In November 1978, arriving back in Katmandu after a long Himalayan trek, an envelope full of news clips from home caused me to utter an exclamation not printable in this family newspaper.
A headline across the top of the Seattle P-I front page carried big news: Seattle had just become the first town in America to vote AGAINST a bid to repeal its city ordinance prohibiting discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Anita Bryant and her ilk were turned back by a civic campaign, chaired by Mayor Charley Royer’s then-wife Rosanne, arguing the right to privacy.
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