Lame is Definitely Gay
an email to Alison Bechdel
Forum: Private Email
Date: 08/12/2001
The following is an exchange between Emi and Alison Bechdel, the cartoonist behind the popular Dykes To Watch Out For comic strip. The email is about its episode #368, from which this cut has been taken. It shows Carlos explaining to the kids why it's not okay to use the word "gay" as a derogative.
From: Emi Koyama
To: Alison Bechdel
aaaagh! tell carlos that something that is *lame* can definitely be *gay*! (#368)
"lame," like "gay," can refer to *people* as well, even though both are used derogatively...
see http://transfeminism.org/conspire/pdf/lame-is-good.pdf
anyway, i always enjoy your work - thanks :-)
emi (lame queer chik)
activist-in-residence, intersex society of north america (www.isna.org)
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http://eminism.org/ * Putting the Emi back in Feminism since 1975.
From: Alison Bechdel
To: Emi Koyama
hey, Emi!
Thanks very much for pointing this out!
Whoops.
yr. Pal,
Alison Bechdel