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1997 Features

12/26/97 - Down and Dirty - How to handle the Boards
Your input is sought on how much, or whether, we should censor "hate" posts on our message boards.

12/19/97 - Playing on the Net with Newsgroups (Usenet) and Mailing Lists Part II
My personal list of GLBT newsgroups and mailing lists. Some fun. Some informative. Some both.

12/12/97 - Playing on the Net with Newsgroups (Usenet) and Mailing Lists Part I
My personal list of GLBT newsgroups and mailing lists. Some fun. Some informative. Some both.

12/05/97 - Weekly GLBT Television Viewing
Introducing the newest weekly feature of Gay/Lesbian Issues.

11/28/97 - Buying with Pride! G/L Gift Buying
Want to buy that perfect queer gift? Look no further.

11/21/97 - "Homo for the Holidays"
An already stressful time of year with added bonus stress.

11/14/97 - Coming Out Stories
We wander the web, looking for interesting coming out stories.

11/07/97 - Random Thoughts
Many "little" things happened this week, some of which will have an impact on our future. We take a look.

10/31/97 - Year-Round Masquerades
Some of us pretend to be somebody year-round (with a chance to speculate on who three of those people might be).

10/24/97 - "Teach Your Children Well..."
A lesbian teacher is fired so she won't "say anything" ... how many of our teachers failed to share personal information with us?

10/17/97 - Sex! Sex! Sex!
Some random thoughts on how integral sex is to our lives.

10/10/97 - National Coming Out Day
The history of this event along with some suggestions as to how to participate in it, regardless of how "out" you are.

10/03/97 - Making Babies - Being Parents
A look at the realities of being gay parents. Responses to all the myths.

09/26/97 - Just Folks - Media Portrayals
There are a lot of us in TV and Movies, but how are we being shown?

09/19/97 - "But I'm not Political!"
Ellen's form of not being political has a lot of potential.

09/12/97 - The Gay Agenda
A work in progress, but a good start, I believe.

09/05/97 - Gay Ghettos
What do we do to ourselves when we honor the establishment of Gay cities and schools?

08/29/97 - Ex-Gays?
Is there such a thing? What do these programs do? Are they successful?

08/22/97 - More Words
A quick look at the words we use to describe ourselves, along with a new guest article.

08/15/97 - Gossip and Closets
We join the fun and speculate about the sexual orientation of celebs.

08/08/97 - When is it Safety? When is it Censorship?
We rate this site, and take a hard look at "safe-surfing" programs.

08/01/97 - CompuServe(s) up a Direct Homophobic Hit
A look at how GLBT Forums will be put behind an "adult" curtain for sexual content.

07/25/97 - Our Own Worst Enemies
A look at how some of us choose to use "their" arguments to our own detriment.

07/18/97 - The Boundaries of Our Community/Labels in Our Lives:
On inclusiveness.

07/11/97 - Divided Families
Thoughts on the separations in our lives, and whether they are necessary.

07/04/97 - Are we Not Parents? (Part III)
Third in a series. Custody cases around the states.

06/27/97 - Are we Not Parents? (Part II)
Second in a series. This week, Tales out of our Community

06/20/97 - Are we Not Parents? (Part I)
First in a series. This week: Tales out of School

06/13/97 - Words are Stronger Than Closets
On willingness to confront to educate the masses.

06/06/97 - Pride Month! Celebrate!
Where will you be during June?

05/30/97 - Going to the Chapel
Same gender marriage. Why not?

05/23/97 - Save Our Children!
What's happening with our rights?

05/16/97 - Gays in the Military
What's the problem?

05/09/97 - Ellen's Outing and What it Means to Us
Reflections on Ellen Degeneres and her real life and TV transitions.

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