HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Re: for play
Date: 13 Oct 92 12:56:39 GMT
Reply-To: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
Followup-To: soc.bi
Organization: Ministry of Silly Walks
Originator: lunde@casbah.acns.nwu.edu

In article <26808@castle.ed.ac.uk> mlloyd@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Lloyd) writes:
>muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) writes:
>>In article <26778@castle.ed.ac.uk> mlloyd@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Lloyd) writes:
>>>tweaver@nyx.cs.du.edu (T.C.Weaver) writes:
>>>>huh! I masturbate as well as the next person |-)
>>
>>>Okay, a challenge.  The soc.bi self-pleasing marathon.
>>
>>Umm...Mike?  I'm a little handicapped here - I've got repetitive motion
>>syndrome, and when I masturbate more than 5-6 times, my wrist hurts
>>quite a bit.  Can I use mechanical devices?
>
>Nope.  However, I'll gladly lend you a hand ...
>
>Mike, "well what else can one say?" :-)

While I appreciate the sentiment...;) I think we should not rule out
technilogical assistance.

(Over the years I've worn-out a number of vibrators; I currently have two
Oster vibrators and a Hitach Magic Wand on a long extension cord at my
bedside.)

Not that I wouldn't mind some folk lending a hand myself...

;)


-- 
 Albert Lunde         | Interfaith  |     *Y*Y*      "A branch on the
 Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu |  Bisexual   |      *Y*        tree of life"
 alunde@nuacvm.bitnet |  Feminist   |.......|.........................
From: fenthe@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Re: Teensy Weensy Virginities
Date: 16 Oct 92 12:44:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: drycas.1992Oct16.174441.2287
Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club

In article <1bkdtbINN67@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, ttk@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (the troglodyte killer) writes:
>  
>      (Side note:  I now be demuffined!)  :-)

 Yay! >pounce<

 **hugs,snuggles, and fluff, fluff, and more fluffiness**
-- 
Daniel Mitchell = Fenthe Marten = fenthe@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu =
m91djm@ecs.ox.ac.uk = dmitchell@cix.compulink.co.uk = bi furry juggler
Snailmail: 18, High St // Earls Colne // Essex CO6 2PA // ENGLAND
From: rsr@soda.berkeley.edu (Roy S. Rapoport)
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Re: Muffins?
Date: 15 Oct 1992 08:45:12 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Oct15.174654.283@lincoln.ac.nz> adden@lincoln.ac.nz writes:
->Hello Possums..... What the hell are Muffins, I know the eating kind. But some

Yup ... the eating kind.  There's also the ones in different flavors, made
from some kind of dough ... but that's for rec.eating or whatever.

->Fellow SOC.BIer's keep talking about Muffins. Please enlighten a young and
->totally confused Bisexual Gay fag hag on MUFFFINS

Muffins are people who read this newsgroup and have never posted in it ...
they become ex-muffins after they post for the first time, like you just did
...

So ...

*hug* *snuggle* *cuddle* *lick* *slurp* *nibble* *nibble* *nibble*

Depending on your tastes, consensual eating of Muffins is permissible, thogh
perhaps not in public.  I prefer the blueberry kind, but to each hir own ...

Welcome to soc.bi.  May your stay with us be fruitful with hugs, snuggles,
and useful stuff...

Oh, and I'm terribly sorry if you're not an ex-muffin ... I guess you may
consider all the *<whatever>* above retracted if you'd like ... 

-- 
Roy S. Rapoport        rsr@soda.berkeley.edu        bi-request@ocf.berkeley.edu
             Sick and perverted? Me? Why, _Thank you_! 
DISCLAIMER:  "I meant every word of it ... but nobody else did."
Newsgroups: soc.bi
From: safarj@aix.rpi.edu (Jonah Emanuel Safar)
Subject: Re: FurryMUCK
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 04:53:38 GMT

jcarroll@bach.udel.edu (Royal J Carroll) writes:

>Would someone be so kind as to send me the address (and port) for
>FurryMUCK?  Thanks.

>-James

Try 128.2.254.5 2323, that will give you an email address to have a
character requested.  Once on, look me up and I'll be glad to give you  
a hand. :)

-Jonah (Otherwise known as the infamous Points)
-- 
________________________________________________________________________________
 If the President won't do it to his wife, he'll do it to his Country. -Unknown
________________________________________________________________________________
Jonah E. Safar             R.P.I., Troy, NY              EMail to:safarj@rpi.edu
Newsgroups: soc.bi,soc.motss
From: crj10@phx.cam.ac.uk (Clive Jones)
Subject: Re: Safer sex for bisexuals
To: daveb@harlqn.co.uk (Dave Berry)
Telephone-Messages: +44 223 33 4900
Address: Christ's College, Cambridge CB2 3BU, ENGLAND.
Organization: 6am Digital Playground
X-Furry-Character: Gerald_Duck
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 22:02:14 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.165241.5071@harlqn.co.uk> daveb@harlqn.co.uk (Dave Berry) writes:
>
>One issue that comes to mind is targeting.  Do we want separate
>leaflets for bisexual men and bisexual women?  Do we have separate
>leaflets for different ethnic groups?  (It seems sensible to have
>versions in different languages).  How do we reach people who aren't
>part of the lesbigay community, but still have same-sex sex?  Can
>we reach these people without perpetuating the image of bisexuals
>as closeted people (usually men) cheating on their partners?  We
>have to be realistic - we're not likely to get more than three
>leaflets out of them.

I'd go for one leaflet detailing advice on all kinds of sex. This is
partly because that would be more inclusive, partly because it would
be easier to distribute the leaflet, but mainly because then everyone
will have the opportunity to know all this important information. In
particular, people would be better-equipped to ensure that their
other-sex partner was taking sensible precautions in any other
relationships he/she was involved in.

Perhaps explaining *subtly* some of the reasons why people would say
that they are bisexual, or have sex with people of either gender would
help people to understand the circumstances leading to the risks (if
social factors leading to human error are significant in contraceptive
failure, they must also be significant in the transfer of STDs) and
also combat prejudice, which could itself restrict people's ability to
discuss these important issues.

--Clive.
Newsgroups: soc.bi
From: cjmchale@dsg.cs.tcd.ie (Ciaran McHale)
Subject: Re: I'm back, I'm back, I'm back!
Organization: DSG, Dept. of Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 11:29:19 GMT

In <Bw23nG.J6E@dcs.ed.ac.uk> pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley) writes:
>After a year's absence, I announce my return to the virtual world.

Yea! Paul's back! Paul's back. Paul's back!
What else can I say?


Yea!
Ciaran.
-- 
Ciaran McHale                                                             ----
Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.       \bi/
Telephone: +353-1-7021539 FAX: +353-1-772204 email: cjmchale@dsg.cs.tcd.ie \/
From: mlloyd@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Lloyd)
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Re: being "in love"
Date: 11 Oct 92 06:17:25 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

tmo@harry.engin.umich.edu (Tanya M Ollick) writes:
[stuff about phobic parent]

Mike *swears* he detects the odour of fresh muffin hereabouts ...
apologies if it's just a memory bank failure or some such.
Either way, I rashly leap forward and offer

>>e-hugs<<

in copious supply.  Add to that some sympathetic support over
the tricky parent - you seem to be following the right line,
self-preservation before idealism.

Mike, whose mother has "dropped in" (from 3.5K miles away);
she's sleeping on the sofa, unaware of my clandestine subversive
soc.bi activities - my, what a tangled net we weave ...
-- 
Mike Lloyd                         | B0/1 h- f- t w- c g+ k(+) s m- e? 
Retro-hippy, music nut, bi and     | "The Trouble with Normal is it
owner of a one-track mind:         |  Always Gets Worse" - Bruce Cockburn
   "thesis .. thesis .. thesis"    |    (-:   F**k Your Gender!  :-)
From: rsr@soda.berkeley.edu (Roy S. Rapoport)
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Re: National Coming Out Day
Date: 12 Oct 1992 05:15:24 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu

In article <1baj8qINNqku@agate.berkeley.edu> jcripe@garnet.berkeley.edu (Janice E. Cripe) writes:
->Well, here goes.  I've been reading this group for about
->a month now and have enjoyed seeing what others have been
->saying, but couldn't think of anything to say myself.
->
->Since today is National Coming Out Day, I thought I'd add
->myself to the long list of people I've seen demuffining
->themselves recently and go ahead and post.
->
->I hope that someday I'll actually have something useful
->to post here, but for right now, I just wanted to peek
->out from behind my CRT and thank you folks for some
->interesting and insightful (and sometimes funny) reading.
->
->Thanks for your time!
->
->- Janice Cripe

Hi Janice! *hug* 

Nice to see you here ... 


-- 
Roy S. Rapoport         rsr@soda.berkeley.edu          bi-bdsm@ocf.berkeley.edu
               It's a great day to be a bisexual pervert.
DISCLAIMER:  "I meant every word of it ... but nobody else did."
Newsgroups: soc.bi
From: iw@tosser.Rational.COM (The_Devine_Dolly)
Subject: Re: I am not a bisexual!!!! 
Organization: Rational
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 15:39:00 GMT


>h431@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>>iw@tosser.Rational.COM (Sults) writes:

>>>I am actually just a sexual, no sillies ... not asexual but a Sexual.  I am
>>>not actually attracted to any gender, 
>>>or any person.  
>>But Iseult, what exactly does this mean?  I'm confused?

Well it was just that it seemed like years since I had actually been
attracted to anybody.  I mean years.  I was beginning to think that
I was never attracted to people.  You see, (I know most people think that
this is kind of weird) I can have really wonderful sex with people without
being in the least bit attracted to them.  And NO, I don't feel like
explaining the dynamics of that one.

However I have just changed my mind again <grin>.  I just wasn`t meeting
the right kind of people!

Iseult.
Newsgroups: soc.bi
From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey)
Subject: Re: Change is GOOD!!!
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 00:55:06 GMT

In article <92283.172624PJS137@psuvm.psu.edu> <PJS137@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>Who's says that three is a crowd?  However it was probably never had the
>opportunity to really enjoy the experience.  I feel that three way interaction
>is the ONLY way to go.  What do you think???????

No way.  I'm keeping my chocolate for myself.
--scott
Newsgroups: soc.bi
From: adden@lincoln.ac.nz
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Lincoln Uni. has SOC.BI
Date: 13 Oct 92 13:21:11 NZDT

Greetings & general a Big BI Hello, to my BIG extended family, Lincoln 
University in the country of New Zeland, has finally realised the importance 
of Bisexuality and has given us this wonderful news group called SOC.BI, so 
let me know that your out (excuse the pun!) there!

Plus does anyone stil have a copy of the BI dictonary?

Yours in BI'ness

	Andrew Denley
	Computer Technician
	Lincoln University
Newsgroups: soc.bi
From: mlloyd@westmark.Stanford.EDU (Mike Lloyd)
Subject: Re: bisexual tricks?
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92 04:11:18 GMT

muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) writes:
: 86. Hair Heaven (they all have slightly silly titles)
: 
:   If you have long hair, you can use it to whip your lover...
: Women who have long hair can often combine this trick well with her-on-top
: intercourse.

AHEM!  >MEN<, such as myself, who have long hair, can do this too!  A
real favourite it is too.  There's no better reason for having long
locks :-)

OK, Muffy, I know you didn't write it (somehow, I don't think >you<
would have missed my point .. *smirk*).  Put another vote on this guy
playing to the mass market, where men _mustn't_ have long hair - after
all, how could they still be men then?

hugs
Mike
-- 
Mike Lloyd, B0/1 h- f- t w- c g+ k+ s m- e? |"Bloody nose and burning eyes
      Retro-hippy, music nut, bi and        | Raised in laughter to the skies"
          backrubber of devotion            |     - Bruce Cockburn
    "It's only knock and knowall, but I like it" - Genesis (the first one)
From: dwells@lonestar.utsa.edu (Darren . Wells)
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Re: Yet Another Demuffining(sp?)
Date: 11 Oct 92 14:45:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: ringer.1992Oct11.144519.24066
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio

In article <1b37ciINNdr0@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> rlebeau@cats.ucsc.edu (Robert Charles Lebeau) writes:
>
>Well some people might be getting sick of demuffinings

Never!  Welcome to the group!

*pounce*
*lick*

The more, the merrier.  :)

>  Hugs (in the tradition of soc.bi),
>
>     Robert
From: mlloyd@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Lloyd)
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Re: My first Triangle
Date: 11 Oct 92 06:34:14 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

zen@death.corp.sun.com (d) writes:
>Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde) writes:
>>
>>As an alternative one might suggest:
>> If you meet a Queer on the road, fuck em!
>
>  Amen... 

Mike has sudden aural visions (?!) of the soc.bi Gregorian chant of
  "If-you-meet-a-Faggot-on-the-road, Fu-
                                               them"
                                          -uck
to which the only fitting reply must be a Pentecostal "A-men
to THAT, brother!"

Mike, fondly remembering the comical British "Not" of bygone days
-- 
Mike Lloyd                         | B0/1 h- f- t w- c g+ k(+) s m- e? 
Retro-hippy, music nut, bi and     | "The Trouble with Normal is it
owner of a one-track mind:         |  Always Gets Worse" - Bruce Cockburn
   "thesis .. thesis .. thesis"    |    (-:   F**k Your Gender!  :-)
From: SA121@phx.cam.ac.uk (Arrowsmith)
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Being un-cuddly (was Re: BiCon details ?)
Date: 16 Oct 92 12:46:58 GMT
Organization: Surrealists against Lobsters

In article <1992Oct15.124918.2267@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> fenthe@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
> <sigh> Oh, but if only that were true.. Much too /skinny/ for my own good, yes
>-- unfortunately, though, this means I'm all bones and sticking-out-type bits. 
>At least, I'd assume this is why I don't seem to be being even remotely cuddly
>of late, going on recent experience.. <sigh>
>
> (6'1", 9st -> 126lbs -> 57kg. Pfeh.)
> 
Well, that scales to about the same as me (5'10" and 52kg) and I agree that
it's much too skinny, and have similar experimental evidence for being
un-cuddly....


--
\S
SA121@phx.cam.ac.uk   | There's nowt |"And in this moment, I need to be needed
sarrowsm@nyx.cs.du.edu| so queer as  |"When my self-esteem is sinking,
                      | folk....     |"I like to be liked" -- Peter Gabriel
From: woodhous@latcs2.lat.oz.au (Joe P Woodhouse)
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: New Group Formed!
Date: 14 Oct 92 11:12:30 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia


   Blow the trumpets & drink the champagne, for on this auspicious
evening the LaTrobe University Bi-Friendly Group was provisionally
affiliated by the University. In a month's time we will be fully
affiliated which will give us a vote in the Clubs & Societies Council,
and access to C & S funds.

   This makes us the second Bi organisation in Australia, and the first
in our state (that I know of). 

   The motion to affiliate us was carried unanimously, and was made by
the Lesbian Collective and seconded by the Gay, Lesbian (& Bisexual -
although this is often contested) Society. (Of course, the fact that
Karina is the current Acting Female President of the latter group, and
representing - and voting for - them helped... 8-> but the boss-lady of
the Collective made a point of moving the motion and beat several other
groups down for the privilege!!!).

   We have plans to follow this up with a more general Melbourne-based
Bi-Friendly Group to service the greater community.

   This culminates a year of activism towards Bi visibility by Karina
& myself. The convener of the Lesbian Collective (also one of our
founding members and a good friend) made many speeches during the evening
about certain homophobic posters that appeared on campus and included
Bi people every time she mentioned lesbians & gay men. Many others also
did so.

   Information about our Group will go into the Alternative Handbook
which among other things is handed out to every new student when they
enrol!!!

   ...We are both completely over the moon about this! It's pizza &
chocolate mousse time for me!!! [grin]

Joe.

  / Joe Woodhouse        / I'm just a sweet bisexual...   / Hello, there.
 / Latrobe University   /    (think - Rocky Horror)      / Threesomes are fun.
/ Melbourne, Australia / Music. Magic. Mathematics. Me. / I like cats! (miaow!)
From: wa137@sdcc12.ucsd.edu (john e. clark)
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Re: bisexual tricks?
Date: 15 Oct 92 00:48:48 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <MUFFY.92Oct14100038@remarque.berkeley.edu> muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) writes:
+So, my question.  Does everyone think he's just slightly clueless in
+thinking of bisexuality as a *way* of doing sexual things (like SM), or
+do you think that there are really ways of having sex (with only two
+people involved) that are specific to bisexuals?  If so, what? *grin*
+(Always ready to learn, that's me...*smile*...)

Uh, he couldn't get anyone to pose for the pictures. If he had such
pictures or descriptions of such techniques, his book would be
banned in various places. He didn't have much of an imagination, and
so opted out for the 'this isn't the place..'.

Anyway, comming by bi/homosexual tantra is about the same, i.e. none
existent. even though for the most part many 'techniques' are gender
independent. Maybe I'v found my calling, 'The Zen of Motorcycle
Maintanence Bi Tantra'.

-- 

John Clark
jclark@ucsd.edu
Newsgroups: soc.bi
From: SA121@phx.cam.ac.uk (Arrowsmith)
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Re: Kilroy
Date: 15 Oct 92 15:31:47 GMT
Distribution: soc.bi
Organization: Surrealists against Lobsters

In article <1992Oct14.235156.5104@infodev.cam.ac.uk> crj10@phx.cam.ac.uk (Clive Jones) writes:
>In article <1992Oct14.090411.2253@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> fenthe@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
>>In article <1992Oct12.170216.26906@aisb.ed.ac.uk>, bethand@aisb.ed.ac.uk (Bethan Davies) writes:
>>> 
>>> For those of you not in the know, there will be a 'Kilroy' on
>>> bisexuality tomorrow morning (Tues 13th), and some of us net.persons
>>> will be on it. Well, its a free trip to London, innit..?
>>
>> Aak! Tomorrow? Yesterday, by the time this newsfeed has sorted itself out..
>>Gah! Gah! Gah! Has anyone, by some chance, got a copy of this they could lend?
>>I'd be *eternally* grateful..
>
>Aak! Tomorrow? Day-before-yesterday, by the time I get around to
>reading my soc.bi backlog. Sob.
>
Aak!  Same backlog -- not that I could have done anything about it had
I known in time.  A loan of a video here would also be appreciated, now
I'm living in a house with a player....

--
\S
SA121@phx.cam.ac.uk   | There's nowt |"And in this moment, I need to be needed
sarrowsm@nyx.cs.du.edu| so queer as  |"When my self-esteem is sinking,
                      | folk....     |"I like to be liked" -- Peter Gabriel
Newsgroups: soc.bi
From: kcrobins@unix.amherst.edu (Kat Robinson)
Subject: Re: Gay & Lesbian studies
Organization: Amherst College
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:09:36 GMT

Amherst College also offers a Gay and Lesbian Studies class. Actually, it's
called The History of Sex, Gender, and the Family: Homosexual History in the
West. So far no mention of Bi's either. I talked to the Professor, who is now
my advisor and an out lesbian, about doing the final research paper on some
aspect of bisexuality. She said I could but didn't advise it. She said people
had tried in the past but it hadn't really worked out because of lack of 
information, basically.  I don't know. I still haven't decided whether or not
to pursue it.  What do you think?  Any suggestions for possible topics?

-kat
first time reading soc.bi this year. maybe i'll write more.
Newsgroups: soc.bi
From: orc@amber.uucp (David Parsons)
Subject: Re: Two women please
Organization: Department of Catastrophes
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 17:20:37 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.124615.203108@uctvax.uct.ac.za> krgjus01@uctvax.uct.ac.za dribbles:
[Need we guess what the article was?  No, I think not...]

   "Mommy, what's a killfile?"

   "Why, it's a place to put clueless idiots so you don't have to deal
with them"

   "Mommy, what's a clueless idiot?"

   "Why, the person we're following up to, of course!"

                 ____
   david parsons \??/ threesome veteran and ruthless killfile owner.
                  \/  *plonk* *plonk* *plonk* *plonk* *plonk* *plonk*


  PS:  Fuck off, idiot.
Newsgroups: soc.bi
From: mlloyd@westmark.Stanford.EDU (Mike Lloyd)
Subject: Re: Lincoln Uni. has SOC.BI
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 01:33:30 GMT

adden@lincoln.ac.nz writes:
: Greetings & general a Big BI Hello, to my BIG extended family, Lincoln 
: University in the country of New Zeland, has finally realised the importance 
: of Bisexuality and has given us this wonderful news group called SOC.BI, so 
: let me know that your out (excuse the pun!) there!

Oh, we're out here alright.  We also have a well-documented penchant for
fresh muffin, straight out of the wrapper.  So have some *hugs* and
*nibbles*.

: Yours in BI'ness

Yours back in fluffyness
Mike, "Me?  Treat soc.bi as religion?  Never!"
-- 
Mike Lloyd, B0/1 h- f- t w- c g+ k+ s m- e? |"Bloody nose and burning eyes
      Retro-hippy, music nut, bi and        | Raised in laughter to the skies"
          backrubber of devotion            |     - Bruce Cockburn
 ....."I suffer from internalized homophonophobia"....."Their, they're".....
From: fenthe@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Re: Kilroy
Date: 14 Oct 92 09:04:10 -0500
Followup-To: soc.bi
Distribution: soc.bi
Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club

In article <1992Oct12.170216.26906@aisb.ed.ac.uk>, bethand@aisb.ed.ac.uk (Bethan Davies) writes:
> 
> For those of you not in the know, there will be a 'Kilroy' on
> bisexuality tomorrow morning (Tues 13th), and some of us net.persons
> will be on it. Well, its a free trip to London, innit..?
> 

 Aak! Tomorrow? Yesterday, by the time this newsfeed has sorted itself out..
Gah! Gah! Gah! Has anyone, by some chance, got a copy of this they could lend?
I'd be *eternally* grateful..

 Thanks in advance and hope..
-- 
Daniel Mitchell = Fenthe Marten = fenthe@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu =
m91djm@ecs.ox.ac.uk = dmitchell@cix.compulink.co.uk = bi furry juggler
Snailmail: 18, High St // Earls Colne // Essex CO6 2PA // ENGLAND
From: orc@amber.uucp (David Parsons)
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Re: public reactions
Date: 13 Oct 92 20:07:29 GMT
Organization: Ministry of Skritching

In article <1bcuvcINN7dh@agate.berkeley.edu> jcripe@garnet.berkeley.edu (Janice E. Cripe) writes:
|A few weeks back my husband bought me a "Nobody Knows
|I'm Bisexual" T-shirt.  I wore it in downtown Berkeley
|the next weekend.  After some initial fear that it might
|provoke some ugly confrontations, I forgot that I was
|wearing it.  The only people who said anything about it
|were friendly and positive. [...]

    I've noticed that sort of reaction, too, and in places other than
the east coast.  I tend to wear buttons, pins, obnoxious shirts, and
the like, and have pretty much uniformly gotten a good response, aside
from some clueless soul telling me that jesus loves me (this after
seeing the pink triangle that's conspicuously attached to my jacket.)

    I still remove the buttons when in situations where I don't wish
to be harrassed by the authorities (every time I visit the UK I
carefully remove everything that makes me look anything unlike a
normal tourist and that's removable.)

               ____
 david parsons \??/ orc@sybase.com
                \/