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From: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Role models for gay relationships
Message-ID: <561@ptsfa.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 22:50:49 EST
Article-I.D.: ptsfa.561
Posted: Tue Apr 16 22:50:49 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Apr-85 06:42:31 EST
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Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco
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It wasn't till I was 29 that I got a close view of a relationship
between gay men that resembled a marriage: a very strong committment
to a permanent relationship, a home owned jointly, etc. I had been
socially self-identified gay for the preceding ten years and fairly politically
active in the gay movement all that time, and still it was this
first hand view of a home life of gay men that was instrumental
in the formation of my own vision of "settling down". I now have a very strong
appreciation for the value of role models. It makes me wonder where
I'd be now if there had been similar gay role models visible earlier
on in my life.

I wonder what role was played by role models for the other gay and lesbian
subscribers to net.motss: Do you desire creating a home with a significant
other? Have you done so and how? Are you aware of the role of any role models
in your vision of your existent or desired home?
-- 


Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell, San Francisco, California
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