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Special thanks to Dvid for finding this article. Some of you may recall this story, that broke a few months ago, when we heard about Kroger's refusal to carry gay news magazines....

You can also read this on gay.com at the following link:
http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2007/07/03/5

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Kroger to return LGBT paper to Nashville stores
published Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Kroger Co. says a regional gay newspaper will once again be carried in the free publication rack inside some of its Nashville, Tenn.-area grocery stores, the Associated Press reported.
Kroger, the nation's largest food chain, removed the Out & About monthly newspaper from 34 stores in the Nashville area nearly a month ago, claiming that the paper violated company policy against distributing publications that promote "political, religious, or other specific agendas."

The paper's expulsion outraged the city's gay men and lesbians. Supporters of the paper said Kroger carries other gay-themed newspapers at its stores in other markets, including Atlanta. They pointed out that other newspapers with political columns and advertisements for Nashville-area strip clubs were available in the stores.

The uproar culminated last month into a weeklong boycott against Kroger and Harris Teeter, another grocery store chain that banned the newspaper. Organizers assert the local boycott cost the two companies more than $15,000.

In a written statement Monday, Kroger blamed Out & About's removal on DistribuTech, the company that manages its free publication racks, and said DistribuTech did not follow Kroger's process for distributing free publications such as Out & About.

"As we have done elsewhere, Kroger suspended distribution until the agreed-upon steps were followed. In this case, it resulted in the return of the paper to some stores in the Nashville area," the release explained.
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