-
- From: Charles
- Date: 6/11/97 9:59AM
- Subject: Re: Welcome to the group
-
- Hi David,
- First, I wanted to thank you for your hard work on the web site. Its
- GREAT!
-
- Also, I would love to get the beautiful thing newsfeed, but, its not here
- (as of yet) and I can't
- seem to resolve the IP address for pubnews.demon.co.uk. Could you email me
- the
- IP address of the news server? Thanks!
-
- Charlie
*****************************************************
- From: Shaun
- Date: 6/11/97 10:06AM
- Subject: Re: Were They?
-
- Hi all :o)
- As the hopeful actor on this list, I guess I'll try to field this one. If
- you really love acting, and you truly believe in the story (meaning, you
- like it because it has integrity) there is NOTHING you will not do for the
- part. With true actors (which I believe Scott and Glen to be) you learn to
- seperate your roles from your real life, and you learn that you can become
- anyone. On that screen, Jamie and Ste were gay. Glen and Scott are not.
- They just did a damn fine performance.
-
- See ya
-
- Shaun
-
-
- At 02:31 PM 6/10/97 -0700, you wrote:
- > Yes, I believe they were str8, but then, if they were, why'd they do it?
- >
*****************************************************
- From: Shaun <j
- Date: 6/11/97 10:13AM
- Subject: Coming Out (was Re: Were They?)
-
- I guess since I'm writing e-mail, I'll add to the group. (I love reading,
- but I'm always to lazy to write <grin> I came back from a three day
- vacation and found over 150 msgs from the BT group in my box)
-
- I realized I was gay when I was 18. I had tried for years to pretend that
- I wasn't, but one week, I was writing a play, and one of the characters was
- gay. When I finished, I sat down and read it. It was like this horrid
- realization. I was gay. I had denied it for my whole adolescent life, and
- now as I was about to graduate high school, I was unable to hide it (from
- myself at least) any longer. I tried to kill myself, but failed. then I
- told my best friend, and she helped me. It was a year before I was finally
- completely out to everyone. I looked at those years of my life as a lie,
- and now I'm just going about trying to find out who I really am. The
- person everyone knew didn't really exist. That's why I loved to act. I
- did it on and off stage.
-
- see ya
-
- Shaun
*****************************************************
- From: JOE
- Date: 6/11/97 10:40AM
- Subject: Re: newsgroup
-
- Todd wrote:
- >
- > I just checked the news server with my IP and found the most wonderful
- > newsgroup: alt.movies.beautiful_thing! All right Daive!
- >
- > Todd
-
- It shows up also (with no articles yet) on Prodigy Internet's news
- server, so I'm happy. <G>
-
- Gary
*****************************************************
- From: "Peter
- Date: 6/11/97 10:59AM
- Subject: RE: Beautiful Members
-
- Can I send a jpeg?
- peter
-
- > -----Original Message-----
- > From: Jason
- > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 1997 12:54 PM
- > Subject: Beautiful Members
- >
- > 'Ello All!
- >
- > Well I finally got the computer to cooperate with me. On the DalNet
- > Channel #Beautiful_Thing, I am doing a Member Picture Server thing. If
- > you would like to offer your picture to everyone who visits the
- > channel, please send me your photo, and I will get it in there. Please
- > include your regular nickname, as it will be used to access the
- > picture. As an example, my photo is in there and you would simply type
- > BTMPS Jason27, that will generate a send of my photo to you. If you
- > have any questions, I will be glad to answer them, Please Email me.
- >
- > Thanks, Jason
- > -----------------------------------
*****************************************************
- From: Chainarong
- Date: 6/11/97 11:10AM
- Subject: Hi all
-
- Hi all
- I'm not sure you guys would like to hear this. I went to a movie screening
- last week (part of the New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival). I overheard a
- guy talking about BT. He said:
- I didn't like BT. I saw no point of the movie. The first 45 min dealing with
- abusive behavior, the last part they just ran around in the forest. And
- PA-LEASE, Mama Cass. UGH!! I totally couldn't stand that kind of British
- accent. Blah Blah Blah.
-
- Please someone go out and kill this guy.
-
- Neil
*****************************************************
- From: Kenneth
- Date: 6/11/97 11:29AM
- Subject: Re: newsgroup
-
- GO TO DEJA NEWS AND CHECK AND THERE...kEN
*****************************************************
- From: Kenneth
- Date: 6/11/97 11:35AM
- Subject: Re: American BT
-
- Hey, lets take a look at the religious right <wrong> in this country. Do
- you think they wouldn't want to try to interfer? I think they will, to
- there own demise <hee, hee>
-
- They will be on Crossfire <poorly watched show> trying to get Congress to
- enact a stupid statute.
-
- Could be interesting seeing the fall out. Jonathon Harvey, I hope you have
- more control over the American Production as you had in the British
- MASTERPIECE.
-
- Bravo...
-
- ----------
- > From: Jeff
- > Subject: Re: American BT
- > Date: Wednesday, June 11, 1997 1:57 AM
- >
- > > options... What I don't understand is _WHY_ the American producers
- would
- > > try to reproduce such a great movie. Would it ruin the reputation that
- > BT
- > > already has?
- > >
- > > Justin
- >
- >
- > Look at Birdcage, Justin. The Americanized "La Cage," which I really
- > didn't like. But see how it attracted a wide audience and made lots of
- > money... and set the images of gays back 10 years IMHO. Maybe an
- > Americanized BT would be good. If done right, of
course.
*****************************************************
- From: David
- Date: 6/11/97 11:36AM
- Subject: Re: newsgroup... It shows up also (with no articles yet) on...
-
- GUYS!! The fact that it shows up but you don't see articles means your news-admin
- is NOT taking a feed for it - the group name will be there but no articles.
- There are about 6 articles in the group at this time.
-
- ASK for it to be added to the feed!!!
-
- Regards, Davie
*****************************************************
- From: David
- Date: 6/11/97 11:38AM
- Subject: Re: Beautiful Members.. Can I send a jpeg?
-
- NOOOOO!
- Please DO NOT send email attached photo's to the list!!!
-
- Send them directly to Jason. jmruddy@gte.net
-
- Regards, Davie
*****************************************************
- From: JOE
- Date: 6/11/97 11:44AM
- Subject: Re: Were They?
-
- Gavin wrote:
- >
- > At 16:36 6/10/97 -0500, Matthew wrote:
- > > I mean, everytime an actor is in a gay role, people question their
- > >personal sexuality. I think it makes some actors gay or straight
- > >fearful of playing those roles.
- >
- > Hell. That's so true. That's one of the questions poor Laura Dern had to
- > put up with!
- >
- > But fair's fair: gay actors have been playing straight roles since theatre
- > began! Ben Daniels, who is gay, plays Sandra's boyfriend Tony in the movie.
- > He has to kiss her and pretend to have sex with her. So what's so bad about
- > straight actors playing gay roles? You're bloody paid to play the role.
- >
- > Gav.
- >
- It's also a cultural issue. American actors have much more problem with
- this than probably British or European actors.
- Hugh Grant has played gay roles at least twice, but is best known in the
- US for two things: "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and his "incident"
with
- the prostitute in L.A. :)
- Matthew Broderick has been dogged with gay rumors ever since "Torch Song
- Trilogy." I remember some entertainment magazines even stressing that
- his kissing a guy in that film was his "first onscreen kiss," as if that
- somehow marked him for life.
-
- Gary
*****************************************************
- From: JOE
- Date: 6/11/97 11:54AM
- Subject: Re: Were They?
-
- Ross wrote:
- >
- My question is like everyone elses... they are
- > either gay or damn good actors... and need to make a sequal or go on a road
- > tour (especially in the states)!
- > Cheers to everyone!
- > Ross
- >
- They are, IMHO, damn good actors.
- My academic dept. includes theatre and I've been involved in it, both
- directing and acting.
- Last year there was an evening of student one-act plays and one play
- involved a woman discovering that her fiance had once had a gay lover.
- The ex-lover was played by a student who _is_ gay and he said it was
- difficult for him to do the role "naturally" and not embellish it.
- On the other hand, the fiance was played by a student who is
- _notoriously_ heterosexual, but also an excellent and committed actor.
- To most folks, he did the far superior job of demonstrating the angst
- and conflict the character was going through than did the gay actor.
- I have played parts that are not like me and I've done them well. Parts
- that were like me didn't seem enough like "acting" to be done that
- well. I've played a Cockney safecracker, a member of the Emperor's
- court in Mozart's time, I've played a catcher for the New York Yankees
- baseball team and all have gone well.
- But I also played, Dennis, the bisexual undertaker's assistant in the
- Joe Orton play, "Loot." Dennis' boyfriend in the play is exclusively
- gay and was played by a gay actor. Allan (who played my boyfriend) and
- I had to really work to make our scenes together seem real. It was
- helped by the fact that Orton was gay, so his lines were fairly natural
- for us. Nonetheless, I found it easier to play a heterosexual Cockney
- safecracker. <G>
- Years later, I directed "Loot" and the two boys were played by committed
- heterosexuals and they did a wonderful, evocative job with the roles.
- On the other hand, I know of at least two productions of "Boys in the
- Band" in which most of the allegedly straight cast members ended up
- coming out by the end of the play's run. :)
-
- Gary
*****************************************************
- From: Todd
- Date: 6/11/97 12:32PM
- Subject: Re: Were They?
-
- The same can be said for the movie Jeffrey. Both Steven Weber and Michael
- Weis were dogged by questions of sexuality and not only that, the
- gay/lesbian activists in the US are harsh, to say the least. I dare say
- they would have lots of negative things to say about Beautiful Thing even
- though it was a movie about love and not about being gay.
-
- Todd
-
- On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, JOE wrote:
-
- > Gavin wrote:
- > >
- > > At 16:36 6/10/97 -0500, Matthew wrote:
- > > > I mean, everytime an actor is in a gay role, people question their
- > > >personal sexuality. I think it makes some actors gay or straight
- > > >fearful of playing those roles.
- > >
- > > Hell. That's so true. That's one of the questions poor Laura Dern had to
- > > put up with!
- > >
- > > But fair's fair: gay actors have been playing straight roles since theatre
- > > began! Ben Daniels, who is gay, plays Sandra's boyfriend Tony in the movie.
- > > He has to kiss her and pretend to have sex with her. So what's so bad about
- > > straight actors playing gay roles? You're bloody paid to play the role.
- > >
- > > Gav.
- > >
- > It's also a cultural issue. American actors have much more problem with
- > this than probably British or European actors.
- > Hugh Grant has played gay roles at least twice, but is best known in the
- > US for two things: "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and his
"incident" with
- > the prostitute in L.A. :)
- > Matthew Broderick has been dogged with gay rumors ever since "Torch Song
- > Trilogy." I remember some entertainment magazines even stressing that
- > his kissing a guy in that film was his "first onscreen kiss," as if that
- > somehow marked him for life.
- >
- > Gary
- >
*****************************************************
- From: "Peter
- Date: 6/11/97 12:54PM
- Subject: RE: Were They?
-
- Your right about American culture...It is a much bigger deal here with
- the gay/straight actor thing. Hollywood is quite provincial actually..so
- ridiculous eh?
- Peter
-
- > -----Original Message-----
- > From: JOE
- > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 1997 8:44 AM
- > Subject: Re: Were They?
- >
- > Gavin wrote:
- > >
- > > At 16:36 6/10/97 -0500, Matthew wrote:
- > > > I mean, everytime an actor is in a gay role, people question
- > their
- > > >personal sexuality. I think it makes some actors gay or straight
- > > >fearful of playing those roles.
- > >
- > > Hell. That's so true. That's one of the questions poor Laura Dern
- > had to
- > > put up with!
- > >
- > > But fair's fair: gay actors have been playing straight roles since
- > theatre
- > > began! Ben Daniels, who is gay, plays Sandra's boyfriend Tony in
- > the movie.
- > > He has to kiss her and pretend to have sex with her. So what's so
- > bad about
- > > straight actors playing gay roles? You're bloody paid to play the
- > role.
- > >
- > > Gav.
- > >
- > It's also a cultural issue. American actors have much more problem
- > with
- > this than probably British or European actors.
- > Hugh Grant has played gay roles at least twice, but is best known in
- > the
- > US for two things: "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and his
"incident"
- > with
- > the prostitute in L.A. :)
- > Matthew Broderick has been dogged with gay rumors ever since "Torch
- > Song
- > Trilogy." I remember some entertainment magazines even stressing that
- > his kissing a guy in that film was his "first onscreen kiss," as if
- > that
- > somehow marked him for life.
- >
- > Gary
*****************************************************
- From: "Kevin
- Date: 6/11/97 1:42PM
- Subject: Re: To Gary and the list
-
- >
- > Gary,
- >
- > I can't seem to relocate your original post to quote, but you are
- > absolutely right: it isn't just straight society that gives us negative
- > self-imaging. Just recently saw the film "Love, Valour, Compassion" which
- > is about gay men and was a play written by a gay man with the best of
- > intentions. I didn't see the play but I've been told by friends who have
- > that it was more powerful than the film. Most of my friends like the film
- > but I had mixed feelings about it. There were a couple very good things.
- > Like in the first scenes where this very attractive man, Ramone, is
- > watching this blind man, Bobby, as he feels the bark of a tree. It was very
- > well done and quite evocative.
- >
- > But I had a hard time relating to a lot of the characters in the film. At
- > moments I found them interesting and enjoyable; then again they really
- > irked me something fierce. I suppose this means it's a good movie as this
- > is how I feel about many of my friends in real life! But I'm not sure.
- > Where does it begin, the chicken or the egg? Are gay men the way they are
- > (and there are many different varieties) because we've adopted the roll
- > models we've been given -- or are we actually these characatures in essence?
- >
- > The same question can be asked of straight people, by the way. Are they the
- > way they are because that IS they way they truly are, or are they just
- > being that way because they are playing the rolls they've been given to
- > play?
- >
-
- I agree that many people seem to be living character roles (all around
- me) - but I don't believe we have to live with it. (OK I'm going on my
- soap box now!!!) :) - I have a friend (very cute & very straight) who
- tells me that I am the most honest and real person he knows and that
- scares him - I am very intense in my relationships (male and female) - I
- don't like lying and I don't like people who won't show their true
- selves to me - I figure we ALL have problems - what makes yours worse
- than mine or mine worse than yours??? NOTHING!!! I hurt - you hurt - I'm
- human - you're human - lets be human together - let's share our problems
- with each other - maybe in sharing ourselves we can find the answers to
- our problems - hey, at the very least, we won't feel like were going
- thru this thing (LIFE) all alone!?!
-
- > This relates to another issue that is being spoken about, how many of us
- > feel alienated by our own "community" of gay men and women. And, to the
- > extent that we do feel this alienation, how much of it is due to our own
- > internalized homophobia and how much of it is just plane dislike for the
- > games some of us play?
- >
- > These are issues I've been thinking about and sorting out all my life. I
- > can tell you this: I know literally HUNDREDS of gay men and what surprises
- > me is their utter diversity. I can tell you without doubt, there is no such
- > thing as a typical gay man. I know young ones, old ones, cute ones, plane
- > ones, big ones, little ones, straight acting and bent acting -- everything
- > from leather to Queen Ann's lace, with some Prince Alberts thrown in just
- > for kicks. The ONLY thing they ALL have in common is their "sexual
- > orientation" -- and there's a lot of diversity even within that.
- >
- > So, who ARE we, anyway?
-
- As for who I am -> I am who I am (that's not as profound as I want it to
- be) - I DON'T know who I am!!! - I change daily (not mood swings - but
- my actual beliefs, etc) - I am not the same person today that I was
- yesterday - and am not the guy I will be tomorrow - So, be my friend and
- help me discover who I am and who I'm going to be - and forgive me for
- who I was yesterday!?! That is the essence of true humanity and
- friendship - whether you're gay or straight - tall or short - American
- or English or German or whatever!!! - We're people - let's be people!
- (Was that profound?) :)
-
- >
- > Mike
*****************************************************
- From: "Kevin
- Date: 6/11/97 1:55PM
- Subject: Re: To Gary and the list
-
- >
- > Mike,
- > You've hit on something I've been wondering myself for a long time. I
- > didn't come out till I was almost 27, and boy have I gotten an education
- > these last 2 years. One thing I think is true is that straight people in
- > our society are more free to be whatever they want to be. We on the other
- > hand have to be more cautious in how we present ourselves so we don't get
- > alienated or worse. That too changes with many factors I won't go into.
- > I scare my gay friends sometimes with some of my 'straight' interests.
- > Whether that is a product of coming out late or what society said I should
- > be interested in, I'll never know. What counts is that I know who "I" am
- > now and that is what counts. Part of my coming out process was the
- > realization that there will always be people that don't like me and I can
- > not please them all, so why try. I try to be just who I am. Like Jamie
- > says "It don't matter what I think."
- >
- > Just more of the ramblings from:
- > Todd
- >
- ___________________________________
- Bravo! I like what you had to say - I too am 29 and "weird out" anyone
- who tries to figure me out - I'm "too gay to be straight and to straight
- to be gay!?!" (I had a friend tell me that one - go figure!) - I have
- always been middle of the road with my beliefs - I don't like rocking
- the boat - but on the other hand, I won't sit idly by and let the boat
- drift onto the rocks - give me a paddle and let me start rowing (ok,
- that is a bit too allegorical - and I wasn't even an English Major in
- college!?!) ;) - but I guess it comes down to - I am who I am - whether
- you like me or not - I would prefer that everyone like me and sometimes
- I won't offer information about myself to others if I know it'll make
- them uncomfortable (I tend to care more about others than myself) :S -
- but that's who I am and I am VERY comfortable with that. When people
- find out about me, well, surprise seems to be the top-most thought in
- their minds - By having something in common with everyone, not many
- people have any reason to push me away. (Although many people keep
- trying to "convert" me one way or the other) >:) - Oh, well, if it makes
- them happy, I let them keep trying!?! Well, I'm babbling...but thanks
- again for sharing yourself.
- Kev
*****************************************************
- From: Meinolf
- Date: 6/11/97 2:45PM
- Subject: Re: Were They?
-
- Hallo Matthew and Youall,
- I mean, I have to admit that I wondered the same thing.
- Me to.
-
- > I mean, everytime an actor is in a gay role, people question their
- > personal sexuality. I think it makes some actors gay or straight
- > fearful of playing those roles.
- But what do you expect? Do you think it correct that everyone assumes
- that an actor is strait only because he plays a strayt man in a
- lovestory?
-
- Even we, the gay people, think of the most of the actors they are
- straigth. And within our hearts we cray "Oh why isn't he gay? wouldn't
- it be beautiful?" And then many of us are ashamed by thinkin this.
-
- But it is so naturaly.
- Everyone dreams about the perfekt mate. And everyone takes pictuers he
- already knows then.
-
- Many girls and women dreamd of Rock Hudson. And we do the same thing.
-
- Maybe it is a nice idear beeing them gay but is it nessesary to the
- dream? No!
-
- In my heard I am dreaming of the world as a place where everyone can be
- as he wants to be. And gay, straight, or be does not exist any more.
- Because all do love no matter whom. Love is love in wich way ever.
-
- Oh yes, thats what I am dreaming for.
-
- I do love people who aren't gay in a way it's seen most of the time
- today (I do love gayman to :-) not to froget!). And the only thing
- importand in the world is they love to be touched gentle no matter what
- gender the person has if only they can trust them and the relationship
- is full of respect.
-
- Oh, I am lonly at the moment. But this is because I am afraid beeing
- hurt from people without beeing able to live the love inside them. And
- so I decided to stay in home with my computer and my VCR. only going out
- when nessesary, work or shoping.
-
- And thats all because it is so important to classify gay, straight or
- whatever.
-
- So stupid! Isn't it?
-
- I am sory for the hard tone in my words but begin feeling my anger of
- the try to make us all definid.
-
- I am what I am! And that does not fit to a definition however open it
- ever may be!
-
- Meinolf
-
- BTW I love to read yout mails! Take care of yourselve.
*****************************************************
- From: Keith
- Date: 6/11/97 2:47PM
- Subject: Re: To Gary and the list -Reply
-
- Todd,
-
- You've hit on something that has always been on my mind somewhere.
- (and perhaps contributed to my remaining closeted). I never understood
- why if you admitted you were gay, you were supposed to participate in
- "gay" activities, rather than "straight" ones. That seems to me to
basically
- be segregating myself from society as a whole. Because I'm gay does not
- mean I want to join a "gay" soccer league, or a "gay" bowling
league, or a
- "gay" poetry club. Rather, I'd prefer to simply be part of my work's bowling
- league, etc. , and simply be accepted as gay.
-
- But then maybe I just answered my own question. Society's refusal to accept
- me as gay, I guess forces me to join "gay" activities to be accepted, as I
- would then be around people similar to myself.
-
- Keith
-
- (P.S. I don't play soccer, or bowl, but was just using them as examples.
- Now Hockey - that's what I like to watch. A example of what happens
- when testosterone flows unchecked (no pun intended).
-
- P.P.S Better luck next year, Flyers!
*****************************************************
- From: <Joe
- Date: 6/11/97 3:06PM
- Subject: Re: Were They?
-
- In response to John Gault's Comment - Don't you Think ALL the arts are that
- way? The artist is separatr from the Work?
-
- JIm
*****************************************************
- From: <Joe
- Date: 6/11/97 3:08PM
- Subject: Re: Were They?
-
- Matthew - You are right.....that is one reason Hollywood has
- very few movies with gay actors....also, could it be that 10% of the viewing
- audience is gay and MOST stright people really wouldn't care to see 2 gay
- people???
- Just a thought.
- Jim
*****************************************************
- From: "Ross
- Date: 6/11/97 3:45PM
- Subject: Sequal Title
-
- By now we've all heard that a lot of people like the line:
-
- "I'm happy when I'm with you."
-
- The title should come along these lines. Although that would be a HUGE title!
-
- Ross
*****************************************************
- From: JOE
- Date: 6/11/97 4:04PM
- Subject: Re: Were They?
-
-
- ----------
- > From: Todd
- > Subject: Re: Were They?
- > Date: Wednesday, June 11, 1997 11:32 AM
- >
- > The same can be said for the movie Jeffrey. Both Steven Weber and
- Michael
- > Weis were dogged by questions of sexuality and not only that, the
- > gay/lesbian activists in the US are harsh, to say the least. I
- dare say
- > they would have lots of negative things to say about Beautiful
- Thing even
- > though it was a movie about love and not about being gay.
- >
- > Todd Brown
-
- Interesting thought. Only Patrick Stewart (a Brit actor) escaped
- unscathed among the straight cast that "played gay" for the movie,
- "Jeffrey."
- I also suspect some gays would be hesitant to push a movie like BT
- because the boys are underage and they would be afraid this would
- fuel the arguments of the Radical Religious Right that assumes all
- gays are also members of NAMBLA.
- Ah, to hell with them....we're here and they'll just have to deal
- with us!
-
- Gary
*****************************************************
- From: JOE
- Date: 6/11/97 4:14PM
- Subject: Re: To Gary and the list
-
- ------
- > From: Todd
- >
- > Mike,
- > You've hit on something I've been wondering myself for a long time.
- I
- > didn't come out till I was almost 27, and boy have I gotten an
- education
- > these last 2 years. One thing I think is true is that straight
- people in
- > our society are more free to be whatever they want to be. We on
- the other
- > hand have to be more cautious in how we present ourselves so we
- don't get
- > alienated or worse. That too changes with many factors I won't go
- into.
- > I scare my gay friends sometimes with some of my 'straight'
- interests.
-
- Todd,
- In order to save bandwidth (for Davie), this would be a great topic
- to continue once we all have the new newsgroup on our ISPs.
- In the meantime, it is such an important issue, especially for a lot
- of gay guys who will see BT the first time and realize who they
- really are.
- You know, etiquette books tell us that, in polite society, one does
- not discuss politics or religion. Well, "polite" gay society tries
- too often to tell us we do not (1) discuss sports or show any
- interest in it and (2) say anything critical about drag, since we all
- know that every "queen" really wants to put on a dress.
- Be warned, though: the last time I tried in an online forum to talk
- about gays actually _liking_ sports, I was flamed! I was told (a)
- that all _real_ gay guys had a horrible time in P.E. class, (b) no
- _real_ gay guy plays or likes sports and (c) my liking sports was
- obviously an internally homophobic attitude toward who I really was.
- Amazing!
- Hey, if you love to drive to the opera in drag while listening to
- Judy Garland tapes in your car, then fine. It's your right. Just
- don't deny my right - as a gay man - to drive to the football game in
- jeans and a sweatshirt while listening to Green Day. :) (Of
- course, we _might_ listen to showtunes if Jamie were in the car with
- me.) <G>
-
- Gary
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- From: JOE
- Date: 6/11/97 4:46PM
- Subject: Re: News group
-
-
- ----------
- > From: Gavin
- > Subject: News group
- > Date: Wednesday, June 11, 1997 6:29 AM
- >
- > Urrrkkkk....
- >
- > I got a reply from my university newsmaster. Correct me if I'm
- wrong? Was
- > it <alt.movies.beautiful_thing>? He tells me that:
-
- It's a hyphen, not an underscore. alt.movies.beautiful-thing
-
- Gary
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- From: mesocyclone
- Date: 6/11/97 5:27PM
- Subject: Re: To Gary and the list -Reply
-
- Keith -- you have brought up an interesting point. That once we come
- out, we are expected to join or particiapte in gay activities, gay
- groups, gay what not. Basically insulate ourselves in the gay ghetto.
- That's always interested me. We clamor for rights and acceptance, but we
- have all these groups/activities "for gays only". It seems to me that we
- are quite a bit different from any other civil rights group to come
- before us, simply for the reason that most of us could "pass" if we
- needed to. It is not that easy to hide skin color or gender (although not
- impossible), but most of us could pass for het if we had to. So it seems
- to me that we are in the unique position of setting ourselves apart
- first, letting everybody know why we are different, and making them okay
- with that, and then convincing them that we are no different than anybody
- else. It seems a strange position to be in.
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