h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'd love to lend a hand.

Hurrah! I'm so very happy that you want to help. I'll pop by momentarily.

Cupid Stunt, I apologize. I was so excited about getting a Sub-Editor that I didn't notice at first that you had also volunteered. Hurrah! I'm very glad you have.

There are a couple of things you could do. You could look over the entries in the project and make comments and/or suggestions about them. This is actually very helpful, as I want them to be fair and accurate as much as possible.

You could also, if you wanted, make your own entry and add it to the project. When I look over my original list, the only subject I really haven't covered is Transsexuality/Transgenderism. I trust myself enough on that topic to write an entry on it, I guess. It's possible you can imagine another topic it might be useful to cover.

No matter what you do, I'll very much appreciate your offer to help. Thanks!

I meant that I *don't* trust myself enough to cover that topic. Pardon my bad typing.

PS - I think DD may have an article up his sleeve for you as well... If he ever gets around to writing it!

FC

Woohoo!

DD can now confirm that he is commissioned to do an article, about the trials and tribulations suffered due to 'Going back in'. His agent said earlier that this would be a direct follow on from the article based on 'Coming Out'.

Told you I could twist his arm Fraggi!



oooww!!! You can let go now babe, I need that hand for typing please.

Awesome, FC. It will be very interesting to have a companion article. I for one wasn't sure how to handle the etiquette of being Gone Back In to. Perhaps I'll get a chance to learn something!

Please ask DD to let me know once he's gotten started, so I can add it to the project page.

I'll have a butchers and get back to you.

I think you have some of these, but I got this email a while ago, and thought it was hilarious.

1. What do you think caused your heterosexuality?
2. When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?
3. Is it possible your heterosexuality is just a phase you might grow
out
of?
4. Is it possible your heterosexuality stems from a neurotic fear of
other
of the same sex?
5. If you've never slept with a person of the same sex and enjoyed it,
is it
possible that all you need is a good same-sex lover?
6. To whom have you disclosed your heterosexual tendencies? How did
they
react?
7. Why do you heterosexuals feel compelled to seduce others into your
lifestyle?
8. Why do you insist on flaunting your heterosexuality? Can't you just
be
what you are and keep it quiet?
9. Would you want your children to be heterosexual knowing the problems
they
would have?
10. The majority of child molesters are heterosexual. Do you consider
it
safe to expose your children to heterosexual teachers?
11. Even with all the societal support marriage receives, the divorce
rate
is spiraling. Why are there so few stable relationships among
heterosexuals?
12. Why do heterosexuals place so much emphasis on sex?
13. Considering the menace of overpopulation, how could the human race
survive if everyone was heterosexual like you?
14. Could you trust a heterosexual therapist to be objective? Don't you
fear
he/she might be inclined to influence you in the direction of his/her
leaning?
15. How can you become a whole person if you limit yourself to
compulsive,
exclusive heterosexuality? Shouldn't you at least try to develop your
natural, healthy homosexual potential?
16. There seems to be very few happy heterosexuals. Techniques have
been
developed to help you change if you really want to. Have you considered
aversion therapy?

Believe it or not, I wrote my questions from scratch. I was part of an outreach group at a college in the Southern US, and I vaguely remembered a conversation about how funny it would be if we got to ask the straight students questions as part of our class presentation. So I made a few based on my research so far and the question I used above.

I'm worried that if I use your additional questions, this will represent a copyright violation. h2g2 is very twitchy about that, and it could be some well-known speaker is responsible for their origin.

It's from my frinds in Canada. Would you like me to try and ask his permission? I think he'll be fine with it. Unless he plagiarised them...

I did a quick search online, just to be on the safe side. Forwarded emails often get archived online.

I found the same questions over and over again. So your friend didn't write them. In some cases, the questions are some of 25 attributed to Martin Rochin, Ph.D. I don't see any way to contact him.

Am I in trouble for putting them in the forum now...

*whimpers*

Er... no. You didn't know you were doing anything wrong! You're not going the get in trouble, though it is possible a Moderator may later go back and remove the post that had the questions in.

I appreciate your comments in any case. Thanks for being enthusiastic and trying to help!

Just FYI, this project is going into its final stages. I've completed all my entries. Daroo's has been done for a while. Demon Drawer has decided to contribute an entry too, but I doubt he will take a long time about it.

If you would like to look over anything and make constructive comments, now is the time. If you wait too much longer, your comments may not be seen before Fashion Cat does her job Sub-Editing the entries. If you can think of anything missing, now is also the time to mention it.

Thanks to everyone who has offered comments, supports, or their own entries. I really appreciate it!

Fragilis, this is amazing! Your project has gotten simultaneously huge and fantastic. The Coming Out section is really great - I kind of wish I'd had it to read when I was first coming out.

Well done!

Thanks, Daroo. I think your entry is a wonderful contribution too. It's really balanced and well-written. Group !