Word: queered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some might agree with Oppenheim that "basic models of ethics and of sexuality are two of those foundations...that preserve a society's stability." But these are same people who object to the presence of women anywhere outside the kitchen. If a society cannot with-stand the integration of queer culture, then it does not deserve to survive as it stands...
Adam J. Levitin's dissent from the editorial supporting gay rights (Staff Editorial, Apr. 7) said, "...to state that the majority of Americans, who are conflicted about their personal views on homosexuality and uncomfortable with queer culture, are complicit in active persecution is inappropriate." Levitin's argument implies that it would be just as accurate to say that since the majority of Americans are conflicted about their personal views of Judaism and feel uncomfortable with Jewish culture (with the exception of bagels), they are not complicit in anti-Semitism. If it were not for protections against public and private religious...
When you started reading this, you might have thought it had something to do with Gaypril, the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance's month-long celebration of queer culture. It doesn't, or at least it shouldn't. Treating cross-dressing as a strictly homosexual issue is falling into the same trap as my homophobic teammates; after all, there are plenty of heterosexual females wearing men's clothing in public. Ann Landers has advised teary wives that there isn't necessarily anything wrong with the secret lingerie in their husband's dresser. And she's right. Male cross...
There is a great deal of work to be done, and that work needs an active, vocal, visible community. It also requires, and deserves, the support of the entire community, both queer and straight...
...staff is right to call for tolerance and protective legislation for gays and lesbians. But to state that the majority of Americans, who are conflicted about their personal views on homosexuality and uncomfortable with queer culture, are complicit in active persecution is inappropriate. Tolerance should exist for their views...