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| List Name | glb-youth-l (glb-youth-l) |
| Purpose: | Welcome to the Gay Youth News Gateway. This mailing list serves as an email gateway to the moderated Usenet newsgroup soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian.bi. This will allow users to access the newsgroup through email, so that they can read it even if they cannot access it through Usenet. Subscribers to this mailing list are encouraged to send their replies directly to the soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi moderator email address at glb-youth@ucsd.edu. No approval is required to subscribe to or unsubscribe from this mailing list. Soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi is a moderated Usenet newsgroup. Because all replies to this mailing list will be sent to the email address for submission to the newsgroup, they will be subject to the approval of the moderators of soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi before they can appear on the Usenet newsgroup (and thus be sent through the Usenet gateway to the other members of this mailing list). Charter of soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi: 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. As a result, they feel that they must hide their true feelings from the rest of the world, even their own families and friends, and they feel alone and unloved. 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. Lists of anonymous remailers will be posted here on a regular basis, for the benefit of those who wish to keep their identities secret. 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: 1) Sadly, there are people who post insulting, degrading, hateful messages to gay-oriented newsgroups as a way of starting arguments solely for their own selfish entertainment. Such flamers will not be allowed here. 2) There are older people who seek out young people for sexual purposes. This newsgroup is intended for young people to express their feelings and comfort others, and for adults to offer advice and friendship to youths; it is not meant for "chicken hawks" to seek out boys and girls for sex. Thus, messages of that sort will also not be allowed here. DISCLAIMER: The moderators of this newsgroup cannot read private email received by anyone other than themselves. The moderators exist to serve as a buffer between the members of this newsgroup and those whom the moderators believe would cause harm the members of this newsgroup by posting messages that the moderators deem to be harmful. The moderators can only control messages sent to this newsgroup; they cannot control messages sent directly to others through email. Therefore, 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. |
| List Type: | Unmoderated discussion |
| Subscription: | Does not require owner approval |
| Archive: | Readable by subscribers only |
| Created: | Mar 29, 2000 |
| To Join: | Subscribe here, or send an email to glb-youth-l-subscribe@topica.com |
| To Post: | Send mail to 'glb-youth-l@topica.com' |
| Stats: | 218 subscribers / < 1 messages per week |
| Categories: | Computers & Internet | |
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