Dancg the Gay Lib Blu by Arthur Bell | Open Library

Contents:

• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• GAY LIB V. UNIVERSY OF MISSOURI, 416 F. SUPP. 1350 (W.D. MO. 1976)
• DANCG THE GAY LIB BLU
• GAY_LIB
• FORMER STUNT LEARS REFLECT ON 1970S BATTLE FOR MISSOURI TO REGNIZE GAY STUNT GROUP

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

Prented to the Court the ntext of this se is the qutn of the legal right of homosexuals to form a stunt anizatn and obta Universy regnn of as a mp anizatn.

History and Facts of the CaseFebary 25, 1971, marks the begng of an attempt on the part of a small group llg self Gay Lib to ga formal regnn as a stunt anizatn at the Universy of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri. On that date, Gay Lib submted three documents to the Missouri Stunts Associatn (hereafter referred to as the MSA): (1) a petn for regnn on the forms provid for that purpose by the MSA, (2) a proposed nstutn and by-laws, and (3) a statement of the purpos of the proposed *1354 anizatn.

GAY LIB V. UNIVERSY OF MISSOURI, 416 F. SUPP. 1350 (W.D. MO. 1976)

[1] Gay Lib's applitn for regnn was given ial nsiratn by the Rul Commtee of the MSA Senate, which approved and remend that the MSA Senate also grant approval.

On November 22, 1971, durg the perd that s petn was before SOGA but not yet unr active nsiratn, Gay Lib submted a revised statement of purpos[2] which add tail to the ial brief statement. Lansford: "On December 22, 1971, the Universy Commtee on Stunt Organizatns, Government and Activi, meetg regular ssn, passed and submted to me a motn llg for the approval of Gay Lib as a regnized stunt anizatn. The very sence of the group their stated purpose is to study the legal and social posn of the state vis-a-vis the issue of homosexualy, an issue nsired to be of val ncern to a small proportn of our stunt body and of ncern generally terms of social attus and social rponse.

DANCG THE GAY LIB BLU

First, the specific history relative to the problems of homosexualy that is unique to this Universy reprents a pot of parture for any specific discsn.

On December 6, 1972, Edward Thelen, who had replaced Edw Hutchs as Dean of Stunt Affairs, sent a memo to Dave Markee, Director of Stunt Life, exprsg his belief that the Commtee on Sexual Freedom was a "subterfuge for acplishg the regnn (of Gay Lib) vetoed by Dean Hutchs" and directg Markee to refe to act on requts om the Commtee on Sexual Freedom.

GAY_LIB

The 290 page transcript of the Augt 13, 1973, hearg reveals that both the Universy and Gay Lib adduced a wi range of evince on three ma issu: (1) the procral steps taken by Gay Lib to ga regnn at the Universy of Missouri at Columbia, (2) whether homosexualy is normal or abnormal and (3) whether Universy regnn of a homosexual anizatn would produce creased vlatns of the Missouri Sodomy Law.

There was both lay and expert ttimony on such subjects as the history of the Gay Lib movement, whether i were standard homosexual practice, the alleged homosexual propensi of a mass murrer Hoton then much the news, and the trimental effects on children of "mothers who are overly protective or hostile and rejectg or clgg.

However, fdgs 14-25 alt wh the qutns of what homosexualy is, the relatnship of homosexual practic to the Missouri Sodomy Statute and the potential impact of Universy regnn of Gay Lib. Coil nclud that "formal regnn by the Universy of Gay Lib will "(1) give a formal stat to and tend to rerce the personal inti of the homosexual members of those anizatns and will perpetuate and expand an abnormal way of life, unls ntrary to their tentn as stated their wrten purpos, the homosexual members make a ncerted effort to seek treatment, regnize homosexualy as abnormal and attempt to cease their homosexual practic; "(2) tend to e latent or potential homosexuals who bee members to bee overt homosexuals; "(3) tend to expand homosexual behavr which will e creased vlatns of sectn 563.

FORMER STUNT LEARS REFLECT ON 1970S BATTLE FOR MISSOURI TO REGNIZE GAY STUNT GROUP

E., the sick and abnormal unselg others who are siarly ill and abnormal; and "(5) nstute an implied approval by the Universy of the abnormal homosexual life-style as a normal way of life and would be so unrstood by many stunts and other members of the public, even though, and spe the fact that, the Universy's regulatns for stunt anizatns provi that regnn of an anizatn by the Universy do not nstute approval or endorsement of the anizatn's aims or activi.