>===== Original Message From Steven Tham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
"Details" magazine has printed in its April 2004 issue a racist spread
entitled "Gay or Asian?" A scan of the spread can be found at
http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~dhl1/gay1.gif
Monday, April 5 is a national call-in day to Details magazine to protest
and voice your disgust for Whitney McNally's column. Here is the
information to do so:
DETAILS
Daniel Peres (editor-in-chief) 212.630.4000
Whitney McNally (the writer) 212.630.3850
*Ask for editor of Details, and say something like the following
passage.
Hi, my name is _________ from ________(university, organization). I'm
calling to voice my disgust with your "anthropology" magazine column
called "Gay or Asian?". Images like these are not only offensive and
painful to the Asian Pacific American community, but more importantly,
have dangerous effects on the general public that is unaware of actual
Asian Pacific American heritage and our community. Other Asian Pacific
American students and I demand that you
-recall the April 2004 issue of Details
-issue a public apology to the APA community
-fire Whitney McNally and remove the "anthropology" column
from all future publications.
Also sign the petition directed at Details magazine's advertisers here:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/details4/
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The following list is a list of some of the organizations that are
protesting the April 2004 issue of Details magazine:
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY)
Audre Lorde Project - New York
Queer Asian Pacific Alliance (QAPA) - Boston, MA
Massachusetts Area South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association (MASALA)
Providence Youth-Student Movement (PrYSM)
Asian/Pacific Islander Queers United for Action (AQUA) - Washington, DC
Asian Pacific Islander Queer Sisters (APIQS) - Washington, DC
KhushDC - Washington DC South Asian LGBT Organization
Al-Fatiha Foundation (Queer Muslims & Allies)
Asian Pacific Islanders for Human Rights (APIHR) - Los Angeles, CA
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
A scan of the offensive Details magazine page can be seen here:
<http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~dhl1/gay1.gif>
http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~dhl1/gay1.gif
There is an online petition directed at Details magazine's advertisers
here:
<http://www.petitiononline.com/details4/>
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/details4/
Steven Tham
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Secretary, Asian American Coalition Committee at UIC
http://aacc.pages.uic.edu/
Outreach Coordinator, Filipinos in Alliance, http://fia.pages.uic.edu/
<http://www.fia.u4l.com/>
Undergraduate Student Government, UIC http://usg.uic.edu/
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