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- From: ailsa@wonky.UUCP (Ailsa N.T. Murphy)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Out on the Net
- Message-ID: <58-JNEWS-2.1@wonky.UUCP>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 08:42:42 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.233323.15331@zeus.ieee.org>
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- In article <1993Jan22.233323.15331@zeus.ieee.org>, sbookey@ep.ieee.org (Seth Bookey) writes:
- > So, my big question is, how have others fared on the net when they came out on
- > other newsgroups?
- >
- well, when i was active on misc.kids, everyone there who read my
- postings knew i was posting as a pagan lesbian divorced welfare mother.
- and i still had fans. and everyone on alt.pagan knows i am gay (well,
- bi now), and i'm not real wellknown on a.s.b. yet, but i'm completely
- out there. i've only had two pieces of unfriendly mail, and that was
- someone accusing me of having it out for men just because i was a
- lesbian. wne there was a discussion going on rec.food.veg about
- dating around six months ago, i mentioned looking for a vegetarian
- woman, whiohc meant coming out, and no one batted an eyelash. i've
- basically had no trouble being out on the net, and i'm generally a very
- frequent poster in any group i read... i hear so much abotu anti-gay
- and anti-woman hate mail, but i've never gotten any. (NOT, mind you,
- that this is a request for any!)
-
- -ailsa
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- LIfe moves so mysterious with its cute little spins ________
- And it's everyone's koan and door to get in Silence \ / Action
- It's old human nature, it's cold or it's hot = \ / =
- I think of you often, I like you a lot Death \ / Life
- But if it's snowin' in Brooklyn \/
- I'd say snow is what we got. -Ferron
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