[Clipping: "Teletubby trouble: is Tinky Winky gay?", Dallas Morning News]

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Clipping of two letters from readers of The Dallas Morning News, dated February 21, 1999. The letters relate to Jerry Falwell's comments on the possible homosexuality of the Teletubby character Tinky Winky. Letters from Beth Watkins of Irving and Tina Macon of Denton call for tolerance from Falwell. In the right of the clipping, there is a cartoon by Scott Crocker of Dallas, titled "The New Televangelist Tubbies". The cartoon depicts a caricature of Falwell as Tinky Winky, or "Teeny Brainy" according to the caption, carrying a red bag. The Dallas Morning News's "Letters Policy" is included in the lower … continued below

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1 newspaper clipping : col. ill. ; 18 x 26 cm.

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Dallas Morning News February 21, 1999.

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Clipping of two letters from readers of The Dallas Morning News, dated February 21, 1999. The letters relate to Jerry Falwell's comments on the possible homosexuality of the Teletubby character Tinky Winky. Letters from Beth Watkins of Irving and Tina Macon of Denton call for tolerance from Falwell. In the right of the clipping, there is a cartoon by Scott Crocker of Dallas, titled "The New Televangelist Tubbies". The cartoon depicts a caricature of Falwell as Tinky Winky, or "Teeny Brainy" according to the caption, carrying a red bag. The Dallas Morning News's "Letters Policy" is included in the lower left corner of the clipping.

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1 newspaper clipping : col. ill. ; 18 x 26 cm.

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  • Dallas Morning News, February 21, 1999. "Letters From Readers" section.

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Resource Center LGBT Collection of the UNT Libraries

The Resource Center is a service organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community of Dallas. These materials span more than 50 years of LGBT social movements.

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Publications pertaining to issues relevant to the LGBT community. The collection includes The Dallas Voice, a weekly newspaper for the gay community in North Texas that has been published since 1984.

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  • February 21, 1999

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  • February 11, 1999 - February 21, 1999

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Dallas Morning News. [Clipping: "Teletubby trouble: is Tinky Winky gay?", Dallas Morning News], clipping, February 21, 1999; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177446/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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