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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 10:17:04 -0400
From:         gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Subject:      GayNet Digest Volume 5 Issue 580

In this issue:
                         Definitions of "Queer"
                      Olympics Triplecast Revision
                             Age of Consent
                      THE ADVOCATE Editor Resigns!
                    GayNet Digest Volume 5 Issue 578
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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 21:23:53 EDT
From: romickle@vassar.edu
Subject: Definitions of "Queer"

I was curious about specific definitions of the word "queer"
(pre-poststructuralist).  What I found was a plethora of double-entendres
in the example sentences.  Enjoy!

World Book Dicitonary, definition of "queer"
(kwir), adj.
1. strange, odd, peculiar
   "I don't mind your queer opinions one bit" -George Benard Shaw
2. (informal) probably bad; causing doubt or suspicion
   "There is something very queer about her.  All the world is queer but
thee and me, and even thou art a little queer."  -Robert Owen
3. not well; faint; giddy:
   "They had give him brandy, rather a lot--that perhaps was the reason he
felt so queer."  -John Galworthy
4. (slang) bad; counterfiet: "queer money"
5. mentally unbalanced:
   "He ... wondered if Zeena were also turning 'queer'" -Edith Wharton
6. homosexual

[origin uncertain; perhaps from Low German "queer"]
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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 21:19:02 EST
From: Mike.W.Miller.40@nd.edu
Subject: Olympics Triplecast Revision

I just got off the phone with NBC Sports, and they will be announcing a
revision to the Olympics Triplecast program tomorrow morning.  However,
true to my commitment to GayNet, I'm breaking the news here *first*!

NBC Sports is set to announce the addition of a fourth channel to the
Olympics Triplecast suite -- in addition to the Red, White, and Blue
networks, there will now be the Lavender network.

Some shuffling of the other channels will take place so that the Lavender
network can offer the following sports coverage, live and uninterrupted:

Mens Diving
Mens Gymnastics
Water Polo
Mens Swimming
Powerlifting
Christian Laettner Primping
Greco-Roman Wrestling
Volleyball

While the Triplecast networks are mostly free of commentary, there will
be special reports by Greg Louganis and Carl Lewis, as well as Bart Connor.
1988 Olympic couple Kent Ferguson and Dan Veatch will cover water sports.

For more information on this additional cable service, call 1-800-92-GAYME.

Dreaming of Lance Ringnald,
Mike!

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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 2:54 am EDT (06:54:44 UT)
From: "JOHN E. CERESO" <CERE5447%FREDONIA.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
Organization: State University of New York - College at Fredonia
Subject:      Age of Consent

Hi all:  Question, does anybody know what the age of consent is for Male
Homosexual contact in New York State.  I have a friend who is 19, who wants
to date a 16 year old and he asked me if this was legal, and I couldn't tell
him.  Since I'm President of the GLBSU here at SUNY Fredonia and give
lectures to a number of young ment (from high school through college), I
figured this would be something handy for me to have on file.

Thanks to anyone with any help...

Confidential to Mark:  Sorry we missed, maybe next time...John

  John E. Cereso
   SUNY Fredonia

   CERE5447@FREDONIA
   CERE5447@FREDONIA.BITNET

   "Due to financial constraints, the light at the end of the tunnel
    will be turned off until further notice!"; A sign hung in our
    financial aid office.

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Subject: THE ADVOCATE Editor Resigns!
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 03:42:42 -0500
From: Ron Buckmire <buckmr@rpi.edu>

The Los Angeles Times reported on Friday that Richard Rouillard,
Editor-in-Chief of THE ADVOCATE, the national gay and lesbian bi-weekly,
had stunned staffers by resigning on Thursday July 23.

No reason was given. Anyone hear about this and have any inside dish?

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54 Colvin Circle, Troy, NY 12180-3735
uunet!rpi.edu!buckmr||buckmr@rpitsmts.bitnet||buckmr@rpi.edu||+1 518 276 8919

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From: Robert Habib <R.S.Habib@lut.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: GayNet Digest Volume 5 Issue 578
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 11:05:37 BST

Please unsubscribe me from the network ,Thanks


Robert

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From: Robert Habib <R.S.Habib@lut.ac.uk>
Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE PLEASE
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 11:07:14 BST

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From: Keith Refson <refson@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.gaynet
Subject: Re: UK gaynetters
Date: 27 Jul 92 12:48:21 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University
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nwhite@mrc-crc.ac.uk (Mr. N.J. White) writes:
es

>Hello netters

>I've just begun subscribing to Gaynet and was wondering about the possibilty
>of starting a similar group here in the UK.

....
>If there is anyone interested  in setting up a gay news group (or maybe one
>already exists and I haven't discovered it yet) e-mail me.

I think you are looking for the uk-motss mailing list.  Send mail to
"uk-motss-request@uk.co.pyra" to subscribe.

Keith Refson

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