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Well, in terms of the 'politically correct', by which I think you probably mean 'liberals' etc, it was actually feminists who changed the 'best kept old fashioned' tradition of treating rape victims as if they were the real criminals. Historically, on this continent and in Europe, raped women...

Your bigotry doesn't upset me as much as it makes me pity you. Just because gay men were initially among those most vulnerable to AIDS, does not mean that they caused it or are even really to blame for its spread. To this day there is not adequate safe sex education for men who sleep with...

You're right LMM, we do actually learn quite a bit about how ASL works and how to 'translate' second language English for called parties who don't understand. Operators who have second or third language skills tend to have more understanding because we know what its like to try and negotiate...

Thanks for the welcome folks. guido- relay operator is a term for hearing people who help deaf or hoh people talk on the phone with hearing people. We read text out to hearing people and type their responses. In most states relay service is 711. rdc- I live in Montreal but I was actually...

Thanks VamPyrox. I have to say that I do understand how you feel in terms of people being impatient- often a called party who isnt used to relay gets upset about waiting a moment or two and I have to explain to them that some devices take a few seconds before we see new text. We do follow rules...

First of all, I find it really interesting that it is always assumed by heterosexuals that all lesbians are ugly and all gay men are hot- this is nonsense and I take offense as a lesbian. Secondly, one of the reasons that we hear more about gay bashings of men is that men are more visible in...

Actually, Black and White blood was gathered separately in the US until the second world war, and it raises an interesting point to look back on the ridiculousness of that decision. I am a blood donor, and as a lesbian I am not disqualified because in Canada any woman can give blood as long as...

I understand that you don't know what that term means because the terms change as time goes on. Shemales and other words used to be common but today people use transgender and transsexual to mean people who have genders that stray from the mainstream. We must remember that there is a difference...

perhaps some people might be interested to know that a certain web based relay service in Canada is EXTREMELY gay-friendly, at least 1/3 of operators are openly gay and lesbian... I don't buy Coors beer because they are homophobic, if anyone has bad experiences with homophobic relay operators...

Outside the bigger cities we get teased and harassed all the time. Whenever I walk down the street holding hands with a girlfriend I get yelled at by men in cars. Once a guy put a lit cigarette out on my face after yelling dyke at me and I had to knee him in the crotch and run away... the...

Hi, I'm a relay operator dealing with the US and because I haven't seen a thread here for this I'd like to offer that if anyone who uses relay has anything they'd like to ask or tell relay operators, that would be really helpful. Let me add: I DO NOT WANT ANOTHER THREAD FOR OPERATORS TO WHINE...

here's something the police may not be aware of: relay operators dial out thousands of prank calls every day, because many hearing people who don't need the service like to abuse it to play stupid games. As relay operators we are not allowed to disconnect prank calls, which is obviously...

i know this was mentioned a while ago but I thought I'd comment because I am a Canadian relay operator who does calls for an American company [ i am not allowed to say which one but I'll hint that it has been mentioned in this thread] We do internet relay because American companies don't have to...

The trouble with this question is that it involves the workplace; because you can't resist or defend yourself, let alone tell these people off, when you're at work as you normally would. Though I'm a 'hearie' I've worked in places where I've been discriminated against by customers because I'm a...

Hi, I heard about this forum while looking up the National Association for the Deaf and wanted to check in with how you guys feel about hearing people joining, and particularly relay operators. While I like to think I get along well with my callers and that they are happy with my service I do...