Established in 1986 Editor in Chief Barbara Dozetos editor@mountainpridemedia.org Art Director Stephanie Siebert art@mountainpridemedia.org Associate Editor Tina Giangrande Arts & Entertainment Editor Jason Whipple Copy Editor Heather Peake Classified Sandy Reeks classifieds@mountainpridemedia.org Calendar Sandy Reeks calendar@mountainpridemedia.org Source Editor Carolyn Ashby source@mountainpridemedia.org Columnists Crow Cohen, Charles Emond, Rev. Christine Leslie, Susan Murray, Heather Peake, Beth Robinson Contributors Tom Aloisi, Tina Barney, Mickey Carter, Peter Cassels, Doug Ebeling, Ernie McLeod, Roland F. Palmer, Heather K. Peake, Matthew Webb, Sara White, Zachary Wyman Photographers Ernie McLeod Cartoonists Alison Bechdel, Robert Kirby, Eric Orner, Leah Wittenberg Office Manager Carolyn Ashby Advertising Manager Jim Petrie ads@mountainpridemedia.org 802.434.5237 National Advertising Representative Rivendell Marketing Company, Inc. 212.242.6863   Mountain Pride Media Board of Directors Cecelia Burnett, Brian Cote, Sarah Harrington, Pam Kinniburgh, Bennett Law, Kevin McAteer, Ernest McLeod, Roland Palmer, Jim Petrie, Carrie Rampp, Joseph Ryan, Richard Slappey Out in the Mountains was founded in 1986 with start up money from the Haymarket People’s Fund. Mountain Pride Media’s current funding sources include the Chicago Resource Center, Green Mountain Fund for Popular Struggle, Gill Foundation, Haymarket People’s Fund, Physicians Computer Company, Samara Foundation of Vermont, and individual private donations.   Statement of Purpose The purpose of Out in the Mountains is to serve as a voice for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered people, and our supporters in Vermont. We wish the newspaper to be a source of information, insight, and affirmation. We also see OITM as a vehicle for the celebration of the culture and diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered communities here in Vermont and elsewhere.   Editorial Policy We will consider for publication any material which broadens our understanding of our lifestyles and of each other. Views and opinions appearing in the paper do not necessarily represent those of Out in the Mountains. This paper cannot and will not endorse any candidates or actions of public officials on issues of importance to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgendered persons. We reserve the right not to publish any material deemed to be overtly racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, ageist, classist, xenophobic, or homophobic. Writers’ guidelines are available on request. All materials submitted must include a name and a contact number. However, within the pages of the newspaper, articles may appear anonymously upon request, and strict confidentially will be observed.   Out in the Mountains (ISSN 1081-5562) is published on the last Tuesday of each month by Mountain Pride Media, Inc. It is printed by BD Press. The newspaper maintains offices at 5 Bridge Street in Richmond, Vermont. The subscription rate is $20 per year within the United States of America. ©2000, Out in the Mountains Out in the Mountains PO Box 1078 Richmond VT 05477-1078 TEL (802) 434-OITM FAX (802) 434-7046 editor@mountainpridemedia.org   BACK TO TOP | MOUNTAIN PRIDE MEDIA | PREVIOUS PAGE | WRITE TO US   Copyright © Mountain Pride Media