Remember how we were discussing m/m sex getting a higher heat rating with a publisher just by virtue of being m/m? That seems like another case of this, really. Which to me is perhaps not homophobic, within the exact meaning of the word, but it is definitely bad for real gay people, and tends to betray an attitude that gay people are strange aliens.
I'm about as okay with het-only comms as I am with restaurants who won't serve black people, honestly. I am fine with people liking het and having no interest in slash/a particular slash pairing, I just think it's a bad thing to make it socially okay to exclude gay people. (I don't think all het-only comms do this, but I think the culture of het-only comms does it. It is exactly like saying gay people aren't welcome here, even if it comes from a place of disinterest).
Actually, now I'm starting to get annoyed with the words het and slash. Can't we just call it sex? Is the built-in equipment that important?
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Remember how we were discussing m/m sex getting a higher heat rating with a publisher just by virtue of being m/m? That seems like another case of this, really. Which to me is perhaps not homophobic, within the exact meaning of the word, but it is definitely bad for real gay people, and tends to betray an attitude that gay people are strange aliens.
I'm about as okay with het-only comms as I am with restaurants who won't serve black people, honestly. I am fine with people liking het and having no interest in slash/a particular slash pairing, I just think it's a bad thing to make it socially okay to exclude gay people. (I don't think all het-only comms do this, but I think the culture of het-only comms does it. It is exactly like saying gay people aren't welcome here, even if it comes from a place of disinterest).
Actually, now I'm starting to get annoyed with the words het and slash. Can't we just call it sex? Is the built-in equipment that important?