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Document Information
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Government report / investigative document
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1.29 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a House Oversight report (Bates stamp 015210) detailing the impact of regulations requiring identification for explicit photo advertisements. It describes how a publication named 'Connection' attempted to comply by contacting 500 advertisers, receiving only 26 responses. The text includes a quote from Patti Thomas at the Conclave '97 Convention in Chicago, discussing the 'swinging' lifestyle and her shift toward political activism regarding sexual privacy.
People (1)
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| Patti Thomas | Keynote Speaker |
Spoke at the Conclave '97 Convention regarding regulations on explicit photo ads in magazines.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Connection |
Magazine/Publication that attempted to comply with new advertising laws.
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| Attorney General's office |
Government body responsible for inspecting records of explicit photo ads.
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| Conclave '97 Convention |
Event where Patti Thomas spoke.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (1 events)
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Location of the Conclave '97 Convention.
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Relationships (1)
Patti Thomas spoke about the magazine's difficulties in her keynote speech.
Key Quotes (2)
"And considering that swinging itself is not illegal, why should we have to ‘register our sexual choices’ with the government just to place a personal ad in a magazine?"Source
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"I’ ve finally come to realizing that it’ s going to be necessary to be involved, even if it does mean ‘exposing’ my lifestyle to those who would repress it."Source
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requires anyone placing an explicit photo ad to provide a photo ID, nicknames, maiden names, stage names, professional names and aliases. These records must be available for inspection by the attorney general’ s office.
Connection had attempted to comply with the law by cutting out every explicit photo ad from its magazines and sending them with a letter to those advertisers, explaining the new law and its requirements, asking that they submit the proper ID or send a “soft” photo that didn’ t require ID. Out of 500 advertisers, only 26 responded with IDs. Patti Thomas spoke about this in her keynote speech at the Conclave ’ 97 Convention in Chicago:
“It definitely makes it difficult to produce the magazine our readers and subscribers have come to expect, when you don’ t have enough so-called ‘legal’ ads to fill all those pages. And considering that swinging itself is not illegal, why should we have to ‘register our sexual choices’ with the government just to place a personal ad in a magazine? . . . I’ ve never really thought of myself as an activist, or as one who was ‘politically involved,’ but over the last few years I think I’ ve finally come to realizing that it’ s going to be necessary to be involved, even if it does mean ‘exposing’ my lifestyle to those who would repress it. I am
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