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...lesbian channels try to ensure accurategender representation by requiring that thosewishing to participate pass a preliminary test.Such tests are not foolproof, though. Riffraffactually failed one while attempting to communewith the community: "They asked me what my brasize was, and I didn't know, 'cause I don't knowhow bra sizing works. Then they asked me what thedifference is between OB and Tampax. I didn't knowthat either, 'cause I don't use tampons. Then theyasked me what jean size I wear, and I gave themthe men's size, because I wear men's jeans."Riffraff herself is not immune...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: cyber sex | 3/16/1995 | See Source »

...characters in No Disrespect is featured in a chapter. They are all functional in their roles as exemplars of the problems facing the black community. Souljah's mother's strength and spirit are sapped by a demeaning welfare system. Her roommate, Mona, is revealed to be a lesbian, opening up a veiled political discussion of female homosexuality in the Black community. While each of these character types is familiar, included in the story for political reasons, Souljah reveals just enough of their thoughts and actions to make them human...

Author: By G. ALISHA Davis, | Title: 'Respect' Due to Sister Baring Her Soul | 3/16/1995 | See Source »

This is what McConnell argued last week before the Supreme Court in the Rosenberger case, pointing out to the court that U.Va. had given student-activity money to 118 other groups, including a Muslim publication and a gay-and-lesbian organization. The ACLU, the National Council of Churches and the National School Boards Association, among others, filed briefs supporting the university's argument that funding Wide Awake would have violated the First Amendment's establishment-of-religion clause. ACLJ, the Southern Baptist Convention, the National Association of Evangelicals and the Christian Legal Society backed the Christian students, whose appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ONWARD CHRISTIAN LAWYERS | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

...more practical and ideological sense for the Republican Club to show its support by contributing directly to the ROTC alumni fund itself? Better yet, why not offer to help raise money from undergraduates for the ROTC fund? They might find that even some of us who are gay or lesbian would be willing to contribute as individuals to the continued opportunity of Harvard students to participate in ROTC...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROTC Petition Will Go Unheard | 3/7/1995 | See Source »

...after his lesbian half-sister Candace visited Capitol Hill to lobby for gay rights, House Speaker Newt Gingrich said workers who are fired because they are homosexual should have no right to sue in federal court. During his daily press conference, the Speaker applied a sort of "don't ask, don't tell" principle to the issue, saying that while employers shouldn't ask, employees should have no recourse. The head of the Human Rights Campaign Fund, a gay and lesbian political group represented by Candace Gingrich, speculated that the Speaker is "under pressure from extremists" to make such comments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GINGRICH SAYS IT SHOULD BE LEGAL TO FIRE GAYS | 3/7/1995 | See Source »

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