They don't mention her being gay. Just name her partner as Tam ...
which could be, to me, either gender
Maybe that's how it should be. I don't mean hiding it; but not making
anything of it.
When I heard of her death on the radio, they went through some of the
things she had done; and even by the standards of astronauts I have heard
about it sounded pretty impressive.
I heard it just after an item on a Ukrainian tv show called WOMEN'S LOGIC.
So the achievement part, iterated without sneers, was welcome; though 61
is a poor age to die.
L
On Tue, July 24, 2012 10:32, Max Richards wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/07/24/science/20120724_RIDE.html?nl
> =todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120724
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> On 24/07/2012, at 6:03 PM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
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>> she's dead, Chris
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>> L
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>> On Tue, July 24, 2012 09:34, Chris Jones wrote:
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>>> I have just heard that the first USA woman to fly into space was a
>>> lesbian with a long term partner.
>>>
>>> Yipppeee! No stopping us queers.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> Lawrence Upton
>> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
>> Goldsmiths, University of London
>> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
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Goldsmiths, University of London
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