it wasn t just institutionalized people who were sterilized. they reached into people s homes by social workers recommending people to be sterilized. but in fact, 30 states had eugenic sterilization laws on the books, and 63,000 people in the 20th century were sterilized on the grounds that they were mentally defective, that they were promiscuous, that it would be better for the human race if they didn t reproduce. elizabeth, you are representing folks that are trying to qualify for this program. is it difficult to do that? difficult? it s difficult, yes. it s difficult to hear the stories and know that only a few of them will be eligible for compensation under this program. why is the eligibility limited? well, the eligibility is limited to those people who were sterilized under the authority of the eugenics board of north carolina.
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bad things that kids shouldn t watch. you think he s hot? i think he s cute. i love watching the women cry. if he said promiscuous, that might be offensive as well. the topic of discussion among gays when there s a parade that will occur in new york or san francisco, is a perception of extroverted behavior about gays. he might have been talking about that. who knows what he was talking about? i have a feeling he may have been talking about more the extroverted displays of behavior, which raises a question i wonder. do gays want to be as boring as straights. the outlier, outlaw status, keep the equality, is also alluring and also fun and maybe they should say, yes, so what? but finally, what he said was impulsive. it wasn t malicious. it wasn t planned. there is a difference between those two things. and dana, clearly english is not his first language. cut him slack? the language of love knows no