HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: shore@dinah.tc.cornell.edu (Melinda Shore)
Subject: Re: Support the boycott (was Re: Don't boycott all of Colorado)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:19:13 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.183426.5727@colorado.edu> fielden@spot.Colorado.EDU (j. a. fielden) writes:
>According to an article that appeared in the Colorado Daily earlier this
>semester it is illegal. 

Lots of stuff seems to be illegal in Colorado.

When the gay community in Chicago started stamping money
in the early 1980s, an attorney looked into the legality
of it.  As long as the serial number and denomination
remain unobscured, it's legal.
--
           Hate is not a family value.  Boycott Colorado

       Melinda Shore - Cornell Theory Center - shore@tc.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: soc.motss
From: rjwill6@PacBell.COM (Rod Williams)
Subject: Re: Bear Crap
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, California
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:01:41 GMT

> mara@panix.com (Mara Chibnik) writes:
>> jns@elea.umd.edu (J. N. Shaumeyer) writes:

> >Unfortunately, I can't think of a way to work Steve's
> >phrase 'persons of flamboyance' [which appeared in a
> >different context] into the conversation, but I'd hate 
> >to see it just disappear.
>
>I'm glad you did, because I didn't spot it.  But you could
>make it "persons of outrageous flamboyance" and acronymize it.

...and in these sink-or-swim times, let's not forget the
'persons of flambuoyancy'...
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From: kfj@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Kirk Johanning)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Subject: Re: Sucking on Keanu Reeves
Date: 17 Nov 92 16:57:21 GMT
Organization: HP Response Center Atlanta

In <mattm-161192143412@mcmelmon.apple.com> mattm@apple.com (Matthew Melmon) writes:

>In article <BxtrpC.DBr@hpuerca.atl.hp.com>, kfj@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Kirk
>Johanning) wrote:

>> TEASE!!

>You should see me in person...
> 
>> You know, I thought that we could have used a good story here but I
>> guess you just do not want to share this obviously highly interesting
>> saga with the rest of us.

>Well, it's decidedly heterosexual...  And you've never seen The
>Muffin - so I shall need the support of witnesses in asserting he
>is *very* *edible*!  (The Squirrel would perhaps be most credible).
>And I think in the retelling I may be accused of misogyn (yet
>again...).  Anyway, the gist of the story is that he was complaining
>about his surfer-boy life in San Diego.  Why, he was walking back
>from the beach one day and some guy came up to him and asked:  can
>I blow you?  I mean, the shock of it all (the Muffin tells me he
>said no...).  And then he was complaining about a girlfriend who
>tied him down, abused him for an hour - then left left the house
>for *four* hours.  Upon her return, she had a *guest* (female).
>And *they* abused him yet some more.

Thanks for clearing up this mystery.  I can now catch up on all that
lost sleep...

>Now, I must say that during all this I was getting *very* bothered,
>as the Muffin is perhaps even *more* childishly yummy than Jason
>Priestley (he even has sideburns).  And he has very deep brown,
>puppy dog eyes.  And he wears his jeans in that low, straight-boy
>slut manner (and he is *hung*, baby dolls!).  And I *love* it
>when he makes lattes, because then he has to turn his *butt* my
>way...  (I'm a butt-man, myself...  The face can be so-so, the
>bod can be so-so - but a good butt!  Ohhhhh la la...)

Personaly, I am much more of a face person.  Although, I will first
see the bod but it is used only as a coarse filter.  Then it goes to
the face and, in my case, the face is THE determining factor.  I
hardly ever notice a butt. The next thing I try to find out is how
hairy the guy is, hopefully he is not.  For example Jason Priestley 
has his moments and I would not throw him out of bed but on BH90210 I
I much prefer Brian Austin Green (David Silver on the show).  Now 
there is a boyish face to DIE for, or at least salivate profusely :-)...  

P.S.: Please no tired flames about finding personality and the like.

>I'm feeling phleklempt (sic - but I like my way better (big surprise,
>whot?)).

Sounds like you need to take care of that condition, it could
spread...

>*X*
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                                             else for that matter.
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From: salsbury@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Caterpillar Cannot Understand The Butterfly)
Newsgroups: soc.motss,alt.sex.bondage
Subject: Anyone ever wondered what Pat Salsbury looks like?
Date: 18 Nov 92 16:33:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: acsu.Bxx7Cp.2o9
Organization: UB

If so, you can find out, now, 'cause I finally uploaded a GIF to the
motss.pix archive at SPDCC.COM.

It's under /pub/motss.pix/p/pat_salsbury.gif
and you can FTP at will. :)

Pat
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  Please make a note of it and update any mail aliases accordingly...Thanks!)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
From: fjvwing@cs.vu.nl (FJ!!)
Subject: Re: ***Accessories!!!***
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:14:57 GMT


Of course, we must make our accessories fit our moods, my sensei can
probably point out very easily where Joan Said So. Fortunately, this is
not exactly difficult in my life. I wont elucidate totally on this, as
you people ought to have some bandwith left to play with for the coming
week, so I will touch the areas relevant to this group.

When I'm feeling open and ready for new things, and think the time
fitting to _allow_ the spectators some double-takes, I accessorize with
Harry and Daffodil. Nothing like being seen with someone that looks
like the ultimate favorite queer grandfather and an equally ultimate
compu-queer with speech-patterns that make it sound like somebody ought
to be taking notes with a chisel and a couple o' stone tablets.

For those evenings of general enjoyment, I take Jojo as my accessory
for the occasion. Unfortunately, this is quite rare as he is not always
here, but I recommend it higly, as you can never go wrong with this. A
true classic.

Accesorizing during a depressing moment - autumn had really started
that day, and my project was nowhere near finishing - with Brian Gollum
and his ultimate comforting hugs was one of my few strokes of genius, I
must say.

When the mood is extravagant, nothing beats Gregg. I mean, people don't
just stare at this massive (100+ kilos) mound of human male flesh, they
truly, totally gawk. Tres fun to camp up next to, as this adds to the
mindfuck. Only for those who are not afraid to be seen.

On those occasions that call for a dark leather mood, I prefer to have
Martin around. But be careful with this one, the mood he radaiates is
not exactly stable, before you know it he will explode into lycra and
colors, totally changing the mood of the evening. If you need
predictability, I suggest the reader to keep a tight rein.

The list, of course, goes on and on, but I have dropped enough names
other than mine today. I must get back to talking about me now.

							FJ!!
Newsgroups: soc.motss
From: rjwill6@PacBell.COM (Rod Williams)
Subject: Re: Can you tell me about this TV show?
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, California
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:23:49 GMT

> mara@panix.com (Mara Chibnik) writes:
>> jf@threel.co.uk (John Fisher) writes
>about the Queer Jester and the Victim Queen, and about the thin
>strip of permissible behavior for gay men in his country, adding:
>
> >And yes, there's a similar thin strip for lesbians to live
> >in.  But that's another story.
>
>Might someone who knows be prevailed upon to tell it?

I expect John means the Quaint Irene model, or -- what? --
The Gym Teacher?
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From: thaaang@cwis.unomaha.edu (John Dorrance)
Subject: Re: gayfolk and cats
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:52:39 GMT

jbibb@eng.auburn.edu (John S. Bibb) writes:

>Family Value:	1 homoerotic Border Collie (Harken)
>		1 pregnant Shar-Pei (Miss Maudine or Miss Thaaang)
>		1 Grandfather Clock (Grandfather)

This really threw me for a loop the first time I saw it. I thought
someone was calling em a pregnant Shar-Pei, and I really didn't
know if it was flattering or not...

--
John Dorrance        * Sexyfunky Motherfuckerdiva *   thaaang@cwis.unomaha.edu

		I bet if you threw that ass into the air
			It'd turn into sunshine!
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From: Furr@cup.portal.com (George Dalton Madison)
Newsgroups: soc.motss,soc.bi
Subject: Re: CO-2
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 20:08:48 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa
  <1992Nov18.201640.26226@oracle.us.oracle.com>

Daniel Gilly writes:
>corydin@wam.umd.edu (Tim Lachine) writes:
>>I don't get it, what does carbon dioxide have to do with being gay?
>
>Well, in both cases, sublimation can occur when exposed to
>the wrong environment.

ZOOPswoosh!  Right into the QuotesFile!
 
() "Faggot" and "homo" have joined "queer" in my handbag of
() reclaimed words. By the time I'm done, the bigots, unable
() to get a rise out of me with queer or fag or homo or
() cocksucker, will be reduced to screaming "You fan of
() show tunes, you!"      
()      -- Eric Holeman (waveland@milton.u.washington.edu)
-----
[> George D. Madison | NBCS: B8f+t+w-e+s+k+a!cv | Just say NO to razors! <]
[> It's a BEAR thing -- you wouldn't understand. <|> furr@cup.portal.com <]
From: czmt@gibbs.oit.unc.edu (Season Marie Taylor)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Subject: gay culture
Date: 18 Nov 92 23:31:58 GMT
Organization: University of North Carolina
Originator: czmt@gibbs.oit.unc.edu

I went to talk to my English TA about my gay culture paper today (I posted
something earlier about my paper).  She so graciously pointed out that
there are many very conservative people in my class, and that one of these
people might be the person grading my paper.  (We grade each other's papers
in this class)  She told me that I should either write about part of gay
culture that would not offend even the most close-minded people, or that I
should choose another topic.  How does she expect me to write about any
aspect of gay culture and still offend no one?  I think what she was really
wanting me to do was to choose another topic.  Well, she can get over it. 
This is what I want to write about, and I don't care who I offend in my class.



season, wishing that she could pass Advance Expository Writing with at
        least a B, but knowing that she is doomed to get the first C of
        her life.




-- 
                     ____  
Season Taylor        \  / "thought i knew my mind/like the back of my hand/
czmt@gibbs.oit.unc.edu\/   the gold in the rainbow/nothing panned out as i
(yes, as in the 4)         planned"   --indigo girls
Newsgroups: soc.motss
From: buckmr@vccsouth27.its.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire)
Subject: Re: Bob Dole Quote
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:20:40 GMT

anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) writes:


>Dole always sounds more like 1840s to me.  When does he next
>stand for election?

1998. [He just won a challenge against Gloria O'Dell.]

-- 
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vox:(518)-276-8910 fax:(518)-276-6920 buckmr@rpi.edu buckmr@rpitsmts.bitnet
``The first thing you do is forget that I'm Black. Second, you must never forget
that I'm Black.'' -Pat Parker, "For the white person who wants to be my friend"
Newsgroups: soc.motss
From: anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
Subject: Re: Advice sought on living in UK
Organization: Madison Academic Computing Center, UW-Madison
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 05:16:07 GMT


In article <3231@nlsun1.oracle.nl> lmadison@nl.oracle.com
(Linc Madison) writes:

>London -- obvious advantages of lots of social, cultural, and economic
>activity, but also obvious disadvantages of crowding, crime, noise, and
>EXPENSE.

On the last point, the expense relative to dollars, has been
falling rather a lot lately.  I've only been to Britain
once, but I certainly did meet a lot of very nice people,
thanks to Our Martin in the general area of London and John
Fisher in Edinburgh.

>Brighton -- nice seaside town, reputed to have a large motss population,
>about an hour from London, but still a town of only about 150,000.  Still,
>the weather would be nice....

Isn't it a fair statement to say that the terms "nice,"
"weather," and "Britain" can only be combined accurately
about 20% of the time, despite seasonal variations, winter
being the most drear?

>Cambridge -- university town, ergo presumably reasonably high level of
>intellectual activity, still close to London, but also a fairly small town.

You don't have Oxford on your list.  I didn't make it to
Cambridge, but some lovely folks from there made it to
Oxford for an evening Martin arranged.  I really liked
Oxford, not least because of Blackwell's, which is a better
than average bookstore (says he, trying for exaggeration by
understatement).  An advantage of Oxford is that it offers
the nearness of St. Martin Prime of Abingdon, who can be
counted upon for all manner of energy and spontaneity.

>Edinburgh -- lively arts scene, but it's cold and a long way to anything
>else.

Well, I spent five halcyon days in that delightful place,
where John kept me well housed, well fed, well supplied with
good brew and good highland liquor, and best of all, good
company.  My favorite place, so far, in Britain.  But I have
a predeliction for Scotland that you might not share.

>Of course, one of the questions I have no information on at all is the
>availability of public-access internet sites at reasonable cost -- just in
>case my next job doesn't come with e-mail on the side.

Nigel Whitfield can inform you about London and John Fisher
can inform you about Scotland in this regard, I believe.
Write if you want addresses.

<> The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead
<> of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted
<> among those who laid the foundations of civilization.
<> -- John Cohen
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[---------> Discrimination, Bigotry, and Hate are not Family Values <---------]
From: laura@hoptoad.uucp (Laura Creighton)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Subject: Re: ""Gay rights group files complaint""
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:49:44 GMT
Reply-To: laura@hoptoad.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
Organization: Nebula Consultants in San Francisco

In article <1992Nov10.140942.23156@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> dh0a@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (DONALD L. HARDY) writes:
>>Robert, you don't seem understand the concept of human sexual orientation.
>>It simply IS.  Just like hair color, eye color, skin color, handedness, it
>>is something that cannot right or wrong.  Something that IS cannot be right
>>or wrong.

Thought experiement.  Assume that one has to choose to  be queer.
No genetic predisposition, no nothing.  People just point blank
choose to be queer.

What's so wrong with that?
(end thought experiment)

Laura

-- 
    Since Ryan White was buried in April 1990, his grave has been vandalized
    *more than* four times.

    (this news courtesy Phil Paxton ipwp400@indycms.bitnet)

Laura Creighton 
toad@toad.com
hoptoad!laura
From: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Subject: Re: Marky Mark and Calvin Klein
Date: 16 Nov 92 01:52:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Nov16.015234.25645
Reply-To: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR

In article <1992Nov15.202552.4778@quantime.co.uk> roger@quantime.co.uk
(Roger Phillips) writes, quoting "Face":
>Marky Mark _is_ a rapper ... he is a pop icon, fashion icon and now
>gay icon.'

Just like Marlene Dietrich!
                __
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From: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Subject: Re: Cheese-Louise
Date: 20 Nov 92 02:02:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Nov20.020235.2422
Reply-To: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR

In article <46141@ogicse.ogi.edu> markm@ogicse.ogi.edu (Mark Morrissey) writes:
>In article <BxyzLL.B5@cs.vu.nl> fjvwing@cs.vu.nl (FJ!!) writes:
>>But I'm not very big on white cheeses - perhaps some Camambert with a
>>fresh baguette and white grapes - as I am a Dutch Boy.

Don't forget the wine, FJ!!

>swoon.

swoon, indeed. And don't forget the other characteristic of Dutch
Boys, Mark - they're all born with bicycles and dicks between their
legs.

>>So darlings, you can talk all you want about cheese and pass yourselves
>>off as conaisseurs if you try, but you don't exist in my book until you
>>know the difference between 'belegen' and 'half-belegen' _and_ can
>>pronounce 'Goudse, Komijne en Edammer kaas' correctly.

>So are you going to stop by Oregon and give lessons?

Screw Oregon, I want to go to Amsterdam and be instructed there. FJ, I
did tell you about my fee for C++ consulting? One round trip business
class ticket from Portland to Amsterdam? Make it for June 1, if you
please. I'll trade physical labour for lodging.
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From: markm@ogicse.ogi.edu (Mark Morrissey)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Subject: Re: Cheese-Louise
Date: 19 Nov 92 17:53:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: ogicse.46141
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR

In article <BxyzLL.B5@cs.vu.nl> fjvwing@cs.vu.nl (FJ!!) writes:
>
>But I'm not very big on white cheeses - perhaps some Camambert with a
>fresh baguette and white grapes - as I am a Dutch Boy.

swoon.

>So darlings, you can talk all you want about cheese and pass yourselves
>off as conaisseurs if you try, but you don't exist in my book until you
>know the difference between 'belegen' and 'half-belegen' _and_ can
>pronounce 'Goudse, Komijne en Edammer kaas' correctly.

So are you going to stop by Oregon and give lessons?

--mark
--
Mark Morrissey           One Hatred to rule them all.  One Hatred to find them.
markm@cse.ogi.edu        One Hatred to bring them all and in the darkness bind
                         them.  In the land of Bigotry where the Shadows lie.

Newsgroups: soc.motss
From: buckmr@vccsouth14.its.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire)
Subject: Re: Officially Declaring a Boycott
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:27:58 GMT

czmt@gibbs.oit.unc.edu (Season Marie Taylor) writes:

>from _The Daily Tar Heel_ (cheesy name, I know) reprinted without permission
>"Gay officials call for Colorado boycott"  by Richard J. Dalton Jr.

>The National Network of Lesbian and Gay officials passed a resolution
>Sunday in Chapel Hill calling for an economic boycott of Colorado in
>response to a law banning legislation to protect gays and lesbians from
>discrimination.

Does anyone have a contact address/number for this National Network of Lesbian
and Gay Officials?

-- 
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vox:(518)-276-8910 fax:(518)-276-6920 buckmr@rpi.edu buckmr@rpitsmts.bitnet
"Yes, you can get AIDS from a mosquito...*IF* you have unprotected
receptive anal intercourse with an infected mosquito..." -- Randy Shilts
Newsgroups: soc.motss
From: steven@cray.com (Steven Levine)
Subject: Re: Gay Games contact info?
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: 23 Nov 92 08:36:45 CST

In article <ld11+sh@rpi.edu> buckmr@vccnw05.its.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire) writes:
>
>You can reach the Unity '94 people at:
>
>        Unity '94

[Outdated address deleted]

As of November 1 Unity '94 has moved to larger offices

         Unity '94
         19 West 21st St
         Suite 1202
         New York NY 10010
         Telephone 212-633-9494.
         Fax 212-633-9488
 

-Steven Levine
 steven@cray.com

Newsgroups: soc.motss
From: thaaang@cwis.unomaha.edu (John Dorrance)
Subject: Re: PHOBE ALERT: American Family Assn comments on Schlafly outing
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 23:42:21 GMT

Twisted, spiteful, hateful lies. These things are inhuman.

--
John Dorrance        * Sexyfunky Motherfuckerdiva *   thaaang@cwis.unomaha.edu

		I bet if you threw that ass into the air
			It'd turn into sunshine!
Newsgroups: soc.motss
From: thaaang@cwis.unomaha.edu (John Dorrance)
Subject: Re: Food for thought, was : Bear Crap
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 03:12:10 GMT

richard@Apple.COM (a flying squirrel) writes:

>Your analogy does not wash, m'dear.  The common perception, right or
>wrong, is that people can control their weight through exercise and
>diet.  With vertical stature, one gets what one's genes dictate.  No
>amount of "Richard Simmons' Deal-A-Meal" would shorten (or lengthen)
>people.  Only a bandsaw could do that.

Or *BIG* *RED* *PUMPS*.

--
John Dorrance        * Sexyfunky Motherfuckerdiva *   thaaang@cwis.unomaha.edu

		I bet if you threw that ass into the air
			It'd turn into sunshine!
Newsgroups: soc.motss
From: rogerk@queernet.org (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Subject: Re: Marky Mark and Calvin Klein
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:28:24 GMT
Organization: QueerNet

In article <1992Nov19.175847.11344@psych.toronto.edu> paul@psych.toronto.edu (Paul Hastings) writes:
>In article <Bxx8nH.HG7@fig.citib.com> glp@fig.citib.com (Greg Parkinson) writes:
>>
>>In article <17945@autodesk.COM>, mickw@autodesk.com (Mick Washbrook) writes:
>>|> I still say he wants slapping around a bit to wipe that impudent smile off
>>|> his face;
>>
>>Kneeling, hands tied behind his back, getting the
>>attitude slapped out of him and then fucked like
>>the worthless piece of shit that he is.
>>
>
>Hmm...  Wonder if that'll be in his new picture book?
>Hey, even if it ain't, it's gotta be better than 'Sex'.

It ain't.

I saw it at A DIFFERENT LIGHT yesterday; it's just a fan-pix kind of book
with delusions of artistic grandeur, sort of TIGER BEAT for the coffee table.
-- 
ROGER B.A. KLORESE                                              +1 415 ALL-ARFF
rogerk@unpc.QueerNet.ORG              {ames,decwrl,pyramid}!sgiblab!unpc!rogerk
"Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from."
                                                                   -- J. Foster
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Subject: Re: Kudos to Cambridge, Mass.
Date: 18 Nov 92 03:48:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Nov18.034849.29165
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

In article <1992Nov17.142827.122770@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> dh0a@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (DONALD L. HARDY) writes:
>Saw a feature on the news last night.  Cambridge recently passed a "Domestic
>Partnership" statute, extending rights of hospital vistation, prison
>visitation (for those psycho/deranged serial killer lesbian prostitues we have
>been hearing so much of lately   :-\  ), equal access to children's academic
>records, and, most interestingly, work benefits to "domestic partners,"
>whether gay/lesbian or unmarried heterosexual.
>Or is this old news??

Old news, but it just went into effect this week.  Of course, the
benefits package only applies to employees of the City of Cambridge.
Nonetheless, I am pleased to know that my partner will be able to visit
me should I ever be incarcerated in the City Jail.

-- 
Steve Dyer
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