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Not OK to
Disclose Name

In your wrap-up on openly LGBT
candidates around the state, Paul
Olsen discusses Karen Kerin, who
ran in the Republican primary for
Attorney General. I was surprised
to see that Olsen disclosed Kerin’s
birth name, although Karen is her
legal name.

Even mainstream publications
have style guides for this situation
— not disclosing transgender status
unless pertinent to the story, us-
ing pronouns of the person’s iden-
tity and choice, and not disclosing
birth names for obvious reasons
of privacy and respect. To do so
belittles the choice and hard work
that goes into a name change and
serves to subtly (or not so subtly)
dismiss that choice.

Thanks for taking more care in
the future.

SAMUEL LURIE

'Iransgender Training

and Advocacy

Hinesburg

Paul Olsen
Responds

Style guidelines from the New
York Times permit citing “a
person’s transgender status only
when it is pertinent and its perti-
nence is clear to the reader.” I
As a candidate for public of-
fice who has taken positions on
issues impacting Ver'mont’s GLBT
community, I viewed Ms. Kerin’s
gender identify as relevant to the
story about her unsuccessful carn-
paign for Attorney General.
My apologies to any 01 TM

readers who were offended.

PAUL OLSEN
Vermont Correspondent for
In Newsweekly

Closing Thoughts
from the Office

Twenty-one years is a long time
for a GLBT organization. I was
recently told that OI TM is prob-
ably the oldest GLBT organization-
in Vermont, something that I did
not know as Patrick and I moved
to Vermont in 2004. . .
Having served on the MPM

Board of Directors for 2 9% years
and most recently during our
troubled times as the  full
time employee, it has been a great
honor and a wonderful'=eXperi-
ence to work within and for our
community.’ I

I want to extend my,apprecia-
tion and gratitude to all ‘of the
MPM Board Members that _I have

- worked with over the years, and

to our staff, volunteers, vendors_
and supporters that have made
the paper a reality for our readers.
I want to extend a special thanks
to Euan Bear, Michel DuBois, Don
Eggert, EJ Haley, Tania Kupczak,
Lynn McNicol, Roland, Palmer,
Joe Swinyer, Greg Thompson and
Bob Wolff for their effort in mak-
ing the last few montlis of 01 TM
such a wonderful paper. It has
been fim working  everyone!
Let us celebrate the greatness
of Out hi the Mountains and focus
on our future as one community.

GREG WEAVER
Executive Director
Mountain Pride Media, Inc.,
Publisher of Out in the
Mountains

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Sincere Thanks to: 

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There are so many people, businesses and
organizations to thank for 21 years! We have
enjoyed working with so many great people

and organizations within our community; we find
it impossible to produce a complete list for our
last issue of OITM.

   
   
   
  
  
   
 
   
 
  
 
  
 
  
   
   
 
   
 
  
  
 
  
  
   
   
  
   

Please visit www.mountainpridemedia.org/links.
htm for the list of community organizations and
supporting organizations that we have been able
to put together.

Thank you for your love and support!

Generous tuntrihutiuns
and Grants during the lust
veur were made bu:

IBM - Burlington

The Samara Foundation
Vermont Community Foundation
The University of Vermont

MPM and OITM Thanks You!