Hi folks. Below is a message from a couple of our local LGBT friendly/owned businesses. As everyone, they are feeling the bite of the current economy. I would personally hate to see either one of them disappear from this city. So, here's a little experiment... let's put the power of MySpace and the local LGBTA community to the test. Monday 12/15 go by Mass Ave and rent a video. On Tuesday 12/16 stop in OutWord Bound and buy a buy a book, greeting card, window sticker or whatever. At the very least let's let them know that we appreciate their presence here in Indianapolis - cause you know if they were gone we'd be complaining about it!
Hope to see you there! -Jeffrey

Mass Ave Video, 922 Massachusetts Ave., www.massavevideo.com
OutWord Bound Books, 625 N. East St., www.outwordbound.com

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Forwarded Letter from Mass Ave Video...
To our LGBT Community,

We are writing this letter due to the economic times and difficulties that U.S. is facing today. We are writing concerning the future of two LGBT institutions Mass. Ave. Video Store and Out Word Bound Bookstore.

These two institutions have served the LGBT community of the Greater Indianapolis area for over 10 years in many different capacities such as financially, marketing
events for the community, and creating a place where the LGBT community can go to be themselves without fear or
consequence against them.

We as the LGBT community must make every effort to be good stewards in our community concerning LGBT rights and issues that affect our daily lives and the future of
those LGBT people who are coming behind us in the future. In being good stewards civilly we but we must
be good stewards financially too.

Mass. Ave. Video Store and Out Word Bound Bookstore have dedicated themselves to being good stewards in the LGBT community through their volunteerism and financial
contributions made throughout the years to LGBT organizations nationally and locally for the betterment of the LGBT community in Indianapolis, Indiana.

We are now asking the greater LGBT community of Indianapolis to do the same during these economic hard times faced by all. We need the LGBT community to come out in force and support these two stores financially that they both will be a part of our present and future LGBT community. It is important for the LGBT community to make sure that Indianapolis the twelfth largest city in the United States has places to get movies and information about themselves. It would be a shame to know that the twelfth largest city in the country has no place where the LGBT community can see, watch or read about themselves concerning their daily lives or place just to be themselves.

We are asking that you spread this message throughout the LGBT community of Indianapolis so that these two great institutions can remain intact and continue to serve the LGBT community of Indianapolis.

"The smallest deed is worth more than the grandest intention." –Andrew Oldershaw

We are asking for our LGBT community to do the smallest deed by coming into both businesses to rent your movies and to buy your LGBT reading materials and gifts so that we can continue to provide the services that we have dedicated our lives to in making the LGBT community of Indianapolis a great place for the LGBT community to be themselves.

We hope to see all of you in the next few weeks being a driving presence to keep these two great LGBT institutions going to be here in the future and meeting the needs of future generations to come.

Thank you for your many years of support,
Mass. Ave.Video Store & Out Word Bound Bookstore