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In reply to the discussion: Do You Feel Gay Men Do Not Understand the Issues Facing Lesbians that May Be Different for Women? [View all]fightthegoodfightnow
(7,042 posts)2. No
If you watched the HBO Documentary 'VITO' about Vito Russo, there is a segment about issues that unite gay women with straight women based on social-economic issues some 40 years ago like income equality that some said early in our history divide gay women and men. There are others who point out the enormous support lesbians gave gay men 30 years ago during the start of the AIDS epidemic. Do we have more in common than our differences?
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Do You Feel Gay Men Do Not Understand the Issues Facing Lesbians that May Be Different for Women? [View all]
fightthegoodfightnow
Nov 2012
OP
I think you need to refocus on what can be agreed upon and maybe state what feels misunderstood.
Tigress DEM
Nov 2012
#5
THESE aren't differences between gays and lesbians, but you list them that way.
Tigress DEM
Nov 2012
#16
I am fortunate that I was able to express to her how I felt about her many years ago,
Scruffy Rumbler
Nov 2012
#41