Defining "Queer" (or, having a change in admin can be a pain!) (the conclusion)
I'm putting this in a separate post so people don't have to sift through the comments to see the outcome...
First, lots and lots of thanks go to the person who brought the topic up with me via PM. It's definitely not easy to say, "Hey, I disagree," especially to someone who's got the admin privileges. It's quite clear from the discussion that resulted that a lot of people would have been unhappy with things if this person hadn't spoken up. So, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Second, what this community's about should be what the people in this community think it should be about. What I've seen in the comments is a very clear vote that this community is about being non-heterosexual and/or non-cisgendered. It might be an interesting topic to consider other relationships and identities that society doesn't accept, but it's beyond the premise of this community. Those sorts of things can be the exception, not the rule.
So, I've managed to drag us all around a huge discussion just to end up where we started. Sorry about that! Thanks for bearing with me, and thanks for all the really thoughtful responses!
(Too much reality... need fiction!)
First, lots and lots of thanks go to the person who brought the topic up with me via PM. It's definitely not easy to say, "Hey, I disagree," especially to someone who's got the admin privileges. It's quite clear from the discussion that resulted that a lot of people would have been unhappy with things if this person hadn't spoken up. So, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Second, what this community's about should be what the people in this community think it should be about. What I've seen in the comments is a very clear vote that this community is about being non-heterosexual and/or non-cisgendered. It might be an interesting topic to consider other relationships and identities that society doesn't accept, but it's beyond the premise of this community. Those sorts of things can be the exception, not the rule.
So, I've managed to drag us all around a huge discussion just to end up where we started. Sorry about that! Thanks for bearing with me, and thanks for all the really thoughtful responses!
(Too much reality... need fiction!)