Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 13:19:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rex Wockner <rwockner@netcom.com>
Subject: Legal action against Rex's column


Hi all,

For five and one-half years I have written an irreverent and playful 
opinion column in Chicago called "Boys Town," which is one of the 
nicknames for the Broadway/Halsted/Belmont/Clark area in Chicago's 
gay Lakeview/New Town neighborhood.

Today, I learned the owner of Outlines has received a legal letter from the 
owners of the phrase "Boys Town" (probably that kids thing in Nebraska, 
eh? I haven't seen the letter yet) telling us we must stop using the phrase.

Should we just do as they say, or should we attempt resistance? I mean, I 
did not name the column after that Nebraska boys camp but rather after 
the neighborhood in which I lived, which is called Boys Town in the way 
other such neighborhoods in other cities are called "Homo Heights," "The 
Swish Alps," etc.

Input is sought.

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Rex Wockner
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The owner of Outlines is Tracy Baim. outlines@suba.com

I am Rex Wockner rwockner@netcom.com