A Gay Teachers Battle to Teach

FAMILY & FRIENDS

Personal letters to Joe's mom and dad in reaction to the family's public support of Joe's right to teach as an openly gay man

• Parents of an 18-month-old Son
  February 22, 1972
• A New Jersey Grandmother
  February 24, 1972
  
• New Jersey Bible Quoter [p1,p2,p3,p4]
  March 29, 1972
  
• Penn State Man [p1,p2]
  August 9, 1972
• Thankful Man
  September 4, 1972
• A California Man
  January 1, 1973
• Joe's Junior High School "Steady" Girl [p1,p2]
  February 1973
  
• Married Gay Man and Father of Young Daughter
  March 5, 1973
• A Mothers' Day Note
  May 13, 1973
  

STUDENT TEACHER CERTIFICATION

Personal letters, letters-to-the-Editor, and newspaper Editorials in reaction to Joe's struggle to teach in Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Man
  February 19, 1972

• "the wrath of God is revealed" [p1,p2]
  February 22, 1972
  

• Closeted Anonymous Man [p1,p2]
  February 22, 1972

• Young New Jersey Couple
  February 28, 1972

• New York Woman
  February 28, 1972

• "Your parents . should have aborted you"
  February 29, 1972

• New Jersey Teenager
  March 25, 1972
  

• Anonymous Roman Catholic Church-Goer
  March 27, 1972

• An Ex-Girlfriend of Joe
  March 28, 1972
  

• New Jersey Bible-Quoter to Joe [p1,p2,p3,p4]
  March 29, 1972
  

• Syracuse University Gay Student [p1,p2]
  March 29, 1972

• Marine Corp Chaplain, "with love" [p1,p2,p3]
  April 6, 1972

• USAF Airman First Class - Phillipines [p1,p2]
  April 8, 1972

• "My brother said . [p1,p2]
  April 13, 1972
  

• Massachusetts Grandmother
  June 26, 1972

• Gay Teacher
  August 7, 1972

• Penn State Health Educator [p1, p2]
  August 11, 1972

• Gay Teacher at Conservative Protestant Seminary
  September 26, 1972

• EDITORIAL OPINIONS

• HOPS: 1 Year Old, But Learning Life Fast
  The Daily Collegian
  March 15, 1972

• Moral Decision
  The Daily Collegian
  June 28, 1972

• Guilty Only of Honesty
  The Daily Collegian
  July 28, 1972

• LETTERS-TO-THE-EDITOR

• Ashamed to be Anonymous
  Anonymous
  Center Daily Times
  February 1972

• Learning of the Gap
  Judd & Betty Arnold
  State College, Pa.
  Center Daily Times
  February 19, 1972
  

• On dismissal
  Jeff Davidson
  State College, Pa.
  February 19, 1972

• Christian Parents Upset at Dismissal
  May & The Rev. Fred Reisz
  University Park, Pa.
  Center Daily Times
  February 21, 1972

• Invading Schools
  Mike Travers
  (2nd-Engineering)York, Pa.
  The Daily Collegian
  February 21, 1972

• Breach of rights
  Michael A. Laux
  (2nd-Chemical Engineering)
  Norwalk, Ohio
  The Daily Collegian
  February 21, 1972

• Tears for Plight of All Women
  Barbara Raphael
  State College
  Centre Daily Times
  February 22, 1972

• Officials Supported For Action
  James O Weir
  State College, Pa.
  Centre Daily Times
  February 23, 1972

• Schools Do Their Duty
  William C. Lose
  Centre Hall, Pa.
  Center Daily Times
  February 26, 1972

• Forgiveness for Wrong Person?
  Mrs. James Spencer
  Pine Grove Mills, Pa.
  February 26, 1972

• Punished For Truth
  Dorsey Houtiz
  Lemont, Pa.
  Centre Daily Times
  February 28, 1972
  

• Is Cause For Good Or Evil?
  Mrs. Gloria S. Lehr
  State College, Pa.
  Centre Daily Times
  February 28, 1972

• Judge on His Ability
  Francis S. Petrash
  State College, Pa.
  Centre Daily Times
  March 1, 1972

• Another View from the Bible
  Mrs. Curtis Dodds
  State College, Pa.
  Centre Daily Times
  March 2, 1972
  

• Teaching Begins in The Home
  Jeffrey C. Stivers
  State College, Pa.
  Centre Daily Times
  March 2, 1972

• Love Isn't About to Be Quelled
  Gene Fedorko
  State College, Pa.
  Centre Daily Times
  March 9, 1972

• Ballyhoo, facts and prejudices
  Marianne Van Fossen
  State College, Pa.
  Pennsylvania Mirror
  June 15, 1972

• Delay seen 'unfair'
  Glenn S. Friedman
  State College
  Pennsylvania Mirror
  June 15, 1972

• 'Morality' of Acanfora case
  Richard A. Queck
  State College
  Pennsylvania Mirror
  June 15, 1972

• Questions on status of student teacher
  Nancy Jane Thomas
  State College
  Pennsylvania Mirror
  June 15, 1972

• A recommendation: Certify Acanfora
  Dennis J. Miller
  State College
  Pennsylvania Mirror
  July 10, 1972

• Demanding action
  Irwin Weintraub
  (Graduate- Rural Sociology)
  The Daily Collegian
  June 21, 1972

• Democratic justice
  Organization of Students for School Improvement
  The Daily Collegian
  June 21, 1972

• Judgment Of Beliefs A Tragedy
  David Gottlieb
  State College
  Center Daily Times
  July 26,1972

• So who is normal?
  Eugene N. Borza
  Associate professor of history
  The Daily Collegian
  July 26, 1972

• He's 'all around fantastic'
  Julia Queck
  Brick Town, N.J.
  Pennsylvania Mirror
  July 7, 1972

• On Holding Certification
  Diann Oswald
  Toms River, N.J.
  Pennsylvania Mirror
  July 7, 1972

• Homosexual Defense Seen Flouting Bible
  Doris Jordan
  Wall Township
  Asbury Park Press
  August 12, 1972

• Alumnus for Acanfora
  Joseph P. Wells
  Executive assistant to the chancellor
  City University of New York
  The Daily Collegian
  June 21, 1972

GAY IN THE CLASSROOM

Personal letters, Letters-to-the-Editor, and newspaper Editorials in reaction to Joe's removal from the classroom and the resulting community struggle and legal battle to reinstate him

• PERSONAL LETTERS
• Joe's Aunt Theresa (to "60 Minutes")
  February 23, 1973
• I HATE HOMOS ! [p1, p2]
  February 25, 1973
  
• Florida Husband & Wife
  February 25, 1973
• San Francisco Gay Teacher
  February 25, 1973
• Illinois Straight Man [p1, p2]
  February 26, 1973
• Massachusetts Man
  February 26, 1973
  
• D.C. Husband & Wife
  February 27, 1973
• Louisiana Man
  February 28, 1973
• British Columbia Man
  March, 1973
• Joe's Hometown Elderly Neighbor
  March 1, 1973
• Illinois Gay Man
  March 6, 1973
• Indiana Woman Biology Teacher
  March 17, 1973
  
• U. K. School Principal [p1, p2]
  April 1973
• Mother of One of My Students
  April 2, 1973
• D.C. Woman
  June 1, 1973
• West Virginia - 'Abby'
  June 2, 1973
  
• Hostile Ex-GI
  June 5, 1973
• Bruce Voeller, Nat'l Gay Task Force
  October 17, 1974
  
• Pennsylvania Gay Man
  October 30, 1974
• LETTERS-TO-THE-EDITOR
• Gay Teacher Issue
  Norwood P. Beveridge
  Camden, Maine
  Montgomery County Sentinel
  November 10, 1972
• Wretches Like Us
  Jim West
  Pastor, Rockville Chapel
  Montgomery County Sentinel
  November 10, 1972
• EDITORIAL OPINIONS
• Classroom, Not Courtroom
  The Daily Collegian
  October 31, 1972
• 'Gay Teacher'
  Montgomery County Sentinel November 10, 1972
• Courage, Honesty, Strength
  The Daily Collegian February 28, 1973
• Now It Doesn't Pay To Be Honest
  Centre Daily Times June 5, 1973
  (Editor's Note: The following editorial, published in The Centre Daily Times on June 5, 1973, was awarded second place in the annual Pennsylvania Press Conference contest for newspapers with 15,000-49,000 circulation.)

HOMOPHILES OF PENN STATE

Personal letters, letters-to-the Editor, and newspaper Editorials in reaction to HOPS

• EDITORIAL OPINIONS
• Unfair suspension
  The Daily Collegian
  May 12, 1971
  
• Going to Court
  The Daily Collegian
  February 15, 1972
  
• HOPS: 1 Year Old, But Learning Life Fast
  The Daily Collegian
  March 15, 1972
• HOPS: Legal At Last
  The Daily Collegian
  1974
• LETTERS-TO-THE-EDITOR
• Who Cares About HOPS
  The Daily Collegian
  May 28, 1971
• Purpose of HOPS
  The Daily Collegian
  May 28, 1971
• Closed Channels
  The Daily Collegian
  May 28, 1971
• Antiquated Outlook
  The Daily Collegian
  May 28, 1971
• Deviant Power
  The Daily Collegian
  January, 1974
• Reflecting Bigotry
  The Daily Collegian
  January, 1974