Hope you'll help me to write a book

Base: Cafe Coming Out Forum
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 03:34:39 GMT
From: Unknown (shahid)

Life's hard on gays everywhere, although gay means 'merry'. The worst place for a gay to live in is Russia. They can get fired,be picked on at the university. To make a gay's life better and easier, to make the society accept them, I am writing a book on gay and lesbian sexuality,talk about these issues on radio and TV. I am a Moscow State University professor.

I am looking for advice on the best way to write this book, which will be called "Me+Me". This stands for "looking for one of my kind". I want to have answers for the following questions: What is the best way to illustrate it: with comics or color photographs? Do you think there are any people outside Russia who would be willing to translate and publish this book? Will it be interesting for you to read about peculiarities of the Russian gay community? When you read such a book, are you looking for answers on questions such as: how to find a lover, how to be faithful, how to support the relationship with the one you love? Are you comfortable with being gay? What do you need to feel comfortable? Have you discussed gay issues with your friends/relative? Did they understand you? Many people feel lonely and think that nobody needs them. HAve you thought about trying to understand other people better? Do your way of living, your profession, your interests, etc. match your sexual orientation? Were they determined by it? Shortly about myself. I'm in mature age. I have a dog. I love circus, movies, music. I have many students. I'm well known among gays in Moscow and Russia. My address is Russia 107014, Moscow, P.O.B. 1001, Vladimir Shahidjanjan. The phone is +7(095) 269-4180.

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