From: patriot-AT-mip.net
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 01:25:28 -0200
Subject: Re: Gay & Lesbian Puppeteers


>If the original poster didn't mean they deserve respect because they're 
>gay & lesbian, then why wasn't the statement, "Artists need our respect, 
>appreciation and solidarity." 

Then you would have preferred "Artists need our respect........REGARDLESS of
their race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or political views." No ?

>As far as people who judge an artist on their sexual preference rather 
>than the art, how does something like that come up? Well, unless they 
>bill themselves as, "Bob the Gay Puppeteer." My sexuality has never come 
>up in booking a show. (There, we've come back around to puppetry in this 
>discussion. :)

I would venture that your "sexual preference" HAS been a factor in even your
own bookings and it certainly is or can be for others !  For example, are
you married ?  Do you have children ?  Are you a "known" Xtian ?  (Hmmmmmmm,
sounds like McCarthy, doesn't it ?  "Are you or have you ever been
associated with the Communists Party.....?").  If a puppeteer IS an "out"
gay, are you saying that it would NOT influence your opinion of his/her work
?  I think not !
David M. Adams
591 Old Stage Road
Frederick, Maryland, 21703



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