Alabama company refuses to print university's LGBTQ-inclusive magazine

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Alabama company refuses to print university's LGBTQ-inclusive magazine
“This is more than having personal beliefs,” the editor of the student magazine said. “This is actively discriminating against a group of people."

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/alabama-company-refuses-print-university-s-lgbtq-inclusive-magazine-n1084001




Due South, a student publication at the University of South Alabama, has been printed by local business Interstate Printing since 2012. However, when the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Sara Boone, sent over the latest issue for printing, she received an unexpected response.

The cover of Due South's latest magazine, which Interstate Publishing declined to print.The cover of Due South's latest magazine, which Interstate Publishing declined to print.Courtesy of Sara Boone

“After reviewing the subject matter of the 2019 Fall edition of Due South, we must respectfully decline to print this issue of the publication,” Tracey Smith, a spokesperson for Interstate Printing, wrote in an email addressed to Boone that was provided to NBC News. “As the magazine expresses freedom of lifestyles, we must express our freedom by declining to print on the principle that we are a Christian company that does not adhere to the content.”

The email also stated that the company had been working with the University of South Alabama for more than 40 years and hoped to continue working with the school on other projects.

Boone said the diversity-themed issue was replete with a mix of different stories about the campus community, featuring writing about race, body positivity, disability, religion and LGBTQ issues. She believes Interstate’s refusal to print the issue was due to its LGBTQ content.

“Initially I was shocked. It never crossed my mind that we’d have an issue with the company,” Boone, 21, said. “I wrote back to let them know that I wished that would have been something they disclosed on their website and that we would be using a different printing company in the future.”

[msongs]

1. maybe its cuz the people on the cover are too brown? nt

[Hoyt]

2. They won't, but whole University ought to pull all printing from company. But

But, it is Alabama.

[dlk]

3. Time to find a new vendor...

Interstate sprinting must have more business than they can handle, if they can afford to brush off the university. No doubt, there are other printers that would welcome a new customer.