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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 37, No. 10. May 22, 1974

Gays not armed.........yet

Gays not armed.........yet

Dear Sir,

It's a pity you chose to write an editorial about something you obviously know nothing about. Humblest thanks to thee, sir, for graciously allowing an article about us to appear in your paper. Spouting Stalinist dogma does not increase the validity of your statements. Homosexuality and the ability to love your own sex is part of the human condition — not a disorientation caused by capitalism. We are not "a case study" of anything, thank you. Liberation is a process of freeing from oppression, and the sexual field is as valid as any other. True, our struggle has not yet reached the intensity of armed combat — but do not fear, it will, if the oppression continues. Quoting Engels isn't going to do much good either as Engels in fact knew very little about sexuality, especially female sexuality. If one reads the quotation carefully it is obvious that he still sees the process of male desire and female "surrender" occurring after the revolution. This is because he no doubt thinks it is natural. All he says is it will be for love, not power prestige etc. This is good, but not good enough. Your crude economic materialistic interpretation of society is only one part of the story, mate.

Janet Robin

P.S. The "cause" of gayness, is love.