One chief complaint that many supporters of gay rights have had since September 11th, has been the way the media has completely ignored the gay victims-- by keeping silent on their sexual orientation. For example, Mark Bingham has become not only a national hero, but particularly within the gay community, even to the extent of possible memorials in the Castro and a name change for a local recreation center. So it is with great consternation that I read a lengthy profile of his mother, Alice Hoglan, yesterday in the San Francisco Chronicle. His mother is tremendously supportive of gay rights and of her son's orientation. She has been outspoken as such. However, the San Francisco Chronicle, along with most of the other media completely ignored his sexual orientation in the article. How is the larger community of America to comprehend that we gay people are Americans too if we are continually relegated to silence? And how is the gay community going to make any type of headway on this issue if we can't even get the San Francisco Chronicle to mention it?