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~ · , TltE GAY blAdE
~shington'S {jay- Monthly
voluME 5 c:APRIL 1974 NUMbER7
Gay Teacher Loses Appeal
Joseph Acanfora has lost yet another
legal battle in his struggle with the
Montgomery County Board of Education.
Acanfora, whose self-avowed
homosexuality precipitated his removal
from a teaching position to an
administrative post in the fall of 1972,
maintained that his homosexuality was
not sufficient reason to disqualify hom
from teaching. AA Baltimore district
court had essentially upheld
Acanfora's contention but ruled that
his public openess with respect to homosexuality
was possibly detrimental
to his students and on those grounds
justified his removal.'
Acanfora then appealed the case on
the grounds that the lower court in its
decision was denying him his right to
free speech. On February II, the
Fourth U.S. Circuit Court in Richmond
upheld Acanfora's removal but
based its finding on a completely different
legal argument.
Before accepting his post in Montgomery
County, Acanfora had been
active in Homophiles of Penn State.
The court concluded that Acanfora's
failure to inform his perspective employers
of his affiliation with the gay
grour. constituted an omission of information
which directly affected
their decision regarding his application.
The court expressed no opinion as
to whether homosexuality per se
should exclude an individual fTom the
teaching profession. It concurred with
Acanfora's contention that the lower
court's finding denied him his First
Amendment right to free speech.
Acanfora's efforts thus far have
been supported by the National Education
Association whose attorneys are
now preparing an appeal of the case to
the United States Supreme Court.
by Larry Sheehan
t;;l\" 111•;1111;1
D.C. HOSTS AWARD WINNING GAY PLAY
by Pat Kolar
On April 18, Lying in State, a homosexual
play which has been selected
as one of ten plays to be produced in
Washington D.C. as a national winner
in the A tncrican College Festival will
play a matinee and an evening performance
at the John F. Kennedy Center.
Written by Lane Bateman, an openly
homosexual theater in~trnctor now
turm:d serious writer, Lying /11 State is
being hillcJ as the hest piece of theater
ahout gay life to come along in a long
while. The play was selected from over
280 plays which were submitted from
all over the country. CONT'o PG 2
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| Transcript | ~ · , TltE GAY blAdE ~shington'S {jay- Monthly voluME 5 c:APRIL 1974 NUMbER7 Gay Teacher Loses Appeal Joseph Acanfora has lost yet another legal battle in his struggle with the Montgomery County Board of Education. Acanfora, whose self-avowed homosexuality precipitated his removal from a teaching position to an administrative post in the fall of 1972, maintained that his homosexuality was not sufficient reason to disqualify hom from teaching. AA Baltimore district court had essentially upheld Acanfora's contention but ruled that his public openess with respect to homosexuality was possibly detrimental to his students and on those grounds justified his removal.' Acanfora then appealed the case on the grounds that the lower court in its decision was denying him his right to free speech. On February II, the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court in Richmond upheld Acanfora's removal but based its finding on a completely different legal argument. Before accepting his post in Montgomery County, Acanfora had been active in Homophiles of Penn State. The court concluded that Acanfora's failure to inform his perspective employers of his affiliation with the gay grour. constituted an omission of information which directly affected their decision regarding his application. The court expressed no opinion as to whether homosexuality per se should exclude an individual fTom the teaching profession. It concurred with Acanfora's contention that the lower court's finding denied him his First Amendment right to free speech. Acanfora's efforts thus far have been supported by the National Education Association whose attorneys are now preparing an appeal of the case to the United States Supreme Court. by Larry Sheehan t;;l\" 111•;1111;1 D.C. HOSTS AWARD WINNING GAY PLAY by Pat Kolar On April 18, Lying in State, a homosexual play which has been selected as one of ten plays to be produced in Washington D.C. as a national winner in the A tncrican College Festival will play a matinee and an evening performance at the John F. Kennedy Center. Written by Lane Bateman, an openly homosexual theater in~trnctor now turm:d serious writer, Lying /11 State is being hillcJ as the hest piece of theater ahout gay life to come along in a long while. The play was selected from over 280 plays which were submitted from all over the country. CONT'o PG 2 |
