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Your roots are showing. (Digital Queeries).


For the 10th year in a row, the orgnizers of Manhattan's St. Patrick's St. Patrick's or Saint Patrick's may refer to:
  • Saint Patrick's Day, named after the saint
  • St. Patrick's Purgatory, an ancient pilgrimage in Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland
 Day parade are barring New York's Irish Lesbian and Gay Association from participating. ILGA's perseverance proves that ethnic pride isn't just for straight people anymore. If your ethnic background means as much to you as your sexual orientation sexual orientation
n.
The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces.
, the Internet can help you learn more about your lineage and connect you to other gay people who share your heritage. Most large cities have groups for gay Asians, Latinos, and African-Americans, among others; find the one nearest you via the directory at http://www.dv-8.com/ resources/us/local/multicultural.html.

Some groups have established online magazines, like http://www.gay blackfemale.com/, for African-American lesbians, and http://www.qv magazine.com/, for gay Latinos. Other communities are just starting to show themselves--Indian gay men are organized at http://www.geocities.com/ WestHollywood/Castro/9668/, while http://www.gapsn.org/ is a site for gay Asian-Americans to network, and GLBT GLBT Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered  Native Americans can find other kindred spirits Kindred Spirits may refer to:
  • A painting by Asher Durand, 1849, see Kindred Spirits (painting)
  • A fantasy novel set in the Dragonlance universe, by Mark Anthony and Ellen Porathnovel, see Kindred Spirits (novel)
Kindred Spirit (singular) may refer to:
     at http://sacred circles2000.homestead.com/files/default, html. A little surfing plus using a good wide-ranging search engine like http://www.google.com can help you find your people.

    Another way to connect with your background is to research your family tree. Genealogy.com lets you search dozens of libraries, including a link to records from Ellis Island Ellis Island, island, c.27 acres (10.9 hectares), in Upper New York Bay, SW of Manhattan island. Government-controlled since 1808, it was long the site of an arsenal and a fort, but most famously served (1892–1954) as the chief immigration station of the United , birth and death records, and U.S. Census data going back to 1900. You'll find more genealogy resources and links at genhomepage.com too.

    A fun way to honor your heritage is to learn how to make traditional meals. Consult the ethnic recipes archive at http://www.recipesource.com/ ethnic/ for thousands of dishes from all over the globe. Don't miss the Eskimo recipe for oogruk flippers n. 1. A type of shoe with a paddle-like front extending well beyond the end of the toe, used an aid in swimming (especially underwater). !

    QUICK HITS

    * Check out the online journal of a gay teen living in a rural community at http://www.broder13.com/.

    * And you thought your mom was embarrassing, Jacqueline Stallone, TV physic phys·ic
    n.
    A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic.



    physic

    1. the art of medicine and therapeutics.

    2. a medicine, especially a cathartic. See also purging ball.
     and mom to Sylvester, now offers rumpology--your future predicted according to the folds of your fanny; http://www.jacquelinestallone.com/
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    Author:Mueller, Eric
    Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
    Article Type:Brief Article
    Geographic Code:1USA
    Date:Mar 19, 2002
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