Word: existance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Oppenheim would have it. The queer community can never be the "isolated moral and ethical enclave" that Oppenheim wishes it to be because youth from straight families often grow up to realize they are not heterosexual. I am not convinced that these separate queer and "wider" cultures can exist...
...opening. In their eight months on the project, team members have viewed more than 1,000 hours of footage and done no small amount of globe trotting to chase down rare material, including whimsical portraits of world leaders captured in home movies. Where television footage did not exist, they consulted the 70-year-old CBS radio archive, the National Archives, the Library of Congress and even the archives of foreign governments, such as those of Germany and China. Finally, CBS caught up with some of the individuals themselves, met with family members and landed guest essayists--including President...
...nice to have people over so they canwatch things they can't get like `South Park,'"says Owen I. Breck '00. "A lot of the advantages Ihave now wouldn't exist if everyone...
Many queer activists argue that society contains a presumption of heterosexuality that must be overcome. They are not content to exist as a marginal culture but insist that the implication of accepting their queerness is that the larger culture must be transformed to wholly integrate alternative sexualities. The queer community is not content to exist as a protected but discrete minority group. But, can they reasonably expect the sort of cultural integration they demand...
Actually, queer culture is not the only culture society tolerates but is reluctant to integrate. There may be a presumption of heterosexuality in this country, but there is also a presumption of Christianity. Religious minorities exist as isolated moral and ethical enclaves. They may have different mores within their communities, but they are kept separate and the wider culture is not expected to adopt them. And, perhaps, the wider culture should...