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Anchorage gay-pride exhibit draws few complaints.(Censorship Watch)

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The first major gay-pride exhibit at Anchorage, Alaska's Z. J. Loussac Library under a new exhibit policy has ended its two-week run without significant protest. Three years ago, then-Mayor George Wuerch ordered the removal of a gay-pride display, sparking a lawsuit by the Alaska Civil Liberties Union and the adoption by the city assembly of a policy permitting controversial displays as long as they're not personal, commercial, or disruptive (AL, Aug. 2002, p. 47).

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"Out and Elected in the U.S.A.," which ran April 18-30, featured 60 poster-sized photos of openly gay, lesbian, and bisexual public …

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