riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (01/29/85)
Some time back there was a request in this newsgroup for information on gay
culture in other countries. The other day I ran into a possible source for
such information which may interest some of you. It was an ad in a magazine
which ran like this:
FORUMO estas la dimonata bulteno de Ligo de Samseksamaj
Geesperantistoj. ^Gi enhavas gejajn nova^jojn, anoncetojn
kaj opiniojn el la tuta mondo. Petu informojn ^ce:
Geja Emancipi^go
Po^stfako 399
NL-3740 A J Baarn
Nederlando
In (rather literal) English:
FORUM is the bimonthly bulletin of the League of Homosexual
Esperantists. It contains gay news, announcements and
opinions from the entire world. Ask for information at:
Gay Emancipation
PO Box 399
NL-3740 A J Baarn
The Netherlands
The ad and the magazine are written in Esperanto, a constructed language
intended for international use (for example, for organizations and magazines
like the ones above). Some of us have been discussing Esperanto lately in
net.nlang, so I won't bore you with details; suffice it to say that
Esperanto is far easier to learn than any national language and picking up
enough to read a magazine can be accomplished in a few weeks. The first
lesson of a free postal course has already been posted to net.nlang.
For more information on Esperanto, feel free to send me mail; for more
information on Geja Emancipi^go, write to the address above.
--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
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