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Latest comment: 13 years ago by Smilesofasummernight in topic Small stir in teapot: Intro

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Small stir in teapot: Intro

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The introduction currently states that Sean Mathias "was named one of the 101 most influential homosexual people in Britain", per The Independent on Sunday. The text from that source refers to the "gays and lesbians" who make up the list of influential people, but this is, of course, when denoting the whole group - which contains gays and lesbians. In its entry for Sean Mathias, he is not described by any particular term since it is obvious, through his inclusion in the list, that he is gay. Now, while homosexual women are labeled as "gay" and/or "lesbian", it would be rather difficult to locate a description of a homosexual male as being "gay" or "lesbian"! And the sentence begins with the pronoun "He", so the words that follow are about the subject, not the whole lot. The sentence, as currently written, is linguistically messy. We must change it to read either "He was named one of the 101 most influential homosexual people", or "He was included in the list of the 101 most influential gay and lesbian people". I changed it to the latter, to seek some middle ground with editors who prefer to retain the sentence as it currently is. -The Gnome (talk) 09:40, 15 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

I don't believe it presented the problem that you believe it did, but I have no problem with the latter wording that you've used. –Roscelese (talk contribs) 17:05, 15 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

I have removed one word -- "only"; the play in question is said to be O´Brien´s only one. But she has as a matter of fact also written a play called "Virginia", on Virginia Woolf. It was published in 1981 by The Hogarth Press. Smilesofasummernight (talk) 13:22, 25 October 2012 (UTC)Reply