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fiwwsp2vteplite wonder how many other uttle tax sur- ellthafsit i might as well pack up my desk and bury myself in a deep dark hole when we decided to run an article feb 10 about a group in york region where young gays and lesbians meet and talk there was some negative feed back in the newsroom and thats to be expected journalists are a cynical bunch some are negative and pes simistic but usually more openminded than the average joe we have to be its our job to see all sides of an issue present the facts and let the reader decide how he or she feels the york region public health department created a youth group where gays lesbians and bisexual teenagers as young as 14 can congre gate and talk about their lives without being judged publichealthnurseelainehampson who coordinates the program said young people often know they are gay as young as nine and suffer horrible mixed feelings throughout puberty x one teenager said he has been threatened his artwork defaced his whole life has been a torture i guess thats an acceptable way for society to treat someone who is different as long as they dont come out readers bombarded the paper with letters after the story ran one reader accused us of encourag- ing teenagers c gay the sce- nario would go something like this i suppose teenager reads article and decides to be gay so he can join the group like its a choice another reader said sexual troubles shouldnt be discussed in a newspaper anbtiielletter warned our circulation will drop wemadeohewoman feel queer about reading how teenagers meet people who are going tough me same things they are these attitudes are regrettable7being gay isone of those taboo topics that is not supposed to be discussed along with religion politics abortion and j more recently education iftssad some people never change j their minds about they feel about 1 3 v topics theyve slammed the door and bolted the lock on life r yti v lve heard young children making j fun of gaystheyvofteri refer to things 1 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