millines@fortune.UUCP (06/16/84)
#N:fortune:33700006:000:979 fortune!millines Jun 15 13:50:00 1984 Hey Robert, I don't think it's really necessary for you to show that you're gay. I think the best way would be to just tell somebody if they asked you. Or if you felt close enough to them that you absolutely want them to know. I don't know where you live, but in most places showing any sign of homo- sexuality could bring trouble. I live in San Francisco, so basically nobody really notices ( I think they assume everybody is gay anyway!). When I lived in Tucson, Arizona, it was a definite *don't do*!! In general, I don't think that most straight people are into noticing symbols of homosexuality - other than the typical pinky ring, earring.... But now a days with punk in fashion, even straight people are dressing "gay". I personally don't bare any symbols of my lesbianism. I just go my merry way, and if somebody asks me, I tell them the truth. I sure would be interested in knowing why you feel you need to do this. Trish Millines (ihnp4!fortune!millines)
brower@fortune.UUCP (Richard Brower) (06/19/84)
Actually, people in places other than San Francisco do notice the
"signals of homosexuals". While I was working as a field engineer
for Burroughs Corp. I was sent to a class in Los Angeles and found
out upon my return that one of my instructors had called my boss
in San Francisco to complain about my earing. And I even wear it
in the left ear!
To a great extent, I feel that in the current and continuing fight
for human rights for gay people, it is important for all of us to
come out as much as is necessary to get the point across that we are
everywhere, we are not going to go away, and we are as "normal" (oh
I hate that word applied to human beings) as everybody else. Of
course, if the fight for "gay rights" is lost, it will make things
that much easier for the "authorities" to round us up and put us in
the ovens...
But, I can really only find positive hopes for the future... the
alternatives are to awful to consider.
Richard Brower Fortune Systems
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