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I ask here for help to deal with problematic revertations of user Vigilius4: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=LGBT_parenting&action=history -- Destinero ( talk) 05:37, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Can someone take a look at this article and see if the transgender issues are being handled appropriately. Thanks! Active Banana ( talk) 03:19, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Hey folks -
I attempted to do an expnded entry to Laura Antoniou's entry, but was denied because of my personal relationship with the author. Because she is of interest to this group, I'm wondering if anyone here would like to take a look through the entry's editing history (which includes extensive references), and take their own shot at it? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by VivianSinclair ( talk • contribs) 21:38, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
I also wanted to note that the Marketplace series is the longest running series of novels featuring a transman as the main character. VivianSinclair ( talk) 18:07, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
A GA Review of the Dusty Springfield article for which this project has a talkpage tag has started and is on hold to allow improvements to be made. Please go to Talk:Dusty Springfield/GA1 to see fuller comments. Regards SilkTork * YES! 21:37, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
I do not understand the process or the documentation needed to place someone in the LGBT category. For instance, I was surprised to see Douglas Coupland, Canadian writer, listed in the Gay Writers / Gay artists etc. category. I have never seen a public reference to Coupland as gay, nor does the article Douglas Coupland make any reference to his sexual orientation. I am not particularly disputing whether Coupland is gay or queer, just failing to understand what is the standard for including someone in this category. —Preceding unsigned comment added by VanArtGuy ( talk • contribs) 17:36, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
Hullo all, bit of a kerfuffle at the Tom Hardy article about an alleged interview he gave in Attitude in which revelations about his sexuality were allegedly divulged. It was apparently published in the December 2008 issue, around the time of the release of RockNRolla, but we haven't been able to verify this; might any of you have a copy you could check? Ta, Skomorokh 23:49, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
There are many problems with Tobit2 vandalism. Please editors see the issue and comment on relevant talk pages. He do a damage to long and hardly developed version of articles about LGBT parenting and adoption. Thank you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Tobit2 -- Destinero ( talk) 18:08, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello,
Marriage privatization has an interesting discussion in it, but it unfortunately does not currently seem to include any gay perspectives. In particular, it might seem that it is an important social goal to apply the name "marriage" and privatization denies that. I'd just like to attract attention to that article in hopes that someone might add more things like this.
Best Regards, Sugar-Baby-Love ( talk) 00:27, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
Currently, there seems to be an organized effort to remove any mention of Bradley Manning's sexuality here. Manning is gay, as confirmed in multiple reliable sources. His disaffection with the military due to the DADT policy is evident from the New York Times story published yesterday. [2] This is a notable factor in the story. Phoenix and Winslow ( talk) 14:51, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Please help to finish - Pink Triangle Park, Gay and Lesbian Memorial Isaac Epstein ( talk) 18:38, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
A user dropped by my talk page to mention that Bruce and Pepper Wayne Gacy's Home Movies is up at AfD. I don't see in the article that the movie is particularly LGBT-related, though the fact that it's a Bruce LaBruce film, I have no doubt that it's at least somewhat related. Just an FYI. -- SatyrTN ( talk / contribs) 21:12, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Please visit and contribute to Template:Crossdressing, newly created. Thank you. Riverstones ( talk) 23:51, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
I am not a member of your WikiProject but I request assistance in the Norbert Basil MacLean III as an editor who is also not in your WikiProject has nearly eraticated all references to the BLP's homosexuality. This is of major concern because if you read a 2003 Navy Times article it states:
The 2003 Navy article can be found at: http://www.navytimes.com/legacy/new/0-NAVYPAPER-2153773.php Not only does the Navy Times mention MacLean's homosexuality in both 1994 and 2003 articles but also the Washington Post does in articles in 1994.
Editing out the BLP's homosexuality in the Wikipedia article is concerning and I wanted to refer the matter to this WikiProject for its review and input.
This same editor also put the article in for a re-assessment from its year long GA-status, then made lots of edits, then re-assessed it on his own after making the edits from a GA to B status, also on his own re-assessed its important status from high to mid and then eventually to low and has now called for it to be rated a C status article. This editor specifically changed this WikiProject's evaluation of it and I don't believe he is a member of your project.
Any help or assistance in reviewing and editing the Norbert Basil MacLean III article from this WikiProject would be most appreciated. ( Mattwashdc ( talk) 23:29, 23 August 2010 (UTC))
List of LGBT politicians from the United Kingdom Hi, this article was mentioned in a thread at BLPN as having content in need of additional citations. The thread at the BLPN is here thanks Off2riorob ( talk) 23:48, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Several of the people listed at Metropolitan Community Church#Notable clergy have recently had their pages deleted for lack of notability. Is there anyone here who can help bolster the remaining pages so that we don't lose more? Thanks, Aristophanes68 ( talk) 06:21, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi, can anyone improve the article Paul Gerhard Vogel, about a German man who was imprisoned by the Nazis for homosexuality? It has just been PRODed. Exploding Boy ( talk) 05:50, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
What happened to the auto-generated new articles list? That was quite useful. Are You The Cow Of Pain? ( talk) 22:25, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
there's have been a proposal to posted to rename the article on Matthew Shepard to Death of Matthew Shepard or Murder of Matthew Shepard. those interested in this topic should make their concerns known here. -- emerson7 05:15, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
It appears from the article and its history page that someone wants to delete National Center for Lesbian Rights, which has been instrumental in the marriage fight in California, among other LGBT lawsuits around the nation. Does anybody want to beef up this article so it doesn't get trashed? Textorus ( talk) 08:42, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Looks like another new editor, Truetalk ( talk · contribs), is trying to assert their POV on a wide range of articles. 69.181.249.92 ( talk) 20:01, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Could you please contribute with your opinion to this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Talk:LGBT_parenting/FAQ Thank you! -- Destinero ( talk) 16:04, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
FROM: Jonathan Ned Katz, OutHistory.org Co-Director
As the founder of the Mediawiki-based OutHistory.org, the free, educational website on LGBT history (U.S. focused for now), I wonder if any of the LGBT Wikipedia editors/writers would like to add their historical Wikipedia entries to OutHistory.org? This would ensure this history even wider distribution.
For example, I would love to include the entry on Henry Gerber and the Society for Human Rights on OutHistory.org, but I don't have the labor power to process this republication, with full credit, of course.
If you would like to contact me, please email me at jnk123@mac.com
Thanks so much. Jonathan( Jnkatz1 ( talk) 17:15, 4 September 2010 (UTC))
As related to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-09-06/News and notes, subsection: "Main page biases?"
Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 22:04, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
To me Category:Gay politicians from the United Kingdom seems to be a duplicate of Category:LGBT politicians from the United Kingdom. Is there any need for a duplicate? I can't see any other ones in Category:LGBT politicians by country. I thought I should ask here before going to Cats for deletion to see if there was any precedence. I only noticed because of the Crispin Blunt story today. Thanks, regards. Woody ( talk) 16:24, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Mário de Andrade for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. JJ98 ( Talk) 07:19, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello, this notice is being posted to notify this WikiProject of a related category. Category:LGBT flags is currently nominated for merging into Category:LGBT symbols and Category:Sexuality flags at WP:CFD. If you would like to take part of the discussion, feel free to drop a comment here. Thank you. — ξ xplicit 07:50, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello people, an editor notified on the talk page that this subject is a transgender person who was a man and now is a woman (since 1998). Add it to your watchlists and please add information! Worromp Warg ( talk) 20:59, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
User:Quaranj made a mistake and deleted some parts regarding her past life but the proof is all here: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/Jordana.html SackettRachel ( talk) 21:18, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
This conflict doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon, so I was wondering if this has come up before in other articles. 1.8.7 is the stage/band name of Jordana LaSesne, formerly Joe laSesne. This is sourced to SPIN and Philadelphia citypaper, but an editor ( Quaranj ( talk · contribs)) claiming to edit on behalf of Ms. LaSense says that she does not want this information to be public in this manner. Is this the sort of thing that can be pulled back per BLP concerns if the subject wishes to, or is the cat already out of the bag? Tarc ( talk) 17:30, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
User:Fences and windows pulled together this list of third party reliable sources [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] about the music industry (village voice, spin, rolling stone etc) and per WP:UNDUE we cover what the reliable sources cover about the subject of the article, and they heavily cover the fact of the gender transition. When claims and content are so public, the desire of the subject (let alone someone claiming to represent the subject) to remove them from the article really plays of little importance when the content meets the general guidelines of WP:V / WP:NPOV / WP:RS. Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Help#Summary_of_major_policies_and_guidelines. Active Banana ( bananaphone 18:00, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Any other thoughts on this as attempts to remove are persisting. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 17:45, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
There is an AFD for The Most Hated Family in America, which is a television documentary film that was written and presented by the BBC's Louis Theroux about the family at the core of the Westboro Baptist Church (info from lede of article).
Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 05:38, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
I'd like to open a discussion to generate consensus over a naming convention for articles about the way the militaries of various countries treat LGBT personnel. There seem to be two options in use. 1) "Sexual orientation and..." as in Sexual orientation and military service and Sexual orientation and the United States military (which I moved first from "LGBT policy in the U.S. military" to "LGBT policy in the United States military" to expand the abbreviation, then to its current name to match Category:Sexual orientation and the United States military). 2) "LGBT policy and..." as in LGBT policy in the Canadian military and LGBT policy in the Military of the Netherlands.
I favor "Sexual orientation and..." because it's broader in scope. There was no formal policy, for instance, in the US military until relatively recently but there's a history there dating back literally to the American Revolution. A strict policy focus would exclude that information whereas the broader scope allows for its inclusion and discussion of the various policies in the article and sub-articles. I also generally believe that it's best to avoid initialisms in article titles because not everyone knows what they mean. Are You The Cow Of Pain? ( talk) 00:34, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
I have just expanded the autoandrophilia namespace into a short article. Autoandrophilia was previously redirecting to autogynephilia. The autoandrophilia article is very short; anyone who can assist with expanding and improving it, please do. Riverstones ( talk) 13:26, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#Witt_v._Department_of_the_Air_Force. -- Cirt ( talk) 21:39, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
Please see [10], a WikiProject tag was removed Talk:Tom Cruise. Thoughts? -- Cirt ( talk) 02:47, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I found:
If anyone needs a source for articles about African-American churches and homosexuality... WhisperToMe ( talk) 06:11, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
A GA Review of the Dusty Springfield article for which this project has a talkpage tag has started and is on hold to allow improvements to be made. Please go to Talk:Dusty Springfield/GA1 to see fuller comments. Regards SilkTork * YES! 21:28, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
I've started an article on Tyler Clementi. It is just a stub now and needs a lot of work, esp. as more news breaks. Please help! Kingturtle ( talk) 11:08, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
This isn't about an article per se (although it might be useful for the article on gay-bashing), but I'm wondering if any groups keep statistics on how often gay-bashings are committed against straight victims. Where might I find this information? Thanks, Aristophanes68 ( talk) 21:12, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
I was reading the page in Wikipedia on male prostitution and I just wanted to add some information. Regarding the history of male-to-male prostitution, in the 18th to the early 19th century there were special Houses of prostitution that were for the benefit of men who wanted to have sex with other men. These Houses were popularly known as "Molly Houses," and the male sex workers were referred to as "Mollys." This is not mentioned in the article, but if anybody is interested, they can read about it in a book entitled "Mother Clap's molly house: the gay subculture in England 1700-1830, author Rictor Norton. Elephant's child ( talk) 02:15, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:LGBT, which is under the purview of this WikiProject, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you.. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 10:00, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
This page mashes up a number of issues, which have their own articles:
It also expands the word sissy as non-pejorative in the transgender community at large, which I'm not sure is correct (the main transgender article doesn't use it, except in a template pointing to this very page), so I decided to ask here. The references in the article are a BDSM feminization page and a gay/ genderqueer essay from a guy who openly declares himself sissy, but those are exactly the two topics that we already have articles about. Tijfo098 ( talk) 12:39, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
I've added an = to the end of my signature in remembrance of the recent tragedies experienced by LGBTQ youth and the struggles faced by LGBTQ people everywhere, and to let those I interact with on Wikipedia that support LGBT issues and I am an ally. Maybe you might do the same. Kingturtle = ( talk) 20:06, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
All 3 parts of the 2010 Wikimedia Study of Controversial Content are now available. Please read and contribute to the discussion on the talk pages. -- Simon Speed ( talk) 22:41, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
I've started a somewhat stubby article on Joel Burns, the Fort Worth city councillor who rocketed to fame earlier this week with his It Gets Better speech. The thing I'm concerned about at this point, however, is that it might run the risk of being seen by some people as a WP:BLP1E — so I was wondering if anybody (especially people in the DFW area) would be willing to help dig out some of the past news coverage that already existed of his role on city council before this week.
For example, I've found a news article that quotes him speaking about a proposed new streetcar system in Fort Worth — although it doesn't offer enough background on the matter to be a useful reference by itself, it does point in the direction of some stuff that could be added to the article to make it more substantial. Any willing assistants? Bearcat ( talk) 23:22, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
In the german wikipedia i read there is traditionally a large part of the population that considers themselves as a third gender (Muxe's und Marimachas) but i can not find anything about it in the english article. so if anyone could look for some sources and add it to the article ... Elvis untot ( talk) 15:40, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Currently this category structure doesn't exist. Instead Category:Years in LGBT rights exists. I would suggest that either the name of the existing hierarchy be changed to encompass events not so closely linked to the struggle for equal rights, or that the existing structure is kept but that the history structure is created in addition as a parent structure to it. I'm not sure the volume of non-rights events-related articles is sufficient to warrant both structures though. Inputs please! __ meco ( talk) 07:23, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
Comments on dos Manzanas as a source.
Greetings community.
Apologies if this is the incorrect forums. However, I've gotten into a conflict with another editor at the merits of dos Manzanas as a reliable site for citing the alleged homosexuality for Paul of Greece with a Denham Fouts. Your input on Paul of Yugoslavia (in which we appearently are discussing Paul of Greece and Denham Fouts) would be greatly appreciated. Even if not in my favor. Thank you! ♦Drachenfyre♦· Talk 10:42, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
If anyone knows anything about this, can someone have a look at Antonio (Merchant of Venice), and in particular this section? I don't want to blank the section, if this really is an important area of LGBT studies, but as it stands this is frankly gibberish. – iridescent 18:46, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
Created this category. So far, have added 16 pages. Feel free to please populate with more. Thank you! ;) Cheers, -- Cirt ( talk) 23:12, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
Discussion here for those interested. Thanks. McZeus ( talk) 23:26, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
User:Lihaas, who based on hir edit history has no particular interest or expertise in LGBT issues has asserted serious ownership over this article, to the point of waging a three-month edit war. In hir insistence that hir way be the only way, s/he has completely broken with the format developed by consensus over nearly four dozen similar articles and has mass-deleted entire months from the year. My history with the article is...complicated...so I hope some of you will review it and the changes s/he is trying to unilaterally impose and try to keep the valid, reliably sourced information s/he keeps removing in the article, under the correct dates and in line with the present-tense formatting of all of the other articles. Thanks. Eddie Tenley ( talk) 00:16, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hi! I found:
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Could someone take a look at this page? It was listed as of interest to this project, B class. Recent overhaul and renaming seem to have muddled and minimized rather than improved it, but I'm not sure what the best way is to proceed Voila-pourquoi ( talk) 08:54, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
I have now nominated Greek love for deletion. I have no idea exactly when it will pop out of the admin workshop, piping hot and ready for voting. Soon I expect. McZeus ( talk) 05:06, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
In an interview for Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Jan Thompson says Mark Tobey was homosexual or bisexual. Any other sources that would also be acceptable to Wikipedia as reference(s) for Mark Tobey article? -- EarthFurst ( talk) 10:54, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
While this is a fascinating read I can't see it lasting very long if some strong references aren't added to it in the immediate future. The creator has also missed off one or two glaring omissions, such as Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury and Michael Cashman. Anyone fancy the job of rescuing this article from the duldrums? -- role player 16:11, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
This article was recently created; I just found it and tagged it for the project. Considering that the group is very active (and controversial) right now, it might help if a few people add it to their Watchlists. The Wordsmith Communicate 07:53, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Homosexuals Anonymous is a new article about a 14 step program which I think falls into the category of conversion therapy. The article contains essentially no information on the scientific / medical views of attempts to alter an individual's sexual orientation / identity, and I consider it unbalanced and (at present) unencyclopedic. It has recently been nominated to appear on the main page under the DYK project - nomination here. I am posting here to invite comment on the article or the nomination, or editing contributions. I intend to post a similar notice at the Psychology WikiProject and the Religion WikiProject, and am willing to notify any other projects that might have contributions to make. I don't mean to violate WP:CANVASS and I would welcome any contributions from any editor, irrespective of whether their views on the article or the nomination are in agreement with mine or not. EdChem ( talk) 13:11, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
It would be interesting to hear from those more knowledgeable in the linguistic matters surrounding this issue. Tijfo098 ( talk) 14:11, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Discussion is underway at Talk:Charlie Crist and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Charlie Crist about whether any mention of Outrage (2009 film) should be in the article, specifically, the film's allegations of hypocrisy, that Crist is a closeted gay politician who voted against gay rights. Also discussed is whether Bob Norman's October 2006 news article outing Crist or Max Linn's radio interview from the same period, one in which he said Crist was bisexual, are suitable for the article. This has been discussed before with inconclusive results. This looks to be the time when a decision can be determined. Binksternet ( talk) 16:49, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Here is a CNN article about Wu Youjian, known in China for her LGBT advocacy after her son revealed his orientation to her:
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Input is requested here CTJF83 chat 02:00, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
There's a discussion at Reliable sources/Noticeboard regarding sources on the sexuality of cartoon characters that may be of interest. Siawase ( talk) 23:22, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Its getting ridiculous [11]. Phoenix of9 01:36, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
There is an ongoing policy discussion that may interest members of this project at WT:BLP#Reports in reliable sources about people who are allegedly "outed". Ladyof Shalott 02:43, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
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hey guys let me get some help finding more sources for dudesnude so that we can save it! Hemanetwork ( talk) 12:40, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
I added the following information to Talk:Hate crime#Doing_the_Math [12]:
targeted group | percentage of U.S. population (A) | hate crimes against persons (B) | percentage of hate crimes against persons (C: B/(sum B)) | ratio (C/A) |
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homosexuals | 2.1% | 15,351 | 17.4% | 8.3 |
Jews | 2.2% | not given | 7.7% | 3.5 |
blacks | 12.9% | not given | 41% | 3.2 |
Muslims | 0.8% | not given | 1.5% | 1.9 |
Latinos | 15.8% | not given | 8.8% | 0.6 |
whites | 65.1% | not given | 13.3% | 0.2 |
total | 88,463 |
While I was checking this new article I found a few links to her involvement in LGBT rights. The article needs lots of work. Richiez ( talk) 23:33, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
Why exactly? Fine, I personally believe he is gay, considering the evidence, but why is it listed on his talk page that he is of interest to this group? It might be because of his work for "gay causes" like stonewall, but there's nothing mentioned in the talk page to actually say WHY he is listed as of interest...perhaps someone should pop over there and add a note? Preferably someone involved in the decision to add him? Or perhaps someone should remove him from the list? Either way, I think this post should be replied to before any action is taken so other people know something is being done :-) 87.194.86.204 ( talk) 21:07, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
The tag was added by an IP without explanation. Speculation aside, I don't think there's any basis for it being there and have removed it. WJBscribe (talk) 01:09, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
This politician stub needs help and more content. Frank Marco ( talk) 15:14, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
Greetings community,
i need help by speeddeleted article of german author and theologian David Berger. User:Lectonar speeddeleted this good and relevant article.
David Berger lives open homosexual and now in 2010 he wrote a new book "Heiliger Schein", in which Berger writes 20-40 percentage of catholic clergy is homosexual. Frank Marco ( talk) 13:35, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
now for the second time user:Lectonar speeddeleted this article of German theologian and author David Berger. 92.252.89.233 ( talk) 16:17, 6 December 2010 (UTC) David Berger lives open homosexual with his friend in Cologne, Germany. References were already in article.
92.252.89.233 ( talk) 21:52, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
For those of you who are interested, please see Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Noticeboard#Cartoon_Sexuality WhisperToMe ( talk) 02:00, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
At Template talk:Same-sex unions#naming a discussion was started on removal of the word 'same-sex' in 'same-sex marriage' to make it consistent with other existing headings of the same hierarchical level: ('Civil unions and registered partnerships') and ('Unregistered co-habitation'). Feel free to join in, so a meaningful consensus can be established... Rgds! L.tak ( talk) 11:52, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Category:LGBT law enforcement workers, which is under the purview of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 17:15, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
Google's new toy, ngrams.googlelabs.com, is cool. Check out the use of transgender vs. transsexual over time. [13] You can manipulate the dates to see that transgender took off beginning in 1960 and that there was some buzz around transsexual 1948-1958. [14] Here's one for lesbian. [15] -- Uzma Gamal ( talk) 01:57, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Is there an article specifically dealing with this subject at the moment? There should be a place where there is information about the main thesis of the Jeffrey P. Dennis essay Jeffery P. Dennis (2003). "Perspectives: "The Same Thing We Do Every Night": Signifying Same-Sex Desire in Television Cartoons". Journal of Popular Film and Television. 31 (3): 132–140. doi: 10.1080/01956050309603674. - a peer reviewed academic publication. There's also a response to it from the Animation World Network that is critical of the Dennis thesis: Goodman, Martin. " Deconstruction Zone — Part 2." Animation World Network. Wednesday March 10, 2004. WhisperToMe ( talk) 01:01, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
I'd like to notify this project that I just started an article on a 1912 scandal in Portland, Oregon, revolving around the city's contemporary gay subculture. There's a lot more to be said about the topic, so please expand to your heart's content! — Athelwulf [T]/ [C] 10:14, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Santorum (sexual neologism). -- Cirt ( talk) 13:15, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Is there any reason this doesn't contain an importance rating like most other project banners do? CTJF83 chat 22:12, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Somebody might want to check out this article. Not sure if the article falls under this project but Spencer Day is an openly gay musician. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 ( talk) 15:36, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
And apparently The Advocate is not considered a "reliable source". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 ( talk) 15:41, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
...aaaand apparently citing interviews in which he discusses being gay is so "disparaging" or "threatening" that it merits blanking the discussion page for the article. Somebody remind me what century we're living in? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 ( talk) 15:44, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Not only have the changes been reverted, but the discussion page, including the sources I cited, has been blanked and completely deleted as if it never existed. Looks like gay people are still destined to be made as invisible as possible, even in 2011. 160.111.254.17 ( talk) 15:57, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
The admin has now restored the old version of the talk page and said that he made a mistake. My suggestion for the future is: don't say someone is gay and just provide links to sources. Quote the sources so your point is made as explicitly as possible.
No one contested the Advocate as a source in this instance. It was the abrupt assertion that Spencer Day is gay that appeared, when glanced at rather too quickly, like vandalism, i.e., name-calling.
The earlier discussion you reference included some real nitpicking. Day in interviaws doesn't say "I am gay" but he responds to questions about what it's like being out as an artist. The refs I've added now include his discussion of coming out to his family.
I expect that the fact that the issue was raised and material added by an anonymous user didn't help either. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 22:42, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you all for the assistance, and especially Bmclaughlin9 for his/her vast improvements to the article. I raised the question about The Advocate as a reliable source after my changes were deleted and I was given a warning "Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did with this edit to Spencer Day, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability." Upon re-inserting the information (along with the two references, which I had previously included), and making a comment on the discussion page asking that the other editors read those references, my edits were again deleted and I was given another warning, "Please do not add content without citing verifiable and reliable sources, as you did with this edit to Spencer Day. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page." It was after my edits, comments, and references were deleted, even from the talk page, that I pursued the matter. I understand that editing anonymously lends me less credibility, but at this time I do not choose to create a Wikipedia account as I do not intend to do any further editing. 160.111.254.17 ( talk) 14:57, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
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I ask here for help to deal with problematic revertations of user Vigilius4: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=LGBT_parenting&action=history -- Destinero ( talk) 05:37, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Can someone take a look at this article and see if the transgender issues are being handled appropriately. Thanks! Active Banana ( talk) 03:19, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Hey folks -
I attempted to do an expnded entry to Laura Antoniou's entry, but was denied because of my personal relationship with the author. Because she is of interest to this group, I'm wondering if anyone here would like to take a look through the entry's editing history (which includes extensive references), and take their own shot at it? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by VivianSinclair ( talk • contribs) 21:38, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
I also wanted to note that the Marketplace series is the longest running series of novels featuring a transman as the main character. VivianSinclair ( talk) 18:07, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
A GA Review of the Dusty Springfield article for which this project has a talkpage tag has started and is on hold to allow improvements to be made. Please go to Talk:Dusty Springfield/GA1 to see fuller comments. Regards SilkTork * YES! 21:37, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
I do not understand the process or the documentation needed to place someone in the LGBT category. For instance, I was surprised to see Douglas Coupland, Canadian writer, listed in the Gay Writers / Gay artists etc. category. I have never seen a public reference to Coupland as gay, nor does the article Douglas Coupland make any reference to his sexual orientation. I am not particularly disputing whether Coupland is gay or queer, just failing to understand what is the standard for including someone in this category. —Preceding unsigned comment added by VanArtGuy ( talk • contribs) 17:36, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
Hullo all, bit of a kerfuffle at the Tom Hardy article about an alleged interview he gave in Attitude in which revelations about his sexuality were allegedly divulged. It was apparently published in the December 2008 issue, around the time of the release of RockNRolla, but we haven't been able to verify this; might any of you have a copy you could check? Ta, Skomorokh 23:49, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
There are many problems with Tobit2 vandalism. Please editors see the issue and comment on relevant talk pages. He do a damage to long and hardly developed version of articles about LGBT parenting and adoption. Thank you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Tobit2 -- Destinero ( talk) 18:08, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello,
Marriage privatization has an interesting discussion in it, but it unfortunately does not currently seem to include any gay perspectives. In particular, it might seem that it is an important social goal to apply the name "marriage" and privatization denies that. I'd just like to attract attention to that article in hopes that someone might add more things like this.
Best Regards, Sugar-Baby-Love ( talk) 00:27, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
Currently, there seems to be an organized effort to remove any mention of Bradley Manning's sexuality here. Manning is gay, as confirmed in multiple reliable sources. His disaffection with the military due to the DADT policy is evident from the New York Times story published yesterday. [2] This is a notable factor in the story. Phoenix and Winslow ( talk) 14:51, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Please help to finish - Pink Triangle Park, Gay and Lesbian Memorial Isaac Epstein ( talk) 18:38, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
A user dropped by my talk page to mention that Bruce and Pepper Wayne Gacy's Home Movies is up at AfD. I don't see in the article that the movie is particularly LGBT-related, though the fact that it's a Bruce LaBruce film, I have no doubt that it's at least somewhat related. Just an FYI. -- SatyrTN ( talk / contribs) 21:12, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Please visit and contribute to Template:Crossdressing, newly created. Thank you. Riverstones ( talk) 23:51, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
I am not a member of your WikiProject but I request assistance in the Norbert Basil MacLean III as an editor who is also not in your WikiProject has nearly eraticated all references to the BLP's homosexuality. This is of major concern because if you read a 2003 Navy Times article it states:
The 2003 Navy article can be found at: http://www.navytimes.com/legacy/new/0-NAVYPAPER-2153773.php Not only does the Navy Times mention MacLean's homosexuality in both 1994 and 2003 articles but also the Washington Post does in articles in 1994.
Editing out the BLP's homosexuality in the Wikipedia article is concerning and I wanted to refer the matter to this WikiProject for its review and input.
This same editor also put the article in for a re-assessment from its year long GA-status, then made lots of edits, then re-assessed it on his own after making the edits from a GA to B status, also on his own re-assessed its important status from high to mid and then eventually to low and has now called for it to be rated a C status article. This editor specifically changed this WikiProject's evaluation of it and I don't believe he is a member of your project.
Any help or assistance in reviewing and editing the Norbert Basil MacLean III article from this WikiProject would be most appreciated. ( Mattwashdc ( talk) 23:29, 23 August 2010 (UTC))
List of LGBT politicians from the United Kingdom Hi, this article was mentioned in a thread at BLPN as having content in need of additional citations. The thread at the BLPN is here thanks Off2riorob ( talk) 23:48, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Several of the people listed at Metropolitan Community Church#Notable clergy have recently had their pages deleted for lack of notability. Is there anyone here who can help bolster the remaining pages so that we don't lose more? Thanks, Aristophanes68 ( talk) 06:21, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi, can anyone improve the article Paul Gerhard Vogel, about a German man who was imprisoned by the Nazis for homosexuality? It has just been PRODed. Exploding Boy ( talk) 05:50, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
What happened to the auto-generated new articles list? That was quite useful. Are You The Cow Of Pain? ( talk) 22:25, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
there's have been a proposal to posted to rename the article on Matthew Shepard to Death of Matthew Shepard or Murder of Matthew Shepard. those interested in this topic should make their concerns known here. -- emerson7 05:15, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
It appears from the article and its history page that someone wants to delete National Center for Lesbian Rights, which has been instrumental in the marriage fight in California, among other LGBT lawsuits around the nation. Does anybody want to beef up this article so it doesn't get trashed? Textorus ( talk) 08:42, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Looks like another new editor, Truetalk ( talk · contribs), is trying to assert their POV on a wide range of articles. 69.181.249.92 ( talk) 20:01, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Could you please contribute with your opinion to this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Talk:LGBT_parenting/FAQ Thank you! -- Destinero ( talk) 16:04, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
FROM: Jonathan Ned Katz, OutHistory.org Co-Director
As the founder of the Mediawiki-based OutHistory.org, the free, educational website on LGBT history (U.S. focused for now), I wonder if any of the LGBT Wikipedia editors/writers would like to add their historical Wikipedia entries to OutHistory.org? This would ensure this history even wider distribution.
For example, I would love to include the entry on Henry Gerber and the Society for Human Rights on OutHistory.org, but I don't have the labor power to process this republication, with full credit, of course.
If you would like to contact me, please email me at jnk123@mac.com
Thanks so much. Jonathan( Jnkatz1 ( talk) 17:15, 4 September 2010 (UTC))
As related to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-09-06/News and notes, subsection: "Main page biases?"
Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 22:04, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
To me Category:Gay politicians from the United Kingdom seems to be a duplicate of Category:LGBT politicians from the United Kingdom. Is there any need for a duplicate? I can't see any other ones in Category:LGBT politicians by country. I thought I should ask here before going to Cats for deletion to see if there was any precedence. I only noticed because of the Crispin Blunt story today. Thanks, regards. Woody ( talk) 16:24, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Mário de Andrade for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. JJ98 ( Talk) 07:19, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello, this notice is being posted to notify this WikiProject of a related category. Category:LGBT flags is currently nominated for merging into Category:LGBT symbols and Category:Sexuality flags at WP:CFD. If you would like to take part of the discussion, feel free to drop a comment here. Thank you. — ξ xplicit 07:50, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello people, an editor notified on the talk page that this subject is a transgender person who was a man and now is a woman (since 1998). Add it to your watchlists and please add information! Worromp Warg ( talk) 20:59, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
User:Quaranj made a mistake and deleted some parts regarding her past life but the proof is all here: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/Jordana.html SackettRachel ( talk) 21:18, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
This conflict doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon, so I was wondering if this has come up before in other articles. 1.8.7 is the stage/band name of Jordana LaSesne, formerly Joe laSesne. This is sourced to SPIN and Philadelphia citypaper, but an editor ( Quaranj ( talk · contribs)) claiming to edit on behalf of Ms. LaSense says that she does not want this information to be public in this manner. Is this the sort of thing that can be pulled back per BLP concerns if the subject wishes to, or is the cat already out of the bag? Tarc ( talk) 17:30, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
User:Fences and windows pulled together this list of third party reliable sources [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] about the music industry (village voice, spin, rolling stone etc) and per WP:UNDUE we cover what the reliable sources cover about the subject of the article, and they heavily cover the fact of the gender transition. When claims and content are so public, the desire of the subject (let alone someone claiming to represent the subject) to remove them from the article really plays of little importance when the content meets the general guidelines of WP:V / WP:NPOV / WP:RS. Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Help#Summary_of_major_policies_and_guidelines. Active Banana ( bananaphone 18:00, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Any other thoughts on this as attempts to remove are persisting. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 17:45, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
There is an AFD for The Most Hated Family in America, which is a television documentary film that was written and presented by the BBC's Louis Theroux about the family at the core of the Westboro Baptist Church (info from lede of article).
Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 05:38, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
I'd like to open a discussion to generate consensus over a naming convention for articles about the way the militaries of various countries treat LGBT personnel. There seem to be two options in use. 1) "Sexual orientation and..." as in Sexual orientation and military service and Sexual orientation and the United States military (which I moved first from "LGBT policy in the U.S. military" to "LGBT policy in the United States military" to expand the abbreviation, then to its current name to match Category:Sexual orientation and the United States military). 2) "LGBT policy and..." as in LGBT policy in the Canadian military and LGBT policy in the Military of the Netherlands.
I favor "Sexual orientation and..." because it's broader in scope. There was no formal policy, for instance, in the US military until relatively recently but there's a history there dating back literally to the American Revolution. A strict policy focus would exclude that information whereas the broader scope allows for its inclusion and discussion of the various policies in the article and sub-articles. I also generally believe that it's best to avoid initialisms in article titles because not everyone knows what they mean. Are You The Cow Of Pain? ( talk) 00:34, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
I have just expanded the autoandrophilia namespace into a short article. Autoandrophilia was previously redirecting to autogynephilia. The autoandrophilia article is very short; anyone who can assist with expanding and improving it, please do. Riverstones ( talk) 13:26, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#Witt_v._Department_of_the_Air_Force. -- Cirt ( talk) 21:39, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
Please see [10], a WikiProject tag was removed Talk:Tom Cruise. Thoughts? -- Cirt ( talk) 02:47, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I found:
If anyone needs a source for articles about African-American churches and homosexuality... WhisperToMe ( talk) 06:11, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
A GA Review of the Dusty Springfield article for which this project has a talkpage tag has started and is on hold to allow improvements to be made. Please go to Talk:Dusty Springfield/GA1 to see fuller comments. Regards SilkTork * YES! 21:28, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
I've started an article on Tyler Clementi. It is just a stub now and needs a lot of work, esp. as more news breaks. Please help! Kingturtle ( talk) 11:08, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
This isn't about an article per se (although it might be useful for the article on gay-bashing), but I'm wondering if any groups keep statistics on how often gay-bashings are committed against straight victims. Where might I find this information? Thanks, Aristophanes68 ( talk) 21:12, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
I was reading the page in Wikipedia on male prostitution and I just wanted to add some information. Regarding the history of male-to-male prostitution, in the 18th to the early 19th century there were special Houses of prostitution that were for the benefit of men who wanted to have sex with other men. These Houses were popularly known as "Molly Houses," and the male sex workers were referred to as "Mollys." This is not mentioned in the article, but if anybody is interested, they can read about it in a book entitled "Mother Clap's molly house: the gay subculture in England 1700-1830, author Rictor Norton. Elephant's child ( talk) 02:15, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
Category:LGBT, which is under the purview of this WikiProject, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you.. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 10:00, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
This page mashes up a number of issues, which have their own articles:
It also expands the word sissy as non-pejorative in the transgender community at large, which I'm not sure is correct (the main transgender article doesn't use it, except in a template pointing to this very page), so I decided to ask here. The references in the article are a BDSM feminization page and a gay/ genderqueer essay from a guy who openly declares himself sissy, but those are exactly the two topics that we already have articles about. Tijfo098 ( talk) 12:39, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
I've added an = to the end of my signature in remembrance of the recent tragedies experienced by LGBTQ youth and the struggles faced by LGBTQ people everywhere, and to let those I interact with on Wikipedia that support LGBT issues and I am an ally. Maybe you might do the same. Kingturtle = ( talk) 20:06, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
All 3 parts of the 2010 Wikimedia Study of Controversial Content are now available. Please read and contribute to the discussion on the talk pages. -- Simon Speed ( talk) 22:41, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
I've started a somewhat stubby article on Joel Burns, the Fort Worth city councillor who rocketed to fame earlier this week with his It Gets Better speech. The thing I'm concerned about at this point, however, is that it might run the risk of being seen by some people as a WP:BLP1E — so I was wondering if anybody (especially people in the DFW area) would be willing to help dig out some of the past news coverage that already existed of his role on city council before this week.
For example, I've found a news article that quotes him speaking about a proposed new streetcar system in Fort Worth — although it doesn't offer enough background on the matter to be a useful reference by itself, it does point in the direction of some stuff that could be added to the article to make it more substantial. Any willing assistants? Bearcat ( talk) 23:22, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
In the german wikipedia i read there is traditionally a large part of the population that considers themselves as a third gender (Muxe's und Marimachas) but i can not find anything about it in the english article. so if anyone could look for some sources and add it to the article ... Elvis untot ( talk) 15:40, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Currently this category structure doesn't exist. Instead Category:Years in LGBT rights exists. I would suggest that either the name of the existing hierarchy be changed to encompass events not so closely linked to the struggle for equal rights, or that the existing structure is kept but that the history structure is created in addition as a parent structure to it. I'm not sure the volume of non-rights events-related articles is sufficient to warrant both structures though. Inputs please! __ meco ( talk) 07:23, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
Comments on dos Manzanas as a source.
Greetings community.
Apologies if this is the incorrect forums. However, I've gotten into a conflict with another editor at the merits of dos Manzanas as a reliable site for citing the alleged homosexuality for Paul of Greece with a Denham Fouts. Your input on Paul of Yugoslavia (in which we appearently are discussing Paul of Greece and Denham Fouts) would be greatly appreciated. Even if not in my favor. Thank you! ♦Drachenfyre♦· Talk 10:42, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
If anyone knows anything about this, can someone have a look at Antonio (Merchant of Venice), and in particular this section? I don't want to blank the section, if this really is an important area of LGBT studies, but as it stands this is frankly gibberish. – iridescent 18:46, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
Created this category. So far, have added 16 pages. Feel free to please populate with more. Thank you! ;) Cheers, -- Cirt ( talk) 23:12, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
Discussion here for those interested. Thanks. McZeus ( talk) 23:26, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
User:Lihaas, who based on hir edit history has no particular interest or expertise in LGBT issues has asserted serious ownership over this article, to the point of waging a three-month edit war. In hir insistence that hir way be the only way, s/he has completely broken with the format developed by consensus over nearly four dozen similar articles and has mass-deleted entire months from the year. My history with the article is...complicated...so I hope some of you will review it and the changes s/he is trying to unilaterally impose and try to keep the valid, reliably sourced information s/he keeps removing in the article, under the correct dates and in line with the present-tense formatting of all of the other articles. Thanks. Eddie Tenley ( talk) 00:16, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
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Could someone take a look at this page? It was listed as of interest to this project, B class. Recent overhaul and renaming seem to have muddled and minimized rather than improved it, but I'm not sure what the best way is to proceed Voila-pourquoi ( talk) 08:54, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
I have now nominated Greek love for deletion. I have no idea exactly when it will pop out of the admin workshop, piping hot and ready for voting. Soon I expect. McZeus ( talk) 05:06, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
In an interview for Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Jan Thompson says Mark Tobey was homosexual or bisexual. Any other sources that would also be acceptable to Wikipedia as reference(s) for Mark Tobey article? -- EarthFurst ( talk) 10:54, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
While this is a fascinating read I can't see it lasting very long if some strong references aren't added to it in the immediate future. The creator has also missed off one or two glaring omissions, such as Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury and Michael Cashman. Anyone fancy the job of rescuing this article from the duldrums? -- role player 16:11, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
This article was recently created; I just found it and tagged it for the project. Considering that the group is very active (and controversial) right now, it might help if a few people add it to their Watchlists. The Wordsmith Communicate 07:53, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Homosexuals Anonymous is a new article about a 14 step program which I think falls into the category of conversion therapy. The article contains essentially no information on the scientific / medical views of attempts to alter an individual's sexual orientation / identity, and I consider it unbalanced and (at present) unencyclopedic. It has recently been nominated to appear on the main page under the DYK project - nomination here. I am posting here to invite comment on the article or the nomination, or editing contributions. I intend to post a similar notice at the Psychology WikiProject and the Religion WikiProject, and am willing to notify any other projects that might have contributions to make. I don't mean to violate WP:CANVASS and I would welcome any contributions from any editor, irrespective of whether their views on the article or the nomination are in agreement with mine or not. EdChem ( talk) 13:11, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
It would be interesting to hear from those more knowledgeable in the linguistic matters surrounding this issue. Tijfo098 ( talk) 14:11, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Discussion is underway at Talk:Charlie Crist and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Charlie Crist about whether any mention of Outrage (2009 film) should be in the article, specifically, the film's allegations of hypocrisy, that Crist is a closeted gay politician who voted against gay rights. Also discussed is whether Bob Norman's October 2006 news article outing Crist or Max Linn's radio interview from the same period, one in which he said Crist was bisexual, are suitable for the article. This has been discussed before with inconclusive results. This looks to be the time when a decision can be determined. Binksternet ( talk) 16:49, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Here is a CNN article about Wu Youjian, known in China for her LGBT advocacy after her son revealed his orientation to her:
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Input is requested here CTJF83 chat 02:00, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
There's a discussion at Reliable sources/Noticeboard regarding sources on the sexuality of cartoon characters that may be of interest. Siawase ( talk) 23:22, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Its getting ridiculous [11]. Phoenix of9 01:36, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
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hey guys let me get some help finding more sources for dudesnude so that we can save it! Hemanetwork ( talk) 12:40, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
I added the following information to Talk:Hate crime#Doing_the_Math [12]:
targeted group | percentage of U.S. population (A) | hate crimes against persons (B) | percentage of hate crimes against persons (C: B/(sum B)) | ratio (C/A) |
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homosexuals | 2.1% | 15,351 | 17.4% | 8.3 |
Jews | 2.2% | not given | 7.7% | 3.5 |
blacks | 12.9% | not given | 41% | 3.2 |
Muslims | 0.8% | not given | 1.5% | 1.9 |
Latinos | 15.8% | not given | 8.8% | 0.6 |
whites | 65.1% | not given | 13.3% | 0.2 |
total | 88,463 |
While I was checking this new article I found a few links to her involvement in LGBT rights. The article needs lots of work. Richiez ( talk) 23:33, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
Why exactly? Fine, I personally believe he is gay, considering the evidence, but why is it listed on his talk page that he is of interest to this group? It might be because of his work for "gay causes" like stonewall, but there's nothing mentioned in the talk page to actually say WHY he is listed as of interest...perhaps someone should pop over there and add a note? Preferably someone involved in the decision to add him? Or perhaps someone should remove him from the list? Either way, I think this post should be replied to before any action is taken so other people know something is being done :-) 87.194.86.204 ( talk) 21:07, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
The tag was added by an IP without explanation. Speculation aside, I don't think there's any basis for it being there and have removed it. WJBscribe (talk) 01:09, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
This politician stub needs help and more content. Frank Marco ( talk) 15:14, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
Greetings community,
i need help by speeddeleted article of german author and theologian David Berger. User:Lectonar speeddeleted this good and relevant article.
David Berger lives open homosexual and now in 2010 he wrote a new book "Heiliger Schein", in which Berger writes 20-40 percentage of catholic clergy is homosexual. Frank Marco ( talk) 13:35, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
now for the second time user:Lectonar speeddeleted this article of German theologian and author David Berger. 92.252.89.233 ( talk) 16:17, 6 December 2010 (UTC) David Berger lives open homosexual with his friend in Cologne, Germany. References were already in article.
92.252.89.233 ( talk) 21:52, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
For those of you who are interested, please see Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Noticeboard#Cartoon_Sexuality WhisperToMe ( talk) 02:00, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
At Template talk:Same-sex unions#naming a discussion was started on removal of the word 'same-sex' in 'same-sex marriage' to make it consistent with other existing headings of the same hierarchical level: ('Civil unions and registered partnerships') and ('Unregistered co-habitation'). Feel free to join in, so a meaningful consensus can be established... Rgds! L.tak ( talk) 11:52, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Category:LGBT law enforcement workers, which is under the purview of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 17:15, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
Google's new toy, ngrams.googlelabs.com, is cool. Check out the use of transgender vs. transsexual over time. [13] You can manipulate the dates to see that transgender took off beginning in 1960 and that there was some buzz around transsexual 1948-1958. [14] Here's one for lesbian. [15] -- Uzma Gamal ( talk) 01:57, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Is there an article specifically dealing with this subject at the moment? There should be a place where there is information about the main thesis of the Jeffrey P. Dennis essay Jeffery P. Dennis (2003). "Perspectives: "The Same Thing We Do Every Night": Signifying Same-Sex Desire in Television Cartoons". Journal of Popular Film and Television. 31 (3): 132–140. doi: 10.1080/01956050309603674. - a peer reviewed academic publication. There's also a response to it from the Animation World Network that is critical of the Dennis thesis: Goodman, Martin. " Deconstruction Zone — Part 2." Animation World Network. Wednesday March 10, 2004. WhisperToMe ( talk) 01:01, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
I'd like to notify this project that I just started an article on a 1912 scandal in Portland, Oregon, revolving around the city's contemporary gay subculture. There's a lot more to be said about the topic, so please expand to your heart's content! — Athelwulf [T]/ [C] 10:14, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Santorum (sexual neologism). -- Cirt ( talk) 13:15, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Is there any reason this doesn't contain an importance rating like most other project banners do? CTJF83 chat 22:12, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Somebody might want to check out this article. Not sure if the article falls under this project but Spencer Day is an openly gay musician. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 ( talk) 15:36, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
And apparently The Advocate is not considered a "reliable source". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 ( talk) 15:41, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
...aaaand apparently citing interviews in which he discusses being gay is so "disparaging" or "threatening" that it merits blanking the discussion page for the article. Somebody remind me what century we're living in? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 ( talk) 15:44, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Not only have the changes been reverted, but the discussion page, including the sources I cited, has been blanked and completely deleted as if it never existed. Looks like gay people are still destined to be made as invisible as possible, even in 2011. 160.111.254.17 ( talk) 15:57, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
The admin has now restored the old version of the talk page and said that he made a mistake. My suggestion for the future is: don't say someone is gay and just provide links to sources. Quote the sources so your point is made as explicitly as possible.
No one contested the Advocate as a source in this instance. It was the abrupt assertion that Spencer Day is gay that appeared, when glanced at rather too quickly, like vandalism, i.e., name-calling.
The earlier discussion you reference included some real nitpicking. Day in interviaws doesn't say "I am gay" but he responds to questions about what it's like being out as an artist. The refs I've added now include his discussion of coming out to his family.
I expect that the fact that the issue was raised and material added by an anonymous user didn't help either. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 22:42, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you all for the assistance, and especially Bmclaughlin9 for his/her vast improvements to the article. I raised the question about The Advocate as a reliable source after my changes were deleted and I was given a warning "Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did with this edit to Spencer Day, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability." Upon re-inserting the information (along with the two references, which I had previously included), and making a comment on the discussion page asking that the other editors read those references, my edits were again deleted and I was given another warning, "Please do not add content without citing verifiable and reliable sources, as you did with this edit to Spencer Day. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page." It was after my edits, comments, and references were deleted, even from the talk page, that I pursued the matter. I understand that editing anonymously lends me less credibility, but at this time I do not choose to create a Wikipedia account as I do not intend to do any further editing. 160.111.254.17 ( talk) 14:57, 4 January 2011 (UTC)