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The Boston sex scandal by John Mitzel TVM;Glad Day Books, First Edition, PT, 1980 Description This is the story of a resistance. There are many accounts of resistance by homosexuals in the 1970s, but this one is different and somewhat special. This is a resistance by a group of individuals who for too long have been smeared by police, preachers, District Attorneys, popular prejudice and the press as “child molestors.” This resistance developed in response to a witchhunt against homosexuals in general and boy-lovers in particular. It’d be foolish to think that there was only one single time when homosexuals were under attack in this society; the forces of liberation and reaction are in constant combat. But the war on homosexuals became overt and national in 1977 with coordinated campaigns by Anita Bryant, Ed Davis, Jerry Falwell, Judianne Densen-Gerber, the National District Attorneys Assoc., police and press. Here in Boston, the massive anti-homosexual witchhunt was launched by our 80-year-old D.A., Garrett Byrne, who first took aim at the pedophiles. As the D.A. came to concoct his witchhunt, he drew from other recent sensations which involved homosexuals and teenagers. This led him to the matter of Dick Bavely. Bavely had committed suicide in April, 1975 at age 31. Bavely had worked for the Massachusetts Welfare Dept, placing unwanted teenagers into foster care situations. Up through 1975, as well as after, the Welfare Dept, refused to acknowledge the existence of gay teenagers. The Dept, did not understand the special problems and needs of gay runaways (and throw-aways). As gay men themselves know full well, many gay kids run away from home because of intolerable homophobia on the part of parents, other siblings, teachers and school peers. Their needs are not met by placing them into another oppressive straight foster home where they will probably find the same abuse or in correctional institutions which will only further brutalize them. Dick Bavely knew these kids were getting a raw deal from the state. He chose to do something about it directly. Alternative description "During the past decade the growing gay movement has come under increasing attacks from the reactionaries. Coordinated campaigns by Anita Bryant, LAPD Det. Lloyd Martin, Judianne Densen-Gerber and many others sought to mobilze prejudice against "gay rights" by depicting all gay men as "child molesters" and "kiddie pornographers." In the 1970's, massive police round-ups were launched in L.A., New Orleans, Boston and other cities, using the cover of sensational press lies and false charges of rape and abuse of minors. The Boston Sex Scandal is a detailed and documents story of the official attack unleashed in Boston. It is the history of political corruption, exploitation of homophobia, dirty politics by the established political machine, and the panic of established gay leaders in the midst of a witchhunt. The Boston Sex Scandal is, more importantly, also the story of a resistance, begun by a few radical homosexuals, which built on the gay community so that, for the first time, the gay movement embraced gay pedophiles and their cause and fought back. The Boston Sex Scandal is the history of a beginning"-- Alternative description: The best account of the Revere sex ring case, one of the 20th century's seminal anti-gay witch hunts. CONTENTS: THE YEAR OF THE WITCHHUNT PROTECTING THE LITTLE CHILDREN TARGET: RICHARD PELUSO MISTER DISTRICT ATTORNEY MEDIA COMPLICITY FIGHTING BACK THE HOTLINE DEFUSED KNOW YOUR ENEMIES ORGANIZING CHANGING ATTITUDES THE WITCHHUNT INTENSIFIES CHIEF JUSTICE BONIN ENTER ALLEN GINSBERG ANGELA BONIN STRIKES BACK THE TRIAL OF ROBERT BONIN SUMMER RECESS THE D.A.’S RACE MRS. GREEN (FINALLY) MAKES THE SCENE BRYANT LAYS AN EGG THE TRIAL OF DR. ALLEN THE MOST EXPENSIVE BLOW JOBS IN THE COMMONWEALTH THE TRIAL OF DR. ALLEN DRAMATIS PERSONAE O’DONNELL v. PEISCH “THE VICTIMS” CONFLICTING TESTIMONY STEAMY DETAILS DR. ALLEN TAKES THE STAND CLOSING ARGUMENTS THE WAR FOR LIBERATION THE WAR FOR LIBERATION THE RICHARD BEARSE CASE THE KEN APPLEBY CASE THE GEORGE JACOBS CASE POLICE SEIZE LISTS OF GAY MEN THE JOHN GETSINGER CASE CONGRESSMAN RICHMOND’S CASE OPPOSITION TO BOY-LOVE COMES FROM ALL QUARTERS THE LAW, NOT GAY MALE SEXUALITY, IS THE PROBLEM DOCUMENTS TEXT OF STATEMENT RELEASED BY REP. ELAINE NOBLE ON 9 DECEMBER 1977 WITH REGARD TO D.A. GARRETT BYRNE’S ANTI-GAY WITCHHUNT AND ILLEGAL HOTLINE. SUGGESTIONS FOR MEDIA ON HANDLING ALLEGED SEX “CRIMES” INVOLVING GAY MEN DOWNLOAD: https://greek-love.com/media/PDFs/Mitzel.Boston.Sex.Scandal.pdf OR DOWNLOAD VARIOUS FORMATS: https://annas-archive.gd/search?index=&page=1&sort=&display=&q=Boston+sex+scandal+mitzel [@nonymouse] [Guardster] [Proxify] [Anonymisierungsdienst] |