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Click HERE to write a letter to the Editor
To LBO, I
don't understand you people. You can't justify what is wrong in
God's eyes!
It is not normal, natural or moral! Terri
Cella
Miss Cella, We humbly respect your opinion. But I have to ask you, did God come down and make YOU a judge for morality? And for that matter, why do you and many like you, not have the same passion and organization against adulterers? Who are you to say how two loving compassionate people can love and live their lives? To us, our lifestyles are very normal, natural and moral. What is not normal, natural and moral is to live untruthful lives. To be hidden in closets and to fight our natural feelings of LOVE and pretend to ignore how God made us, is not natural. Just like any straight couple, sex may be a natural part of our relationships, but it is all about natural feelings of love for most of us. You simply must understand that what may be natural to you, does not mean that it must be natural for everyone. We are not all alike and God made us all. To us at LBO it is much more immoral to judge and condemn in God's name. LBO
To: LBO Please get some better proofreaders. The apostrophe is running amok all over your site. Also, in your ENTERTAINMENT section, I was appalled to find the statement re: sapphic comedy (also misspelled) about how wonderful that Ellen's coming out opened doors for dyke comedians. PLEASE!! Ellen was finally able to come out (after she made her millions, of course), due to the trailblazing, talented, and oh-so-brave Robin Tylers, Kate Clintons, Suzanne Westenhoefers, Marga Gomezs, Lea Delarias, and more. Ellen should take no credit for creating lesbian comedy history. She should be paying homage to the pioneers and paying back those who dared to be honest about who they were while risking the big time. These comics hit the road, playing sometimes friendly, sometimes not-so-friendly towns, educating the ignorant, making people laugh, and helping communities understand that being gay was not only OK, but funny too. And the same goes for Rosie. It'e very easy to come out in entertainment after you've built your bank. Both Rosie and Ellen owe US... big time. --chrisanne eastwood
Dear Miss Eastwood, Thank you very much for your feedback, we appreciate it all, good bad and ugly. We are very much so a small website with volunteer writers, none of us get paid and we are not a for profit site. When we set up LBO, one of the primary goals along with entertainment and information was to NOT be anal. Period. That was one of the reasons we started LBO. Can we improve? Absolutely! However our message is not how brilliant we are, what great spellers we are and hopefully our errors will be taken lightly. If you look on our front page, Robin Tyler is our featured woman. We adore Robin Tyler for not only being a pioneer in lesbian entertainment but for all that she stands for. We have reviewed Suzanne Westenhoefer and will be reviewing Michelle Balan, Popply Champlin, Margaret Cho and Vicky Shaw next month! As for Ellen Degeneres and Rosie O'Donnell, they are celebrity lesbian icons which our readers adore and want to read about. While of course there have been many great women whom have paved the way even for them, there were no well known lesbian celebrities in mainstream media up until then and by being in mainstream media they have set new standards. While you may have been there, no one knew you. Now, if you would like, we would love your feedback on lesbian comedians whom have paved the way for the Rosie's and Ellen's to be so successful in mainstream media. Please.... if you have a message that you would like to get out, submit an article for us to consider as well as your own media kit. Thank you again for your feedback. LBO Dear LBO, You
guys are TOO awesome! Dear Rolanda, Thanks! So are you! LBO
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Regarding Dinah Shore Dear LBO, I guess my issues is how the woman of our community rip off the community and try to act like they are doing so much to make the surroundings a space of our own so we can be who we are? Yeah right? It is all about money. The woman that run these events are totally ripping the community off and what I don't understand is how we can continue to support what they are doing because we want a space for ourselves. We can have the space and have events without the women that are running this to get rich on. My question to them is this? Why is it they need to charge $50.00 a person to get into a dance, $25.00 into a pool party, and on and on? What are the charges they are getting charged? Why don't they show what it cost to have a event like this? In my experience when you bring that many people and can sell out a hotel, restaurants. and sell as much liquor as they sell and charge 7.00 for a beer! Hard to believe the ladies running this are making nothing but profit. I have a hard time believing the hotel is going to charge anything knowing they are going to make more money then they can make on any weekend, all profit for the hotel, and who knows how much the ladies make. Don't get me wrong, they need to make money for putting the event together, but how much is enough, and what do they give back to the community for all the money they make? The sad thing to me is that the woman complain, complain and complain, why don't they all boycott this or stop complaining so they will stop ripping us all off. Instead they keep going and paying the money. This year I only went to the pool party and refuse to pay any of the other prices. After I was in the pool party, I thought to myself what is she giving here, nothing again. I have told myself this is the last time I will support this or give these women who are not doing this to create a space for all of us to come together, but to get rich off us and use all of us. For me, this is the last time she has used me. I heard so many woman complain, but do nothing. Thanks for your interest Patty Patty, We hear you! We receive a lot of complaints similar to this. We cannot quite figure out why it is happening but perhaps the powers that be will read these posts and do something about it! We will keep in touch, LBO Hi: I could sure use the guidance of your traveling staff. My wonderful partner is a single mom who has never traveled outside of the state of Texas. I, on the other hand, have traveled internationally but, never to the upper East Coast states. My fabulous partner wants to take her very first traveling adventure to Vermont this fall during "leaf peeping" season. We also want to have a civil union ceremony during the trip. I envision a Wednesday through Sunday trip. Get "civil unioned" on Friday. Enjoy the scenery via picnics, daytrips, etc. Given this will be her first major trip, I want to spoil her and provide her with great accommodations. I'm thinking a great room, king bed, Jacuzzi/garden tub, nestled in the midst of great scenery. Can you suggest a particular place. We'll need to "rustle up" some witnesses for the ceremony but, I don't anticipate that being a problem. I will want to order a small wedding cake, champagne for the room, etc. I'm bringing a digital camera but, will want some help with a few wedding day pictures. I am thinking a small/medium inn attentive to details. Price is not an issue. Can you assist? Lori
Hall Hi Lori, Congratulations! I had to reply to this right away because this is so easy! There
is a great lesbian retreat in New Hampshire called The Highlands
Inn. The owner's name is Grace and if you call her and tell her what is going on AND that you heard about them from LezBeOut.com (they may give you a discounted rate... some of our advertised resorts are known to do that) she should be more than happy to help you. They are experts in these things. Would you do us a great favor? And let us know how your experience went. We would love to hear about your adventure and your experience with Highlands Inn. Good luck....
Dear LBO, God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve or Rosie and whoever. I am so sorry that you will spend eternity in hell. Because that is exactly where you are going. Shock TV never did interest me or most Americans. Phylis Still, Dear Phylis, Did God come down and give you a badge allowing you to judge in his name? When did you get permission to commit that sin? My relationship as any other LBO Members relationship with God is simply between God and myself and is none of your business. I am sorry that you feel threatened by loving relationships that are too outside your simple minded way of thinking. We truly hope the best for you and hold no grudges against your opinions. LBO Hi--
Hi Di, What a terrific story! Congratulations! We would love to publish an article of yours and Thank you for the kind words. LBO
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