I'm not sure I understand exactly how the archive is homophobic. I think the thing that's tweaking everyone might that it's named for what it excludes, rather than just calling itself a genfic archive. (And it's full of badfic, but it's on ff.net and is probably run by a 13-year-old...) I mean, it sounds like it was set up by a 13-year-old. I remember enthusiastically pitting myself against fandom forces that I thought were boring in my early teens, and that included all shippy fic for a very long time. It didn't mean I was afraid of it (though most kids don't make the distinction)... I just didn't like it (and I thought everyone was missing out on all the good plotty fic, because I completely didn't understand what appeal there was in reading just about two people sexing each other. I thought people were reading it because it was all everyone kept posting. Let's not go into exactly how long ago this was...).
I can see how it'd be embarrassing to be associated with them (and I'm with you on those grounds), but going by the introduction there, it just states (with enthusiasm but no particular eloquence) that it's for people that don't want to read slash or explicit stories... it doesn't say anything specifically against those types of stories. In fact, it makes more sense if you read "slash" as meaning explicit fic in general... which is a definition I don't think anyone ever used, other than me when I was young and confused. But it's possible this person is also young and confused.
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Let's not go into exactly how long ago this was...).I can see how it'd be embarrassing to be associated with them (and I'm with you on those grounds), but going by the introduction there, it just states (with enthusiasm but no particular eloquence) that it's for people that don't want to read slash or explicit stories... it doesn't say anything specifically against those types of stories. In fact, it makes more sense if you read "slash" as meaning explicit fic in general... which is a definition I don't think anyone ever used, other than me when I was young and confused. But it's possible this person is also young and confused.