Date:  Sun, 3 Mar 1996 14:47:55 -0400

From:  "Bethany K. Dumas, U of Tennessee" <dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTKVX.UTK.EDU>

Subject: Re: gay



On Sun, 3 Mar 1996, M. Lynne Murphy wrote:



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

> repeatedly used the phrase "lesbians and gay women"



> 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.)



First time I have seen that distinction made in that way ...



Bethany



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