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

[Mark Williamson]

Please look up "flaunting" in the dictionary. Your post is the first
time I have encountered a gay man seriously suggest that other gay men
"flaunt their sexuality", and I am surprised. Such phraseology is
encountered almost exclusively in anti-gay parts of society.

Mark

On 06/03/2008, Chad <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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