From: black2764@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.gaynet
Subject: Help needed in Arkansas
Date: 6 Oct 92 10:56:42 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa
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A friend of mine who is gay moved to Arkansas and said he is having trouble
finding other gay male, places for gays to go, etc.. can anyone help him out
and I'll pass along your information.  He is working on getting a vax acct but
so far doesn't have one.  I am not gay but have a strong friendship with Scott
and want to help him out.  Thanks M-

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From: 75furlong@cua.edu
Subject: fellowship available!!!
Organization: The Catholic University of America
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 17:27:47 GMT

I found this on INFO at U of Maryland and thought it might be of some interest.
It is reprinted here w/o permission (although I'm sure they wouldn't mind..;-)

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deadline: 03/15/93

                        Gay and Lesbian Studies

                     Dissertation Assistance Award

  CLAGS has now added to its David Clarke Dissertation Assistance Award, a
  new fellowship, the Ken Dawson Annual Award.  This is a $5,000 grant in
  honor of the former head of SAGE, who died of AIDS in the spring of 1992.
  The award is open to a graduate student in history from any university
  working in gay or lesbian studies.  The deadline for applications is
  March 15th 1993 and the winner will be announced on May 15th.  Applicants
  are required to submit a 10 page narrative, identifying any previous
  work to be done supported by the award.  The award is not limited to
  print media.  For further information, contact:

			Martin Duberman
			CLAGS
  			CUNY Graduate School
			33 West 42 Street
			New York, NY 10036.

  In addition, it was also announced that the Rockefeller Foundation had
  awarded CLAGS $250,000 to sponsor 2 scholarly grants per year from 1993 to
  1996 in the field of gay and lesbian studies.  The awards will carry an
  average stipend of $35,000, plus $2,000 toward travel, benefits and
  relocation costs.  Further details will be provided later.
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INFO also has information on other fellowships in both lesbigay and women's
studies. You can telnet to info.umd.edu and login as INFO, or anonymous ftp and
go to directory info/Teaching/WomensStudies (yes, it's all under that one
heading - don't ask me why)

-Alison

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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 12:18:32 -0400
From: "Fintan R. Steele"  <fsteele@helix.nih.gov>
Subject: Out or In Gay, Lesbian, Bi Scientists

Hi kids!!!!  Gosh it's nice to be back after the recent hiatus.  I hope everyone
is well, happy, etc.

I need help gathering some information on G/L/B active scientists for a
"possible" article in the minorities issue of Science.  Salutaris, the G/L/B
support group here at the NIH is lobbying Science to include consideration of
the problems facing G/L/B scientists (i.e. job opportunities, security, etc.),
which they are somehwat reluctant to do, as not much data exists.  We are trying
to collate some.  Anyone (scientist or ex-scientist) wishing to write to me of
good things as well as horror stories PLEASE do so as soon as it is convenient
for you.  Also, if you could let me know if you are willing to be named, and
possibley even included at length in a future article, please let me know that
as well.  This would be particularly valuable.

I know, I know...most of you thought scientists were asexual.  Damn
stereotypes..... :)

Thanks!

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Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 13:08:56 EDT
From: flg <flg@lan.asc.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: GayNet Digest Volume 0 Issue 4

          Mark Hertzog wrote about Concerned Women of America and
          Beverly LaHaye, wife of Rev Tim LaHaye. These are two of the
          leaders of anti-gay fundamentalism (Rev Tim wrote a book
          called The Unhappy Gays that is quite a hoot, although no
          doubt damaging to anyone who might take it seriously -- he
          introduces the Greek theory of the 4 Humors (choleric,
          sanguine, phlegmatic and melancholic) to explain
          homosexuality -- guess which one we are.
          Anyway: in a conversation I had yesterday with Mike Petrelis
          (Wash DC ACT UP firebrand), he claimed knowledge that one of
          Bev and Tim's sons is gay. Another Schlafly-esque outing may
          be brewing. In the meantime, those so inclined might say a
          prayer for Mr. LaHaye, Jr. He can't have had an easy life.
          Perhaps he and John Schlafly could start an organization for
          surviving children of anti-gay crusaders. The president
          should be the openly gay (and gay activist) son of Dr.
          Charles Socarides (along with Irving Bieber one of the
          leading antigay psychiatric charlatans of the 1950s and 60s
          -- but, unlike Bieber, still alive and, as far as I know,
          unrepentant).
          Larry Gross

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Date: 06 Oct 1992 12:25:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dan Gunderud <V114N6GX@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu>
Subject: feminist science
Organization: University at Buffalo
Mime-Version: 1.0

Mark, you said:
>
>Alas, the problem with the "Women perform two-thirds of the world's
>work" phrase is that "work" isn't well-defined.
>
Any physical labor that has an effect, probably.

>And just what is "feminist" science?  What is it about the Scientific
>Method that is gender-specific?  What is it about the Scientific
>Method that oppresses females?  [....]

I guess I can't be a traditional feminist, being masculine and all,
but I do have a pro-feminine bent.

The flaw in your argument is that you address the wrong issue.  It's
not what "science" bears out that the quote laments.  The real issue
is that since most of the major social studies, >mild caveat here<,
are done by men, that part of science doesn't cover the area of women
well enough.

There are a few studies on the genetics of gays, but they are almost
exclusively on gay men (as am I :).  Why do we have to wait for the
traditional scientific community to get around to studying women's
physio-, socio-, and psycho-logical needs and sentiments?  Until the
traditionalists get around to it, we need a feminist scientific
community to address feminine issues.

I'll get off my soap box now, and go back to my quiet corner.  See
you all around the net.

Dan G.

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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 09:44:38 -0700
From: jnrg@ocf.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Re: whether or not to call Oregon Governor

Someone posted the telephone number of Oregon's Governor and
urged us netters to call, since the Gov's office is tallying the
number of calls pro and con Measure 9.  I urge us to
think twice about whether this is an efficient use
of our time/money.  The Governor of Oregon is
already on record strongly against 9.  Maybe she
wants to gather data to support her position...however,
it is difficult to "win" these kinds of public opinion
"votes" since the fundies are organized and
financed precisely to do this.  I would suggest instead
either calling or writing the Governor and the Oregonian,
the state's major newspaper, to say that you consume
$xx.xx of Oregonian products (cheese, lumber,
tourism, whatever and that you will cease and
desist from doing so should 9 pass).  Let them add
up some dollars and make some sense.

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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 11:11:45 PDT
From: scott@gsaup.ucla.edu (Scott Chase)
Subject: G/L  Jewish bibliography

Here are the references for the G/L Jewish books mentioned. Anyone
know of other books?


"Twice Blessed" is not written solely from a lesbian point of view;
about half of the essays are written by men, and at least two of the
female contributors are heterosexual (I should know, being personally
acquainted with about half of the contributors!).

I also added "Nice Jewish Girls", probably the first book on being
lesbian and Jewish (first published in the early 80's). I think there
may be a more recent book out on Jewish lesbians (within the past two years).

"A Mensch Among Men" is not about homosexuality and Judaism per se,
but does have an essay on homoerotic Jewish poetry of the Middle Ages
(or is it the Renaissance?), as well as a well intentioned but
slightly inaccurate essay on gay and lesbian Jews.


         Title:  Nice Jewish girls : a lesbian anthology / edited by Evelyn
                   Torton Beck.

       Edition:  Rev. and updated ed.
     Published:  Boston : Beacon Press, 1989.
   Description:  xlix, 333 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

    Subject(s):  Lesbians--United States.
                 Women, Jewish--United States--Sexual behavior.
   Other Names:  Beck, Evelyn Torton.
         Notes:  Includes bibliographical references.
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         Title:  Twice blessed : on being lesbian, gay, and Jewish / edited by
                   Christie Balka and Andy Rose.

     Published:  Boston : Beacon Press, c1989.
   Description:  x, 305 p. ; 24 cm.

    Subject(s):  Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Judaism.
                 Jewish gays--United States.
                 Judaism--Doctrines.
   Other Names:  Balka, Christie.
                 Rose, Andy.
         Notes:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-297).
      Contents:  Confessions of a "Feygele-Boichik" / Burt E. Schuman --
                   Growing up in Yeshiva / Adina Abramowitz -- Different like
                   Moses / Alan D. Zamochnick -- You didn't talk about these
                   things : growing up Jewish, lesbian, and working class /
                   Felice Yeskel -- Hiding is unhealthy for the soul / Rachel
                   Wahba -- In God's image : coming to terms with Leviticus /
                   Rebecca T. Alpert -- Speaking the unspeakable : gays, Jews,
                   and historical inquiry / Faith Rogow -- In search of role
                   models / Jody Hirsh -- Gerry's story : an oral history /
                   Jeffrey Shandler -- Redefining family : models for the
                   Jewish future / Martha A. Ackelsberg -- A parent's journey
                   out of the closet / Agnes G. Herman -- A ceremony of
                   commitment / Paul Horowitz and Scott Klein -- Jewish lesbian
                   parenting / Linda J. Holtzman -- Toward a new theology of
                   sexuality / Judith Plaskow.
                 Joining together : building a worldwide movement / Aliza
                   Maggid -- Naming is not a simple act : Jewish lesbian-
                   feminist community in the 1980s / Evelyn Torton Beck -- The
                   liturgy of gay and lesbian Jews / Yoel H. Kahn -- Living as
                   all of who I am : being Jewish in the lesbian/gay community
                   / Eric E. Rofes -- Getting to know the gay and lesbian shul
                   : a rabbi moves from tolerance to acceptance / Janet R.
                   Marder -- Journey toward wholeness : reflections of a
                   lesbian rabbi / La Escondida -- The lesbian and gay movement
                   : Jewish community responses / Sue Levi Elwell -- "They" are
                   us : responding to the challenge of AIDS / Andy Rose --
                   Epilogue : Transforming our visions into action / Christie
                   Balka and Andy Rose.
                 Appendix 1 : For Jewish educators : teaching about
                   homosexuality / Denise L. Eger and Lesley M. Silverstone --
                   Appendix 2 : Homophobia workshop model / Tom Rawson.
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         Title:  A Mensch among men : explorations in Jewish masculinity /
                   edited by Harry Brod; foreward by Letty Cottin Pogrebin.

     Published:  Freedom, CA : Crossing Press, c1988.
   Description:  xv, 187 p. ; 23 cm.

    Subject(s):  Jewish men--United States--Psychology.
                 Jewish men--United States--Attitudes.
                 Masculinity (Psychology)
                 Sex role--United States.
   Other Names:  Brod, Harry, 1951-



- - Scott Chase
------------------------ School of Architecture & Urban Planning
------------------------ University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024
--- scott@gsaup.ucla.edu

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From: "Mac Phillips"  <MAC@hup.ucla.edu>
Organization: UCLA Honors & Undergraduate Pgms
Date:         6 Oct 92 12:33:12 PST
Subject:      Phoenix Rodeo
Priority:     normal

I'll be hoofin' and chasing cowboys at the Phoenix Rodeo on Oct. 23-
25.  Are there any other GAYNETers planning on being there?  Let me
know.  Let's hook up.  It's always nice to attatch a post to a face,
<< so to speak :) >>.


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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 12:58:23 -0700
From: shelly@quake.stanford.edu (Shelly Cadora)

In Gaynet Issue 4, Brian Evans asked, "Just what is feminist science?
What is it about the Scientific Method that oppresses females?"

As someone who has had her consciousness about these issues painfully raised
by being the only woman in my entering PhD physics class and the only
dyke astrophysicist that I know of anywhere (let me know if there are any
more out there!), I feel compelled to say something.  If you don't think
scientific method is tainted by issues of gender, consider this quote:
	"For you have but to hound nature in her wanderings and you will be
	able to lead and drive her afterwards to the same place again. Neither
	ought a man to make scruple of entering and penetrating into those holes
	and corners when the inquisition of truth is his whole object"
		--Francis Bacon
Science is rooted in a paradigm of heterosexual domination: man the scientist
learning to control "mother" nature, strip away her veils, torture out her
secrets.  Science is not pure and objective; it is a product of society like
everything else.  The problems that science recognizes as useful and
interesting, the kinds of theories that are legitimated, the types
of projects that are funded, the kind of students that are recruited are all
determined by the white, wealthy, Western, straight male agenda.

Science, one might object, is about formulas and data--not social agendas and
politics.  But there is no such thing as raw data.  It all goes through many
levels of interpretation.  And formulas are useless unless we attach meaning
to them, i.e. build stories and create metaphors to understand the symbols.
These meanings _are_ sexist, heterosexist, racist, and they are intrinsic to
science.  This is one way that science itself, not just the "establishment",
oppresses females, minorities, gays, etc.

In response to the question, "when a woman observes a Quantum Mechanical effect,
[would] the wave-form collapse differently than if a man observed it?", I'd
like to relate a personal anecdote.  After spending three days proving, via
torturous mathematics, that you can violate energy conservation for very short
time scales, (uncertainty in E * uncertainty in T is on the order of Planck's
constant), my professor summed up the energy-time principle like this:
	"It's like you're a bank teller and you take a little money out of
	the till on Friday afternoon to bet on the races over the weekend.
	If you don't take too much, and you return it all by Monday morning,
	then nobody will know and everything is fine.  But if your wife
	steals the money to buy clothes and you can't return it, then you
	get into big trouble."
My wife?  Hmmm.  My perspective as a lesbian in that class really altered my
understanding of QM.  Something collapsed differently for me.

Just because the TV works and airplanes fly doesn't mean that science is
not fundamentally flawed.  Books have been written on the topic.  I'm
no expert myself, but if you're interested, read Harding's "Whose Science,
Whose Knowledge" (I've used some of her ideas above).  It's a cool book with
a great chapter on why we need to think about science from a _lesbian_
perspective.

Courage.

Shelly.

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