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From: dyer@vaxuum.DEC (This did not happen to/Pablo Picasso)
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Subject: Re: Nomenclature - Gay/Homosexual/Lesbian
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 17:39:24 EDT
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Re: Nomenclature - Gay/Homosexual/Lesbian_______________________________________

> . . . the word ''homosexual'', which we quite correctly tag as the mark of the
> oppressor, . . .

	Quite incorrectly.  Again, the jury is still out on this.
	"Homophile" sounds like it has possibilities, though!
		<_Jym_>
P.S.:  Morrissey, the singer for The Smiths, refers to himself as a celibate
homosexual.  He's just this side of suicidal, and sings the most depressing
music I know of.  I have extreme difficulty calling him "gay."

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