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Poke a Bigot in the Eye: Romance Writers Association

Feb 04, 2012 22:17

Romance Writers Association has officially come out as homophobic and discriminatory, banning same-sex romances from their contest. Okay, anyone who makes a contest can make up the rules for it. But it's more than a little counterproductive for a genre based organization to cut out part of its own content, just because it makes some people " ( Read more... )

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fayanora February 5 2012, 04:50:37 UTC

You have a number of "[Unknown LJ tag]"s showing up in this entry. At least five, by my count.

Yes... ysabetwordsmith February 5 2012, 05:30:02 UTC

Sorry about that. Those are Dreamwidth user tags, not LJ ones. Sometimes they transfer fine and other times they crash like that; I don't know why.

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Thank you! ysabetwordsmith February 5 2012, 06:24:44 UTC

Your folding vote for tolerance is much appreciated.

Perfect icon, too!

Yay! ysabetwordsmith February 5 2012, 07:32:48 UTC

There are now 10 new verses in " The Morose Mascot," in which the lesbian heras Aldornia and Zenobia are protecting Horace the porcupine from his former mistress.

Ugh ideealisme February 5 2012, 15:12:55 UTC

Tweeted the link you provided. Barely clicked send and to my surprise it's being RT'ed like wildfire. People are hopping mad and I'm not surprised. "Uncomfortable" - that just gives me the shivers right down to the bone.

Re: Ugh ysabetwordsmith February 5 2012, 18:52:05 UTC

Yay! I'm glad that the discussion is attracting so much attention. Might you be willing to tweet this post too? Or any of the petitions and other actions? It's helpful to give people ideas on how to respond to the offense.

lb_lee February 6 2012, 16:28:36 UTC

I love that you exist.

And sorry for dropping off the face of the planet while discussing donating to you; my health really, REALLY hates me right now.

Also FUCK YEAH TJ & AMAL

--Rogan

Thank you! ysabetwordsmith February 7 2012, 06:44:09 UTC

>>I love that you exist.<<

Aww, that's so sweet! *hugs*

>>And sorry for dropping off the face of the planet while discussing donating to you; my health really, REALLY hates me right now.<<

It's okay. When the body is the battleground, everything else tends to get swept off the field.

>>Also FUCK YEAH TJ & AMAL<<

They really are adorable together.