COMMUNITY HERO JIM DEVA RESPONDS to PRESS RELEASE

Underbelly News
Downtown Eastside

Posted below is a statement by Little Sisters owner Jim Deva responding to press release put out by PRIDE parade organizers. I concur with his sentiments - Jamie Lee!



Shawn

Thank you for your kind words about the meeting that we organized. I
believe
we are all interested in the same goal: the promotion of gay pride in
the
City of Vancouver. But I do take total offense at the piece of nasty,
internalized homophobic garbage that your Board called a news release
that
was widely circulated yesterday. It seemed as if the release was
looking for
people to blame for the changes in your Pride plans. It did nothing to
promote Pride or to get the kind of community support that has been
lacking
in this years plans. Shawn could you possibly explain how that :"news
release" was conceived and if you and the Board actually agreed to
circulate
it?

Yours in Pride
Jim Deva.