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Most of the people who are close to me are
exclusively straight, though they accept my
sexual tastes with no apparent difficulty. One
of my goals during the next couple of years is
to develop more friendships with gay men and
women.
In the meantime, The Front Page has been
and remains very important to me. I have
taken advantage of the classified ads, which 1
regard as a very good service to the local gay
community. But I tend to read the editorial
copy in each issue before I read the ads.
My personal identification with the gay
community seems to be slow in developing—
but then, I’m not in a hurry. Eventually I hope
to make a personal contribution to the
continuing saga of Gay Liberation in North
Carolina, a cause I believe in fervently. For
people like me, as well as all the married and
securely closeted gay people, The Front Page
provides a “safe” link with the gay community,
without necessarily including discos, show
clubs, booze, or ready public identification.
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The paper is also, of course, valuable to the
bar crowd, and I do appreciate the support of
your advertisers. Also well served are those
many gay people living in rural locations and
small towns.
For all your altruistic services, I thank you
folks very sincerely. 1 would enjoy reading an
occasional update on the state of the health
and economy of your paper. I read with
interest your statement of purpose before you
ceased publication—though your troubles
saddened me. I was happy when you resumed
publication, and from the looks of your ad
displays, it would appear that a lot of good
organizational leg-work is being done by some
unsung hereos.
I hope that the gay women of North
Carolina will become involved in the work of
The Front Page. Surely your paper could
provide a good forum for worthy lesbian
causes. I like to think of myself as a strong
feminist, and certainly all women, gay and
straight, have a lot in common with gay men:
centuries of oppression by a male-dominated,
homophobic society.
There are millions of people in this country
who prefer to live in a gloriously pluralistic
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society, with the great richness that corr^s
from the combination of people of many
colors, creeds, national origins, beliefs, and
sexual preferences. To each, her/his own.
Live and let live. If we were all to join hands in
our common cause, the “Moral Majority”
would be seen for what it is: a small group of
people frightened by change, frightened by
individual differences, whose belief-system
can be held together only by including large
doses of intolerance, hatred, and the
perception of all-pervasive evil. They, of
course, have a right to their beliefs, and I to
mine.
But enough already from the soap box!
Keep up the good work, and good luck.
G.N.
Raleigh, NC
Thanks, but. . .
Although The Front Page is not know for
catching typographical errors (some issues
look like we don’t even try, although we do),
the following letter has been carefully
proofread several times. All spellings are as
they appear in the original letter.
Dear Editor:
After reading The Frount Page for the first
time I can honestly say that it is some what
boreing. Somehow I never made it through
the second page. 1 think in order to have a
good news paper you must have instresting
subject. Not the same old “crap.”
I think it would be quite instresting to
interview some Drag Queens. Find out what
changed there life. There are alot of Drag
Queens that are really good and they are very
much apart of the gay community.
Also to draw people to othe gay bars why
not go to different bars and report on them.
What 1 mean by report is that—like the people
and how you were treated, music the shows
(Etc.).
I have talked to many gay people and tell
think it would be instresting. So, I would like to
join the staff of The Frount Page. 1 would like
to do some traveling to different bars and
interview different Drag Queens. Now, this
The cast of “D.B. Cooper" — Robert Duvall,
Kathryn Harrold and, our special guest,
Treat Williams. (What kind of mother names
her son “Treat” ?)
would be on my own free time and money. All
I’m asking is let me join your staff and let me
try this one time and if it doesn’t work then I’ll
never both you, is that not fair? If I’m aloud to
join I wil need some identification to show that
I’m with The Frount Page.
If you think you would like to try this ideal of
my let me know by writting to me.
Jan Shortt
Abingdon, VA
Thank you for your letter, your comments
and criticisms. In the past. The Front Page
has tried to put together a regular column on
events in the various clubs across the state.
But the effort failed simply for lui k of
coordination.
I thank you for your offer, but we currently
have someone who is helping us with iust
such an idea as you mention, covering dab
events, the music being played by various
D.J. 's. etc. Check out our “Nightlife column
on page C4.
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