LGBT G&S

Sep 02, 2006 13:41

It's such a pity Gilbert never had chance to introduce queer relationship complications into his operas. Some time ago now, somebody (possibly
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foreverdirt September 2 2006, 13:21:10 UTC
*adores you*

I now have a big grin on my face, and suspect I'll be humming this to myself all afternoon...

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darwinian_woman September 2 2006, 15:12:02 UTC
*grin*

Glad you liked it. Must write more G&S slash.... :)

*huggles*

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mi_guida September 2 2006, 14:14:35 UTC
'Tis wonderous! Yay for you.

Oh, before I forget, don't know if this is of any interest to you (the text of the ruling is here), but guessed you probably wouldn't have seen it. I'm not sure what the state of the UK/EU Human Rights law is, but I'm tempted to have a look at the wording to see.

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darwinian_woman September 2 2006, 15:09:48 UTC
Ooh, that is interesting, thank you. I'm impressed with the article for getting the pronouns right, too. :)

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mi_guida September 2 2006, 16:47:28 UTC
No problem. If I see anything else I'll throw it your direction :) (especially if it gets the pronouns right!)

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darwinian_woman September 3 2006, 10:43:43 UTC
Thanks hon :)

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dyddgu September 2 2006, 15:51:04 UTC
*falls about*
Excellent! (though I actually can't remember the tune, for shame to me).

knirirr just spoke to me whilst I was reading this, and happened to fall into the same metre! He said

"A religious agitator
Just before the Civil War..."

!!

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darwinian_woman September 3 2006, 11:01:21 UTC
knirirr just spoke to me whilst I was reading this, and happened to fall into the same metre! He said

"A religious agitator
Just before the Civil War..."

Hehe! :)

I'm sure Gilbert wrote a play in which a tyrannical monarch forced everybody to speak in iambic pentameter... might have been "His Excellency"... (we had a similar device in "The Wrong Princess" last Hilary, too).

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anotherusedpage September 3 2006, 13:41:48 UTC
*ear to ear grin*

Enforced polygamiiiiiiigh!

*hums merrily*

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darwinian_woman September 3 2006, 13:45:45 UTC
:D

*hugs*

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anotherusedpage November 15 2006, 10:15:30 UTC
Can I pass this on to someone?

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darwinian_woman November 15 2006, 11:52:04 UTC
Yay, feel free :)

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