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    <title>Gaia: LGBT Sanctum - Introductions - First Post</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:29:16 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Gaia: LGBT Sanctum - Introductions - First Post</description>
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      <title>Intro</title>
      <author>http://theshire74.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:29:16 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      Hello all!&amp;nbsp; I am Chris, a 34 year old lesbian west of Chicago, IL.&amp;nbsp; I have recently returned to college after a long, long time and in a tiny little city so far removed it&amp;#39;s not even a suburb.&amp;nbsp; :)&amp;nbsp; Although I grew up in a community similar to this, let me tell you that progressive is NOT its middle name.&amp;nbsp; It&amp;#39;s enough of a shock to be back in college but to also be in such a small community where I am now an alien again is really mind blowing.&amp;nbsp; I think I have forgotten, blissfully, the narrow minds you can come across sometimes in smaller communities.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;m so used to being in Chicago and not thinking twice about looking too dykey or wondering about what people think.&amp;nbsp; It&amp;#39;s so rare in the city to even come across people who give two hoots who&amp;nbsp;or what I am.&amp;nbsp; It has been a difficult transition back into a world where I&amp;#39;m an oddity and a bit of an outcast.&amp;nbsp; Although, on the bright side, I&amp;#39;m not outed as often as you would think.&amp;nbsp; Luckily looking &amp;quot;rural&amp;quot; is an awful lot like looking &amp;quot;dykey&amp;quot;!!!&amp;nbsp; :)&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;At any rate, I&amp;#39;m happy to be part of our little pod and I hope we all continue to spread the word about the community and the pod to everyone we know.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;d love to see this community grow like crazy.&amp;nbsp; I think it is a wonderful outlet for human expression.&amp;nbsp; I look forward to talking with you all! &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>First Post</title>
      <author>http://stanislav.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Stas</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2006:Gaia-74325</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:48:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/lgbt/conversations/view/74325</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      Hello, my name is Stanislav and I decided to open this Pod for everyone to participate in. &lt;br /&gt;My life as a gay man began not too long ago. I came out to my family and currently live with my partner in Sausalito,California. &lt;br /&gt;I joined Zaads not too long ago and immediately fell in love with it. I found it wonderful that there can be so many like minded people in this world.&lt;br /&gt;After looking at various Pods, I found that there are no LGBT specific Pods, aside from &amp;quot;Gay Spirituality&amp;quot;, which is a gem of a discussion group. What is needed is a Pod for everyone to gather and discuss current happenings and try and help each-other grow. I hope ever-one feels free to express themselves and help me improve this community.  &lt;/p&gt;

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