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- From: kc2@doc.ic.ac.uk (K Campbell)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Sexual harassment from queers
- Followup-To: soc.motss
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 14:29:36 -0000
- Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
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- In article <1993Jan25.115423.20933@schbbs.mot.com>,
- TXK025@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Eddie Chandler) writes:
- |>
- |> one thing I *have* noticed is that there seems to be a lot of
- |> contempt for other sexual-minority (or sub-minority) groups
- |> i.e. people who have other sexual interests as well as their
- |> sexual 'base' (gay/lesbian/het/bi) from gay people.
-
- I feel obliged to join in here. Frequently I have been embarrassed,
- nay, annoyed, by the attitude of some gay friends to straight people.
- In particular, I know of people who complain that they cannot kiss the
- partner of their choice in "normal" public bar, and then they go on to
- criticise the straight couple with the audacity to snog in a gay place
- (or even a bi couple who just happen to be male/female). To me this is
- unquestionably hypocritical.
- I also get mightily pissed off by some gay mens' atitude to women
- generally, and lesbians specifically. Maybe this is just a British or
- even Scottish thing, but it could well be the case elsewhere. There is
- some really bad attitude in fellow queers. I sometimes find myself
- wondering who is more intolerant: the sort of people with this anti-het
- attitude, or some of the milder of the various 'phobes that are around
- (like my mum - "I don't like the idea of it at all, but I just have to
- put up with it. Just don't talk about it.")
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- | Kenny Campbell ______ If at first you don't |
- | Imperial College \ / succeed, failure might |
- | London \ / be your style. |
- | kc2@doc.ic.ac.uk \/ Quentin Crisp |
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