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There are priests and lay people
who dedicate themselves more to the text than to the spirit of Scriptures,
who tend to overestimate the importance of biblical verses regarding the
sins of body in general and the sexual life in particular. This narrow
Puritanism threatens to become an obsession, as the same preaches and discourses
can be heard (or read) over and over again. The same juicy details – should
I say stereotypes? – associated with “fornication” are repeated in all
media, on every occasion. Among them, homosexuality enjoys a “privileged”
place >>> |
ACCEPT will be the host of the
22nd annual conference of ILGA-Europe (The European Region of the International
Lesbian and Gay Association). The event will bring together dozens of representatives
of lesbian and gay organisations from different European countries. In
the same time with the conference, we will organise a seminary. Topics
debated in both the conference and the seminary will refer to the movement
for the defence of homo/bisexually-oriented people’s rights, in European
countries. We will also approach general issues regarding homosexuality,
in the perspective of the European Council’s policy and of the extension
of the European Union. >>> |
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Georgeta
Bodnarencu:
The
Church and Homosexuality During the Middle Ages
In the early Christianity,
norms regarding sexuality were to be found mainly in the Hebrew Scriptures.
Sexuality was thus considered not a sin by itself, but a “path” toward
committing sins, an animal vestige, and a habit that typically appeared
only in creatures without the gift of reason. >> |
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Bogdan
Honciuc:
Film
review: Boys Don't Cry"
Brandon used to be a
boy like any other, who was however forced by fate to bear, everyday, the
torment of living inside a body that he rejected and hide from the others
and from himself.This denial of the external self only brought him trouble,
but he was determined to survive in this hostile world that didn’t know
his secret, because it was a secret that no one could understand. >> |
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Newsletter
of the ACCEPT Association
Issue 32-33 / June -
July 2000
Bucharest
Editor: Emilia Stere
Translations:
Adrian Newell-Paun
Bogdan Honciuc
Emilia Stere
We thank all of our precious
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The
opinions published in this newsletter do not necessarily represent the
point of view of ACCEPT. Your comments are more than welcome, whether you
agree or not with the ideas in the newsletter. Writing for the newsletter
does not in any way imply the sexual orientation of the author. We will
be happy to receive your input and feedback at our address:
ACCEPT - PO BOX 34-56, BUCURESTI
– ROMÂNIA
Phone: + 004 - 01/252.16.37
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