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Gifts of Athena burglarized

Gifts of Athena, the feminist and lesbian bookstore located at 2199 Lee Road in Cleveland Heights, was the site of a breakin late night October 10.

Police discovered a broken front window and an open front door around 8 a.m. the following morning. "At first we thought that it might be a hate crime since today (October 11) is National Coming Out Day," said Heather Thorp, one of the store's owners. "We had a large poster in the front window advertising the fact, but it was an opposite window that was broken." Her fears were allayed a bit by the fact that

inside there appeared to be no vandalism or damage to any property or store materials, including the Coming Out Day display. "Nothing was taken that we know of beyond cash. They didn't take our computer or the CD player. Just cash," says Thorp. Inside, the police found a brick wrapped in a towel.

Thorp notes that response by the Cleveland Heights police was good, even though the meaning of her initial fears was a bit lost on them. She says the store will explore beefed-up security measures.

Tampa rights law may return

Tallahassee, Fla.-A gay civil rights ordinance in Tampa could go back into effect after the Florida Supreme Court ruled invalid some signatures in a successful petition drive to repeal it.

Voters overturned the ordinance last November, but the Hillsborough County supervisor of elections challenged the vote, saying 462 people who signed the referendum petitions had temporarily been taken off the voter rolls because they hadn't voted in two years.

Without the names, opponents of the law

fell short of the number of signatures needed to place their referendum on the ballot. But a trial court ordered the names be counted.

The ordinance, originally passed in May 1991, will be effective once the October 7 opinion from the state Supreme Court becomes final in 15 days, unless the court decides to reconsider its opinion.

The court said state law doesn't allow people whose names have been temporarily removed from voter rolls to sign petitions.

The referendum's organizers said they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Re-evaluating my racism

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without recrimination which is what happened after our article appeared. Again, I stress that the article was written to be helpful but turned out to be a painful experience for those who participated in the fishbowl and for that I do apologize. I also want to point out that I and my staff would have never known about the problem if that wasn't explained to us. I take issue in the way it was told but I am appreciative for the information.

I learned during the meeting that principles are more important than personalities. The issue of racism in our community is important. The "disease" is hurting all of us, of all colors. Sometimes it is hard to listen to the people carrying the message but it is the message not the messenger that is important. That was a very difficult thing for me to process and to convey to my staff afterwards but I feel I was able to do that and really learn about the issue instead of the personalities.

Part of the problem here at the Chronicle and with me was the belief that people of color needed to come to us if they wanted to participate. I can see now after listening to the women of color who came to the meeting that we need to make the Chronicle more welcoming to people of color so they feel that they can come and participate. And

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we can't make this place more welcoming until each staff member understands how they are racist and decides not to be. The editorial on September 17 would have been very different if written after this meeting rather than before.

The racism that I and the Chronicle are owning here is not intentional, though these acts are still just as harmful as burning crosses. We need to learn like everyone else what we can do to be more inclusive but those of us who are dealing with the issue as the perpetrators need the space to decide for ourselves what we can do and what we can't. I don't believe that anger, belittlement, accusations and threats are the way to make change. You can't make me change, but I can listen to you and decide to change, which is what happened as the result of the meeting.

I have a personal commitment in my life to treat people more kindly and with more respect than I have in the past. That commitment is a two-way street; it is hard for me to listen to people who don't treat me with respect and kindness. I understand that this can be a hard and sometimes painful process but it doesn't have to be personal. Don't attack me for what I don't know, teach me so I may learn and change. That will be the challenge for this community. Can we change without mortally wounding each other?

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