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A LL. n..-orcl~ r:t@J,ot!,<>I) m ft@o ~ @,, 2]/ip]/J)'j/J] b4llles for cilizcn~hlp BOSTON - Stanley Maillet of tion of federal agencies. United States for more than seven Rubino said it was around that legal Back Bay has won a sort of victory Aides in the offioes of both sena­ years, and that Immigration Service point that he built Stanley's case. in his continuing battle for United tors said last week that they in­ officials did not ask about his "ho­ He speculated that Immigration States citizenship as an admitted vestigated the case, and learned mosexual tendencies" until he re­ Service officials dropped all of their homosexual. that the Immigration Service was at­ cently applied for naturalization. deportation actions because "they At least the Boston office of the tempting to deport Stanley because Technically speaking, Rubino knew we would fitht." U. S. Immigration Service has tem­ of his "psychopathic condition." said, the Immigration Service was Rubino added, "We intended to porarily halted its attempts to deport But the senators' aides said no required to act on Stanley's citizen­ take it (the case) to the Supreme Stanley to his native Canada. And definite action has been taken, ship petition, and could not begin Court." the Immigration Service has agreed pending the outcome of Stanley's deportation proceedings until the pe­ Rubino also charged that the Im- to consider the 24-year-old man's citizenship hearing. tition was either granted or denie,d. ( Continued on page l) petition for naturalized citizenship. Aides in Sen. Brooke's office The Immigration Service's deci­ were particularly reticent about giv­ sion followed pressure from ing out information on the case, Stanley's attorney, Richard Rubino, saying they did not want to "hurt Mr. who said he was prepared to seek a Maillet" through undue publicity. constitutionalityruling from the U.S. They did not indicate wheti ,er theiy Supreme Court, if necessary, to might be concerned about how pub­ .-- prove that the Immigration Service licity of the gay rights issue might - had no right to attempt to deport affect the senators. Stanley. The Immigration Service was bas­ Attorney Rubino also had ap­ ing its deportation actions on a little­ pealed to the governor's office for known law that bans a person from help, but the governor's aides for­ entering the United States · if that warded the request to the offices of person admits to prior homosexual senators Edward M. Kennedy and activity. Edward W. Brooke because the gov­ But attorney Rubino argued that ernor has no influence over the ac- Stanley has been residing in the NEW HAMPSHIRE - Gov. Mel­ Thomson, according to April, has drim Thomson threatened last week made an assumption that the views to cut off all state spending on build­ qf the writers of Fag Rag in some ing projects at the University of New way reflect the views of the mem­ Hampshire unless the Gay Students bers of GSO. April has gone so far The Lesbian Feminist Therapy shortly after the group of twelve Organization is kicked off of as to speak on local television in or· Research Project is currently pre­ women decided to break-down into campus. der to explain the GSO's position. paring a questionnaire to be used two sub groups in order to examine The reason behind the latest at­ UNH President Bonner has taker as reference material for a manual the subject more efficiently. One of tack, according to GSC president no action to date towards removing or handbook they have been work­ the groups geared their discussions Wayne April, was the distribution of the GSO from campus. ing on. The book will deal with les­ toward socio-economic class, race, the Boston publication Fag Rag on The article, which caused thP bianism as it is related to therapy and became somewhat autobiogra­ campus the night of the "Coming most commotion - "How to Prose­ and how therapy has traditionally phical. The other group spoke spe­ Out " performance earlier this lytize" - was written humorously been oppressive to lesbians. "We cifically of lesbian identity in general month. Cited in particular as a and explained step by step, how don't see lesbianism as a diagnosis and the survey was developed. cause of woe in conservative New today's "real men" can be changed for any mental illness and are work­ The group plans to begin inter­ Hampshire was an article in Fag into tomorrow's queens. ing from that point of view." Their views by mid January and will be Rag VI, titled "How to Proselytize.·· approach is to write a book for the mailing out questionnaires to wom­ en's centers and lesbian groups any news - we have arranged gay woman who is either consid­ As you are reading this spe­ across the country. They are also in­ cial holiday issue of the Gay that nothing newsworthy will ering therapy or already is involved in therapy. terested in mailing the question­ Community News, the GCN happen during that week ... ). naire to any individual gay woman staff members are packing Our regular schedule will re­ Initially, the idea for the project was developed as a result of a train­ who would like one. If you would bags and heading for their vari­ sume with issue number 1-29, like to participate please write: ous secret hideaways for a dated January 12, 1974. ing session three of the women were involved in. Their feeling was Lesbian Feminist Therapy short vacation. Anybody who thinks the Research Project There will be no issue of GCN staff doesn't need a vaca­ that the issue of gay women went unexplored and much of the time c/o The Women's Center GCN dated January 5, 1974 tion should see the picture on 46 Pleasant St. (don't worry about missing page 3. was devoted to the gay male. Meetings began in June and Cambridge, Mass. 02139 .,..,., ra1t•-~ A new weekly radio program for songs by Linda Lachman; book re­ gay people premieres this Sunday, views on gay literature; "turnabout" Dec. 30 on WCAS (740 AM). plays on gay /straight relations "- new " Closet Space" is produced by Gay ("What do you heteros do in bed, Media Action for and about the Bos­ anyway?") , and five minutes of con~,-,. ton gay community. The show's news and announcements . The pro­ regular time slot will be a half-hour gram uses a magazine format, so on Sunday mornings beginning at the content will change every week. 10: 20 (yawn!); however, this first Gay Media Action is interested in According to many Social Ser­ Community Health Service. week, "Closet Space" will be broad­ any gay material that can be used vices Agencies, changes have oc­ Street counseling has been bene­ cast at 11 :30 a.m. and will be a in the program. If you have music, curred in the type of runaway chil­ ficial; however, the new runaway 0J1e-hourshow . poetry, features, interviews, or plays dren that they are generally coming law will cause various legal hassles The first broadcast will feature an about the gay experience, please into contact with. At one time the av­ in the treatment of runaways, and in interview with Wayne April on the call WCAS (617-492-6450) or Gay erage runaway was considered to the way the state agency deals with University of New Hampshire Gay Media Action (617-868-5729). come from middle class families them. Student Organization; poetry and and were experiencing adjustment The runaway law by its appear­ problems; 90 percent of these ru­ ance is progressive. It no longer naways were able to be placed considers the runaway child a crimi­ back with their families. Now most nal. A policeman can take into cus­ runaways come from what are con­ tody a child who is thought to be ru­ sidered to be problem families and naway and then he is turned over to less than 50 percent are able to re­ the State Division of Child and Fami­ turn to their homes. ly Services. Before the law the The arising problems of ru­ Youth Services Board dealt specific­ by David A. DeNeef In the summer of 1973 Ed had naways are now somewhat differ­ ally with runaways and "problem" served 5 years and was only in jail ent. This article, in particular, will children. Now the already over­ Ed Rastellini died early in No- because of the abomii;:able crime deal with gay runaways. Many are burdened Division of Child and Fam­ vember of this year at MCI Brid­ against nature that is committed ev­ hustling to support themselves, a ily Services is faced with the respon­ gewater. He was stabbed by one or ery day in the prison. Relation with number of those who are hustling sibility of dealing with these cases, more fellow inmates. He was gay. the other prisoners in the various are also involved with professional in addition to their other work load. Articles and letters were written, prisons that Ed was in had always mdit card syndicates (the hostler is In addition to the legal aspects, a and there was a minor stir for sev­ been bad. They were convinced in a good position to obtain credit recent questionnaire issued by the eral weeks after the incident. As the that he was a child molester . cards). Being involved with such Homophile Community Health Cen­ facts of this case were investigated, there could be no other reason for credit card syndicates can lead the ter, sent to various social service it became apparent that before us such a long sentence.

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