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There is an ongoing RFC at Talk:Boy_Scouts_of_America_membership_controversies#RFC:Position_on_homosexuality about "Position on homosexuality" section. All editors are welcomed to share their opinion on the subject.
Note: per Wikipedia:CANVASS#Appropriate notification, the following WikiProjects are informed about this RFC because they have project banners on that talk page: WikiProject Scouting, WikiProject Atheism, WikiProject LGBT studies. -- В и к и T 19:34, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
This article has more than a few issues. See the talkpage for all of them, but the article could use some some project input. The lede as written right now says this: "Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender." I dispute the term "romantic" as being based on the terms use in two clinical references, the American Psychological Association's website and the American Psychiatric Association. The first one is just not as strong a reference as a book source and is the basis for the use of the term in the lede. However, there are many sources that use romance, puppy love and idol worship as being average and routine to development of even heterosexual development. I fear these sources will be pushed out if I even bother to research them out again and add them as there seems to be a number of edit wars ongoing there. Another debate is whether or not the term itself can be described as a word with strictly Greek/Latin roots. The reference originaly used was not RS and I removed the desription. It was certainly a part of its origins but even the source now being offered by one editor, who calims there is no controversy over this and is not contentious basicly says: "Notorious" because it is a Greek/Latin modern hybrid with no actual Greek or Latin equivalent. I would go for that sort of prose with the reference being offered but I get the feeling the other editor may not be so willing to go for that as they seem to feel that even the original German use need not be mentioned and that Wikipedia can just claim that the word "Homosexual" is of Greek and Latin origin...period, with no further explanation. Other debates could use more eyes as well please!-- Amadscientist ( talk) 05:40, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Now that that category discussion has closed as a keep, we can start discussing application. There's been some disagreement over how the category can cover the Roman Catholic Church and the LDS Church's opposition to LGBT rights and/or same-sex marriage specifically: should it be applied to the main article, to a more specific page, or not at all? I argue that we should be applying it to Homosexuality and Roman Catholicism etc. When a user looks at the pages in that category, s/he wants to know about the organizations' opposition to LGBT rights and probably would not be satisfied simply by knowing that the church campaigns against LGBT rights; the sub-article contains information on their political activism. What do you think? – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 16:42, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Category:Organizations that engage in anti-LGBT rhetoric up for deletion, after - of course - it was depopulated. Insomesia ( talk) 22:26, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
On Template:LGBT, under the tab "Social attitudes Prejudice Violence" ... and in the subsection "Prejudice & Discrimination" there is a dispute on how to list List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as anti-gay hate groups, an article I created and the other person has tried to delete (discussion closed as keep).
I feel we should be brief but the opposer feels we must include a qualifier that it is a list that is produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). I feel adding the "SPLC" acronym is inappropriate on this full template (usually an acronym is explained, and SPLC is unlikely to be known by most to see the template).
Some options:
Since this template belongs to this project could others please weigh in on what seems the most appropriate given that this is a high-profile template? After discussion has died down we can see if there is consensus and copy the dission to the template talk page so it is saved in both spaces. Insomesia ( talk) 02:06, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Heres how I feel about this. There are only a few organizations in the world that list hate groups. The only two I can think of are the SPLC and the ADL. On the other hand think of it this way, what sources would we use to say they are hate groups? I would say the SPLC and the ADL are the only groups which we can really use that have an authority on the subject. All in all I strongly think that just calling it a list of anti-LGBT hate groups would be enough unless you clearly have a better source that specializes in hate groups that would say otherwise.- Rainbowofpeace ( talk) 10:00, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
I've edited the template as suggested. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 19:26, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
31 LGBT heroes, one each day for those who may be interested. Cluetrainwoowoo ( talk) 09:43, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
1.
Roberta Achtenberg
2.
Gloria Anzaldua
3.
Ann Bannon
4.
Katharine Lee Bates
5.
Mary Bonauto
6.
Glenn Burke
7.
Paul Cadmus
8.
Truman Capote
9.
Chris Colfer
10.
Kate Clinton
11.
Ramon Cortines
12.
Marlene Dietrich
13.
Jodie Foster
14.
Jean Paul Gaultier
15.
Henry Gerber
16.
Billy Haines
17.
Mary Kay Henry
18.
Chris Hughes
19.
Christine Jorgensen
20.
Arthur Laurents
21.
Don Lemon
22.
Federico Garcia Lorca
23.
Irshad Manji
24.
Katherine Miller,
Katherine Miller, Former West Point Student, Rejected Upon Request For Readmission
25.
Holly Near
26.
RuPaul
27.
Pierre Seel
28.
Billy Strayhorn
29.
Jon Stryker
30.
Tom Waddell
31. Rev.
Robert Wood,
Gay rights pioneer, groundbreaking author Rev. Robert Wood, turns 89
Here is the full list.
Cluetrainwoowoo (
talk)
09:11, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
BTW these are just the 2012 icons, they also have a database of 186 that is searchable. Cluetrainwoowoo ( talk) 09:13, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
The lead of this article is not a summary of the main article, as several claims of what the alleged homosexual agenda refers to isn't actually in the main body. Some are also un-sourced. I'm bringing this here because I think that the article can be significantly expanded to have information on more, if not all of those mentioned. This is what is in the lead but needs to be sourced and have some mention in the main body:
I'm not sure what action is appropriate at this point, re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Rockstar_(drink)#Malicious_reference_removal.3F_-_Examiner.com so anyone wanna comment or participate?-- Psrq ( talk) 19:06, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
Just a notification: there are numerous LGBT-related categories at WP:CFD that have been nominated today. See Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 October 15. — Tom Morris ( talk) 13:38, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Would the annual High Heel Drag Race in DC be notable enough for an article? It has been going on since 1986 and there are numerous articles about the event.
Here is some more information about this event: http://www.meetup.com/ESL-WDC/events/84375112/ Dragdrag ( talk) 14:35, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Should i place a project tag on this talk page? He's widely considered racist and homophobic and he leads the BNP (British National Party), which is also considered racist and homophobic. Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 11:25, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I've just removed [[coming out|openly]] from "He is openly gay" in the article on Geoff Ryman. Does this wikiproject support the use of what I consider to be highly personalised, prurient information and links in BLPs? Is it relevant to the topic? And why is "openly" linked to "coming out"? I'd have thought they were two quite different things, not to mention stages in one's life (and do all "openly gay" people have to "come out", in this day and age? Coming out implies a certain social/psychological resistance, and I don't believe this is always the case). Tony (talk) 09:18, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Portal:Society is now up for portal peer review, the review page is at Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Society/archive1. I've put a bit of effort into this as part of a featured portal drive related to portals linked from the top-right corner of the Main Page, and feedback would be appreciated prior to featured portal candidacy. Thank you for your time, — Cirt ( talk) 02:41, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Additional opinions would be helpful at Talk:LGBT rights in Texas/Archive 1#POV tag regarding recent re-adding of a POV tag and related edits to the article. Rivertorch ( talk) 11:23, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm notifying this WikiProject due to its relevance to Freedom of speech. I've recently gone ahead and created WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech. If you're interested, here are some easy things you can do:
Thank you for your interest in Freedom of speech, — Cirt ( talk) 22:33, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Could use some eyes on Australian Christian Lobby, where schills have been trying to portray the movement as they describe themselves. The movement is an over-the-top extreme-right "Christian" organization that is rabidly anti-gay to the point where even other conservative Christian groups in Australia have distanced themselves from it. Would appreciate it if you could add it to your watchlist. Thanks! Dominus Vobisdu ( talk) 03:39, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
pinkpaper.com, an LGBT news website, is now offline. The website is used as a source/link 88 times on Wikipedia. If you have a few minutes, it'd be helpful to link to Internet Archive versions of the same pages and/or find equivalent sources. — Tom Morris ( talk) 11:46, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
There is an article up for AFC review on Thomas Beatie (born female), who achieved media recognition in the late 2000s for conceiving a child while legally male and married. There is a redirect Thomas Beatie, but surprisingly no current article on this person. The article is by a new editor and needs some POV/Tone improvements and better sourcing, but should pass easily with those. Bringing to the attention of folks here interested in the topic who may be able to provide guidance to the originator to help reach publication. MatthewVanitas ( talk) 02:13, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
I've listed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Sexuality and gender and Wikipedia:WikiProject Pornography/Deletion, but I'm not too sure if there are other topical related deletion sorting type places to list this sort of deletion discussion? If so, feel free to do so, or let me know so I can be aware of that in the future going forwards. Thanks and have a great day! Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 17:53, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
I've proposed an article merge at Talk:Sutherland v United Kingdom and would like to seek views from members of the project. SP-KP ( talk) 09:53, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
Hello all.
For those of you who may be interested in an ITN nomination related to this project: Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#LGBT-related_politics_from_US_elections. -- Grotekennis ( talk) 13:30, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Category:LGBT musicians by nationality, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. 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) 14:11, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Shouldn't Robert Kosilek be Michelle Kosilek ? 68.162.221.100 ( talk) 18:00, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
I suggest we create Category:LGBT people from the United States by state, and then create at least a few for the individual states, such as Category:LGBT people from California, Category:LGBT people from New York, and Category:LGBT people from Illinois (the more populous states). Its interesting that there is a deletion discussion for LGBT musicians by nationality. the numbers in these categories are going to keep on getting bigger, and we need more diffusion here. I would go ahead and do this myself, but i think having at least a few people willing to try to populate the categories would help. I am focussed on California/San Fran bay area generally in my work, and i am also not a particular expert on the LGBT community in Cali, so i might not be able to recognize names from the larger list to recategorize. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 22:08, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
I've nominated Portal:Society for featured portal candidacy, discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Society. Thank you for your time, — Cirt ( talk) 22:28, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
Changes to geographical mapping of laws that are in effect is being discussed at Talk:Same-sex_marriage#Map_colour_changes. Student7 ( talk) 23:11, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
Since this topic keeps coming up on that talk page, I figured that it might be a good idea to get more comments from this project weighing in about it on that talk page. Like I stated there, I don't feel that MOS:IDENTITY should be violated (in this case or in any other case). But others here may feel differently. And if there is anything that can be done to take away readers' confusion without violating MOS:IDENTITY, I'm open to it. At Chaz Bono, all pronouns were once excluded in a way that they weren't needed, and, when they were needed, "Bono" was used instead. That's no longer the case for that article, however. And, from what I see, given the type of text involved, it would be more difficult not to refer to Brandon Teena by male pronouns. Flyer22 ( talk) 01:21, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
We could use more eyes on the article on Teena Brandon again. See talk page for details. Thanks. Dominus Vobisdu ( talk) 02:52, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
It looks like you guys are unpopular at ANI. My advice is for you basically ignore talk page rants. Keeping some proportions, they remind me of someone posting various nonsense at Talk:P versus NP problem; that 'someone' has been doing it for years, but it's hardly worth the trouble replying. Tijfo098 ( talk) 03:42, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and related articles have undergone some recent changes that I think are troubling in terms of undue weight. If anyone else would care to take a look, I'm stepping back and returning to RL for a bit. Rivertorch ( talk) 19:55, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I've been working on Caribbean articles about the United States Virgin Islands and noticed there isn't an article for LGBT rights in the United States Virgin Islands. I'm really curious about what is legal there as its a US territory and noticed that Puerto Rico got its own article so why not one for the USVI? I would start it but have no info about the subject. I figured you guys would be the ones to turn to for help. Thanks so much. -- Turn685 ( talk) 13:19, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
After this intermittently boring and fascinating poet gave a lecture at my school, I bought one of his collections, which was largely about both his homosexuality and other notable historical gays (plus this one poem where he theorizes that Castor and Pollux were into some serious twincest). Anyways, went to his article, saw that while it was in several gay/LGBT categories, there was no mention, so I added a "Personal life" section on his sexuality and a few other things. But I was surprised that I was only able to find brief mentions of his sexual orientation in a few sources, considering he's been out in some circles since the 60s, and there's no shortage of reliable coverage of him. So I was wondering if anyone could track down anything more in-depth. (I also recommend his work to anyone who likes reading poets who see the world through a very rainbow-tinted lens. ) — Francophonie&Androphilie( Je vous invite à me parler) 04:14, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
There has been a disagreement here about the usage of gay vs homosexual. We have differing interpretations of Trystan's proposal at the top of this page. Any thoughts? Pass a Method talk 13:18, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Does anyone know of an entry along the lines of Same-sex immigration policy in the United States? Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 17:27, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. I found this too: Immigration equality#United States But I may start a new entry. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 18:05, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
User:MikeFromCanmore is a newly registered account and he is removing lesbian content on lesbian or lesbian-related articles in a fashion that can only be described as WP:IDONTLIKEIT. See this edit to the Lesbianism in erotica article, [1] this edit to the Cunnilingus article, [2] where he removed the lesbian image and then asserted on the talk page that cunnilingus is more commonly performed by males, [3] and these edits to the Lesbian sexual practices article. [4] [5] [6] [7] He contradicted himself on his "[cunnilingus] is usually an act performed by a male" assertion anyhow, shown with the first edit he made to the Lesbian sexual practices article. [8]
The editor clearly doesn't understand Wikipedia policies and guidelines, and needs a warning about what is wrong with his removals. It doesn't appear that he's going to stop reverting, and so may eventually get blocked for WP:Edit warring. 220.255.2.167 ( talk) 07:53, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
For what it's worth, there is a whole bunch of academic sources now cited on Drmies' user talk page, of all places. See User talk:Drmies#Sources for starters (but read further along as well for other citations). Project members are invited to join in the expansion. Uncle G ( talk) 09:31, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
I thought it would be good for collaboration if some people, or everyone posted up here what LGBT projects/articles they're currently working on in the hope of attracting others to help and give their opinions. If the article posting could violate WP:Canvass then please do not post it up underneath here:
Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 09:55, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 35 | ← | Archive 40 | Archive 41 | Archive 42 | Archive 43 | Archive 44 | Archive 45 |
There is an ongoing RFC at Talk:Boy_Scouts_of_America_membership_controversies#RFC:Position_on_homosexuality about "Position on homosexuality" section. All editors are welcomed to share their opinion on the subject.
Note: per Wikipedia:CANVASS#Appropriate notification, the following WikiProjects are informed about this RFC because they have project banners on that talk page: WikiProject Scouting, WikiProject Atheism, WikiProject LGBT studies. -- В и к и T 19:34, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
This article has more than a few issues. See the talkpage for all of them, but the article could use some some project input. The lede as written right now says this: "Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender." I dispute the term "romantic" as being based on the terms use in two clinical references, the American Psychological Association's website and the American Psychiatric Association. The first one is just not as strong a reference as a book source and is the basis for the use of the term in the lede. However, there are many sources that use romance, puppy love and idol worship as being average and routine to development of even heterosexual development. I fear these sources will be pushed out if I even bother to research them out again and add them as there seems to be a number of edit wars ongoing there. Another debate is whether or not the term itself can be described as a word with strictly Greek/Latin roots. The reference originaly used was not RS and I removed the desription. It was certainly a part of its origins but even the source now being offered by one editor, who calims there is no controversy over this and is not contentious basicly says: "Notorious" because it is a Greek/Latin modern hybrid with no actual Greek or Latin equivalent. I would go for that sort of prose with the reference being offered but I get the feeling the other editor may not be so willing to go for that as they seem to feel that even the original German use need not be mentioned and that Wikipedia can just claim that the word "Homosexual" is of Greek and Latin origin...period, with no further explanation. Other debates could use more eyes as well please!-- Amadscientist ( talk) 05:40, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Now that that category discussion has closed as a keep, we can start discussing application. There's been some disagreement over how the category can cover the Roman Catholic Church and the LDS Church's opposition to LGBT rights and/or same-sex marriage specifically: should it be applied to the main article, to a more specific page, or not at all? I argue that we should be applying it to Homosexuality and Roman Catholicism etc. When a user looks at the pages in that category, s/he wants to know about the organizations' opposition to LGBT rights and probably would not be satisfied simply by knowing that the church campaigns against LGBT rights; the sub-article contains information on their political activism. What do you think? – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 16:42, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Category:Organizations that engage in anti-LGBT rhetoric up for deletion, after - of course - it was depopulated. Insomesia ( talk) 22:26, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
On Template:LGBT, under the tab "Social attitudes Prejudice Violence" ... and in the subsection "Prejudice & Discrimination" there is a dispute on how to list List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as anti-gay hate groups, an article I created and the other person has tried to delete (discussion closed as keep).
I feel we should be brief but the opposer feels we must include a qualifier that it is a list that is produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). I feel adding the "SPLC" acronym is inappropriate on this full template (usually an acronym is explained, and SPLC is unlikely to be known by most to see the template).
Some options:
Since this template belongs to this project could others please weigh in on what seems the most appropriate given that this is a high-profile template? After discussion has died down we can see if there is consensus and copy the dission to the template talk page so it is saved in both spaces. Insomesia ( talk) 02:06, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Heres how I feel about this. There are only a few organizations in the world that list hate groups. The only two I can think of are the SPLC and the ADL. On the other hand think of it this way, what sources would we use to say they are hate groups? I would say the SPLC and the ADL are the only groups which we can really use that have an authority on the subject. All in all I strongly think that just calling it a list of anti-LGBT hate groups would be enough unless you clearly have a better source that specializes in hate groups that would say otherwise.- Rainbowofpeace ( talk) 10:00, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
I've edited the template as suggested. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 19:26, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
31 LGBT heroes, one each day for those who may be interested. Cluetrainwoowoo ( talk) 09:43, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
1.
Roberta Achtenberg
2.
Gloria Anzaldua
3.
Ann Bannon
4.
Katharine Lee Bates
5.
Mary Bonauto
6.
Glenn Burke
7.
Paul Cadmus
8.
Truman Capote
9.
Chris Colfer
10.
Kate Clinton
11.
Ramon Cortines
12.
Marlene Dietrich
13.
Jodie Foster
14.
Jean Paul Gaultier
15.
Henry Gerber
16.
Billy Haines
17.
Mary Kay Henry
18.
Chris Hughes
19.
Christine Jorgensen
20.
Arthur Laurents
21.
Don Lemon
22.
Federico Garcia Lorca
23.
Irshad Manji
24.
Katherine Miller,
Katherine Miller, Former West Point Student, Rejected Upon Request For Readmission
25.
Holly Near
26.
RuPaul
27.
Pierre Seel
28.
Billy Strayhorn
29.
Jon Stryker
30.
Tom Waddell
31. Rev.
Robert Wood,
Gay rights pioneer, groundbreaking author Rev. Robert Wood, turns 89
Here is the full list.
Cluetrainwoowoo (
talk)
09:11, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
BTW these are just the 2012 icons, they also have a database of 186 that is searchable. Cluetrainwoowoo ( talk) 09:13, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
The lead of this article is not a summary of the main article, as several claims of what the alleged homosexual agenda refers to isn't actually in the main body. Some are also un-sourced. I'm bringing this here because I think that the article can be significantly expanded to have information on more, if not all of those mentioned. This is what is in the lead but needs to be sourced and have some mention in the main body:
I'm not sure what action is appropriate at this point, re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Rockstar_(drink)#Malicious_reference_removal.3F_-_Examiner.com so anyone wanna comment or participate?-- Psrq ( talk) 19:06, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
Just a notification: there are numerous LGBT-related categories at WP:CFD that have been nominated today. See Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 October 15. — Tom Morris ( talk) 13:38, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Would the annual High Heel Drag Race in DC be notable enough for an article? It has been going on since 1986 and there are numerous articles about the event.
Here is some more information about this event: http://www.meetup.com/ESL-WDC/events/84375112/ Dragdrag ( talk) 14:35, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Should i place a project tag on this talk page? He's widely considered racist and homophobic and he leads the BNP (British National Party), which is also considered racist and homophobic. Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 11:25, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I've just removed [[coming out|openly]] from "He is openly gay" in the article on Geoff Ryman. Does this wikiproject support the use of what I consider to be highly personalised, prurient information and links in BLPs? Is it relevant to the topic? And why is "openly" linked to "coming out"? I'd have thought they were two quite different things, not to mention stages in one's life (and do all "openly gay" people have to "come out", in this day and age? Coming out implies a certain social/psychological resistance, and I don't believe this is always the case). Tony (talk) 09:18, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Portal:Society is now up for portal peer review, the review page is at Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Society/archive1. I've put a bit of effort into this as part of a featured portal drive related to portals linked from the top-right corner of the Main Page, and feedback would be appreciated prior to featured portal candidacy. Thank you for your time, — Cirt ( talk) 02:41, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Additional opinions would be helpful at Talk:LGBT rights in Texas/Archive 1#POV tag regarding recent re-adding of a POV tag and related edits to the article. Rivertorch ( talk) 11:23, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm notifying this WikiProject due to its relevance to Freedom of speech. I've recently gone ahead and created WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech. If you're interested, here are some easy things you can do:
Thank you for your interest in Freedom of speech, — Cirt ( talk) 22:33, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
Could use some eyes on Australian Christian Lobby, where schills have been trying to portray the movement as they describe themselves. The movement is an over-the-top extreme-right "Christian" organization that is rabidly anti-gay to the point where even other conservative Christian groups in Australia have distanced themselves from it. Would appreciate it if you could add it to your watchlist. Thanks! Dominus Vobisdu ( talk) 03:39, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
pinkpaper.com, an LGBT news website, is now offline. The website is used as a source/link 88 times on Wikipedia. If you have a few minutes, it'd be helpful to link to Internet Archive versions of the same pages and/or find equivalent sources. — Tom Morris ( talk) 11:46, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
There is an article up for AFC review on Thomas Beatie (born female), who achieved media recognition in the late 2000s for conceiving a child while legally male and married. There is a redirect Thomas Beatie, but surprisingly no current article on this person. The article is by a new editor and needs some POV/Tone improvements and better sourcing, but should pass easily with those. Bringing to the attention of folks here interested in the topic who may be able to provide guidance to the originator to help reach publication. MatthewVanitas ( talk) 02:13, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
I've listed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Sexuality and gender and Wikipedia:WikiProject Pornography/Deletion, but I'm not too sure if there are other topical related deletion sorting type places to list this sort of deletion discussion? If so, feel free to do so, or let me know so I can be aware of that in the future going forwards. Thanks and have a great day! Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 17:53, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
I've proposed an article merge at Talk:Sutherland v United Kingdom and would like to seek views from members of the project. SP-KP ( talk) 09:53, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
Hello all.
For those of you who may be interested in an ITN nomination related to this project: Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#LGBT-related_politics_from_US_elections. -- Grotekennis ( talk) 13:30, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Category:LGBT musicians by nationality, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. 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) 14:11, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Shouldn't Robert Kosilek be Michelle Kosilek ? 68.162.221.100 ( talk) 18:00, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
I suggest we create Category:LGBT people from the United States by state, and then create at least a few for the individual states, such as Category:LGBT people from California, Category:LGBT people from New York, and Category:LGBT people from Illinois (the more populous states). Its interesting that there is a deletion discussion for LGBT musicians by nationality. the numbers in these categories are going to keep on getting bigger, and we need more diffusion here. I would go ahead and do this myself, but i think having at least a few people willing to try to populate the categories would help. I am focussed on California/San Fran bay area generally in my work, and i am also not a particular expert on the LGBT community in Cali, so i might not be able to recognize names from the larger list to recategorize. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 22:08, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
I've nominated Portal:Society for featured portal candidacy, discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Society. Thank you for your time, — Cirt ( talk) 22:28, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
Changes to geographical mapping of laws that are in effect is being discussed at Talk:Same-sex_marriage#Map_colour_changes. Student7 ( talk) 23:11, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
Since this topic keeps coming up on that talk page, I figured that it might be a good idea to get more comments from this project weighing in about it on that talk page. Like I stated there, I don't feel that MOS:IDENTITY should be violated (in this case or in any other case). But others here may feel differently. And if there is anything that can be done to take away readers' confusion without violating MOS:IDENTITY, I'm open to it. At Chaz Bono, all pronouns were once excluded in a way that they weren't needed, and, when they were needed, "Bono" was used instead. That's no longer the case for that article, however. And, from what I see, given the type of text involved, it would be more difficult not to refer to Brandon Teena by male pronouns. Flyer22 ( talk) 01:21, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
We could use more eyes on the article on Teena Brandon again. See talk page for details. Thanks. Dominus Vobisdu ( talk) 02:52, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
It looks like you guys are unpopular at ANI. My advice is for you basically ignore talk page rants. Keeping some proportions, they remind me of someone posting various nonsense at Talk:P versus NP problem; that 'someone' has been doing it for years, but it's hardly worth the trouble replying. Tijfo098 ( talk) 03:42, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and related articles have undergone some recent changes that I think are troubling in terms of undue weight. If anyone else would care to take a look, I'm stepping back and returning to RL for a bit. Rivertorch ( talk) 19:55, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I've been working on Caribbean articles about the United States Virgin Islands and noticed there isn't an article for LGBT rights in the United States Virgin Islands. I'm really curious about what is legal there as its a US territory and noticed that Puerto Rico got its own article so why not one for the USVI? I would start it but have no info about the subject. I figured you guys would be the ones to turn to for help. Thanks so much. -- Turn685 ( talk) 13:19, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
After this intermittently boring and fascinating poet gave a lecture at my school, I bought one of his collections, which was largely about both his homosexuality and other notable historical gays (plus this one poem where he theorizes that Castor and Pollux were into some serious twincest). Anyways, went to his article, saw that while it was in several gay/LGBT categories, there was no mention, so I added a "Personal life" section on his sexuality and a few other things. But I was surprised that I was only able to find brief mentions of his sexual orientation in a few sources, considering he's been out in some circles since the 60s, and there's no shortage of reliable coverage of him. So I was wondering if anyone could track down anything more in-depth. (I also recommend his work to anyone who likes reading poets who see the world through a very rainbow-tinted lens. ) — Francophonie&Androphilie( Je vous invite à me parler) 04:14, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
There has been a disagreement here about the usage of gay vs homosexual. We have differing interpretations of Trystan's proposal at the top of this page. Any thoughts? Pass a Method talk 13:18, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Does anyone know of an entry along the lines of Same-sex immigration policy in the United States? Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 17:27, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. I found this too: Immigration equality#United States But I may start a new entry. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 18:05, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
User:MikeFromCanmore is a newly registered account and he is removing lesbian content on lesbian or lesbian-related articles in a fashion that can only be described as WP:IDONTLIKEIT. See this edit to the Lesbianism in erotica article, [1] this edit to the Cunnilingus article, [2] where he removed the lesbian image and then asserted on the talk page that cunnilingus is more commonly performed by males, [3] and these edits to the Lesbian sexual practices article. [4] [5] [6] [7] He contradicted himself on his "[cunnilingus] is usually an act performed by a male" assertion anyhow, shown with the first edit he made to the Lesbian sexual practices article. [8]
The editor clearly doesn't understand Wikipedia policies and guidelines, and needs a warning about what is wrong with his removals. It doesn't appear that he's going to stop reverting, and so may eventually get blocked for WP:Edit warring. 220.255.2.167 ( talk) 07:53, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
For what it's worth, there is a whole bunch of academic sources now cited on Drmies' user talk page, of all places. See User talk:Drmies#Sources for starters (but read further along as well for other citations). Project members are invited to join in the expansion. Uncle G ( talk) 09:31, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
I thought it would be good for collaboration if some people, or everyone posted up here what LGBT projects/articles they're currently working on in the hope of attracting others to help and give their opinions. If the article posting could violate WP:Canvass then please do not post it up underneath here:
Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 09:55, 12 December 2012 (UTC)