Three Printers Refuse LGBT Student Publication, Citing F-Word, Images of Cross-Dressing
Posted by David Spett
April 27th, 2011
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The spring 2010 issue of Fusion, published a year ago, depicted partial male nudity on its back cover and in a six-page spread inside. The publisher of the issue, Freeport Press Inc., said the "questionable content wasn't highlighted" and that it should not have been published.
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Three printing companies have refused to publish the spring edition ofFusion, a Campus Progress-sponsored LGBT magazine at Kent State University, citing concerns over its images and language.
The controversy has cost Fusion, Campus Progress’ 2010 awardee for Best Overall Publication, more than $2,000, its editor says, as well as substantial effort as students try to release the issue before the school year ends next week.
One company after another turned Fusion down before a fourth printer agreed to take the issue to press.
“We are very surprised that it happened more than once,” says Raytevia Evans, the editor of Fusion and a first-year journalism and mass