Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!UCS!HOCHSTED From: hochsted@UCS.INDIANA.EDU Newsgroups: bit.listserv.gaynet Subject: diversity Message-ID: <9002212235.AA20754@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> Date: 21 Feb 90 22:34:00 GMT Sender: Gaynet Distribution List Reply-To: gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Lines: 23 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM.BITNET Gateway X-To: gaynet Louie-- I liked your ideas re: knowing people from many different cultural perspectives. One thing I think we miss, however, is knowing people who come from different professional perspectives. Think about this-- how many people do we know who are not gay and who are not related to our profession? For instance almost all the people I know are students. But, I think I learn so much from people who professionally have nothing in common with me and who are not gay. It's a totally differnt perspective. A very close friend of mine is a professional musician. She spends much of her time traveling and performing--I spend all my time staying home and studying. She is striaght--I am gay. She is seen by thousands of people every day--I am seen by four or five people everyday. (as a matter of fact she is perfoming on the grammy's tonight) Our viewpoints are so different. I think that we learn a lot from each other, and I value that so much. Another friend of mine is a straight woman who is the manager of\ an adult bookstore. (and no, I am not one of her customers. don't flame me--I am not condeming those who are, it is just not the thing for me) She, too, enlightens me about so many things. Just something to think about... --Doug