Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site masscomp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!masscomp!trb From: trb@masscomp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Re: gay?? really?? Message-ID: <600@masscomp.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 16:51:13 EDT Article-I.D.: masscomp.600 Posted: Tue Aug 14 16:51:13 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Aug-84 01:41:59 EDT References: <50600001@convex.UUCP> <3988@fortune.UUCP> Organization: MASSCOMP, Westford, MA Lines: 12 >One reason it [gay] was used then was so that gay people could talk to >each other in straight environments, with 'gay' as a code word. Since >it did not mean homosexual to straight people, we could use it >without getting our heads beaten in. Unfortunately, it does not >provide that level of protection anymore. Reminds me of my days in school where one of my best friends came out of the closet. We'd go out to dinner and he'd be sensitive about talking about gays in public, so we decided on a codeword. We always talked about "engineers." Andy Tannenbaum Masscomp Inc Westford MA (617) 692-6200 x274