Re: g_b intrested in 48plus? - (ATTENTION Asfan/Moderator)!!

2005-05-15 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 5/15/2005 12:37:59 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, but couldn't it be done in the classified sections?AND, they do take up space in the inbox.Pl do consider. Especially as there is a "new Classified Section" (see under). thanx,Asfan.

g_b For those of us who do not wish to be NORMAL'

2005-05-11 Thread MyOnePenny
GayBombay - This is a wonderful magazine that pushes the limits of what Paul Krassner's 'The Realist' tried to do 3 decades ago...to new terrain.. I recommend 'other' to all TGs and real 'Queers' as well as the questioning members of the 'normal' Indian homo and hetero communities..

g_b Re: [SAATHII] Diploma in NGO Management

2005-05-11 Thread MyOnePenny
Friends - Transgendered Voices will pay the 12,000Rs/ - p.a. fees for 5 hijras or genetic women working with organizations specializing in assisting the hijra community...to take the course in 'NGO Management'.. Transgendered Voices will also reimburse the 100Rs cost of receiving the

Re: g_b Shout Magazine's Cover Story: Getting Jaded

2005-05-10 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 5/10/2005 5:52:34 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "I realized that when I got to Indiana or Kentucky that these people need to know not only their history, but that there is a unification in our community, and they need to know that it is

Re: g_b Happy Mom's Day to all GB Moms

2005-05-09 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 5/8/2005 10:49:33 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wish all of the Moms in GB a ' Happy Mom's Day'~~ .. Regards, SAHIL. Sahil - Next year we should have a mothers day party sponsored by GB...where we can all show off our kids in

g_b Fwd: ERC ACTION ALERT! Urge Governor Owens to sign SB05-28

2005-05-08 Thread MyOnePenny
Okay there are a lot of Indian IT engineers, scholars and students in Colorado.. Get your friends back there to call Governor Owens.. Elizabeth Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info == NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SEEKING FRIENDS? VISIT www.gaybombay.info click on

Re: g_b Absent husband returns home ... as a eunuch

2005-05-08 Thread MyOnePenny
There is always two sides to any story...though i feel terrible that her wife does not approve of her make-up style...i cannot think of anything in India that could be better than two wonderful loving moms.. Elizabeth In a message dated 5/5/2005 11:15:43 PM Mountain Standard Time,

Re: g_b India at critical stage in fight against HIV/AIDS: CSIS

2005-05-01 Thread MyOnePenny
Rick and Laura - I hope the Gill Foundation has its eyes open...if India falls to AIDs like many African countries already have...the economic catastrophe will devastate the developed world as well. I hope you and the Gill are on board with this challenge. Sincerely. Elizabeth Jeffords

g_b ERC ACTION ALERT! Full House to vote on SB05-28 - Colorado

2005-04-30 Thread MyOnePenny
For your interests... I am sure the state parliaments are watched and lobbied in a similar fashion in India...if not here is a good template to work from.. I will be flying to Bangalore while they are debating and voting.. Wish us luck!! Elizabeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: SB05-28

g_b Parenting 101 - Lecture 1

2005-04-23 Thread MyOnePenny
Cultural perspectives on the act of addictive infidelity I do not want to direct my comments atour friend Jimmy...for with 8000 members I must assume that there are many in GayBombay who share his beliefs on proper parenting...I will name my icon of 'poor parenting' for the purpose of

g_b Fwd: Leslie Feinberg-Take Back the Night-more info.

2005-04-20 Thread MyOnePenny
Anybody want to go?? I'll see you there.. Elizabeth Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info == NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SEEKING FRIENDS? VISIT www.gaybombay.info click on classified section and type your message in the post section once the link opens This message

Re: g_b Support group TS/TG

2005-04-14 Thread MyOnePenny
Check out the sections on 'Indian' 'Support Groups' in the 'Resources' section of the 'Organization' menu of our website.. www.TGVoices.org It maybe a good starting point for you.. Remember that the Internet life is very limited...and that real live human intercommunication is the 'reaI

Re: g_b Invite TRANS MEET IN MUMBAI

2005-04-09 Thread MyOnePenny
Satya - I would be delighted to come...but just as you cannot make it to dinner Sunday night in Denver...it looks like Flo and I probably would not be able to get back in time for our dinner party in Denver, that night either.. However, two individuals that I would like to make Hijra/TG

Re: g_b Bobby Darling - 'What you see is what you get

2005-04-05 Thread MyOnePenny
Bobby Darling's story shows how universal the Transgendered experience is.. I do not know Bobby but there is a great possibility that her self identification as a 'gay' person might be more related to the current standards of sex and gender in the Indian theatrical and middle and upper

g_b Fwd: Your subscription to gay_bombay has been changed

2005-04-02 Thread MyOnePenny
Beats me what this means but please keep me getting individual emails as you post them...and not the digest mode.. n a message dated 4/1/2005 11:40:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello,This is to inform you that your request to change yoursubscription to

Re: g_b Jimmy, total makeover - please!!!!!!!!!! - really

2005-03-27 Thread MyOnePenny
Asfan - I am sorry...I did not really know thatJimmy was serious.. I thought Jimmy was just playing a joke on us.. If he can actually do everything he says...I bet he is either a miracle worker or a snake oil salesman.. In the USA the FDA and the AMA are outrageously prejudiced against

g_b Jimmy, total makeover - please!!!!!!!!!!

2005-03-26 Thread MyOnePenny
Jimmy - Asfan is only interested in the limited material aspects of life like health... I want you to turn me into the young Lauren Bacall...married to the great Humphrey Bogart.. Or at least the spirit of Faye Dunaway...as Bonnie...ruling the world and the dreams of the socially

g_b Fwd: BAD: April First Friday and L Word Party!

2005-03-25 Thread MyOnePenny
Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info == NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SEEKING FRIENDS? VISIT www.gaybombay.info click on classified section and type your message in the post section once the link opens This message was posted to the gay_bombay Yahoo! Group. Responses

g_b cant digest the digest mode

2005-03-14 Thread MyOnePenny
uh oh guys...i have been converted to 'digest' mode again...against my will of course, as usual.. do you think humans will eventually become the 'silent women' of the cyberworld?? after they break our hearts of course.. == hi i gather it is a virus problem . dont know how it

Re: g_b Saturday smilie

2005-03-12 Thread MyOnePenny
Asfan - That is one of the reasons I was an employer not an employee...for 30+ years...till my retirement in December.. It is so much better if your are an unusual character to have direct control of your passage through life...instead of trying to support someone else's dream of

Re: g_b from Slate: going where no man has gone before...

2005-03-11 Thread MyOnePenny
Vikram - In 1970 or so...while I was still a student a Berkeley...the Student office building which held the offices of the Daily Californian...changed all the bathrooms to unisex...because of the fact that the building had been built with men's rooms and women's rooms on different

Re: g_b Make public the blackmailers

2005-03-07 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 3/6/2005 6:13:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: All you closet gaythe best way to not be afraid and blackmailedis to BE OUT OF THE CLOSETthere are 15% gays in India WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OFFBest Regards John Sharp Alcatel India Ltd.Mobile:+91

g_b Our mothers, sisters and daughters need our help..

2005-03-04 Thread MyOnePenny
Updated: 05:47 PM EST Report Says Women Worse Off Now Than 10 Years Ago U.N. Conference Assesses Progress Since Landmark Beijing Meeting By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters UNITED NATIONS (March 3) - Life for many of the world's women has become tougher in the decade since a global U.N.

Re: g_b Windows-XP

2005-03-02 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 3/2/2005 5:57:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi AllDoes any one know how to play DVDs on a laptop having Windows-XPas OS ? I have tried running the movie but it didn't. I thoughtWindows-XP has its built in DVD Player.Any help would be

Re: g_b 4 steps to become a millionaire!

2005-02-27 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 2/26/2005 11:50:40 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 3. Shun debt Nobody becomes a millionaire by being in debt. In fact, being in debt is a surefire way to dry your savings, but can get you into further debt. This is the first time

Re: g_b White House's loyal reporter once worked as gay hooker

2005-02-21 Thread MyOnePenny
Just more proof of that sexuality is not a political belief.. In a message dated 2/20/2005 7:16:08 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: White House's loyal reporter once worked as gay hooker By Andrew Buncombe in Washington 20 February 2005 Washington is

Re: g_b Hate mail

2005-01-29 Thread MyOnePenny
Moderator - Please delete my previous email on this topic as i have actually found the owner of Asfan's hate email and think we should probably let the hate email die there...without extending it humorously or not...into GB any further...for any of our sakes... Though both of youand

Re: g_b nieces or nephews?-This is what I have discovered

2005-01-25 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 1/25/2005 7:40:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: personally I can't wait to become an aunt! Vikram - I am overwhelmed...I knew a creative person like you and Abraham Lincoln had to be TG...it is amazing how many gay TGs can not admit to being

Re: g_b Reminder: GB Special Meet: Dialogue with a Gay-friendly Physiatrist (...

2005-01-20 Thread MyOnePenny
As a person who was clearly identified by a gay psychiatrist in 1971 as being definitely 'unusual'.. I heartily recommend that all members of GayBombay...be they stressed or comfortable with their sexuality...attend this meeting...or find a way to make contact with this or another 'psych'

Re: g_b Why the Condoms are PINK in Color?

2004-12-31 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 12/31/2004 10:48:59 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why not Black? Blue? Green?Tintin. in the USA some are...they even have Dayglow orange...for those who are afraid nobody will notice theirs...tell me what you need and I will FedEx them to you...are

g_b : Coalition - Japan, India, Australia, Canada, USA and UN

2004-12-31 Thread MyOnePenny
The coalition has expanded - Japan, India, Australia, Canada, USA and UN Now this is a great idea...maybe these 5 brilliant democracies can help educate many of the UN's passe dictatorships and princedoms on the challenges of the 21st century at the same time.. This might be the catalyst

Re: g_b satellite pic. of a tsunami

2004-12-31 Thread MyOnePenny
Asfan is doing a great job as always...but if there is a problem with big pix for some of the members...possibly...people could use a code like BP at the beginning of their title to pre-warn those with slow computers or inadequate space.. elizabeth Yahoo!

g_b Re: Coalition - Japan, India, Australia and USA - good start for 21st century

2004-12-30 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 12/30/2004 2:26:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, : Powell Says U.S. Determined to Help Victims By ANNE GEARAN, AP WASHINGTON (Dec. 30) - Secretary of State Colin Powell, visiting the Embassy of Thailand Thursday to formally extend condolences to the victims of the Asian and

g_b -as gays as a disrespected minority...offer to go an extra two miles.....Tidal Wave

2004-12-29 Thread MyOnePenny
GayBombay and all its members and sympathizers - These are times that you can show the greater society in India what you are made of... Organize drives to assist in the affected areas...volunteer to assist individually or as groups in these areas...to the full extent of your capacities...if

Re: g_b In need for Help.

2004-12-29 Thread MyOnePenny
Mannu - If you are CD or TG...i would recommend hitting the groups in Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore...they like security in numbers and you would find many managers and higher who could help you...if you are qualified to do the work.. Otherwise get on your computer and hit your schools

Re: g_b Wednesday Wonder

2004-12-29 Thread MyOnePenny
Asfan - No wonder Argentina could never get its act together...the govt was only paying about 25 pesos a head...and the folks down their never learned the art of dreaming big like us Americans...I mean really really big like we do.. Elizabeth In a message dated 12/29/2004 6:32:09 AM

Re: g_b Fwd: Worm's Eyes - 2

2004-12-25 Thread MyOnePenny
Gaybombay - You have used an excellent tool...by removing any identification of the writers except their verbal statements...and then allowing the reader to digest all the verbiage equally...and tolet the readermake up his mind based upon their personal allegiance to ideas and not

Re: g_b Leavitt, Mitchell Raj Rao on Gay Writing @ Crossword, Thursday Dec ...

2004-12-19 Thread MyOnePenny
sounds like a great time...if crosswords is not a gay bookstore...and you do not want to let people know you are gayshow up a bit late...and stand there listening like a confused outsidermy father always said nobody ever really knows what is going on in another person's mind...

Re: g_b -Gay Group Demands Matthew Shepard Apology

2004-12-08 Thread MyOnePenny
See what I mean...neither side is interested in Matthew Shepard...just a bunch of grandstanding to gather money from their ardent followers... Good thing us smart people have senses of humour... Elizabeth Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a

Re: g_b Homophobic Bullying Drives Teen To Suicide

2004-12-06 Thread MyOnePenny
As a child I only went to boys schools...the first major contact that I had with female students was when I entered UCal-Berkeley.. Picking on one another seems to be a universal form of behavior with the youth...i even find it among my litters of puppies.. It does not seem that this young

g_b We are very special...a reminder of things not to forget..

2004-11-29 Thread MyOnePenny
Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info == NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SEEKING FRIENDS? VISIT www.gaybombay.info click on classified section and type your message in the post section once the link opens This message was posted to the gay_bombay Yahoo! Group. Responses

Re: g_b Drugs, Money Matthew Shepard's Wyoming

2004-11-29 Thread MyOnePenny
I have waited for the other Wyomingians in this group to speak up...but lacking their voices and opinions...you are now stuck with mine.. My personal and business attorney for 16 years and at the time of Matthew Shepard's death was Hugh McFadden...the City Attorney of Laramie.. My current

g_b Being Transgendered is not politics...It is who we are...god bless Iran

2004-11-25 Thread MyOnePenny
The Ayatollah and the transsexual That Maryam Khatoon Molkara can live a normal life is due to a compassionate decision by one man: the leader of the Islamic revolution himself. By Angus McDowall in Tehran and Stephen Khan 25 November 2004 Maryam Khatoon Molkara is the first to admit that

g_b Thought for India and everybody in Mumbai today - AIDs

2004-11-24 Thread MyOnePenny
Please...pleasedo not have unprotected sex and bring...sexually transmitted diseases home to your wives...no matter whether you have told them about your full range of sexual activity or not.. It is unfair to them, your children and family...and most of all to the future of India

Re: g_b Digest Number 946

2004-11-18 Thread MyOnePenny
I have looked at 1,3,6,7,8,10...the rest I deleted unread...I should have checked out 18...but deleted it for some reason...probably a fast trigger finger... #3 I have read twice trying to find the human behind the blurb...I will call the Gill Foundation in Denver tomorrow...to see why they

g_b Are these possible in Indian high schools and universities??

2004-11-17 Thread MyOnePenny
The youth is our future...and they tend to be more open to diversity than many of us old folks.. .. High School's Gay-Straight Alliance Draws Surprising Support Similar

Re: g_b i wld like to 'change' my sexual orientation..awful p..- not my idea

2004-11-16 Thread MyOnePenny
Lest anyone think I was recommending the barbaric behavior of Prash's doctor...let me say that never in my life have I been subjected to any of the tortures meted out to Prash in the email down below...and I actually saw my first psychiatrist when I was an erratic and unusual grade schooler

Re: g_b i would like to 'change' 'willingly' (my sexual orientation).. is it ...

2004-11-15 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 11/14/2004 5:48:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i am a married person, having come to know about mysexual orientation after marriage. now my wife knowsand we are both undergoing deep mental torture. iwould like to 'change' 'willingly' as the doctor

g_b Hijras - Eunuchs

2004-11-15 Thread MyOnePenny
FIRST EVER FULL MOVIE ON EUNUCHS By Our Staff In the News For the first time a full-fledged film based on the real life of the eunuchs in India is going to hit the silver screen as 'Sabnam Mausi'. The eunuchs are normal human beings. But unfortunately they are forced to live

Re: g_b was it really gay marriages?

2004-11-11 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 11/10/2004 5:23:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/910079.cms They almost seemed to say that elections based on the majority will of the people were the crude practice of less developed countries.. Having

Re: g_b Alec Smart!

2004-11-10 Thread MyOnePenny
Tapesh - Possibly your insurance pays in pounds...not bucks.. Elizabeth In a message dated 11/8/2004 10:39:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh Dear WONDERING whats all this all about of refunds of $ 18 $20's ?? Nothing of that sort happens in the UK though --- although

Re: g_b Alec Smart!

2004-11-07 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 11/6/2004 12:15:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We do it here for $20 and we also get $18 back from the Medicare for a visit to the doctor's office." I am only 54...too young for Medicare...but I do get $16 back from Blue Cross/Blue Shield..

Re: g_b And its over. Now what?

2004-11-06 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 11/5/2004 12:05:45 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mary Cheney, the VP's lesbian daughter, who was kept out of sight for most of the campaign, was back there on the stage along with her partner. Vikram - Maybe Mary Cheney has been out of sight

Re: g_b And its over. Now what? - Talk is cheap

2004-11-05 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 11/4/2004 12:11:31 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess I have to make a comment about this too, even though I am Canadian, what happens in the US affects us dramatically. Today 80% of Canadians are anti American, never before have we had so many

Re: g_b child adoption and single men - adult adoption

2004-11-05 Thread MyOnePenny
In a I am an openly TG American professional from Wyoming...in my state and many others in the USA we are allowed to adopt children above the age of majority...which in the USA is 18...it is called 'adult' adoption.. I have had a long and busy life...and did not have the time to focus on

Re: g_b Ten states (in US) 'reject gay marriage'

2004-11-03 Thread MyOnePenny
Gay Bombay - After 35 years to find that neither party was willing to stand up for equal rights of homosexuals...I feel that the gay and lesbian movement in the USA has to break the current paradigm...or they may wait two or three more generations...as the blacks had to...after the Civil War

Re: g_b Wednesday Wonder - another Bush joke

2004-10-28 Thread MyOnePenny
Asfan - A few jokes sent to me by a doctor in Colorado Springs while I am sitting in cool and breezy Bombay.. I take no responsibility for any of the jokes...feel free to alternate anybody you want into the starring roles in the jokes.. Love.. Elizabeth What is a Yankee? The same as a

Re: g_b If Amitabh Bachhan were to run for USA President!

2004-10-23 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 10/22/2004 12:03:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Asfan Dear. Lizzie and Darling are very acceptable to me...separately or combined.. I love the word that seems to have left the American vocabulary...'kabang'...it is the little sister of

g_b even today makes suicide the 'solution' for many more times as many of us

2004-10-23 Thread MyOnePenny
Gay_Bombay - It is very heartwarming for me to see all the honest and innocent thoughts of the Indian Gay community...it reminds me of the thought processes that the Gay community of the SF Bay Area 35 years ago...when nobody seemed to really understand what was going to be the future of

Re: g_b Monday Musing - I am lost

2004-10-19 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 10/18/2004 11:39:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Asfan,you are a scream. This is a fantastic joke. But God save us if he comes back.Ashok Row Kavi Asfan and Ashok - I understand the joke...it is a relatively standard format joke that I have heard for

Re: g_b CIA Assassin Opening!!.- from a sympathizer

2004-10-17 Thread MyOnePenny
In a message dated 10/17/2004 11:32:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman. She wiped the sweat from her brow and said, "You guys didn't tell me the Gun was loaded with blanks. So I had to

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