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Post by Enn on Jun 30, 2010 15:56:35 GMT -5
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, ASEXUAL GROUP ... and questioning and intersex and supporters and curious and everything else that comes in this general area! Hey all! I figured we have quite a few LGBT forumers here, so it'd be nice to have a place where we can all come and chat, talk about various news, ask and answer questions, that sort of thing. Obviously you don't have to be LGBT to post or join the group! It's just like a central hub. Major debates should probably still go in Discussions and Debates, but for the most part discussions and talks about gay topics can hang out here. Below is a Group List- this is a list of people who want to publicly 'sign up' to the group, although you don't have to do that to talk here! If you want to do that just say and I'll add you to the list, and whenther you'd be up for people PMing you if they want to talk about this sort of subject with someone specific. Also if you want to post anonymously for whatever reason, that's also superfine! The mods will absolutely not out you if you're not out yet, although standard forum rules apply. So if you have any gay news you wanna discuss, or just ask questions or share personal experiences, go for it! <3
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Post by Enn on Jun 30, 2010 15:57:30 GMT -5
LGBTA GROUP LIST June 2020: This is weird after like so many years but it feels weird now to make a roster of LGBTQ+ people. And also most of the people on this list were inactive anyway. I hope everyone's doing great. This year has been a Lot and it's only half done. I'm sending you all my love.
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Post by Fj0rd on Jun 30, 2010 16:31:17 GMT -5
Ooh! Ooh! I wanna be a gay Time Lord! ^________^
...actually I'm not sure how the Time Lord bit is relevant, but, you know what, Time Lords are always relevant.
But yeah. I think this is cool. Maybe part of the Group List can be if people are up for talking to people on PM or whatever about LGBT stuff? I would be okay with that.
And on the thread, if people are uncertain/don't want to out themselves, guest-posting is always an option and mods aren't going to out you. (Although you are always responsible for what you post, forum rules still apply, etc.) I came out on the NTWF, um, years ago now (and I've been out to family/friends for pretty much equally long) but I know that not everyone is in a place where they want to or can do that.
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Post by Enn on Jun 30, 2010 16:38:27 GMT -5
I've updated the first post with your suggestions Fj0rd :3 Since you have good ideas and TIME LORDS. I've also added you to the list <3 If you want me to take down the label by your name or change it or whatever just say. I'm not sure labels like that are a good idea for the list. It might help is someone wants to talk specifically to a bisexual, say... but it's also a little weird for me. I think. ;; I can't tell yet.
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Post by Lizzie on Jun 30, 2010 16:41:35 GMT -5
It would be good for reference and all... I'm bi, btw. Soyeah. I'm up for this group.
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Post by Enn on Jun 30, 2010 17:43:23 GMT -5
It would be good for reference and all... I'm bi, btw. Soyeah. I'm up for this group. <3 I've added you to the list Candy!
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Post by Fj0rd on Jun 30, 2010 17:56:02 GMT -5
I've updated the first post with your suggestions Fj0rd :3 Since you have good ideas and TIME LORDS. I've also added you to the list <3 If you want me to take down the label by your name or change it or whatever just say. I'm not sure labels like that are a good idea for the list. It might help is someone wants to talk specifically to a bisexual, say... but it's also a little weird for me. I think. ;; I can't tell yet. Yeah, it's hard to say right now, I guess? I mean, I kind of like the idea of Declaring Myself but at the same time reducing people to one word is a little uncomfortable, even if they get to choose it themselves. (Like, I have this whole group of words that relate to my identity--I tend to use "queer" for the whole spectrum of not-straight and also not-cisgendered, and identify as a queer person but also more specifically as a gay female cisgendered person, and if someone asks me in Official Survey Capacity for statistics I say "lesbian", because if I say gay they'll think I'm male. But I don't like how "lesbian" is usually a noun--I like to define myself with mostly adjectives and only use, like, 'writer' or 'person' at the end for a noun.) ...la. Identity politics. If we keep the labels I want to be gay. And maybe cisgendered? And I guess female, because otherwise people might get confused. Though that all seems a bit clunky for a list. So, um, I'm not sure if I ended up for or against. >.> But.
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Post by Enn on Jun 30, 2010 18:14:35 GMT -5
Until we figure it out I've added those labels- three words doesn't seem too clunky for a list! It still seems weird to me though. Assigning labels can be an extremely stupid thing to do, but it might also be helpful here so people can talk to similar people? Anyone else got a view on it? <3 PIPE UP
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Post by Gav on Jul 1, 2010 5:58:43 GMT -5
You know what I am Nickynick. ;D
And hmm. Is 'gay supporting time lord' meaning a gay supporting a time lord, or a time lord supporting gay? =o
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2010 6:11:03 GMT -5
Now I have mental images of the Doctor waving a banner at Gay Pride. xDDDDDD Awesome and epic. Anywho, I'll be lurking. And possibly snogging Nicknick in the closet over there, since it is my habit to do so every time I see him. I hope he doesn't mind. *lurks in closet*
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Post by Celestial on Jul 1, 2010 17:20:34 GMT -5
Now I have mental images of the Doctor waving a banner at Gay Pride. xDDDDDD Awesome and epic. Anywho, I'll be lurking. And possibly snogging Nicknick in the closet over there, since it is my habit to do so every time I see him. I hope he doesn't mind. *lurks in closet* >> I must resist trying to 'shop that when I get home. I really, really must. And must also resist having Captain Jack in the background.Anyway, I'll be lurking too, since I'm not sure yet of what I am. Also, this is an excellent idea which has not been put into action for too long. ^^
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Post by Shadaras on Jul 1, 2010 23:26:32 GMT -5
See, I'm more just impressed this is the first time I can remember a thread like this popping up. xD
And I have no clue what to call myself anymore, though queer always works. =D Pansexual, I suppose, but that's me being me, because I would normally say bisexual, but that's mostly 'cause then I don't need to explain to people what I mean. And if we're going with everything I tend to term myself... androgynous (though bigender is probably more correct, androgynous is what I'd call myself). So. Yes. Someday I'll probably narrow things down better than this, but I doubt it'll be soon.
And Sarn, that is an awesome mental image. ^_^
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Post by Fj0rd on Jul 2, 2010 6:53:03 GMT -5
This past year, one of my college friends 'shopped a quote-unquote flaming Balrog.
...mm. I think I will leave it at that. XD
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Post by Enn on Jul 2, 2010 7:26:55 GMT -5
I've taken down the labels from the list, since there are way too many aspects of a person, even a person's sexuality, to condense into a few words <3 And that's really awesome! If you wanna post here about what you consider yourself to be then that's cool. :3 If people need someone to PM and talk to they can at least tell a person's gender and check for posts like that here to figure out who'd be best? <3 I've added Gav and Ciel, and for now left of those who are in lurking status If I added or didn't add anyone I should have not added or added (@_@; then just saaaay. Oh yeah, and outright say if you're happy to be PM'd and I'll add that to the list :3 Now I have mental images of the Doctor waving a banner at Gay Pride. xDDDDDD Awesome and epic. Anywho, I'll be lurking. And possibly snogging Nicknick in the closet over there, since it is my habit to do so every time I see him. I hope he doesn't mind. *lurks in closet* <3 I don't mind, but I'm pretty sure if we're getting people to go into closets, this thread is doing something wrong. You know what I am Nickynick. ;D And hmm. Is 'gay supporting time lord' meaning a gay supporting a time lord, or a time lord supporting gay? =o The 11th Doctor was on the front of Gay Times recently? TAKE FROM THAT WHAT YOU WILL This past year, one of my college friends 'shopped a quote-unquote flaming Balrog. ...mm. I think I will leave it at that. XD ;____; You can't leave it like that! SHOW US.
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Post by Enn on Jul 2, 2010 8:04:28 GMT -5
We'll totally listen to you Candy C: And I've added your PM thing to the list.
xD On that scale I think I'd be... 25/75. Which... doesn't exist on that scale but I sorta come between 30/70 and 20/80.
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