motss@allegra.UUCP (11/03/83)
I knew I shouldn't have brought up the issue of religion. How should one react to someone like ssc-vax!guest? Is he fagbaiting or trying to save us from hell? The church I belong to (but admittedly never go to) actually ordains gay ministers, so clearly it is a controversy. Enough said! Let's talk about gay literature. One friend of mine found the book, "The Homosexual Matrix" very helpful in understanding himself. I have also heard that "The Best Little Boy in the World" or something close to that title is very good. It relates the trauma of one boy's sensing that he was different and coming to terms with it. I read "The Joy of Gay Sex" a year ago or so. It isn't that good, but I can't recommend anything better. Straight people have odd views about gay love, and if you are an isolated gay, you might want to read it. I mentioned the magazine, "In Touch". That is very youth oriented (more so than "Blueboy") and has lots of information. For example, they recently published the results of a statistical survey on gay sexual habits. Most straights would be surprised to read that anal sex came in fourth! So, the next time someone calls you a BUFU, be sure to politely correct them. "You are mistaken, sir. I am a COSU!" Positively sinful, "Lance"
francois@yale-com.UUCP (Charles B. Francois) (11/03/83)
I highly recommend the book "Loving Someone Gay".
It's just about the best first step I can think of.
Let me also repeat that "Christianity, Social Tolerance and
Homosexuality" by John Boswell (a Yale Professor) is quite
simply required reading.
--decvax!yale-com!francoishxe@rayssd.UUCP (11/09/83)
Although I read it quite a long time ago, I remember being very moved by the
book, "The Front Runner" (author forgotten). It's about gay athletes and
their chances in the Olympics. It's also a love story. Somewhere, sometime
I heard that they were making a movie of it, but I never heard anything else.
I do recall that it was written by a woman (which is fine except that the
book is about gay *men*), which made me suspect that some of the scenes in
the book were written more to manipulate emotions than out of personal exper-
ience, but it was still an effective book. I hope that if I read it again
today I would still think it was a good book.
Heather {allegra, decvax!brunix, ccieng5, linus} rayssd!hxe