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Gay student gets hate mail for activism

Started by LostInTime, January 16, 2007, 01:16:55 PM

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January 16, 2007, 01:16:55 PM
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Ronnie Childers, Harbor's senior class president, said Monday he's received about 50 letters attacking his sexuality since his complaints about national blood donor rules, and his photo, were published in a Sentinel story last month. The story later attracted state and national attention.

Some of the letters were hostile enough that Childers forwarded them to police, "just to be on the safe side"
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The controversy began at a Red Cross blood drive at Harbor High on Dec. 14. There, Childers was prohibited from donating because he is gay. Guidelines set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration don't allow any man who's had sex with any other man to give blood.


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