[stylist] lgbt and NFB

Fri Mar 14 04:21:43 UTC 2014

I'm straight, but I agree; once you get out of skill based groups, and you
get into faith and multicultural groups, you can't justify not having one.

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
Pollpeter
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 12:14 AM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] lgbt and NFB

Well, sometimes I think the Federation is going to division and group itself
to death. Most the membership these days comes in through divisions, and
very few are interested in other aspects of the Federation including its
true purpose.

That being said, that's ridiculous. If they can have a Sunday
nondenominational service and have a faith group, why not a LBGT group?
I find this offensive and sad. Completely agree, Atty.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Atty Rose
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:28 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: [stylist] lgbt and NFB

And you won't.

We weren't even allowed to announce where our unofficial group was meeting
at the convension.

We weren't allowed to have a email list either and still aren't.

For a group that talks about equal rights they are blind to what that
actually means.

Atty

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From: "Miss Thea" <thearamsay at rogers.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:27 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] gay protag

> You know, I half-thought I'd run into an LGBT division of the NFB, but
> never did.
> Thea
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Applebutter Hill
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 5:27 PM
> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] gay protag
>
> This reminds me of a workshop I attended years ago with an agent named
> Joan
> Timberlake, who supports LGBT authors. I wrote a piece about it and
> submitted it to Slate & Style, but I don't think it was ever
published. 
> It's
> been so long that I have no idea what she's up to now, but I liked
her.
> Donna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Atty 
> Rose
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 11:32 AM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: [stylist] gay protag
>
> Hi there,
>
> Some agents might be very in to it and there are also GBLT friendly 
> publishers also.
>
> Don't give up on it just cause he or she is gay!
> Timing is everything. There is a huge movement around same sex couples

> getting rights, and though there are still people who discriminate our

> society is evolving to higher thinking all the time.
>
> There is a nitch for it and if you search out some of the publishers 
> that accept lesbian and gay lit, some of them don't even require 
> agents.
>
> Write on,
> Atty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William L Houts" <lukaeon at gmail.com>
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction
>
>
>>
>>
>> HI Thea,
>>
>> No, the first novel is a bit of a train wreck, and has a gay protag 
>> anyway, so I couldn't get agents interested in it.  I think the novel

>> I'm working on now has a lot more going for it so I'm focusing on 
>> that for the
>
>> moment.  I read your post about the scam you've lived through and 
>> enjoyed it, if that's the right word.  It made me so angry, the way 
>> most human beings are trusting and trustworthy  while some few are 
>> manipulative vampires.  Your piece is so rich with the sense of human

>> warmth, as with the people in the restaurant, contrasted with the 
>> scamsters.  I look forward to more of your writing.
>>
>>
>> --Bill
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/11/2014 8:37 AM, Miss Thea wrote:
>>> Mister Bill, I'm a new kid, too.
>>> Name's Thea, live in Ontario.
>>> Did you get your first novel published?
>>> I don't know if writing if better than the things you mentioned, but

>>> it comes pretty close. It's like theater. First, things look like 
>>> they're never going to come through, then after so many re-writes 
>>> you want to scream, the magic happens.
>>> It's like chocolate ice cream you have to make yourself, and wild
sex
>>> between two old married people. It can happen; it just needs help.
LOL
>>> Thea
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: William L Houts
>>> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 12:24 PM
>>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>>> Subject: [stylist] Introduction
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Stylists,
>>>
>>> Just joined the group and it looks very promising;  I'm looking 
>>> forward to interesting chats with y'alls.  I write poetry and 
>>> fiction, and am currently about midway through my second (as yet 
>>> unpublished) novel, which I label as literary fantasy.  I can easily

>>> say without feeling silly that writing, at least on that incredible 
>>> sleigh ride we sometimes experience where word meets rhythm meets 
>>> metaphor and you feel like your mind is made of lightning and rainis

>>> my favorite thing in the world: better than chocolate ice cream, 
>>> better than hot raunchy sex, better than anything.  IN the meantime,

>>> though, I'm looking forward to some smart sassy talk with some smart

>>> sassy new friends. Cheers, everybody.
>>>
>>> --Bill
>>>
>>>
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