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From: msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson)
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Subject: Summary of 'net.motss' -- 3/4-25/85
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Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 16:09:53 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 25 16:09:53 1985
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Organization: Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, Ma.
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Keywords: summary, 'coming out', visibility, AIDS, porn, politics
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Summary of newsgroup: net.motss
Date of this summary: March 25, 1985
Number of articles covered in this summary: 40
Dates covered in this summary: March 4-25, 1985
Author of this summary: Mike Simpson (msimpson@bbncca.{arpa,uucp})
Approved: for sdyer@bbncca.arpa by msimpson@bbncca.arpa



Coming out at work (14 articles)
	-- difficulties in placing an ad (in corporate
		newsletter) which made reference to homosexuality 
	-- where should lines be drawn in what can or can't be
		printed in such a situation?
	-- are there "euphemisms" available to get around the
		problem?
	-- site in question does a lot of work for the armed
		forces; might NGTF be involved?
	-- run-around arises from bigotry

AIDS test approved by federal government (2 articles)
	-- test detects presence of HTLV-III antibodies
	-- may not be complete end-all, since a proportion of
		AIDS patients don't have HTLV-III antibodies

Gayness and visibility (8 messages)
	-- because the great majority of gay people blend in
		easily, some consciousness-raising is in order
	-- a gay person needs as much support and affirmation of 
		his/her existence as anyone else
	-- visibility allows one to deal with one's sexuality in
		an upfront manner
	-- 'invisibility' makes repression of gay people easier
	-- is mentioning sexual orientation considered 'flaunting
		it'?
	-- gay people wish not to be bound by specific social and
		societal restrictions because of their sexuality

Politics and Pornography (8 articles)
	-- does the "pornography -> violence -> rape" pattern
		claimed for straight porn hold for gay porn also?
	-- possible feminist/"radical-right" alliances
	-- some feminist/lesbian groups horrified at lesbian
		erotic publications
	-- is most lesbian pornography still written by men for
		men, as it was 8-10 years ago?

Miscellaneous (8 articles)
	-- "where is net.motss?" (newsgroup had been very quiet
		for awhile)
	-- new potential topic:  how/why do homo/heterosexuality
		exist, and can sexuality be clearly defined to
		fall just into those two camps?
	-- how well does TV's "Dynasty" portray homosexual
		relationships?
-- 
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