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From: steven mancini <mancinis@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject: Re: New players, gender benders, etc.
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 00:29:23 EST
To quote RJR96326@****.utulsa.edu:
]
] > We have had several successful "gender benders" of a sort. They
] > were not truly "bent". I have had 2+ homosexual players who
] > have elected to run female characters. They have worked out
] > well. In fact one character, "Black Widow", is a female elf,
] > run by a gay male, is a lesbian. She has worked out quite
] > well.
]
] I must publicly disagree with the implicit assumption that gay men are somehow
] bending the gender fence less than straight men who play female characters.
]
That was not my point. Rather what I was trying to imply was that
Patrick, the player in question, found it easier to "hit on" the
male members of the party than the straight player who was playing
a women.

Any other assumptions are the product of an overactive political
correctness filter.

Da Minotaur

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