End of ADS-L Digest - 1 Mar 1996 to 2 Mar 1996

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There are 3 messages totalling 70 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. gay (2)

 2. Oxymorons



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Date:  Sun, 3 Mar 1996 07:45:30 -0500

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: gay



re: the recent query about _gay_ meaning 'male homosexual'



i just read a newsletter for a gay and lesbian organization that

repeatedly used the phrase "lesbians and gay women" in an article

about a women's health retreat. now, i know that there's some

difference in identity with the two terms, but i'd never seen the

terms so blatantly contrasted, i assume in an effort for inclusive

language.  (it was a south african newsletter, so i wonder if this

usage has anything to do w/ the rather hard-and-fast butch/femme role-

taking here--the "lesbians" being the butches and the "gay women" the

femmes.)



antipodally,

lynne m.



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M. Lynne Murphy              104lyn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]muse.arts.wits.ac.za

Department of Linguistics            phone: 27(11)716-2340

University of the Witwatersrand          fax: 27(11)716-8030

Johannesburg 2050

SOUTH AFRICA



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