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From: peterson@istari.DEC (Bob Peterson)
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Subject: Children
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Date: Mon, 17-Feb-86 12:58:13 EST
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Owen Rowley recently made a distinction between the Gay world and the Breeding
Population.  

Is there a distinction?  Sure, gay sex doesn't require birth control (yay!),
but that doesn't mean we don't cause or carry babies.  This newsgroup is
gay male dominated so perhaps we tend to forget our sisters.

I know of at least one of my lesbian friends who is pregnant by choice.  There
are other friends who are active parents through current or previous marriages.
And does anyone remember HBO's America Undercover from last year, "Being
Homosexual"?  It interviewed a lesbian and gay man who were raising their
own child.

There is a difference, in my mind, between the Gay world and Those Who Require
Breeding.  My own pater's comment when I came out was "aren't you going
to miss raising a family"?  Maybe, but I will make that choice on my own
with no one else's influence, thank you. 

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