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Date:         Mon, 13 Apr 1992 19:39:10 -0400
From:         gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Subject:      GayNet Digest Volume 5 Issue 279

In this issue:
                       feminism, Morrison, Paglia
                      News from the campaign trail
                            Bisexual Rights
                    GayNet Digest Volume 5 Issue 278

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From: denmak@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Michele Keffer)
Subject: feminism, Morrison, Paglia
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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 22:45:00 GMT
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Feminism hurting men?  Where are all these feminists who
are hurting men?  Read Backlash by Susan Faludi, as
someone else suggested if you want to know something
about the current state of women's rights- anger at
women, women in general, lumping women together, is
mysogyny - you can be angry atcertain things a woman
or group of women might do, but your lumping together
and stereotyping *is* mysogyny- I'm so tired of the
backlash against feminism, about all the angry
feminists- all I see are the thousands of ways
women, even feminists are giving in, and women like
Camille P. who says crazy Victorian things, like
if women were in charge we'd still be living in
huts- read Faludi- it's the same shit that was
spouted in Victorian days about women's gentle
nature- not to mention the fact that she says
lesbians can't have hot sex (gee, I guess they
really do need a dick) - I don't know the women
she's slept with and I guess that's a good thing-
but then, she could be a lousy lay, who knows-
the problem is we don't have enough angry
feminists, not that we have too many....
perhaps you just can't handle women being angry
Mr. Miller-
shit- must we fight amongst ourselves- anyone
should feel free with taking me up on this at
my bitnet address.....

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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 18:20:39 EDT
From: bmcconne@vtssi.vt.edu (Brian McConnell)
Subject: News from the campaign trail

Disclaimer: The following message is distributed solely for information
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News from the Campaign Trail

Brian McConnell, Candidate for Blacksburg Town Council

April 12, 1992

Election Day is only three weeks away and the campaign is in high gear.
I have crossed several milestones since I last posted to the net (when
I filed for candidacy).

The five candidates running participated in a League of Women Voters
candidates forum. I am told that I did well at the forum, outperforming
all but one of the incumbents. While some folks we're lukewarm about
the idea of a young person on council, I was seen as a new face, and
someone with good ideas. Overall, it was a net positive.

Soon after the forum, I participated in a forum (unrelated to the campaign)
on social justice. It was quite an honor to have been chosen as the panelists
were the president of the university, the poet Nikki Giovanni, and the
chair of the social justice cmte at Tech (also founder of the influential
Blacksburg Federation of Neighborhoods). I spoke on the treatment of GLB
students and faculty at Tech, was well received and covered in local media.
I received only positive feedback (I assume any hatemongers out there skipped
the articles in local papers when the headline read "panel addresses Tech
diversity." Oh well, hate that for them. :-)

I have received some strong endorsements from local businesses, university
faculty and students, former council members, and townsfolk at large. I also
have a large group of people, mostly students, helping out with the legwork
of running an organized campaign.

Basically, things are going well down here in Blacksburg, VA. I will make no
predictions about the outcome of the elections on May 5th except to say that
I am somewhere between a lost cause and a shoo-in. It looks like I have a real
shot at a win, but we'll see on election day. You never can predict these
things.

Keep those fingers crossed.

Brian McConnell
Net-Candidate & Councilor Wannabe

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Resent-From: Bill Beeman <WBEEMAN@brownvm.brown.edu>
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Date: 13 April 92, 18:34:07 EDT
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- --------------------------Original message----------------------------
In Providence we have a commercial radio station, WALE
which airs a program each Friday night, Closet Free Radio.
You can contact the station at (401) 521-0990.
The address:  311 Westminister St. Providence, RI 02903.

Pacifica Radio in the Bay Area (KPFA, Berkeley and allied
stations) has regular Lesbigay broadcasts.  I also recall
a station in Santa Cruz with original programming.

Good Luck!

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Subject: Bisexual Rights
From: rodney@oxy.edu (Rodney J. Hoffman)
Date: 13 Apr 92 15:32:44 PST

RJ wrote about the NGLTF not fighting for bisexual rights.  This
puzzles me.

I completely understand the point about lack of recognition:  the NGLTF
name and public statements ignore bisexuals.  OK, I grant that.  Whether
they should change that is a separate argument.

But *rights*?  Here I'm stumped.  I can't name a "bisexual right" that's
missing and that isn't a lesbian and gay rights issue.	That is, the
rights that bisexuals are missing are all and only the "same sex" rights,
aren't they?  Right to marry someone of the same sex, etc.  Exactly the
rights that NGLTF *is* fighting for.

Am I missing something?

  -- Rodney Hoffman
     rodney@oxy.edu

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Date: 13 Apr 92 18:12:00 CST
From: SHAYS@zeus.unomaha.edu
Subject: RE: GayNet Digest Volume 5 Issue 278

Ok...  I hated what Andrew posted... Sorry darling.  It's just that I
don't agree with those idiots... You can be gay and have a very good
relationship with Christ!  I do!

My question is...  Yes Ron I'm making it public... Does any one have the
references that talk about it and refute the fact that being gay is non-
biblical?  I can't find my copy of that issue of GayNet... HEEEELLLLPPPP!!!
I have a friend here who is fighting over that issue right now.

I will be forever in your debt....  Name the payment :)

Scott
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SHays @ zeus.unomaha.edu

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