Petrelis Files

Marian Brown
BloomsburyUSA
75 Fifth Avenue, Suite 300
New York, NY 10010
(212) 674-5151 x354
marian.brown@bloomsburyusa.com

Dear Ms. Brown:

Thanks for listening to my request to have "gay bowel syndrome" deleted from both the print and on-line versions of the Encarta dictionary.

It pleases me that you, as the press agent for the Encarta dictionary, published by BloomsburyUSA and widely available on the MSN web site, said "gay bowel syndrome" won't appear in next year's print edition and that you'll contact MSN to instruct them to remove the listing and definition in the on-line Encarta.

No other dictionary, or reputable medical textbook, lists or defines "gay bowel syndrome" as a genuine medical condition.

I look forward to the deletion of this term from the Encarta site and print edition.

Regards,
Michael Petrelis
San Francisco, CA
Ph: 415-621-6267