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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: Nomenclature - Gay/Homosexual/Lesbia
Message-ID: <683@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 16:14:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: ttidcc.683
Posted: Thu Aug 15 16:14:39 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 07:03:32 EDT
References: <3486@decwrl.UUCP> <10900001@ada-uts.UUCP>
Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Organization: The Cat Factory
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Summary: 

In article <10900001@ada-uts.UUCP> richw@ada-uts.UUCP writes:
>
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the term, "Negro", is considered
>to be insulting because its actual meaning is "slave".

The literal meaning of "negro" is "black".

>If that's the case, I see nothing wrong with "homosexual" as an adjective;
>I don't mind being referred to as a heterosexual man, and if I were gay,
>I don't think I'd mind being called a homosexual man.  After all,
>"homosexual" means, in my own terms, "sexually prefers persons of the
>same gender," right?
>
>Is it the case that "homosexual" has acquired negative connotations
>that I'm not familiar with (e.g. I don't know what "Nazi" originally
>meant, but don't !*#?$@-ing call me one!).  If so, please fill me in
>on it.

Since being a homosexual is defined as a negative thing by many people,  it
would   be  surprising  if  the  word  "homosexual"  didn't  have  negative
connotations associated with it.  On the other hand,  connotations  are  in
the eye (ear?) of the beholder, by definition.

I think "Nazi" originally stood for National Socialist Party (in German).

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