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LETTERS, Page 10After After the Ball
To criticize the gay-rights movement for not overcoming
centuries of oppression in 20 years is destructive. In their book,
After the Ball (BEHAVIOR, July 10), Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen
advise gays and lesbians to tone down and blend in. But that is
what they have been doing for hundreds of years.
Timothy D. Dugdale
Duluth, Minn.
Thousands of gay men and lesbians, myself included, live
ordinary, decent lives and "project an unthreatening, respectable
image to the straight world." That makes no difference to many
people with an antigay bias. To imply that the fault is ours adds
salt to the wound.
Mary Fran Miklitsch
Washington
I fear that gays and lesbians are hung up on revenge. After so
much oppression, they hope to strike back and force acceptance by
mockingly flaunting differences. Instead they provoke more hatred.
Thomas A. Mathews
Washington
I find it disgusting that Kirk and Madsen think part of the
solution to acceptance of gays and lesbians into mainstream society
is to keep the drag queens and butch lesbians from the public eye.
They have been, still are and always will be an important part of
our community. I will not accept my freedom from discrimination at
their expense.
James Halat
New York City