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- From: jbeason@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Joseph E. Beason)
- Subject: Re: Sexual harassment from queers
- References: <1993Jan24.194324.1@hamp.hampshire.edu>
- Message-ID: <C1E16B.G4z@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- Organization: UIUC Department of Psychology
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:20:35 GMT
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- We don't talk about it because it looks bad; for the same reason we don't talk
- about domestic violence in same-sex couples, same-sex rape amongst openly gay/
- les/bi folk, alcoholism in the community, etc. We also have fewer protections
- than hets do, especially if we're not out. How does a closeted gay man
- get help when another guy harasses him? How does a battered lesbian cope
- when a police and judicial system that is often hostile to het women dismiss
- her completely, especially since even those few laws that do exist on these
- topics are very, if not completely, for heterosexuals.
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- I'm not sure what avenues are available. One of my mentors is very active in
- rsaerch and litigation around sexual harassment issues. If you'd like, I
- can try to put you in touch with her.
-
- Joe
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