Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decwrl!dyer@vaxuum.DEC (This did not happen to/Pablo Picasso) From: dyer@vaxuum.DEC (This did not happen to/Pablo Picasso) Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Re: Nomenclature - Gay/Homosexual/Lesbian Message-ID: <131@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 17:39:24 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.131 Posted: Fri Aug 23 17:39:24 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 00:46:05 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 20 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." :::::::::::::::: Jym Dyer ::::' :: `:::: Dracut, Massachusetts ::' :: `:: :: :: :: DYER%VAXUUM.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA :: .::::. :: {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vaxuum!dyer ::..:' :: `:..:: ::::. :: .:::: Statements made in this article are my own; they might not :::::::::::::::: reflect the views of |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| Equipment Corporation.