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...took part in April's gay civil rights march in Washington, D.C. Declared Crews: "I am marching to put a face on gay America." When he got home, he discovered that somebody had thrown a fire extinguisher through his family-room window and spray-painted his house with graffiti: MELBOURNE HATES GAYS. NO FAGGOTS. QUEERS AREN'T WELCOME, GET OUT. Says Crews: "Our effort is to be strong and persevere so our message can get through. The most important thing a gay person can do is come out -- and it is tough...
Here comes Free Willy, this month's feel-good sleeper. Preview audiences have gone wild for Willy, the story of two 12-year-olds separated from their folks. Jesse (Jason James Richter) is a troubled boy who, while cleaning up the graffiti scrawled on the walls of a seaquarium theme park in the Pacific Northwest, bonds mystically with a 7,000-lb., 22-ft.-long killer whale named Willy. Aided by his foster parents and two sympathetic adults at the park, the sweet boy makes it his mission to free the sweet beast...
...stop child-support center, with everything from counselors and law-enforcement officials to medical personnel for drawing blood to confirm paternity. She was one of the first prosecutors around to come down hard on scofflaw spouses who skipped out on child support, prompting a disgruntled father to scrawl threatening graffiti on a sign near her home. Some critics charge that in her zeal she went too far; in 1984 her office came under fire for forcing confessions and railroading defendants in a high-profile child-abuse case...
With the hope and pride, however, came an uneasy fear. "I'm afraid it'll get vandalized," said Kenny Marshall, 14, another member of the Youth Action Committee. He said teens who got kicked out of the center for misbehaving might get angry and put graffiti on the outside...
...expect a beautiful oasis after a long walk down Mass. Avenue--the decor is pretty plain and the floors were dirty on a recent visit. Graffiti marred the walls...