Damned If You Do

Letters
Arts & Leisure
The New York Times
229 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
August 10, 1994

To the Editor:

Judging by Rodney H. Clurman's angry response (July 31 [1994]) to the outing of his cousin, the composer Aaron Copland, it's no wonder Copland never discussed his homosexuality with him.

It's attitudes like his that have reinforced the view that homosexuality is an unsavory subject and caused generations of gays and lesbians, inside and outside the arts, to retreat further into the closet.

Sincerely yours,
Charles Michael Smith

The above letter-to-the-editor was published in the Arts & Leisure section of the Sunday New York Times on August 21, 1994.