Jack Drescher and Paul Lynch raise a difficult question. However, printing the NARTH announcement and ad is certainly no proof of antihomosexual bias by The American or by TAP. The policy of printing announcements in TAP has been to print what is submitted as space allows. Priority has been given to announcements about The American, then to announcements about the IPA and The American societies and institutes, then to announcements submitted from members of The American (e.g., the NARTH announcement) and to announcements from other psychoanalytic organizations other than the IPA. This has been the policy for the past two years (since I have been editor) and is a continuation

of previous policy.

The argument that certain announcements from members should not be printed presents a serious problem. To tell a member of The American that TAP won't print his or her announcement or ad because the editor or the editorial staff or the Executive Committee or the Executive Council does not like them or their group would be a form of bias or censorship. Who would decide on which announcements are printed and which are not? What criteria would be used to decide what goes in and what goes out? In addition to the criticism of antihomosexual bias against The American, The American has been criticized that it prevents the expression of opinion of those members who disagree with those who hold organizational power. If the NARTH announcement and ad was not printed, those critics who say The American censors unpopular opinion would be correct.

However, there is some remedy to your objections. That is the printing of your letters in TAP so our members learn about the reasons for your indignation.

Editor