The great F*** debate
Hope Mhereza (letters,
PN June) threatens to stop reading Positive Nation if her sensibilities
are assailed by four-letter words. Screw, fuck etc. are simply ancient
and valid alternatives to copulate, have sex, and so on. I hope she is
not hiding a bigoted distaste for gay sex.
Dick Splash, London SE15
I agree with Hope Mhereza about the GMFA advert on the back cover of the
May 2002 issue. I had a couple of conversations with women about it and
we agreed with what Hope said. I recognise it must be difficult to produce
a magazine in the interests of all the communities affected by HIV; however,
some thought and sensitivity is needed in relation to the placing of adverts
and inserts.
Name and address withheld
Positive Nation regrets it cannot send inserts only to specific subscribers
- ed.
I photocopied the GMFA 'Head Fuck' back cover of PN's May issue and stuck
two of them on the notice board behind my desk. It is a very catchy piece
and the message is useful, and not just to gay men. There are times when
this heterosexual African man feels fucked up too, and sometimes we need
the words to express that.
Winstone Zulu, Lusaka, Zambia
US Immigration policy
I took exception to your statement about the USA 'having exported HIV
around the world' in your 'Holidays'
article (PN May). Let's just remember that there is no consensus on where
HIV originated.
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