From queerplanet-owner Wed Jun 14 11:29:11 1995 Received: (from root@localhost) by abacus.oxy.edu (8.6.10/8.6.11) id LAA20054 for queerplanet-outgoing; Wed, 14 Jun 1995 11:29:05 -0700 Received: from sol (sol.racsa.co.cr [200.9.56.10]) by abacus.oxy.edu (8.6.10/8.6.11) with SMTP id LAA20047 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 1995 11:28:47 -0700 Received: from [200.9.56.10] (sol) by sol (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA29497; Wed, 14 Jun 1995 12:26:18 +0600 Message-Id: <9506140626.AA29497@sol> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 12:31:40 -0600 To: queerplanet@abacus.oxy.edu From: cblanca@sol.racsa.co.cr (Hotel Casa Blanca de Ml. Ant. S.A.) Subject: New Agression against Gay Hotels Cc: dsoto@indiana.edu Content-Length: 2254 Sender: queerplanet-owner@abacus.oxy.edu Precedence: bulk Status: RO X-Lines: 60 NEW AGRESSION AGAINST GAY/LESBIAN HOTELS IN COSTA RICA Today's editions from the Costarican national newspapers "La Prensa Libre" and unfortunately also "La Nacion" (which yesterday promised to correct the discriminations and lies made by "La Prensa Libre") called an "inquisition" down on Hotel Joluva, Hotel Colours and Hotel Casa Blanca - Costa Rica's gay/lesbian hotels. Both papers are statig that gay/lesbian tourisme is naturally connected to prostitution and sex-tourisme. Therefore the catholic church and other institutions like the tourist bureau (ICT) are asking to find the legal methods of closing all gay/lebian hotels down! In the constitution of Costa Rica minorities are protected by law from discrimination! I just received dead threats by phone and I had a self nominated commission "for the closing of hotel Casa Blanca" calling me to advise me that they want to destroy physically our hotel! I have no chance to get E-Mail address for the govermental offices of Costa Rica (I doubt that they have E-Mail!), so please support us by sending your letters of protest to the following fax numbers. Please forward this message to all people and organisations which might help us. We will elaborate the accusation of "La Prensa Libre" and "La Nacion" today to present it today or latest tomorrow to the supreme court! Please give us as much support as possible! La Nacion: e-mail: webmaster@nacion.co.cr La Prensa Libre: Fax: (+506) 223-4671 Casa Presidencial President Jose Maria Figueres Olsen: Fax: (+506) 253-9078 Tourist Ministery Ing. Carlos Roesch Fax: (+506) 255-4997 Defensoria de Habitantes Defensor Lic. Rodrigo Carazo Zeledon Fax: (+506) 296-2512 CANATUR Fax: (+506) 253-8102 Thank you very much for you kind support! Kindest regards Harald Holler Hotel Casa Blanca Manuel Antonio / Costa Rica ****************************************************************************** To send a message to the entire list "queerplanet", email queerplanet@abacus.oxy.edu This list is run by the program MAJORDOMO@abacus.oxy.edu. *******************************************************************************