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- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!spdcc!joe
- From: joe@spdcc.com (Joseph Francis)
- Subject: Re: Coming out at work - HELP!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.130917.24683@spdcc.com>
- Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
- References: <47511@ogicse.ogi.edu> <1992Dec19.061700.15968@dvorak.amd.com> <19DEC92.15444939@enh.nist.gov>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:09:17 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- In article <19DEC92.15444939@enh.nist.gov> aberson@enh.nist.gov writes:
- >In a previous article, tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett) wrote:
- >>
- >>And, if that ain't enough advertisment... rainbow coffee mugs are
- >>pretty neat!
- >
- >It's a little too obscure for me at this point. I've been looking for
- >something obvious, like one which says "Queer" or "Faggot." Anyone have
- >any suggestions? One would think with all the witty t-shirts
- >around, a coffee mug wouldn't be so difficult.
- >
- >Also, I've been looking for greeting or note cards lately, not necessarily
- >of the holiday type. It is odd to me that I have such difficulty finding
- >nice lesbigay cards to send people. There is a huge selection of naked
- >people cards all over, but nothing I've seen is exactly what I'm looking
- >for to give to a motss lover for a holiday, birthday, or anniversary,
- >or even just to friends. I hate having to buy <generic card company>
- >cards which are somewhat appropriate.
-
- I had a group of polyethnic bear-oriented Santa Cards designed with
- some cartoonists, but because of my lack of business timing and
- capital-raising acumen, they were, alas, not to be. Next year. There
- is /very little/ in the market as a whole because it is such a niche
- thing, and believe me, if you look at the prices, you need to sell
- lots (like 10-20,000 starts) to break into enough profit to have had
- the company (more than 5 people) produce them. That's why virtually
- all the naughty Christmas cards you see are not glb oriented. DTP has
- made the design easier, but the nitty gritty facts of printing and
- distribution have not changed at all. Most GLB oriented stuff you see
- is made to be sold year-round - books, cards, notepads, teeshirts,
- etc.
-
- --
- US Jojo; damp, slighly soiled, but tasty nonetheless.
-