Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe 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 Lines: 32 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). -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe