[Foundation-l] Concern for the safety of Wikimanians in Alexandria

[Marc Riddell]

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 at 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 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> on 3/6/08 7:34 AM, Chad at innocentkiller at 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 at 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 at 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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