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Just as a heads-up, I've begun the process of converting List of LGBT writers from a plain format to a table, more like that which has long been in use at the various subpages of List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people. So far I've only completed the letters A, E, F, N, O, U and Y — I will continue with this, but would welcome any additional assistance that people are willing to provide, as it's a big job which I'm unlikely to be able to finish in one sitting. For the record, the process should not involve just converting the existing names, as there are a considerable number of people — including some highly notable omissions, like Emma Donoghue and Leslie Feinberg — who aren't on it but should be, and a few who aren't properly referenced. (Of course, it's not strictly necessary to catch every last missing entry in one pass, but if you do notice that a writer you know of is missing, you should add them in the process — and we should make it an active goal of the project to get the list up to more fully comprehensive status in the longer term.) Bearcat ( talk) 22:01, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
There are some worrying comments on the Homosexuality talk page. It seems that there will be consideration by some to add biblical reasoning for why homosexuality should be warned against due to AIDS. The community should weigh in. Sean Egan (talk) 18:48, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
User:Govgovgov ( Special:Contributions/Govgovgov) seems to be moving around from article to article pushing an anti-LGBT POV on whatever article he can find, not to mention blatant launching personal attacks as well ( [1]). And I swear that his edits are very similar to those of a blocked editor, but I can't remember the name. Since these articles are all related to this project, I thought I'd best leave a note here. -- Scientiom ( talk) 16:22, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
Commemt Scientom, I'm posting this here since you would just delete this from your talk page, but creating this section here is an obvious attempt to canvass for support. Your recent post at BlackKite's talk page appears to be admin shopping. If you have issues with another editor and can't work it out with them, try a notice board instead of a project or what you perceive to be an admin "friendly" to your plight.
little green rosetta
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central scrutinizer
01:46, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
So we have two socks edit warring with each other. Block them and move on!-- В и к и T 16:31, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I just found Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Leaving courthouse on first day of gay marriage in Washington, which is a picture taken on the first day gay marriage was legalized in Washington (state) in the United States. It is currently being considered for featured article status. Since this picture has the potential to be propagated representing LGBT interests, I thought that it might be of interest to this board to participate in discussions of its quality. Thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:53, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi. There is a dynamic IP that keeps erasing and blanking without comment all GLBT mention in Edgewater, Chicago even though there are several references. However, perhaps there is a subject matter expert that can take a look and see if there is anything to be done there. Not sure how one communicates with a Dynamic IP (Generally from the Milwaukee area according to the traker). Alanscottwalker ( talk) 11:46, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
I fixed the multiple issues at North American Old Catholic Church, but it may help to add it to a few personal watch lists in view of the page's history. -- Jreferee ( talk) 23:33, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Just to keep everybody updated, I've started a new workgroup, Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/LGBT in Canada work group, for LGBT issues and personalities in Canada. This new page is principally a subgroup of WikiProject LGBT studies, not a distinct WikiProject in its own right, but Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada is a secondary parent as well. It exists so that interested editors can more actively coordinate and organize coverage relating to LGBT topics in Canada, where a lot of relevant stuff has typically fallen through the cracks due to the relatively limited number of editors actively working on them. Anyone who's interested in helping out is welcome. Bearcat ( talk) 00:20, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Just in case anyone here at the project doesn't already know this, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has announced that it will now only go by the name GLAAD, which used to be its acronym. The reason for name change is to accurately reflect its support of the LGBT community in its entirety. Its Wikipedia article was changed to reflect this. [2] [3] [4]
Presumably, most or all of you who know of the organization simply called it "GLAAD" already. But Wikipedia articles that use the old name, as "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" or "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)" are now inaccurate on that matter, unless referring to the type of historical aspects that are covered in the History section of the GLAAD article. So in case any of you want to change such articles accordingly, that is the other reason for informing this project of the name change. Flyer22 ( talk) 19:07, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Greetings - the previous IRC channel for this WikiProject - #wikipedia-en-lgbt - has not been used for several months (it has been a bot and me hanging out alone for some time now) in favor of #wikimedia-lgbt connect - as a result the WikiProject channel has been forwarded to #wikimedia-lgbt connect - which generally has about 7-10 users a day. I will be updating various wikipages to reflect the change. The most obvious reason is that anyone needing help with enWP LGBT content would only find maybe a bot and I to answer their questions - whereas with the channel they will now find - there are typically at least half a dozen people around to answer a question. I welcome you all to join everyone hanging out on IRC at #wikimedia-lgbt connect - good times are had by all. Thank you to the WM IRC Ops for doing the actual work. -- Varnent ( talk)( COI) 19:36, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Could anybody integrate this popular sign (also seen in blue and yellow: File:Hrc logo.svg) into some gay marriage-articles? Thanks — Allrounder ( talk) 21:16, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
Varnent, first you claimed the symbol was not one of marriage equality, which it is, then you claimed it to be protected by a "trademark copyright", which it isn't, and stated "their reputation for sending cease-and-desist letters for use of their logo or variations of it, I think we can safely assess they enforce their trademark and copyright over at least the yellow and blue version", which is a non argument for our free use of the trademark symbol in any article (which could be percieved to be something of a borderline legal threat...not that you were making it) and outright said should not be used anywhere but on the FRC article, which is a matter of consensus. Te request was to incorporate it into an article. Not that we ignore our referencing standards. Lets all take a breath and remember there is no rush, but there is also no brick wall here. There are indeed a good deal of reliable sources for the symbol and we cannot stop time or the real world situations that make it encyclopedic in nature and value.-- Amadscientist ( talk) 04:42, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
As a random aside, there is zero evidence this logo has any particular use outside the United States. It certainly is not tied into historical marriage equality debates in Spain. I have never seen it used in marriage equality debates in Australia. If there is an argument for using it, the use needs to be very specifically tailored to the United States and articles about marriage equality in that country. -- LauraHale ( talk) 05:01, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
A discussion about sources and allegedly misleading wording in the lede is underway. More eyes would be much appreciated. Rivertorch ( talk) 05:30, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Pope Joan is currently in ‹The template Cat is being considered for merging.› Category:LGBT history prior to the 19th century and ‹The template Cat is being considered for merging.› Category:Transgender topics and religion. I almost unilaterally removed both of these, but I thought it best to clarify the issue first. Though almost certainly just a legendary figure, Joan was a woman who dressed as a man and was named pope. None of this says anything about her sexuality. I was always under the impression that transvestism and transgender were separate categories (even if some individuals could fall under both), but now I'm hesitant since the former is discussed in the latter's article. Now, Pope Joan isn't actually tagged as of interest to this project, and I think that's appropriate (Women's history is a much better fit), but again, I wanted to ask. Is a transvestite always transgender? Apologies, this must have been asked before. Maybe there should be a FAQ. -- BDD ( talk) 21:51, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
I think that Women's History would be a much better fit. There are no indications that she dressed as a man for sexual reasons; the more logical inference is that she dressed as a man because women are not allowed to be ordained in the Roman Catholic Church. 70.113.67.75 ( talk) 22:02, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
Although it would seem to many that it would be pointless, I suggest that we create separate categories for male people, heterosexual people, and cisgender people, so as not to subtly perpetuate the idea that heterosexual, male, and cisgender people are the 'norm'. For instance, we have separate categories for category:gay writers, category:transgender and transsexual actors, and category:genderqueer people as a whole. This seems to me to subtly reinforce the idea that LGBTQ people are abnormal. (This message brought to you by His Reasonableness The High Chancellor Marowmerowmer, Champion of Rationality. Sing songs of praise to me or simply worship me.) 10:47, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
There seems to have been a bit of a situation brewing at Liberace; over the past several months, there's been a slow-motion edit war consisting of anonymous IPs removing LGBT-related categories from the article on the grounds that denying it during his lifetime somehow "proves" that he wasn't, followed by a signed-in Wikipedia editor later readding them, followed by another anonymous IP removing them again, lather, rinse, repeat.
Obviously this isn't acceptable, so I need to ask for some additional eyes to watchlist the article in case this crops up again. Thanks. Bearcat ( talk) 09:58, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
Please see above two related deletion discussions, and if you wish to do so, comment at the ongoing discussions and/or help with sourcing and quality improvement at the respective article pages. Thank you, — Cirt ( talk) 14:42, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
There been some recent COI editing at Mission: America, mostly removing sourced content. It would be helpful if others could watchlist this article to help ensure that it remains neutral. Thank you - Mr X 22:19, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Could use a few more eyes, following a recent incident, relevant to this WikiProject, in the news there. -- j⚛e decker talk 20:11, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Talk:Demographics of Asian Americans#Sexuality.
RightCowLeftCoast (
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17:26, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
Greetings. Could some of you please help me expand Robert Harling (writer)'s page? He is openly gay as the article I added from The Advocate shows, and there is probably a lot more to say about his career. He wasn't tagged as gay until I did (and also added LGBT categories), so perhaps you hadn't noticed his page. Please do reference everything you add to the page. It would be wonderful to find a picture as well, if there is one in the public domain. Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 18:59, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
A few months back Nick Griffin tweeted the address of a gay couple and encouraged protests and made a vague threat of violence towards them after they won a discrimination lawsuit against a hotel/B&B owner. I'm trying to add a section on this to the article but have run into a problem. I've been told that mentioning any content of the tweets or what the sources say they did is a copyvio (They were removed as "copyedit"). I had this recently on a different article where the consensus was to add details of the controversy and i believe this to be the same. Can someone who knows about this kind of thing take a look so i don't have to go to ANI. Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 11:58, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
Folks on this project might want to weigh in at this discussion: Talk:Suicide_of_Kelly_Yeomans#Requested_move_2_.28second_request.29. I noticed that all the articles in this move request are now titled "suicide of..." AND are 100% about either women/girls or boys alleged to be gay. On the surface, the discussion is over WP:AT, but IMHO, the discussion is really about if they deserve the dignity of having an article titled with simply their name, or if the "suicide of" title is because that's the "only" thing they are "notable" for. I know I'm inserting my own bias in this comment, but when I made the argument there that everyone notable enough for a WP article deserves, in basic human dignity, to have it titled Their name and not Sensationalistic thing about their death, I hadn't noticed that there was also the anti-female and anti-gay slant. Anyway, whether I'm right or wrong, I see a pattern and y'all may want to take a look and comment. Montanabw (talk) 19:44, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
I just created a new stub on Alan Gendreau, the first openly gay football player. Please take a look at it and edit where you can, especially for readability and citations needed. Bearian ( talk) 12:22, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Please see discussion, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Dan Savage bibliography/archive2. — Cirt ( talk) 00:10, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
I had some concerns regarding a new section in the article on Homosexuality and Roman Catholic priests. Some of the material removed may have a place in the article, or possibly in related articles but not, I would say, in the form it had been presented or with such prominence in the article. Those involved in this project may have a view. Mutt Lunker ( talk) 22:15, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
Is there a consensus either way for a preferred wording for a gay male relationship? The Nick Griffin article previously mentioned a supposed "homosexual" relationship, as well as an actual same-sex relationship. I changed the one to "same-sex couple" but what's preferred:
Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 08:24, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
There's a proposal here to set up a gender bias task force. Input would be very welcome. SlimVirgin (talk) 23:44, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Talk:Jason_Collins#Glenn_Burke. There is a discussion over the terminology for publicly figures who are openly out only to those around them versus those where the media has published to the general public that they are out. —
Bagumba (
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03:33, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
The WP:VisualEditor is designed to let people edit without needing to learn wikitext syntax. The articles will look (nearly) the same in the new edit "window" as when you read them (aka WYSIWYG), and changes will show up as you type them, very much like writing a document in a modern word processor. The devs currently expect to deploy the VisualEditor as the new site-wide default editing system in early July 2013.
About 2,000 editors have tried out this early test version so far, and feedback overall has been positive. Right now, the VisualEditor is available only to registered users who opt-in, and it's a bit slow and limited in features. You can do all the basic things like writing or changing sentences, creating or changing section headings, and editing simple bulleted lists. It currently can't either add or remove templates (like fact tags), ref tags, images, categories, or tables (and it will not be turned on for new users until common reference styles and citation templates are supported). These more complex features are being worked on, and the code will be updated as things are worked out. Also, right now you can only use it for articles and user pages. When it's deployed in July, the old editor will still be available and, in fact, the old edit window will be the only option for talk pages (I believe that WP:Notifications (aka Echo) is ultimately supposed to deal with talk pages).
The developers are asking editors like you to join the alpha testing for the VisualEditor. Please go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing and tick the box at the end of the page, where it says "Enable VisualEditor (only in the main namespace and the User namespace)". Save the preferences, and then try fixing a few typos or copyediting a few articles by using the new "Edit" tab instead of the section [Edit] buttons or the old editing window (which will still be present and still work for you, but which will be renamed "Edit source"). Fix a typo or make some changes, and then click the 'save and review' button (at the top of the page). See what works and what doesn't. We really need people who will try this out on 10 or 15 pages and then leave a note Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback about their experiences, especially if something mission-critical isn't working and doesn't seem to be on anyone's radar.
Also, if any of you are involved in template maintenance or documentation about how to edit pages, the VisualEditor will require some extra attention. The devs want to incorporate things like citation templates directly into the editor, which means that they need to know what information goes in which fields. Obviously, the screenshots and instructions for basic editing will need to be completely updated. The old edit window is not going away, so help pages will likely need to cover both the old and the new.
If you have questions and can't find a better place to ask them, then please feel free to leave a message on my user talk page, and perhaps together we'll be able to figure it out. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 01:07, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
I found a few sources which speculate about her being a lesbian, through this is a fringe POV. I think the sources are reliable enough to merit a cautious, qualified mention, but how about a project tag on the talk or a category? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:44, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_May_17#Category:LGBT_architects.
Obi-Wan Kenobi (
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05:10, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
Could anyone help with improving this article? There are plenty of English-language sources, given that such a large and violent homophob protest is rare. Nestrabonk ( talk) 09:39, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
File:Tyler Clementi.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 ( talk) 02:49, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
File:Jamey Rodemeyer.png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 ( talk) 02:54, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
In light of the recently enacted community ban of a longtime contributor who is alleged to have pursued an on-wiki vendetta against the subjects of certain articles, I am prompted to ask experienced editors who can spare any time to examine this article to ensure it complies with basic policies and to determine whether its maintenance tags should remain in place. A more detailed version of this request is on the article's talk page. Thank you. Rivertorch ( talk) 06:20, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey, everyone. Comments are needed with regard to the above linked matter in the heading. I've already commented on the matter. Flyer22 ( talk) 20:04, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Currently, "homosexual acts" is used in Template:World homosexuality laws map, which sounds clinical. See Avoiding Heterosexual Bias in Language. Furthermore, same-sex unions are not mere "acts," as it includes various other components ranging from romantic attraction to legal status. Finally, non-sexual behaviour is also penalized in some countries. For example, this Cameroonian got jailed for texting 'I'm in love with you' to another man. [5]. Based on this I tried to change it to "Same-sex relationships" or "Recognition/Persecution" based on an ILGA map [6]. The other editor claims "homosexual acts" are more neutral. Please comment on Template_talk:World_homosexuality_laws_map#Removed_clinical_and_imprecise_terminology. Cavann ( talk) 23:25, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
There is an RfC here Talk:Hans-Hermann_Hoppe#RfC:_Should_the_section_title_for_Academic_freedom_controversy_be_changed.3F concerning the article on Hans-Hermann Hoppe. There is extensive background discussion elsewhere on the talk page there. SPECIFICO talk 02:22, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
I notice that a number of people, such as Roberta Cowell and Calpernia Addams have been placed into ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Transgender and transsexual people even though they are also in ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Transgender and transsexual women. Is this a desirable categorisation? To me, it goes against WP:DIFFUSE, although there may be special reasons in the case of these people. -- Redrose64 ( talk) 21:37, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Ongoing deletion discussion for List of books about AIDS at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of books about AIDS.
Perhaps this WikiProject and its members may be interested in contributing to this discussion, and/or a quality improvement project for this list page. — Cirt ( talk) 07:04, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I would like a third opinion about mentioning Zal Batmanglij's sexual orientation in his article. Discussion is here. Erik ( talk | contribs) 20:58, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
I prepared an Article titled Thomas Smith (author) that was almost instantly subjected to a Deletion Discussion. Based on my the comments I reduced the references. The article that I wrote is supported by non-mainstream references, Lavendar magazine in Minneapolis, MN, THE WORD, Indianapolis, IN, and The Leather Journal, Los Angeles, CA. The comments in the Deletion Discussion appear that the references are being considered as 'nonreliable' based on the gay or leather nature of the publications. This is based on my review of the comments and your opinion may differ. Additionally, support includes Leather Archives & Museum Timeline, Chicago and Pantheon of Leather Awards. The LA&M is a recognized library and the Pantheon Awards are selected by an independent panel and has been existence for many years. The subject of the article is in non-mainstream categories (Gay Writers) (BDSM writer) and BDSM Activist) commensurate with the references. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Smith_%28author%29 for article and it has the link to the discussion.
I would be interested to know how non-mainstream references are typically treated; I see other articles that are similar to the subject of this article with similar references and they have not been subject of a deletion discussion. Perhaps this WikiProject and its members may be interested in contributing to this discussion. WilliamTaylorSimpson ( talk) 01:45, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Thank you.
The draft article Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Queering paradigms needs to be reviewed by someone familiar with the subject, please help. Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 18:46, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Just looking for advice here.
Since Leonard Matlovich is buried at Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC there is something of a movement for LGBT folks (especially military folks) to have their graves near his. I'm not sure this is of national or even city-wide importance, but it is of importance in a cemetery-wide context. I'm writing up the cemetery in detail, with lots of photos, and even QRpedia codes.
One of the issues is that not all the graves are occupied yet (one partner only) - is it cool to show somebody's grave on Wikipedia if they are still alive? (I'd go to BLPn on this - which could make for an interesting section name but you may be able to help with other questions as well). Another question has to do with terminology - please read the inscription carefully in the photo and let me know what you think.
Also wondering what you think about the name of the Commons category "Gay graves at Congressional Cemetery"
All the best,
Smallbones( smalltalk) 18:09, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
I'm not too involved with the Benvenuto Cellini article, having stumbled across it today, but I'm asking for help from this project with regard to it. The issue is whether or not to categorize this historical figure as bisexual and/or place him in LGBT categories. See here, here, here and here for some of what I mean. Currently, a WP:Edit war is going on at that article with regard to the aforementioned categorization matter, and there is an old discussion on the talk page about categorizing Benvenuto Cellini as homosexual or bisexual (or maybe neither): Talk:Benvenuto Cellini#Private life. There has been concern expressed from this project before about placing historical figures in any LGBT category; see, for example, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies/Archive 43#Suggested guidelines for gay and homosexual.
I'll comment in that Private life discussion section that I have asked the WP:LGBT project to weigh in on this.
Flyer22 (
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21:57, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
Can someone help me with Tiko Kerr? Right now it's an orphaned article. He's a prominent figure in Canada in creating awareness for HIV/AIDS experimental drugs and is a leading artist in Vancouver. I am fearful that they might site the article for deletion if people don't help out and edit it to a more acceptable format. I am a novice (at best) in doing this. Thanks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiko_Kerr ( talk) 19:08, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
I've created a new article on gender studies lecturer, Nicholas Chare.
Further help with expansion would be most appreciated.
Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 06:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
Some of us have been working for some time on the LGBT History Project. This is a Wiki devoted specifically to LGBT history in the United Kingdom. We use similar approaches to Wikipedia, the main difference being that we have a much more relaxed standard of notability. In general, if there's information recorded about a UK LGBT-related subject we would seek to have an article for it. This of course means that we are often obliged to rely on less reliable sources than would be appropriate for Wikipedia. Part of the aim, as our "time capsule" logo suggests, is to capture information about LGBT organisations and venues before it disappears, and a number of our articles rely on archived versions of obsolete websites. Of course we also harvest information from Wikipedia for better-known subjects. Apologies if all this is seen as severely off-topic, but if any editors with an interest in British LGBT matters would be interested in contributing to a rather different project we'd be happy to hear from you. -- rossb ( talk) 17:04, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
I pulled a somewhat essayish draft out of AfC for Ernestine Eckstein, who seems notable and interesting, but whipping the article into a neutral encyclopedic state is going to take a little more work. Anyone who wants to lend a hand is invited to. Thanks. -- j⚛e decker talk 23:52, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
The title Hefemale which currently redirects to the trans man article has been nominated at RfD. The nomination originally received no comments and so has been relisted at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 July 10#Hefemale where your contribution is invited. Thryduulf ( talk) 11:37, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I think members of this project should be aware of a situation that has arisen at the Aesthetic Realism article. The article concerns a movement that is notorious for once having attempted to convert gay men and lesbians to heterosexuality. It contained the following unsourced, obviously controversial assertion: "Some men who began to study to change from homosexuality discontinued their study. Others, who at one time stated they had changed, later decided to live a gay lifestyle. Still others indicate that the change from homosexuality they first experienced in the 1970s and 80s is authentic and continues to the present day." Since that had no source, and seems to violate WP:VERIFY and WP:NPOV, I removed it. Unfortunately, another editor restored that text (and in fact reverted all my edits to the article) simply because I didn't discuss my changes on talk first.
I consider restoring unsourced, controversial material about efforts to change sexual orientation to be highly inappropriate. Could project members please take a look at this situation and comment on the article's talk page? FreeKnowledgeCreator ( talk) 22:02, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
Erastes (author) has been listed for prod; she's a writer whose article does have sourcing problems, but who has been a nominee for the Lambda Literary Awards. If anybody can help get it up to snuff or cares to comment in the discussion at Talk:Erastes (author), some help would be appreciated. Bearcat ( talk) 23:42, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
An IP user has proposed OutServe-SLDN for deletion and done so ineptly. Those interested might want to have a look. 166.186.168.8 ( talk) 22:31, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
A merge of what? The entries for OutServe and SLDN have already been merged. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 00:40, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
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Just as a heads-up, I've begun the process of converting List of LGBT writers from a plain format to a table, more like that which has long been in use at the various subpages of List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people. So far I've only completed the letters A, E, F, N, O, U and Y — I will continue with this, but would welcome any additional assistance that people are willing to provide, as it's a big job which I'm unlikely to be able to finish in one sitting. For the record, the process should not involve just converting the existing names, as there are a considerable number of people — including some highly notable omissions, like Emma Donoghue and Leslie Feinberg — who aren't on it but should be, and a few who aren't properly referenced. (Of course, it's not strictly necessary to catch every last missing entry in one pass, but if you do notice that a writer you know of is missing, you should add them in the process — and we should make it an active goal of the project to get the list up to more fully comprehensive status in the longer term.) Bearcat ( talk) 22:01, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
There are some worrying comments on the Homosexuality talk page. It seems that there will be consideration by some to add biblical reasoning for why homosexuality should be warned against due to AIDS. The community should weigh in. Sean Egan (talk) 18:48, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
User:Govgovgov ( Special:Contributions/Govgovgov) seems to be moving around from article to article pushing an anti-LGBT POV on whatever article he can find, not to mention blatant launching personal attacks as well ( [1]). And I swear that his edits are very similar to those of a blocked editor, but I can't remember the name. Since these articles are all related to this project, I thought I'd best leave a note here. -- Scientiom ( talk) 16:22, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
Commemt Scientom, I'm posting this here since you would just delete this from your talk page, but creating this section here is an obvious attempt to canvass for support. Your recent post at BlackKite's talk page appears to be admin shopping. If you have issues with another editor and can't work it out with them, try a notice board instead of a project or what you perceive to be an admin "friendly" to your plight.
little green rosetta
(talk)
central scrutinizer
01:46, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
So we have two socks edit warring with each other. Block them and move on!-- В и к и T 16:31, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I just found Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Leaving courthouse on first day of gay marriage in Washington, which is a picture taken on the first day gay marriage was legalized in Washington (state) in the United States. It is currently being considered for featured article status. Since this picture has the potential to be propagated representing LGBT interests, I thought that it might be of interest to this board to participate in discussions of its quality. Thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:53, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi. There is a dynamic IP that keeps erasing and blanking without comment all GLBT mention in Edgewater, Chicago even though there are several references. However, perhaps there is a subject matter expert that can take a look and see if there is anything to be done there. Not sure how one communicates with a Dynamic IP (Generally from the Milwaukee area according to the traker). Alanscottwalker ( talk) 11:46, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
I fixed the multiple issues at North American Old Catholic Church, but it may help to add it to a few personal watch lists in view of the page's history. -- Jreferee ( talk) 23:33, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Just to keep everybody updated, I've started a new workgroup, Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/LGBT in Canada work group, for LGBT issues and personalities in Canada. This new page is principally a subgroup of WikiProject LGBT studies, not a distinct WikiProject in its own right, but Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada is a secondary parent as well. It exists so that interested editors can more actively coordinate and organize coverage relating to LGBT topics in Canada, where a lot of relevant stuff has typically fallen through the cracks due to the relatively limited number of editors actively working on them. Anyone who's interested in helping out is welcome. Bearcat ( talk) 00:20, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Just in case anyone here at the project doesn't already know this, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has announced that it will now only go by the name GLAAD, which used to be its acronym. The reason for name change is to accurately reflect its support of the LGBT community in its entirety. Its Wikipedia article was changed to reflect this. [2] [3] [4]
Presumably, most or all of you who know of the organization simply called it "GLAAD" already. But Wikipedia articles that use the old name, as "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" or "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)" are now inaccurate on that matter, unless referring to the type of historical aspects that are covered in the History section of the GLAAD article. So in case any of you want to change such articles accordingly, that is the other reason for informing this project of the name change. Flyer22 ( talk) 19:07, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Greetings - the previous IRC channel for this WikiProject - #wikipedia-en-lgbt - has not been used for several months (it has been a bot and me hanging out alone for some time now) in favor of #wikimedia-lgbt connect - as a result the WikiProject channel has been forwarded to #wikimedia-lgbt connect - which generally has about 7-10 users a day. I will be updating various wikipages to reflect the change. The most obvious reason is that anyone needing help with enWP LGBT content would only find maybe a bot and I to answer their questions - whereas with the channel they will now find - there are typically at least half a dozen people around to answer a question. I welcome you all to join everyone hanging out on IRC at #wikimedia-lgbt connect - good times are had by all. Thank you to the WM IRC Ops for doing the actual work. -- Varnent ( talk)( COI) 19:36, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Could anybody integrate this popular sign (also seen in blue and yellow: File:Hrc logo.svg) into some gay marriage-articles? Thanks — Allrounder ( talk) 21:16, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
Varnent, first you claimed the symbol was not one of marriage equality, which it is, then you claimed it to be protected by a "trademark copyright", which it isn't, and stated "their reputation for sending cease-and-desist letters for use of their logo or variations of it, I think we can safely assess they enforce their trademark and copyright over at least the yellow and blue version", which is a non argument for our free use of the trademark symbol in any article (which could be percieved to be something of a borderline legal threat...not that you were making it) and outright said should not be used anywhere but on the FRC article, which is a matter of consensus. Te request was to incorporate it into an article. Not that we ignore our referencing standards. Lets all take a breath and remember there is no rush, but there is also no brick wall here. There are indeed a good deal of reliable sources for the symbol and we cannot stop time or the real world situations that make it encyclopedic in nature and value.-- Amadscientist ( talk) 04:42, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
As a random aside, there is zero evidence this logo has any particular use outside the United States. It certainly is not tied into historical marriage equality debates in Spain. I have never seen it used in marriage equality debates in Australia. If there is an argument for using it, the use needs to be very specifically tailored to the United States and articles about marriage equality in that country. -- LauraHale ( talk) 05:01, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
A discussion about sources and allegedly misleading wording in the lede is underway. More eyes would be much appreciated. Rivertorch ( talk) 05:30, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Pope Joan is currently in ‹The template Cat is being considered for merging.› Category:LGBT history prior to the 19th century and ‹The template Cat is being considered for merging.› Category:Transgender topics and religion. I almost unilaterally removed both of these, but I thought it best to clarify the issue first. Though almost certainly just a legendary figure, Joan was a woman who dressed as a man and was named pope. None of this says anything about her sexuality. I was always under the impression that transvestism and transgender were separate categories (even if some individuals could fall under both), but now I'm hesitant since the former is discussed in the latter's article. Now, Pope Joan isn't actually tagged as of interest to this project, and I think that's appropriate (Women's history is a much better fit), but again, I wanted to ask. Is a transvestite always transgender? Apologies, this must have been asked before. Maybe there should be a FAQ. -- BDD ( talk) 21:51, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
I think that Women's History would be a much better fit. There are no indications that she dressed as a man for sexual reasons; the more logical inference is that she dressed as a man because women are not allowed to be ordained in the Roman Catholic Church. 70.113.67.75 ( talk) 22:02, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
Although it would seem to many that it would be pointless, I suggest that we create separate categories for male people, heterosexual people, and cisgender people, so as not to subtly perpetuate the idea that heterosexual, male, and cisgender people are the 'norm'. For instance, we have separate categories for category:gay writers, category:transgender and transsexual actors, and category:genderqueer people as a whole. This seems to me to subtly reinforce the idea that LGBTQ people are abnormal. (This message brought to you by His Reasonableness The High Chancellor Marowmerowmer, Champion of Rationality. Sing songs of praise to me or simply worship me.) 10:47, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
There seems to have been a bit of a situation brewing at Liberace; over the past several months, there's been a slow-motion edit war consisting of anonymous IPs removing LGBT-related categories from the article on the grounds that denying it during his lifetime somehow "proves" that he wasn't, followed by a signed-in Wikipedia editor later readding them, followed by another anonymous IP removing them again, lather, rinse, repeat.
Obviously this isn't acceptable, so I need to ask for some additional eyes to watchlist the article in case this crops up again. Thanks. Bearcat ( talk) 09:58, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
Please see above two related deletion discussions, and if you wish to do so, comment at the ongoing discussions and/or help with sourcing and quality improvement at the respective article pages. Thank you, — Cirt ( talk) 14:42, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
There been some recent COI editing at Mission: America, mostly removing sourced content. It would be helpful if others could watchlist this article to help ensure that it remains neutral. Thank you - Mr X 22:19, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Could use a few more eyes, following a recent incident, relevant to this WikiProject, in the news there. -- j⚛e decker talk 20:11, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Talk:Demographics of Asian Americans#Sexuality.
RightCowLeftCoast (
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17:26, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
Greetings. Could some of you please help me expand Robert Harling (writer)'s page? He is openly gay as the article I added from The Advocate shows, and there is probably a lot more to say about his career. He wasn't tagged as gay until I did (and also added LGBT categories), so perhaps you hadn't noticed his page. Please do reference everything you add to the page. It would be wonderful to find a picture as well, if there is one in the public domain. Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 18:59, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
A few months back Nick Griffin tweeted the address of a gay couple and encouraged protests and made a vague threat of violence towards them after they won a discrimination lawsuit against a hotel/B&B owner. I'm trying to add a section on this to the article but have run into a problem. I've been told that mentioning any content of the tweets or what the sources say they did is a copyvio (They were removed as "copyedit"). I had this recently on a different article where the consensus was to add details of the controversy and i believe this to be the same. Can someone who knows about this kind of thing take a look so i don't have to go to ANI. Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 11:58, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
Folks on this project might want to weigh in at this discussion: Talk:Suicide_of_Kelly_Yeomans#Requested_move_2_.28second_request.29. I noticed that all the articles in this move request are now titled "suicide of..." AND are 100% about either women/girls or boys alleged to be gay. On the surface, the discussion is over WP:AT, but IMHO, the discussion is really about if they deserve the dignity of having an article titled with simply their name, or if the "suicide of" title is because that's the "only" thing they are "notable" for. I know I'm inserting my own bias in this comment, but when I made the argument there that everyone notable enough for a WP article deserves, in basic human dignity, to have it titled Their name and not Sensationalistic thing about their death, I hadn't noticed that there was also the anti-female and anti-gay slant. Anyway, whether I'm right or wrong, I see a pattern and y'all may want to take a look and comment. Montanabw (talk) 19:44, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
I just created a new stub on Alan Gendreau, the first openly gay football player. Please take a look at it and edit where you can, especially for readability and citations needed. Bearian ( talk) 12:22, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Please see discussion, at Wikipedia:Peer review/Dan Savage bibliography/archive2. — Cirt ( talk) 00:10, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
I had some concerns regarding a new section in the article on Homosexuality and Roman Catholic priests. Some of the material removed may have a place in the article, or possibly in related articles but not, I would say, in the form it had been presented or with such prominence in the article. Those involved in this project may have a view. Mutt Lunker ( talk) 22:15, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
Is there a consensus either way for a preferred wording for a gay male relationship? The Nick Griffin article previously mentioned a supposed "homosexual" relationship, as well as an actual same-sex relationship. I changed the one to "same-sex couple" but what's preferred:
Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 08:24, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
There's a proposal here to set up a gender bias task force. Input would be very welcome. SlimVirgin (talk) 23:44, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Talk:Jason_Collins#Glenn_Burke. There is a discussion over the terminology for publicly figures who are openly out only to those around them versus those where the media has published to the general public that they are out. —
Bagumba (
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03:33, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
The WP:VisualEditor is designed to let people edit without needing to learn wikitext syntax. The articles will look (nearly) the same in the new edit "window" as when you read them (aka WYSIWYG), and changes will show up as you type them, very much like writing a document in a modern word processor. The devs currently expect to deploy the VisualEditor as the new site-wide default editing system in early July 2013.
About 2,000 editors have tried out this early test version so far, and feedback overall has been positive. Right now, the VisualEditor is available only to registered users who opt-in, and it's a bit slow and limited in features. You can do all the basic things like writing or changing sentences, creating or changing section headings, and editing simple bulleted lists. It currently can't either add or remove templates (like fact tags), ref tags, images, categories, or tables (and it will not be turned on for new users until common reference styles and citation templates are supported). These more complex features are being worked on, and the code will be updated as things are worked out. Also, right now you can only use it for articles and user pages. When it's deployed in July, the old editor will still be available and, in fact, the old edit window will be the only option for talk pages (I believe that WP:Notifications (aka Echo) is ultimately supposed to deal with talk pages).
The developers are asking editors like you to join the alpha testing for the VisualEditor. Please go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing and tick the box at the end of the page, where it says "Enable VisualEditor (only in the main namespace and the User namespace)". Save the preferences, and then try fixing a few typos or copyediting a few articles by using the new "Edit" tab instead of the section [Edit] buttons or the old editing window (which will still be present and still work for you, but which will be renamed "Edit source"). Fix a typo or make some changes, and then click the 'save and review' button (at the top of the page). See what works and what doesn't. We really need people who will try this out on 10 or 15 pages and then leave a note Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback about their experiences, especially if something mission-critical isn't working and doesn't seem to be on anyone's radar.
Also, if any of you are involved in template maintenance or documentation about how to edit pages, the VisualEditor will require some extra attention. The devs want to incorporate things like citation templates directly into the editor, which means that they need to know what information goes in which fields. Obviously, the screenshots and instructions for basic editing will need to be completely updated. The old edit window is not going away, so help pages will likely need to cover both the old and the new.
If you have questions and can't find a better place to ask them, then please feel free to leave a message on my user talk page, and perhaps together we'll be able to figure it out. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 01:07, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
I found a few sources which speculate about her being a lesbian, through this is a fringe POV. I think the sources are reliable enough to merit a cautious, qualified mention, but how about a project tag on the talk or a category? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:44, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_May_17#Category:LGBT_architects.
Obi-Wan Kenobi (
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05:10, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
Could anyone help with improving this article? There are plenty of English-language sources, given that such a large and violent homophob protest is rare. Nestrabonk ( talk) 09:39, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
File:Tyler Clementi.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 ( talk) 02:49, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
File:Jamey Rodemeyer.png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 ( talk) 02:54, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
In light of the recently enacted community ban of a longtime contributor who is alleged to have pursued an on-wiki vendetta against the subjects of certain articles, I am prompted to ask experienced editors who can spare any time to examine this article to ensure it complies with basic policies and to determine whether its maintenance tags should remain in place. A more detailed version of this request is on the article's talk page. Thank you. Rivertorch ( talk) 06:20, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey, everyone. Comments are needed with regard to the above linked matter in the heading. I've already commented on the matter. Flyer22 ( talk) 20:04, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Currently, "homosexual acts" is used in Template:World homosexuality laws map, which sounds clinical. See Avoiding Heterosexual Bias in Language. Furthermore, same-sex unions are not mere "acts," as it includes various other components ranging from romantic attraction to legal status. Finally, non-sexual behaviour is also penalized in some countries. For example, this Cameroonian got jailed for texting 'I'm in love with you' to another man. [5]. Based on this I tried to change it to "Same-sex relationships" or "Recognition/Persecution" based on an ILGA map [6]. The other editor claims "homosexual acts" are more neutral. Please comment on Template_talk:World_homosexuality_laws_map#Removed_clinical_and_imprecise_terminology. Cavann ( talk) 23:25, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
There is an RfC here Talk:Hans-Hermann_Hoppe#RfC:_Should_the_section_title_for_Academic_freedom_controversy_be_changed.3F concerning the article on Hans-Hermann Hoppe. There is extensive background discussion elsewhere on the talk page there. SPECIFICO talk 02:22, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
I notice that a number of people, such as Roberta Cowell and Calpernia Addams have been placed into ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Transgender and transsexual people even though they are also in ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Transgender and transsexual women. Is this a desirable categorisation? To me, it goes against WP:DIFFUSE, although there may be special reasons in the case of these people. -- Redrose64 ( talk) 21:37, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Ongoing deletion discussion for List of books about AIDS at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of books about AIDS.
Perhaps this WikiProject and its members may be interested in contributing to this discussion, and/or a quality improvement project for this list page. — Cirt ( talk) 07:04, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I would like a third opinion about mentioning Zal Batmanglij's sexual orientation in his article. Discussion is here. Erik ( talk | contribs) 20:58, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
I prepared an Article titled Thomas Smith (author) that was almost instantly subjected to a Deletion Discussion. Based on my the comments I reduced the references. The article that I wrote is supported by non-mainstream references, Lavendar magazine in Minneapolis, MN, THE WORD, Indianapolis, IN, and The Leather Journal, Los Angeles, CA. The comments in the Deletion Discussion appear that the references are being considered as 'nonreliable' based on the gay or leather nature of the publications. This is based on my review of the comments and your opinion may differ. Additionally, support includes Leather Archives & Museum Timeline, Chicago and Pantheon of Leather Awards. The LA&M is a recognized library and the Pantheon Awards are selected by an independent panel and has been existence for many years. The subject of the article is in non-mainstream categories (Gay Writers) (BDSM writer) and BDSM Activist) commensurate with the references. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Smith_%28author%29 for article and it has the link to the discussion.
I would be interested to know how non-mainstream references are typically treated; I see other articles that are similar to the subject of this article with similar references and they have not been subject of a deletion discussion. Perhaps this WikiProject and its members may be interested in contributing to this discussion. WilliamTaylorSimpson ( talk) 01:45, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Thank you.
The draft article Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Queering paradigms needs to be reviewed by someone familiar with the subject, please help. Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 18:46, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Just looking for advice here.
Since Leonard Matlovich is buried at Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC there is something of a movement for LGBT folks (especially military folks) to have their graves near his. I'm not sure this is of national or even city-wide importance, but it is of importance in a cemetery-wide context. I'm writing up the cemetery in detail, with lots of photos, and even QRpedia codes.
One of the issues is that not all the graves are occupied yet (one partner only) - is it cool to show somebody's grave on Wikipedia if they are still alive? (I'd go to BLPn on this - which could make for an interesting section name but you may be able to help with other questions as well). Another question has to do with terminology - please read the inscription carefully in the photo and let me know what you think.
Also wondering what you think about the name of the Commons category "Gay graves at Congressional Cemetery"
All the best,
Smallbones( smalltalk) 18:09, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
I'm not too involved with the Benvenuto Cellini article, having stumbled across it today, but I'm asking for help from this project with regard to it. The issue is whether or not to categorize this historical figure as bisexual and/or place him in LGBT categories. See here, here, here and here for some of what I mean. Currently, a WP:Edit war is going on at that article with regard to the aforementioned categorization matter, and there is an old discussion on the talk page about categorizing Benvenuto Cellini as homosexual or bisexual (or maybe neither): Talk:Benvenuto Cellini#Private life. There has been concern expressed from this project before about placing historical figures in any LGBT category; see, for example, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies/Archive 43#Suggested guidelines for gay and homosexual.
I'll comment in that Private life discussion section that I have asked the WP:LGBT project to weigh in on this.
Flyer22 (
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21:57, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
Can someone help me with Tiko Kerr? Right now it's an orphaned article. He's a prominent figure in Canada in creating awareness for HIV/AIDS experimental drugs and is a leading artist in Vancouver. I am fearful that they might site the article for deletion if people don't help out and edit it to a more acceptable format. I am a novice (at best) in doing this. Thanks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiko_Kerr ( talk) 19:08, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
I've created a new article on gender studies lecturer, Nicholas Chare.
Further help with expansion would be most appreciated.
Cheers, — Cirt ( talk) 06:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
Some of us have been working for some time on the LGBT History Project. This is a Wiki devoted specifically to LGBT history in the United Kingdom. We use similar approaches to Wikipedia, the main difference being that we have a much more relaxed standard of notability. In general, if there's information recorded about a UK LGBT-related subject we would seek to have an article for it. This of course means that we are often obliged to rely on less reliable sources than would be appropriate for Wikipedia. Part of the aim, as our "time capsule" logo suggests, is to capture information about LGBT organisations and venues before it disappears, and a number of our articles rely on archived versions of obsolete websites. Of course we also harvest information from Wikipedia for better-known subjects. Apologies if all this is seen as severely off-topic, but if any editors with an interest in British LGBT matters would be interested in contributing to a rather different project we'd be happy to hear from you. -- rossb ( talk) 17:04, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
I pulled a somewhat essayish draft out of AfC for Ernestine Eckstein, who seems notable and interesting, but whipping the article into a neutral encyclopedic state is going to take a little more work. Anyone who wants to lend a hand is invited to. Thanks. -- j⚛e decker talk 23:52, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
The title Hefemale which currently redirects to the trans man article has been nominated at RfD. The nomination originally received no comments and so has been relisted at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 July 10#Hefemale where your contribution is invited. Thryduulf ( talk) 11:37, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I think members of this project should be aware of a situation that has arisen at the Aesthetic Realism article. The article concerns a movement that is notorious for once having attempted to convert gay men and lesbians to heterosexuality. It contained the following unsourced, obviously controversial assertion: "Some men who began to study to change from homosexuality discontinued their study. Others, who at one time stated they had changed, later decided to live a gay lifestyle. Still others indicate that the change from homosexuality they first experienced in the 1970s and 80s is authentic and continues to the present day." Since that had no source, and seems to violate WP:VERIFY and WP:NPOV, I removed it. Unfortunately, another editor restored that text (and in fact reverted all my edits to the article) simply because I didn't discuss my changes on talk first.
I consider restoring unsourced, controversial material about efforts to change sexual orientation to be highly inappropriate. Could project members please take a look at this situation and comment on the article's talk page? FreeKnowledgeCreator ( talk) 22:02, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
Erastes (author) has been listed for prod; she's a writer whose article does have sourcing problems, but who has been a nominee for the Lambda Literary Awards. If anybody can help get it up to snuff or cares to comment in the discussion at Talk:Erastes (author), some help would be appreciated. Bearcat ( talk) 23:42, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
An IP user has proposed OutServe-SLDN for deletion and done so ineptly. Those interested might want to have a look. 166.186.168.8 ( talk) 22:31, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
A merge of what? The entries for OutServe and SLDN have already been merged. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 00:40, 15 July 2013 (UTC)