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On October 18, 1999 an anonymous person sent an email from the high school to the MCC web site threatening to burn down the church and kill gays and lesbians from the church and in the community in general. While the threat is unsettling for Oak Parkers who like to think of their village as tolerant, the reaction by some community members was swift, strong and positive. The local police and the FBI immediately responded in an attempt to locate the perpetrator (Wednesday Journal, November 3, 1999). On November 21, 1999 a Vigil Against Hate Rally and Candlelight Procession was organized with the assistance of Susan Bridges, OPRF High School Superintendent and representatives from OPALGA. It was well attended. In January, 2000 both the MCC and OPALGA received death threats again this time in the form of a letter (Wednesday Journal, January 12, 2000).
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[T]he gays interviewed said that they did not believe the wall was that thick. Reza said he knew of gay men who had changed their sex so that they could be recognized by the government as transsexual and mingle with men more easily.
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On the first point, including gays among those protected by hate-crime laws is a way of granting a statutory privilege that non-gays do not enjoy. It codifies the experience of victimhood and provides an aura of sanctity that the present political culture grants to official victims. A law that presumes that gays are constantly threatened with violence makes them martyrs to a cause even before they experience martyrdom.
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Activists and academics such as Simon Watney, Douglas Crimp and Jan Zita Grover argue that news coverage of HIV/AIDS has consistently drawn on negative stereotypes about gays and lesbians. In their view, the coverage of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s reflected mainstream society’s fear of and dislike for the gay community—and essentially blamed gay men for AIDS.
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There are currently five Gays liquor stores, with locations in Fremont, Lagrange, Auburn and two in Angola. Cricket attributes Gays' continued success to what the family considers the recipe for good business - the ingredients are service, selection and everyday savings. Indeed, the family makes it clear that its first priority is its customers.
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Even as Bush gives gays a wink and a nod, the GOP's leadership is still mired in the tradition that recently allowed Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott to compare homosexuality to kleptomania. In 1992, Republican orators competed to see who could fire up the party's convention with a homophobic tirade.
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