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Subject: Re: gay?? really??
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Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 16:51:13 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 14 16:51:13 1984
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>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