Tribe objects to LGBT use of “Navajo”

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Posted: January 8th, 2007 by Thomas L. Knapp

“The Native American Navajo nation have written to a Christian couple recently awarded damages by Lancashire Police to express their dismay that their tribal name is being used for an LGBT project. Helen and Joe Roberts from Fleetwood hit the headlines last year after police questioned them for attempting to distribute anti-gay literature. The fundamentalist Christians were eventually awarded damages after Lancashire police admitted their right to free speech had been breached. … The tribeā€˜s lawyer said in the letter that, ‘The Navajo nation is greatly concerned regarding the use of the word Navajo in any context, but even more so when it is used to express a view or policy that is contrary to Navajo law.’ The Navajo project was set up in the North West of England to tackle oppression, stigma and prejudice and to promote social well-being and acceptance in society of LGBT people.” (01/08/07)

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