Discriminated Against Because She's Gay?

A Northern Virginia woman is looking for justice after, she says, a local company discriminated against her because she's gay. Now she's turning to the county for help.

"I?ve never in my life felt that insulted."

Lilli Vincenz is referring to an e-mail she says she received last may from the owner of Bono Film and Video, an Arlington company she had contacted to make VHS dubs of two documentaries filmed in the late '60's. They're titled "Second Largest Minority" and "Gay and Proud."

"Tim Bono was friendly but when he found out the names and the titles of the films, he immediately did a 180 degree turn-around and said I will not partake in the gay agenda and referred me to the website."

Owner Tim Bono told us by phone he has no comment. But according to his website, his company will not accept pornography, sexually explicit material, content promoting violence or hate that runs counter to our Christian and ethical values.

When Vincenz asked for a referral to another lab, he referred her to the Yellow Pages, she said.

Vincenz is now turning to the Arlington human rights commission, asking the county to decide if Bono Film and Video broke the law. She?s hoping the court can suggest a remedy.

That remedy, Vincenz hopes, will simply be to make Bono Film and Video accept her as a customer and dub her documentaries once and for all.

"I bare him no ill-will. I think he's simply uneducated. He doesn't know about gay people. he doesn't know about us."