda Cimino, a 70-year-old former
teacher and recent co-chairwoman of the South
Florida chapter of GLSEN; Bill Laing, a psy
chology professor who, after retiring, built a
retirement community for lesbians and gay men
in Sarasota, NY; John Dorr, a resident in Laing’s
community who, after the death of his partner,
began offering assisted living services to his next
door neighbors; Jeffrey Dillon and John DeLeo,
partners who are currently developing a 320-
unit assisted-care high-rise in Fort Lauderdale,
FL; Randi Adler, who works through the Jew
ish Family Center of Greater Miami to help
seniors who are fearful of coming out; and many
others. Their stories, their fears, their indepen
dence and their compassion reflect the depth
of experience in this often underappreciated
part of our community.
Diaz and Rudavsky’s interviews also refer
ence several important groups for gay and les
bian seniors, including the Gay and Lesbian
Association of Retiring Persons (GLARP), Pride
Senior Network, Senior Action in a Gay Envi
ronment (SAGE), Golden Threads (a support
group for lesbians over 50) and Silver Strands
(an online group for gay men over 50).
Diaz and Rudavsky do a tremendous ser
vice by promoting visibility of gay and lesbian
seffiors, the resources available to them, and the
rich history and future of this important but
often overlooked group.
Thank The Miami Herald for this ground
breaking feature. Contact: Larry Olmstead,
Managing Editor, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald
Plaza, Miami, FL 33132-1693; email:
heraldEd@herald.com.
For more information, visit these web sites:
www.gaylesbiantetiring.org;www.sageusa.org;
www.pridesenior.org;members.aol.com/
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