Gay games

Looks at homosexuality. Hasbians; Nubians.
By PT Staff, published on January 01, 1996

First homosexuality was dipathologized. Now sexual preference is becoming analtogether fluid phenomenon.

Therapists on the front lines of relationship issues report that they're seeing many well-functioning people shifting smoothly from homosexual couplings to heterosexual ones--and vice versa. Of course, it's already old news that lesbian pairings are a rite of passage on college campuses.

A whole new lexicon is a -minting to catch the ebb and flow of gender preferences. The newest term for former lesbians now in heterosexual relationships is "hasbians." Which prompts us to wonder: shouldn't formerly heterosexual females now in lesbian relationships be called "nubians"?

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