Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-188432-20190324211646/@comment-188432-20190328213649

Just wanted to drop back by and clarify that this sentence from the original post —


 * And we're going to revisit a few, crusty, old decisions that affected documenting other members of the LGBTQ+ community, which were made long ago.

— was indeed meant to refer to the category issue SOTO, OncomingStorm, AeD and others brought up.

Now that we have new forum technology that will actually alert people to discussions — unlike back in the day when the issue was discussed — it’s clear that this will be a more meaningful, impactful and inclusive way to proceed.

So from this moment, we’re done with the past. There is no policy about LGBTQ categorisation. That is for us, here, to decide anew.

So please feel free to continue fleshing out a new approach to LGBTQ categorisation. For the sake of clarity, I’ve taken the additional step of deleting the previous discussion so that there is no misbelief that the previous decision is somehow still in force.

A lot of great ideas have already been raised about in this thread, and we’re thrilled to see the level of insight and civility that’s clearly on display. You know, if we keep this up, we just might arrive at a more inclusive future!