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Re: female Brothers

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aphrael)
Mon Oct 3 11:25:43 1994

Date:         Mon, 3 Oct 1994 11:23:12 EST
Reply-To: Aphrael <LBELZER@SBU.EDU>
From: Aphrael <LBELZER@SBU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L%PURCCVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>

>What do the female members prefer?  I hate offending people.

Myself, I prefer "brother," because, to me, brotherhood in Alpha Phi
Omega transcends gender lines.  It's just a convenient label to put
on a concept that, to me, transcends labels.

-Lyn Belzer
lbelzer@sbu.edu


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