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Plain Dealer, January 6, 1977, page 41: Episcopalians will have thirty women, one of which is lesbian, welcomed into the priesthood this month.

Plain Dealer, January 7, 1977, page 22: Two in the kidnap case of the heir to the Seagrams fortune have been sentenced for extortion.

Plain Dealer, January 7, 1977, page 23: Two males were married by the Episcopal bishop of Washington, DC, they hope it will be recognized by the wider Episcopal church.

Plain Dealer, January 9, 1977, page 70: Suicide among youths are up, the thought is that today's youth have to decide if they are bisexual, homosexual, heterosexual or whatever else, and this is somewhat new.

Plain Dealer, January 15, 1977, page 17: Actor Peter Finch has died, he never achieved international attention until he played a homosexual doctor in SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY.

Plain Dealer, January 15, 1977, page 36: Lesbian priest Reverend Ellen Marie Barrett ordained in New York City and Bishop Paul Moore Jr supported her ordination despite criticism.

Plain Dealer, January 16, 1977, page 113: In THE BERLIN STORIES the author Isherwood writes somewhat autobiographically, however being homosexual he has to transpose the sexes to lesbianism.

Plain Dealer, January 18, 1977, page 4: Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd voted to withhold their diocesan assessment in protest against lesbian priest in New York City.

Plain Dealer, January 21, 1977, page 105: TV CHANNEL 5 MORNING EXCHANGE has Arlene Ross discussing the lesbian woman.

Plain Dealer, February 5, 1977, page 18: Dr Menninger regrets passing along the implication that homosexuals are criminals in the same class as rapists and child molesters in his column. He personally does believe that statement.

Plain Dealer, February 6, 1977, page 13: Churches waste time worrying about homosexual priests and neglect the difficult issues threatening the world today.

Plain Dealer, February 7, 1977, page 9: In a close vote, 164 to 139, Episcopalians in Ohio vote down move for gay priests and for advocating for gay priests.

Plain Dealer, February 8, 1977, page 21: Dear Abby advises a mom to accept her lesbian daughter and her lover or risk losing her and your grandchildren.

Plain Dealer, February 13, 1977, page 99: Letters, in a complaint that Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman in playing in the family hour, one says children should know about sex and homosexuality, but they should not learn about things in a comedic manner.

Plain Dealer, February 25, 1977, page 4: The blacklisting of Anita Bryant has begun as her fight against a homosexual rights ordinance in Miami making her toxic right now.

Plain Dealer, February 27, 1977, page 77: Novel DOCTOR COPERNICUS speculates why Copernicus delayed publishing his last book until he was near to death.

Plain Dealer, February 27, 1977, page 172: Heterosexual and homosexual rape is now invading prime-time TV programming and it is playing well with large numbers of viewers across the land.

Plain Dealer, March 7, 1977, page 6: Joan Little's murder trial became a symbol for feminists, she was acquitted in her murder trial as she avoided a sexual assault.

Plain Dealer, March 7, 1977, page 14: Keating's Citizens for Decency Through Law is fighting pornography and said homosexuals degrade themselves to the status of animals.

Plain Dealer, March 7, 1977, page 20: Dear Abby: My son married a lesbian, so what to do with the wedding gifts after she kicked him out. Return the gifts from his side of the family only.

Plain Dealer, March 10, 1977, page 18: The story of a typical US male said he would go into cardiac arrest if a homosexual ever propositioned him.

Plain Dealer, March 13, 1977, page 126: Novel FALCONER has central to the story a brief homosexual affair of the prison sort which flares jealousy, anger and violence.

Plain Dealer, March 16, 1977, page 12: Scoutmaster of a Boy Scout troop was found guilty of committing homosexual acts with 6 boys during an overnight campout.

Plain Dealer, March 18, 1977, page 19: Anita Bryant and her followers have forced a special election to decide the fate of a homosexual rights bill.

Plain Dealer, March 18, 1977, page 41: A group of educators has formed the Male Concerns Committee, it should be fine for men to have close male friends and not be called homosexual.

Plain Dealer, March 20, 1977, page 116: In San Francisco in 1972 the first open homosexual was ordained a minister by the United Church of Christ and recently we have the first lesbian was ordained by the Episcopal Church.

Plain Dealer, April 1, 1977, page 83: Theater MY FAT FRIEND follows Vicky, a plump bookstore owner, as she dives into diet and exercise with the aid of her friend, an aspiring author and homosexual.

Plain Dealer, April 2, 1977, page 17: Reverend J McNeill is a celibate Roman Catholic priest who disagrees with the church that all homosexual activity is a sin.

Plain Dealer, April 3, 1977, page 52: Autobiography THE DAVID KOPAY STORY details the NFL football player who came out as gay and while he does not name names, he tells of his homosexual life in and out of the NFL.

Plain Dealer, April 3, 1977, page 72: Boise's first female police officer, and three other females were fired in a week, at least two were charged with crimes against nature, that is simply code for homosexuality.

Plain Dealer, April 9, 1977, page 23: Theater MY FAT FRIEND is quite funny, Vicky is an alcoholic, junkie, food kleptomaniac with a mask of homosexuality and timidity.

Plain Dealer, April 14, 1977, page 4: A homosexual group at the University Illinois had a one day campaign, if you are gay, wear blue jeans, and on that day, blue jeans vanished.

Plain Dealer, April 14, 1977, page 14: ERA's defeat has many reasons, including the smears that legalization of homosexual marriages and unisex bathrooms would result, which of course are lies and myths.

Plain Dealer, April 14, 1977, page 37: Understanding the grammar of gay and gays and getting spatter about their meaning these days.

Plain Dealer, April 15, 1977, page 5: State Representative Elaine Nobel of Massachusetts is a homosexual and is being considered for a top job in ACTION, a government volunteer agency.

Plain Dealer, April 15, 1977, page 41: Pornography of the young has lept from magazine to film, according to psychiatrists this can lead to addicts, prostitutes, teen parents and crime.

Plain Dealer, April 17, 1977, page 7: A man convicted of the machete killings of 25 migrant farm workers, also had relations with sheep, homosexual relations and an obsession with death.

Plain Dealer, April 19, 1977, page 18: Theater BUTLEY the man playing Butley has waxed from heterosexual to homosexual and left his wife. This is a grueling role, Butley will be on the stage the entire time.

Plain Dealer, April 25, 1977, page 34: Theater BUTLEY starts on the day so named is divorced and his lover abandons him and takes a new gay lover, making for quite a chess match on stage.

Plain Dealer, April 26, 1977, page 8: The US Supreme Court refused to consider a decision upholding the right of an editor of a college paper to refuse paid ad's from a homosexual.

Plain Dealer, May 3, 1977, page 17: Singer-poet Rod McKuen came out for homosexual rights and criticized Anita Bryant, asking "why is it any of her business".

Plain Dealer, May 9, 1977, page 31: The Annenberg School of Communications says TV does not show as much sex as many think but most of it is during the so called family hour.

Plain Dealer, May 10, 1977, page 54: Mattis, a homosexual, files lawsuit against the Postal Service charging he was forced to quit his job in San Francisco due to his sexual practices.

Plain Dealer, May 13, 1977, page 113: Theater THE RITZ named for a Turkish bath in New York City with homosexual characters including cruisers, queens, female impersonaters, transvestites and more.

Plain Dealer, May 14, 1977, page 24: Bryant says if homosexuality were the normal way, God would have made Adam and Bruce.

Plain Dealer, May 15, 1977, page 71: Pro- and anti-homosexual groups are organizing and raising funds for a battle nationwide after Miami votes down homosexual protections.

Plain Dealer, May 25, 1977, page 3: In Oakland a lesbian mother loses custody of her second child and in San Francisco Jane Fonda says Anita Bryant is not well and is fanning the flames of fear.

Plain Dealer, May 29, 1977, page 6: A judge refused to order the Navy to reinstate a former officer who acknowledged committing homosexual acts while in the service.

Plain Dealer, May 29, 1977, page 52: Homosexuals want the right to be teachers and Big Brothers, and to marry and adopt children, Bryant says our kids are in jeopardy.

Plain Dealer, May 29, 1977, page 53: Anita Bryant's Save Our Children obtained 64000 signatures on a petition to either repeal the amendment barring discrimination or put it up for a vote.

Plain Dealer, May 30, 1977, page 85: Anita Bryant's top concern is about getting rid of homosexual teachers, as homosexuals, they cannot reproduce so they need to recruit children to carry on their agenda.

Plain Dealer, May 30, 1977, page 86: While Anita Bryant slams gays as immoral, she has lost almost all her speaking engagements and her sponsorship with Singer, the sewing company.

Plain Dealer, June 4, 1977, page 20: Most churches favor the rights of gay persons in society, but have refrained allowing gays to be fully involved in the church experiences.

Plain Dealer, June 5, 1977, page 8: Miami voters will decide whether to uphold or repeal a law that bars discrimination against homosexuals in employment and housing.

Plain Dealer, June 5, 1977, page 44: Officials in Hollywood said the impact of sex-oriented businesses on the community results in the spread of crime to epidemic proportions.

Plain Dealer, June 7, 1977, page 15: Both sides of a homosexual controversy over whether a gay rights law should be repealed in Miami tried to sway voters their way.

Plain Dealer, June 8, 1977, page 1: Miami Gay rights law prohibiting discrimination against homosexuals in housing and employment was repealed in a 2-to-1 vote.

Plain Dealer, June 9, 1977, page 4: A deacon of the United Methodist Church in Minneapolis has been stripped of his title because he is a homosexual.

Plain Dealer, June 9, 1977, page 20: Anita Bryant's forces exalted their 2-to-1 victory in Miami, and will set up Save Our Children in Washington DC, gay rights groups will also compete there.

Plain Dealer, June 11, 1977, page 20: West Virginia's St John's Episcopal Church will continue to minister to homosexuals, however, its pastor will no longer use liturgies of friendship for homosexuals.

Plain Dealer, June 12, 1977, page 37: Gay rights suffered a 2-to-1 defeat in Dade County in their quest for civil rights in Florida's most liberal county.

Plain Dealer, June 13, 1977, page 27: Should the gays have civil rights, letters for and against the issue are included.

Plain Dealer, June 13, 1977, page 30: International Women's Year Conference meets in Columbus, but there are too many disparate groups to reach much consensus.

Plain Dealer, June 14, 1977, page 6: Anita Bryant will take her anti-homosexual crusade around the country if invited and God says go.

Plain Dealer, June 14, 1977, page 12: The Unitarian Universalists for two years has had an Office of Gay Concerns that seeks legislation to bring constitutional rights to homosexuals.

Plain Dealer, June 14, 1977, page 19: International Women's Year Conference meets in Columbus, while no resolution was reached, a lot of support was gained for lesbian causes.

Plain Dealer, June 16, 1977, page 16: Inmates at Lucasville have as recreation creating violence against each other and living conditions violate their constitutional rights.

Plain Dealer, June 17, 1977, page 46: Dear Abby: I do not want to have sex with boys so my friends think I'm a lesbian, how can I reinforce to them I am not? You do not need to make apologies, just tell your friends the truth.

Plain Dealer, June 19, 1977, page 20: President Carter does not see homosexuality as a threat to the family, society should not abuse or harass homosexuals.

Plain Dealer, June 20, 1977, page 4: Anita Bryant basks in success with her victory over homosexual rights forces in the Miami election, but Florida Citrus is thinking of dumping her as a spokesperson.

Plain Dealer, June 21, 1977, page 20: Letters say reporting on the International Women's Year Conference in Columbus was unfair.

Plain Dealer, June 25, 1977, page 5: An Army board voted to discharge a Specialist female living with a transsexual even if they believe they are living as man and woman.

Plain Dealer, June 26, 1977, page 76: In Florida, the question of whether homosexuals have equal rights to work and housing devolved into an argument more about seducing young boys.

Plain Dealer, June 30, 1977, page 9: Ohio jails are at 150% capacity resulting in more violence, prisoners sold to other prisoners for homosexual activity.

Plain Dealer, July 1, 1977, page 6: A suit filed against Anita Bryant blaming her anti gay crusade in the death of a San Francisco homosexual as youth's shouted obscenities.

Plain Dealer, July 3, 1977, page 24: Anita Bryant hurts Florida orange juice sales, maybe orange juice should have two sets of commercials, a second from gays enjoying the drink.

Plain Dealer, July 4, 1977, page 2: Police question two homosexuals detained in association with the murders of up to 43 young men starting as far back as 1967 and where the majority of victims were homosexual.

Plain Dealer, July 5, 1977, page 8: Yellow Springs Ohio codified gay rights into their town ordinances two years ago by changing the meaning of sex to include sexual orientation.

Plain Dealer, July 6, 1977, page 32: TV SITCOM SOAP hasn't even aired yet, but TV sitcom watchdogs of morality are in a lather just from descriptions of its content and some local affiliates may not air it.

Plain Dealer, July 7, 1977, page 90: The mutilation murder of a 23 year old man was linked to the homosexual trash bag killings in nearby Riverside.

Plain Dealer, July 9, 1977, page 23: In a primer for the Gay Pride Parade, a practice run boast a gay community center, a gay hotline, two gay congregations, and gay clubs for the Cleveland march.

Plain Dealer, July 10, 1977, page 4: Hundreds of gays march down Euclid Avenue in Cleveland for gay pride in front of spectators and Anita Bryant is a big flash point among the marchers.

Plain Dealer, July 10, 1977, page 69: Gay life is nurtured in many a bar, the manager of Traxx says the bars are places to socialize, relax without being hassled and meet new friends.

Plain Dealer, July 10, 1977, page 86: Gay life is nurtured in many a bar, JJs, Shaker Club, Zanzibar, Twiggy's Place, Traxx and more, and attract all sorts who just want to have fun in a friendly place.

Plain Dealer, July 10, 1977, page 217: A boys only rehabilitative institution has much lower rates of theft and homosexuality due to a solid rehab program.

Plain Dealer, July 11, 1977, page 2: Anita Bryant spoke to cameras and a filled First Baptist Church with police guard, she opposes gay rights, she has lost 70 percent of bookings.

Plain Dealer, July 11, 1977, page 11: International Women's Year Conference is in Albany this year and at one point it turned into a brawl with anti ERA and anti abortion groups well represented.

Plain Dealer, July 11, 1977, page 27: Most think of lesbians as mannish-looking woman with short hair and no makeup, we want people to know that there a lesbian models.

Plain Dealer, July 12, 1977, page 4: Jury convicts British newspaper GAY NEWS of libel for their depiction of Christ as a homosexual.

Plain Dealer, July 12, 1977, page 23: Cleveland and Cleveland Heights have homosexuals churches and are helpful to those who lose communication with former friends and family.

Plain Dealer, July 14, 1977, page 57: Members of the gay community believe they were born that way, however some can suppress their urges.

Plain Dealer, July 15, 1977, page 70: Theater THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT deals with shifting power realtionships among lesbians.

Plain Dealer, July 15, 1977, page 130: TV CHANNEL 5 MORNING EXCHANGE, do homosexuals make good parents, lesbian Mary Jo Risher tells of her custody battle.

Plain Dealer, July 17, 1977, page 74: Florida ERA proponents charge large companies are giving money to the Conservative Caucus, a group in opposion, and is creating false confusion.

Plain Dealer, July 18, 1977, page 11: Jane Scott's series on gay life in Cleveland drew angry letters regarding a church for homosexuals.

Plain Dealer, July 18, 1977, page 18: Article explains pederasty, sex between a man and a boy, as quite different to homosexuality, which is between two adults.

Plain Dealer, July 19, 1977, page 19: TV SOAP ABC scales back the interaction between a lady and a Jesuit, the Union of Gay Athletes also complains portrayal of gay as limp-wristed is biased.

Plain Dealer, July 21, 1977, page 13: A female army clerk was kicked out of service for homosexual tendencies and because she is married to a transsexual.

Plain Dealer, July 25, 1977, page 23: Pederasts are men who love boys, most are not homosexuals as they are not exclusively attracted to males.

Plain Dealer, July 26, 1977, page 21: Dear Abby gets a flood of letters in response to her support for a son taking ballet lessons, he will not be turned into a homosexual.

Plain Dealer, July 31, 1977, page 30: Criticizing citrus and Anita Bryant, a Miami homosexual rights groups has started a boycott of both.

Plain Dealer, July 31, 1977, page 91: Novel BARON CORVO, A BIOGRAPHY living 1860 to 1913, Rolfe, a homosexual, photographed and fantasized about God's beautiful creatures .

Plain Dealer, August 3, 1977, page 19: Letters: In a fight over new meaning of gay as pertaining to homosexuals, is met with the response that no amount of complaining can keep a word from shifting in meaning.

Plain Dealer, August 5, 1977, page 39: Mama's girl Robin Morgan is in feminist front ranks after she published two books of poems, a feminist anthology and theoretical writings.

Plain Dealer, August 9, 1977, page 18: Marysville prison is a powder keg of boredom, in the women's prison homosexuality is a way of life.

Plain Dealer, August 10, 1977, page 60: Theater THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING OSCAR is a one-man show about the tragic and enormously gifted Oscar Wilde.

Plain Dealer, August 13, 1977, page 26: Theater THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING OSCAR highlights the wit of Oscar Wilde told through his stories, wit and poems and details his homosexual demise.

Plain Dealer, August 14, 1977, page 37: The FOP ends a week-long national meeting with opposition to the hiring of homosexual police officers.

Plain Dealer, August 19, 1977, page 8: No homosexual marriages in California, but gays can live together and call themselves married, and the state even allows ceremonies performed by ministers.

Plain Dealer, August 20, 1977, page 20: Theater CHAPLAIN OF BOURBON STREET follows Reverend Harrington and his ministry that sits above the seedy peep shows, topless bars and pickup joints of New Orleans.

Plain Dealer, August 21, 1977, page 20: Gay rights coalition converges on the United Nations as 500 members of the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights marched outside.

Plain Dealer, August 21, 1977, page 111: Film THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT is a tragi-comic love story disguised as a lesbian slumber party and is playing at The New Mayfield Repertory Cinema.

Plain Dealer, August 22, 1977, page 18: The IRS rules contributions to the Fund for Human Dignity Inc of New York, a homosexual activist group, will be tax exempt.

Plain Dealer, September 2, 1977, page 79: Theater BUTLEY starts on the day Butley is divorced and his lover abandons him and takes a new gay making quite a chess match on stage.

Plain Dealer, September 3, 1977, page 19: A strong condemnation of homosexual behavior has been issued by the leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Plain Dealer, September 3, 1977, page 20: The leading Roman Catholic advocate for liberalized attitude toward homosexuality has been order by the Vatican to keep silent.

Plain Dealer, September 4, 1977, page 87: Novel PLAYERS is the story when the boredom of people's lives is disrupted by militants in New York City, the main character retreats to Maine with two homosexuals.

Plain Dealer, September 11, 1977, page 31: Bull Elephants defend the right of people to band together leading to more influence and the organization does not allow females in the group.

Plain Dealer, September 11, 1977, page 41: Schism threat poised in wings as the stage is set for battle by Episcopal flock where homosexuals want to be priests.

Plain Dealer, September 11, 1977, page 42: The president of an organization of top Republican staff members has one rule out of step with the times, no women allowed, they are the Bull Elephants.

Plain Dealer, September 11, 1977, page 131: TV SOAP is a primetime show with homosexuality and other sordid behaviors where intense minorities always are disproportionately influential.

Plain Dealer, September 21, 1977, page 15: This author says people in our past had sloppy personal lives that we never heard about, so why do we need to hear about the sexuality of today?

Plain Dealer, September 21, 1977, page 25: CIA rounds up San Francisco gays and sprays them with an LSD laced bomb as an experiment to see the effects, they were ineffective and the gays wanted to be sent back in time to attend the first national lesbian conference.

Plain Dealer, September 23, 1977, page 28: The Motel-on-the-Mountain is a small town setting and is now catering to homosexuals with ads in New York City, local residents fear it will change their community.

Plain Dealer, September 23, 1977, page 122: Theater BUTLEY is a wrenching drama of a homosexual teacher who loses his wife and lover.

Plain Dealer, September 24, 1977, page 19: This TV season ushers in the thought that heterosexual men need to be dumb brutes perhaps due to the influence of homosexual lifes on main street.

Plain Dealer, September 25, 1977, page 93: Novel THE RAGE OF EDMUND BURKE in the 1700s Burke, a member of British Parliament was speculated to have homosexual tendencies.

Plain Dealer, September 26, 1977, page 19: In a boost for gays, this study urges Ohio Episcopalians to allow homosexual priests.

Plain Dealer, October 2, 1977, page 6: The House of Bishops could censure a New York Bishop for ordaining a homosexual woman to the priesthood.

Plain Dealer, October 3, 1977, page 47: The US Supreme Court will rustle with a lower courts decision that homosexuality constitute immorality for which a teacher may be fired.

Plain Dealer, October 4, 1977, page 1: The US Supreme Court let stand the firing of James Gaylord solely for being homosexual.

Plain Dealer, October 4, 1977, page 15: Supporters of homosexual rights expressed dismay at the Supreme Court's refusal yesterday to hear the case of a teacher fired soley for being a lesbian.

Plain Dealer, October 10, 1977, page 27: Film VALENTINO with Leslie Caron as a melodramatic Russian lesbian draped in a shroud of flowers and followed by female acolytes.

Plain Dealer, October 13, 1977, page 70: Film Interview with Vanessa Redgrave, in JULIA there were strong erotic feelings and if people want to read lesbianism, let them.

Plain Dealer, October 14, 1977, page 131: In Stewart's new book about Lawrence of Arabia the author dispels the existence of homosexual rape by the Turks at Deraa.

Plain Dealer, October 15, 1977, page 7: A homosexual man from Minneapolis tossed a pie into the face of Anita Bryant.

Plain Dealer, October 15, 1977, page 28: Rita Mae Brown has emerged as one of the writing stars of the lesbian movement.

Plain Dealer, October 16, 1977, page 98: Paul Newman, Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, John Travolta and Robert Blake support the recent Gay Rights rally at the Hollywood Bowl.

Plain Dealer, October 16, 1977, page 102: The Plain Dealer's TV and Radio critic resolves never again to use the word faggott as use of the word reminds of medieval times when homosexuals were burned to death.

Plain Dealer, October 17, 1977, page 35: This film is about two young girls that meet in a desert community and undergo a metamorphosis with lesbian and other implications.

Plain Dealer, October 18, 1977, page 37: Dear Abby: My love lacks life and men do not know much about what women want out of sex. Abbey's mail says there are lots of men who know what women want, start looking.

Plain Dealer, October 18, 1977, page 39: Film THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL chronicles the team's troubles from their auditions through to opening night and a lesbian duo is featured in one song.

Plain Dealer, October 21, 1977, page 20: Hannan agreed to surrender after his homosexual lover told him to do otherwise would throw away his life, he shot himself.

Plain Dealer, October 21, 1977, page 21: Novel FAMILIAR FACES HIDDEN LIVES is the story of homosexual men in America today and should get everyone out of the closet.

Plain Dealer, October 22, 1977, page 22: Episcopalians who do not want women as priests should not be coerced into accepting them, and nuptial blessings should be of a male.

Plain Dealer, October 23, 1977, page 113: Film A SPECIAL DAY has two characters live in the same building in 1938 Rome as Hitler rolls in, one of them is a homosexual.

Plain Dealer, October 23, 1977, page 126: Novel THE WOMEN'S ROOM involves a lonely housewife that gets divorced and enrolls in Harvard where she meets up with a lesbian and a revolutionary.

Plain Dealer, October 30, 1977, page 82: After thyroid treatment my old parakeet is showing homosexual tendencies with my younger male bird.

Plain Dealer, October 30, 1977, page 106: Film LOOKING FOR MR GOODBAR draws hisses from pockets of gays during violent homosexual scenes.

Plain Dealer, November 1, 1977, page 38: The idea of boys playing sports is kind of new, perhaps with the advent of suburbs, but some athletes are still homosexual.

Plain Dealer, November 4, 1977, page 158: TV CH5 PHIL DONAHUE Anita Bryant talks about her crusade against homosexual liberation and her new book THE ANITA BRYANT STORY.

Plain Dealer, November 5, 1977, page 3: A college athlete and his roommate forced a man into bank robbery because he paid for homosexual favors with a bad check.

Plain Dealer, November 10, 1977, page 21: In San Francisco, Harvey Milk became the first homosexual to be elected to the Board of Supervisors.

Plain Dealer, November 10, 1977, page 38: Dear Abby: A 24 year old born-again Christian is not a homosexual, but is a woman trapped in a man's body. Abby says you are not alone and gives some advice on what to do.

Plain Dealer, November 13, 1977, page 30: Swedish prisons are among the most humane in the world, yet they have the same rate of recidivism, but homosexual rape and violence are rare.

Plain Dealer, November 13, 1977, page 85: Letter rails against Jesus freaks preaching all the time, and the writer is not a homosexual, she also does not like Anita Bryant.

Plain Dealer, November 13, 1977, page 121: The Toronto Public Library has the largest Sherlock Holmes collection and they say Holmes and Watson did not have a homosexual relationship.

Plain Dealer, November 17, 1977, page 4: Homosexual athletes announced an advertising campaign against Florida citrus products after they renewed Bryant's contract.

Plain Dealer, November 17, 1977, page 42: Homosexual athletes announced an advertising campaign against Florida citrus products after they renewed Bryant's contract.

Plain Dealer, November 17, 1977, page 69: Roman Catholic bishops lash out at a book by five theologians that says sex outside of marriage, masturbation, homosexual relations may not always be wrong.

Plain Dealer, November 20, 1977, page 4: A homosexual has asked that the jury in his armed robbery case be made up of homosexuals so the trial can be fair.

Plain Dealer, November 20, 1977, page 83: Dr. Menninger, after a fiery anti-homosexual letter, Dr says there is no real difference between homosexuals and heterosexuals with the exception of the preference of their mates sex.

Plain Dealer, November 22, 1977, page 31: National Womens Conference in Houston approved equal and lesbian rights, and reproductive freedom, but split as pro-lifer's walked out.

Plain Dealer, November 23, 1977, page 11: National Women's Conference in Houston ratified their National Plan of Action including lesbian rights, but bogs down as disparate forces cannot agree on a pro abortion stance.

Plain Dealer, November 23, 1977, page 47: Paging Anita, some gulls have been found to be gay, there are homosexual pairs of only females that both lay infertile eggs.

Plain Dealer, November 25, 1977, page 40: Dear Abby: My new husband will not be nice to my son because he believes affection will turn him into a homosexual. This man is ignorant, says Abby.

Plain Dealer, November 26, 1977, page 2: A letter from Hitler supporting a German general wrongfully accused of being a homosexual saying "the reproaches must have weighed on you".

Plain Dealer, November 26, 1977, page 20: Eleven-thousand women bused into Houston for counter rally to the National Womens Conference, they called themselves the "pro-family coalition".

Plain Dealer, November 27, 1977, page 133: At the National Womens Conference Friedan now supports lesbian rights as a bridge to ERA passage, some feel lesbians have held the women's movement back.

Plain Dealer, December 2, 1977, page 4: Episcopal installed as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia accuses his church's hierarchy of hypocrisy concerning homosexuals.

Plain Dealer, December 6, 1977, page 6: Bryant has had a tough time finding a producer for her new record, likely due to the backlash from her anti-homosexual rights campaign.

Plain Dealer, December 8, 1977, page 31: Wounded feminists fight the notion that the quest to ERA is laid on government funded abortions, free day care centers and lesbian rights.

Plain Dealer, December 11, 1977, page 83: Novel DYLAN THOMAS The author, Ferris works to unravel a network of fabrications showing Thomas was not a stud with women, but may have been a homosexual.

Plain Dealer, December 18, 1977, page 74: Dr Menninger: Receives a letter supports Bryant crusade to not want her children taught by a homosexual. I am more concerned that teachers be proficient in the information they are teaching.

Plain Dealer, December 18, 1977, page 133: Sheriff Hongisto was a true liberal who believed in appointing women, minorities and homosexuals to the San Francisco police department.

Plain Dealer, December 20, 1977, page 35: This film is an old-fashioned romance with a portrayal of Richard III as a screaming homosexual with a hunchback in a hilarious scene.

Plain Dealer, December 22, 1977, page 46: Chief Hongisto moves to Cleveland from San Francisco, he has a record of broadening diversity in police ranks, letters to the editor are negative.

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