How Do You Feel About This?
http://www.internext-expo.com/html/s...inar_sch.shtml
Seen the name of the Gay seminar in Vegas?
I personally think that shows very bad taste :( Its hard enough that as a community working in the adult industry we get all kinds of abuse thrown at us by others because we are gay / work in the gay market but to have a seminar called Fag FAQ is just pushing it a little to far imho.
Going to call Tom Hymes and see what his position is on this :(
Regards,
Lee
Re: How Do You Feel About This?
Hey there Lee,
Luckily they've changed the name by now. From what I understand, a gay person came up with that name and it was meant in a very lighthearted way. My personal opinion on this is that it was a bad call, mainly because there is still a lot of homophobia in the adult webmaster community and things like this give people license to use words like "fag" and "homo" maliciously while claiming that they are just joking around.
It's very disheartening to be reading posts from people you like and respect and then see them saying things like "That is so gay" or making some remark accusing a straight male webmaster of engaging in gay sex thinking that it is really insulting and funny. I have a thick skin and don't often get offended by off color remarks, but sometimes enough is enough. Remarks like this make me feel like we are being treated as less than human. Okay, that's my soapbox for the day. Anyone else? :)