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From: dyer@wivax.UUCP (Stephen Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: MOTSS
Message-ID: <18674@wivax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Sep-83 11:30:43 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 16 11:30:43 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 17-Sep-83 01:28:05 EDT
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It seems perfectly obvious why more gay people haven't spoken out
publically on the net.  Usually, netnews is a service provided by
one's school or place of work.  Unless someone is already 'out',
it would be quite surprising to expect them to explicitly identify
themselves as gay to the net.  What's more, there are varying degrees
of being open about one's sexual preference--one could be frank to
friends and co-workers, but might hesitate to proclaim it in a public
forum like USENET.

Unfortunately, such an attitude, while understandable, contributes
to the impression that gays don't exist.  Hence the question, "Why haven't
there been more responses by gays?"  I'm sure that there have been
MANY responses by gays--but they haven't explicitly identified themselves
as such.

/Steve Dyer
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