Thanks, Chad, for your clarification. I am frankly amazed by the decision to
hold the event in Alexandria. Given what has been said about the cultural
and social attitudes toward homosexuality; it would be like having a
sponsored gathering in 1950s Birmingham, Alabama, and telling the
African-Americans not to "flaunt their blackness". It is one of the most
insensitive decisions I have heard an institution make in a long time.
Be healthy,
Marc
on 3/6/08 8:09 AM, Chad at innocentkiller(a)gmail.com wrote:
Marc,
Oldak said exactly what I was meaning, so his reply
is probably more elegant than mine.
By "flaunting their sexuality," I was referring to being openly
gay with a partner, holding hands, sharing a room, that kind
of thing. I guess "flaunting" was a bad choice of words, "publicly
displaying" would probably be closer to my point.
Sorry for any confusion.
-Chad
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net>
wrote:
on 3/6/08 7:34 AM, Chad at
innocentkiller(a)gmail.com wrote:
I would say so. Mike seems to think that as long
as the
wikimedian gay community doesn't flaunt their sexuality
(as gay men in the US seem to do all the time), they
should be fine.
-Chad
Chad, what exactly does "flaunt their sexuality" mean to you?
Marc Riddell
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:37 PM, John Reaves <johnreaveswp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
So is it really worth having the conference there
if steps like this are
necessary?
--John Reaves
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Mike Godwin <mgodwin(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> "We are actively looking for a professional threat-
> assessment firm to consult regarding the full range of possible
> threats we might have to deal with in holding and attending the
> conference." <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l>
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