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From: "jonesalley" <jonesalley@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 1:33 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] weirdo?


> Not to be Captain America, but nobody was called a weirdo. What
> actually happened was that the point was made that transsexuality was
> a weird business, but that individuals have the right to do as they
> choose.

Sorry if I've created any dissent - I certainly wasn't calling Palmer a
'weirdo', either. I remember an incident some years ago when I met up with
the band I was in at the time, coincidentally on Gay Pride weekend, and
referred to my amusement at overhearing two young out-of-town gays
discussing the parade while I was travelling on the tube (subway), meaning
that I was impressed by the way they could be so open at something that used
to be so clandestine, without any apparent fear of violence. I unwittingly
opened the floodgates on a torrent of homophobic abuse from all but one band
member, with them railing on about all the usual stuff. I and the other more
liberal member were appalled, but there was nothing much I could do about it
by that point. So, not a weirdo, but I agree with Jon over the 'it's a rum
do' question. And Yes, Wendy Carlos went there first, and a lot earlier.
Anyone know when?

Andy T.