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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;<B>Youth Liberation has argued for some time
that young people should have the right to have sex as well as not to have
it, and with whom they choose. The statutory structure of the sex laws
has been identified as oppressive and insulting to young people. A range
of sexual activities are legally defined as molestation, regardless of
the quality of the relationship or the amount of consent involved. ...<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The recent career of boy-love in the public mind should
serve as an alert that the self-interests of the feminist and gay movements
are linked to simple justice for stigmatized sexual minorities. ... We
must not reject all sexual contact between adults and young people as inherently
oppressive.</B>&quot;<BR>
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<DD>~ <B>Gayle Rubin</B>, lesbian feminist, in <I>Leaping Lesbian</I>,
February, 1978.</DD>

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<P>See Gayle Rubin's brilliant article, &quot;Sexual Politics, the New
Right, and the Sexual Fringe&quot; in <I>The Age Taboo,</I> Alyson, 1981,
pp. 108-115. This originally appeared in <I>Leaping Lesbian</I>, 2/2 (February,
1978), P. O. Box 7715, Ann Arbor, MI 48107. </P>

<P>Also, see Rubin, Gayle &quot;<A HREF="http://home.beseeen.com/cultures/artschopenhauer/thinking.htm">Thinking
Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality</A>&quot;
in Abelove, Barale, Halperin, et al, (Eds.), The Lesbian and Gay Studies
Reader. (1992). </P>

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<P><IMG SRC="taboo.jpg" HSPACE=8 BORDER=1 HEIGHT=266 WIDTH=200 ALIGN=LEFT>Tsang
centers this collection of essays on man/boy love around the issues of
gay male sexuality, power and consent. He has labored to include disparate
voices in the discussion, with pieces from feminists Kate Millet and Pat
Califia as well as the editors of Lesbians Rising. Gay and lesbian teenagers,
some themselves in cross-generation relationships, are also represented,
and the subjects of childhood, racism and ideology are explored.<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The work captures both a historical moment at the end
of the 70s, when most of the pieces were written, and continuing questions
that divide the gay and lesbian community to this day.<BR>
(Alyson Publications, 178 pp) </P>
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	<P>   "<B>Youth Liberation has argued for some time
	that young people should have the right to have sex as well as not to have
	it, and with whom they choose. The statutory structure of the sex laws
	has been identified as oppressive and insulting to young people. A range
	of sexual activities are legally defined as molestation, regardless of
	the quality of the relationship or the amount of consent involved. ...<BR>
	The recent career of boy-love in the public mind should
	serve as an alert that the self-interests of the feminist and gay movements
	are linked to simple justice for stigmatized sexual minorities. ... We
	must not reject all sexual contact between adults and young people as inherently
	oppressive.</B>"<BR>
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	<DD>~ <B>Gayle Rubin</B>, lesbian feminist, in <I>Leaping Lesbian</I>,
	February, 1978.</DD>

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	</P></CENTER>

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	<P>See Gayle Rubin's brilliant article, "Sexual Politics, the New
	Right, and the Sexual Fringe" in <I>The Age Taboo,</I> Alyson, 1981,
	pp. 108-115. This originally appeared in <I>Leaping Lesbian</I>, 2/2 (February,
	1978), P. O. Box 7715, Ann Arbor, MI 48107. </P>

	<P>Also, see Rubin, Gayle "<A HREF="http://home.beseeen.com/cultures/artschopenhauer/thinking.htm">Thinking
	Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality</A>"
	in Abelove, Barale, Halperin, et al, (Eds.), The Lesbian and Gay Studies
	Reader. (1992). </P>

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	<P><IMG SRC="taboo.jpg" HSPACE=8 BORDER=1 HEIGHT=266 WIDTH=200 ALIGN=LEFT>Tsang
	centers this collection of essays on man/boy love around the issues of
	gay male sexuality, power and consent. He has labored to include disparate
	voices in the discussion, with pieces from feminists Kate Millet and Pat
	Califia as well as the editors of Lesbians Rising. Gay and lesbian teenagers,
	some themselves in cross-generation relationships, are also represented,
	and the subjects of childhood, racism and ideology are explored.<BR>
	The work captures both a historical moment at the end
	of the 70s, when most of the pieces were written, and continuing questions
	that divide the gay and lesbian community to this day.<BR>
	(Alyson Publications, 178 pp) </P>
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