To the editors:
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First, and most important, Outlines does not favor outing. The letter writer must be confusing us with Outweek, a New York-based weekly proud of its efforts at outing celebrities and politicians. I have enclosed Outlines’ editorial from May of 1990 (copies are available from the Outlines office), which clearly states that Outlines’ policy is not to out people. However, Outlines also does not censor the news of activists and, yes, we have reported, as news, when activist organizations and other gay/lesbian publications have “outed” individuals–and we have given those individuals a chance to respond. (Actual outing by activists has happened only a handful of times in three years.)
To emphasize, Outlines’ policy is against outing, but we also attempt to fairly cover our community–and that includes events where politicians are called on the carpet for alleged hypocrisy in voting against gay rights.
