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My intention in asking the question is directed more to the fact that gay,
lesbian, and bisexual (glb) students for the most part remain invisible.  I do n
ot
mean to suggest that a professor ought to play some sort of guessing game as
to the sexual identitites of his/her students.  Rather, I am trying to examine
whether or not professors perceive having glbs in their classes (a suprising
number of people in this world don't believe they know any glbs).  If these
students are in our classes to what extent, then, do we have a responsibility
to deal with their issues (give them a voice, etc.).  Clearly, in the case of
most other non-dominant groups, it is fairly clear.  That is, we can tell if a
student is a woman, we can tell if a student is African American, and so on.

Again, my purpose is not to offend.  I certainly agree that a students's
sexual identity should *not* make any difference in the way we treat our
students -- I am all for equal treatment of students.  Unfortunately, this is
not generally the case for glb students.  (I would be more than happy to
provide some personal testimony, but I don't think that would be either
necessary, or even appropriate.)

Tony Slagle

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