msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson) (06/29/85)
Summary of newsgroup: net.motss
Date of this summary: June 28, 1985
Dates covered in this summary: June 10-28, 1985
Articles covered: 40
Approved: for sdyer@bbncca.arpa by msimpson@bbncca.arpa
Gay foster care ban in Massachusetts (4 articles)
-- governor's attitude of indifference towards gays
-- homophobic hysteria rampant
New England Gay Pride Parade (2 articles)
-- crowd estimated at 27,000
-- "angrier" and more political than in the past
Terms for relatives of 'significant others' (2 articles)
-- suggestions: "relative-in-sin", "out-law"
Views on homosexuality (3 articles)
Lesbian and gay books (2 articles)
-- "Cry of the Heart" (Tennessee Williams)
-- "Socrates, Plato and Guys Like Me" (Eric Rofes)
Lesbian and gay films (15 articles)
-- New England and San Francisco Gay Film Festivals
-- movies reviewed: BLACK LIZARD, SCUM, SCRUBBERS, TAXI
ZUM KLO, LOADS, MAEDCHEN, THE WOMEN, SALO, THE
MAKIOKA SISTERS, MORE AND MORE LOVE, NAUGHTY
BOYS, THE "L"-SHAPED ROOM, LUMINOUS PROCURESS,
TIMES OF HARVEY MILK, PINK NARCISSUS, BEFORE
STONEWALL
AIDS research funding (1 article)
-- information requested on foundations that distribute
contributions to groups doing AIDS research
Miscellaneous (11 articles)
-- review of research on history of sex and sexuality in
7/8/85 New Republic
-- Pentagon won't discipline those who test positive for
HTLV-3 antibodies
-- bathrooming habits of women vs. those of men
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