On Mon, 24 Sep 2001 15:49:34 -0500 Mike Scoles
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> Has anyone noticed that the latest publication manual says to use, "he"
> and "she", sparingly, but to use, "lesbian" and "gay", rather than,
> "homosexual?"
>
Yes, and, continuing, they point out that "gay" is a vague term.
Some people use the term to refer to only men (as in "gay and
lesbian") and other people use the phrase to refer "identities
and to the culture and communities that have developed among
people who share those identities" (p.67)
So gay means either a male person, a person, an identity, a
culture, or a community, or some combination of the above.
And some really confused people, like me, continue to believe
that gay is an appropriate synonym for happy....
Ken
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Kenneth M. Steele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dept. of Psychology
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
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