Petrelis Files

NYT's About.com Must Delete "Gay Bowel Syndrome" Listing

Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
Chairman
The New York Times

Dear Mr. Sulzberger,

As a gay man, a shareholder and a reader, I ask that you immediately instruct your employees at About.com to delete the page on "gay bowel syndrome," a bogus disease long since debunked as legitimate.

It's beyond outrageous that any part of the New York Times Company gives any credence to this alleged syndrome.

Common decency also demands the Times Company and About.com issue an apology to gay men, for unjustly maligning us with the reprehensible information on the Men's Health page of your company's information portal.

I've waged a long campaign to eradicate "gay bowel syndrome" from the mainstream media and medical textbooks, and hope you will follow the example of other outlets quickly correcting the record when they erroneously promulgate the notion that the supposed syndrome is an actual disease.

A prompt deletion of the offensive page is requested.

Regards,
Michael Petrelis
San Francisco, CA