Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bbncca.ARPA Path: utzoo!decvax!bbncca!msimpson From: msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson) Newsgroups: mod.motss Subject: Summary of 'net.motss' -- 6/10-28/1985 Message-ID: <1478@bbncca.ARPA> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 17:33:12 EDT Article-I.D.: bbncca.1478 Posted: Fri Jun 28 17:33:12 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Jun-85 20:12:11 EDT Organization: Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 49 Approved: for sdyer@bbncca.arpa by msimpson@bbncca.arpa Summary of newsgroup: net.motss Date of this summary: June 28, 1985 Dates covered in this summary: June 10-28, 1985 Articles covered: 40 Approved: for sdyer@bbncca.arpa by msimpson@bbncca.arpa Gay foster care ban in Massachusetts (4 articles) -- governor's attitude of indifference towards gays -- homophobic hysteria rampant New England Gay Pride Parade (2 articles) -- crowd estimated at 27,000 -- "angrier" and more political than in the past Terms for relatives of 'significant others' (2 articles) -- suggestions: "relative-in-sin", "out-law" Views on homosexuality (3 articles) Lesbian and gay books (2 articles) -- "Cry of the Heart" (Tennessee Williams) -- "Socrates, Plato and Guys Like Me" (Eric Rofes) Lesbian and gay films (15 articles) -- New England and San Francisco Gay Film Festivals -- movies reviewed: BLACK LIZARD, SCUM, SCRUBBERS, TAXI ZUM KLO, LOADS, MAEDCHEN, THE WOMEN, SALO, THE MAKIOKA SISTERS, MORE AND MORE LOVE, NAUGHTY BOYS, THE "L"-SHAPED ROOM, LUMINOUS PROCURESS, TIMES OF HARVEY MILK, PINK NARCISSUS, BEFORE STONEWALL AIDS research funding (1 article) -- information requested on foundations that distribute contributions to groups doing AIDS research Miscellaneous (11 articles) -- review of research on history of sex and sexuality in 7/8/85 New Republic -- Pentagon won't discipline those who test positive for HTLV-3 antibodies -- bathrooming habits of women vs. those of men -- >> don't shoot me, I'm just trying to be helpful ... << Mike Simpson, BBN msimpson@bbn-spca (Arpanet/Internet/CSNet) {decvax,ihnp4,ima,linus,masscomp,sunybcs,wjh12}!bbncca!msimpson (Usenet) 617-497-8196 (Ma Bell)