NOT DESERTING THE CAUSE, AND ACTUALLY, LAURA AND JACK NANN, CENTRAL CHARACTERS FROM THE PRECEDING BOOKS, FIGURE LARGELY IN THIS ONE. BUT READERS LOOKING FOR BEEBO WON'T FIND HER IN THIS BOOK."

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REVOCATION OF THE LICENSE OF THE HANDLEBAR IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS UPHELD BY THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL APPEALS BOARD BECAUSE THE PREMISES HAD "BECOME INFESTED WITH HOMOSEXUALS EXHIBITING THEIR HOMOSEXUALITY" AND WAS A DISORDERLY HOUSE.

IN CINCINNATTI, OHIO, IN SEPTEMBER, ONE OF ITS COVETED AWARDS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION WAS PRESENTED BY THE PROSPEROS TO REVEREND ROBERT W. WOOD, PASTOR OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, SPRING VALLEY, NEW YORK, FOR HIS BOOK, CHRIST AND THE HOMOSEXUAL.

"WE FEEL HIS CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY IS CERTAINLY WORTHY OF RECOGNITION. WE KNOW YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS COURAGE AND PENETRATING RESEARCH. IN THE BROAD FIELD OF EDUCATION, OUR EFFORTS, LIKE YOURS, ARE TO CREATE IN SOCIETY THE EDUCATIVE EXPERIENCE TO INCLUDE UNDERSTANDING FOR ALL AND THUS EXCLUDE NO ONE," WRITES NORMA KELLER OF THE PROSPEROS.

A COMPLETE DEPARTURE FROM THE PROGRAM FORMATS OF THE PREVIOUS MID-WINTER INSTITUTES, ONE ANNOUNCES THAT THE MEETING HELD THE LAST WEEK END OF JANUARY IN 1961 WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO DRAW UP A HOMOSEXUAL BILL OF RIGHTS.

THE INSTITUTE WILL TACKLE SUCH QUESTIONS AS: DO HOMOSEXUALS HAVE A RIGHT TO CONGREGATE IN A PUBLIC PLACE? ARE PRESENT REPRESSIVE SEX LAWS UNCONSTITUTIONAL? HOW MUCH SEXUAL FREEDOM DO WE REALLY WANT? DO ENGLAND'S WOLFENDEN RECOMMENDATIONS GO FAR ENOUGH? SHOULD HOMOSEXUALS BE TAXED FOR THE COSTS OF HETEROSEXUALS' CHILDREN? SHOULD HOMOSEXUALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO "SWISH"? SHOULD "HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE" BE LEGALLY RECOGNIZED? HOW MUCH DISCRIMINATION DO HOMOSEXUALS SUFFER? SHOULD POLICE POWERS BE CURBED? ARE HOMOSEXUALS REALLY "SECURITY RISKS"? ARE THEY UNFIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE? HOW OUGHT THE HOMOSEXUAL PURSUE HIS RIGHTS?

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