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On a related note, the "Where are the gays at?" thread was killed sometime in the last 24 hours. I'm at a loss for any good explanation why. There have been m
by RyanGWU82 16y ago
On a related note, the "Where are the gays at?" thread was killed sometime in the last 24 hours. I'm at a loss for any good explanation why. There have been many other discussions about minorities, especially female CS students/women founders. There's no good reason why gay hackers shouldn't be equally visible.
Some of the commenters asked why it matters, as if gay hackers should be forced to prove why they want community. mcantor (who's straight) gave a great explanation: "Finding a community of "People Like You" can make or break someone's journey into a new field. That means the hacker community at large needs to be equally supportive of queer hackers, or a queer hacker sub-community must form."
There have been many similar discussions on here about international startup founders, female founders, older founders, younger founders, and more. I'm quite disappointed that the discussion about gay founders was shot down.
- stevenp 16y agoI've been feeling pretty down today about my thread being killed, wondering whether I had made some sort of mistake by posting it. However, this thread, and watching the Google Video, both have made me feel a lot better. Thanks for the supportive words. :)
- erikpukinskis 16y agoI'm really sorry that thread got killed. I thought it was great, and I was really disappointed too. I'm glad you're here and I'm glad you posted it, and I hope this community gets better.
- pg 16y agoIncidentally, it wasn't killed by moderators. It got autokilled because too many users flagged it as offtopic. I just unkilled it.
- corin_ 16y agoNice gesture, but (unless I'm mistaken) the 24+ hours of being dead means that its upvotes/time ratio won't see it back on most people's screens
- rbanffy 16y ago> I'm quite disappointed that the discussion about gay founders was shot down I really hope this hacker community isn't split on lines of gender, sexual orientation, nationality, age, dietary, operating system or language preferences. We should be supportive.
- corin_ 16y agoDespite being one of the commenters you mentioned, I agree with you that the discussion should not have been killed.
- tomjen3 16y agoIt was properly shut down because most people here don't precieve it as an issue at all. Of course a gay person is welcome in this community, just as a blond person is - it is a complete non-issue.