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Subject: Re: 'Homosexual'
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Date: 7 Feb 90 18:31:00 GMT
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>I have
>heard of other people objecting to it though, for purely linguistic
>reasons.  The word "homosexual" is actually an adjective (i.e.
>"homosexual man") rather than a noun.  Then again, one could argue that
>the word "gay" is also an adjective.

        Agreed.  I tend to say "gay men and lesbians" whenever
possible, but sometimes slip and say "gays and lesbians" instead,
for which I always hit myself over the head :-)

                                                --Bill