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...group represent a particularly affluent brand of consumer. Childless more often than not, gays typically have far more disposable income than do straights. "They clearly spend disproportionately more on travel than any other group," says Rex Briggs, project manager for Yankelovich Partners, a polling firm that surveyed gay and lesbian spending patterns. Gay travelers also tend to be more loyal than straights: surveys show they are especially appreciative of good service, and, if pleased, will return to a restaurant, hotel or resort again and again--as Miami's tourism officials discovered when they noticed that gays were continuing to visit...
...talk, sponsored by the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus, Sullivan read selections from the work, a political look at homosexuality aimed at a mass-market audience...
...think that it is a group of very dedicated, organized individuals who would like to see a more proactive Undergraduate Council," says Royce C. Lin '96, co-chair of the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Student Organization, while emphasizing that he does not speak for that club. "I think that PUCC's concerns are very legitimate, very pressing and urgent...
...JANE AUSTEN MAY HAVE BEEN A lesbian [PEOPLE, Aug. 14]. As a dedicated Austenite, my reaction is, Who cares? The practice of psychoanalyzing historical characters is interesting but suspect, since the people involved can no longer speak for themselves. Another questionable practice is the attempt to interpret the love language of women in another era. Jane's sister Cassandra herself expurgated Austen's letters; it is obvious she found nothing "homoerotic" about what was left. We know this about Jane Austen: she wrote six great novels and several tantalizing fragments. We also know that she remained unattached throughout her life...
...think that women may regret a youthful or desperate desire to abort a child. McCorvey may be seen as an important example of this increased conservatism with age. Still, she is hardly the bastion of conservative family values, having lived most of her adult life as an open lesbian...