Update!

The National Center for Lesbian Rights and Andrea Zimbardi settled the discrimination suit with the University of Florida and its Athletic Department which includes changes in policy at UF and training aimed to protect LGBT Athletes. Please see the NCLR website for more information.

  

Background

In the spring/summer of 2003, a news story surfaced in local media and national queer media of an impending lawsuit against UF by a woman who got kicked off their softball team for being a lesbian. Follow this link from OutSports.com for more info. The Gainesville Lesbian Avengers started an email and flyer campaign to expose and challenge UF's homophobia.

Email Campaign

*Please forward far and wide! Apologies for cross-postings.*

Bench Homophobia! Lesbians Score!

Three women have been kicked off the UF softball team because they are lesbians. UF Softball coaches Karen Johns & Heather Compton-Butler created an intensely uncomfortable environment for lesbians and ANYONE concerned with homophobia. Johns has kicked multiple women off the team because of their identification as lesbians. UF Athletic Director Jeremy N. Foley supports their homophobia and discrimination!

Let UF know what you think of their homophobia! Write or Call:

Karen Johns, 375-4683 x5533, karenj@gators.uaa.ufl.edu

Heather Compton-Butler, heatherc@gators.uaa.ufl.edu

Jeremy Foley, 375-4683 x6000, jeremy@gators.uaa.ufl.edu

President Charles Young, 392-1311, ceyoung@ufl.edu

For more information, visit OutSports.com or email gnsvlle_avengers@yahoo.com. Please forward us any responses you get from UF representatives!

run UF run, the lesbians are coming! run UF run, the lesbians are coming! run UF run, the lesbians are coming! run UF run, the lesbians are coming!

Flyer Campaign

Please feel free to reproduce the flyer at the top of the page, or contact us for paper copies. Email us any ideas you have in this campaign, or to get involved!