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Information about soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi
This document contains information about the newsgroup,
instructions for posting to the newsgroup, information about the moderators, the
FAQ and a list of other resources.
Soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi
exists to offer support, understanding,
and friendship to young people who are coming to terms with their
sexuality, which may differ from the heterosexual norm.
These people often suffer from unimaginable shame and guilt because they
feel attracted to members of the same sex, or to both sexes; should these
feelings become publicly known, these young people may become outcasts in
their communities. These feelings are reflected in studies that show the
suicide rate among gay, lesbian and bisexual youths to be higher than in
other groups of the same age.
Thus, soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi exists for these young people to
express their feelings in an understanding, friendly forum. The intent of
this newsgroup is to let these people know that they are not alone, and
that there are people they can turn to for friendship and comfort.
Because of the sensitive nature of this subject, people who post on this
newsgroup may prefer to write their messages anonymously.
This newsgroup will be moderated, and all messages posted here will be
subject to the approval of the moderators. This is done for two reasons:
- to filter out homophobic messages and flames.
- to filter out personal adverts from people who may be trying to take
advantage of young users for sexual purposes.
DISCLAIMER: The moderators of this newsgroup cannot filter out
messages sent by electronic mail directly between users. If you get any
disturbing email, we suggest that you send it back from whence it came,
and if the person persists, write to their system administrator. The
moderators cannot be held responsible for the outcome of any actions
resulting from the exchange of private email between anyone connected to
Usenet or anywhere else on the Internet, including this newsgroup.
This newsgroup is moderated, meaning that all submissions to
soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi are passed on by the news posting
software to one of the six moderators for approval. The moderators act as
censors only in that they will reject messages consi dered contrary to the
aims and charter of th e group. We will not normally interfere with the
course of routine posting, but we do reserve the right to do so should we
consider it necessary to the interests of the group -- such as intervening
to end a protracted flame-war.
Submissions to soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi can be made simply by
posting to the group as you would to any other newsgroup. The posting
software *should* send your posting on to the moderators, but
misconfigured software can and does lose postings so that the moderators
may never get to see it . A more direct way to submit your posting is to
email it to glb-youth@ucsd.edu.
Your posts are most welcome, however you want to submit them.
Anonymous posting
Anonymous posts can be made through an anonymous remailer, such as
anon.petit.fi, or posts can be anonymized if you state at the
beginning of your submission that you wish the post to be
anonymized. Posts submitted using the mail function above are
not automatically anonymized.
The moderators can be contacted as a group at glb-youth-request@ucsd.edu by
email. More information about the
moderators, including biographies and contact information, is
available.
Last Updated: December 13, 1994
The Moderators
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