Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site ada-uts.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!bbnccv!ada-uts!richw From: richw@ada-uts.UUCP Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Re: Nomenclature - Gay/Homosexual/Lesbia Message-ID: <10900001@ada-uts.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 15:33:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ada-uts.10900001 Posted: Mon Aug 12 15:33:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 04:49:14 EDT References: <3486@decwrl.UUCP> Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:decwrl:-348600:ada-uts:10900001:000:709 Nf-From: ada-uts!richw Aug 12 15:33:00 1985 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the term, "Negro", is considered to be insulting because its actual meaning is "slave". If that's the case, I see nothing wrong with "homosexual" as an adjective; I don't mind being referred to as a heterosexual man, and if I were gay, I don't think I'd mind being called a homosexual man. After all, "homosexual" means, in my own terms, "sexually prefers persons of the same gender," right? Is it the case that "homosexual" has acquired negative connotations that I'm not familiar with (e.g. I don't know what "Nazi" originally meant, but don't !*#?$@-ing call me one!). If so, please fill me in on it. Rich Wagner a.k.a. Rich "Say-It-With-A-Smile" Vahgner :-)