Gay middle-earthlings? (reader forum).
In "The Gay Guide to Middle-earth Guide to Middle-earth may mean: - A Guide to Middle-earth, ed. Robert Foster, 1971
- The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, (revised and expanded) ed. Robert Foster, 1978
" [December 25] you
mention queer-friendly themes in The Lord of the Rings, but you forgot
cross-dressing. You'll have to wait until the next installment of
Rings to see Eowyn, daughter of King Theoden of Rohan, who, because
women aren't allowed to fight, goes into battle as a male.
There's a special significance to her role, but I won't give
it away. She's also the only woman in the whole trilogy A company founded in 1979 by Gene Amdahl to commercialize wafer scale integration and build supercomputers. It raised a quarter of a billion dollars, the largest startup funding in history, but could not create its 2.5" superchip. who goes
off to battle. Unless, of course, you count Sam.
Erin Grooms, Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816.
Just because Frodo and Samwise kiss, it really, really, really
doesn't mean they are gay. Trying to make everything on the planet
have a hidden gay message is kinda Adv. 1. kinda - to some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy"
kind of, sort of, rather sad. Be gay and be happy, but
don't be so silly.
Jason Shrader, Fuquay-Varina, N.C.
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