Sasha Alyson, the President of Alyson Publications Inc., a Boston-based gay publishing firm, is continuing with his campaign urging gay people to stop using Visa credit cards because of the company's financial contributions to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC).
the USOC has drawn much criticism from gay activists for its successful lawsuit to keep the Gay Games (once called Gay Olympics) from using the name Gay Olympics, despite the fact that many other groups have used the word Olympics without being challenged.
Alyson last year asked gay people to cut their Visa cards in half and send one half to the credit card company with a letter explaining their reason. The other half of the card was to be sent to Alyson's Campaign and by last January 700 cards had been received.