Re: [Ubuntu-lgbt] #ubuntu-offtopic policies kerfuffle

2009-06-08 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 22:28 -0700, Robert Wall wrote: > The discussion of issues with sexuality, !o4o, IRC Guidelines, and > #ubuntu-offtopic on the ubuntu-lgbt list died down about a month ago. > It continued apace on the Community Council mailing list, with much back and forth between the parti

Re: [Ubuntu-lgbt] #ubuntu-offtopic policies kerfuffle

2009-06-02 Thread Robert Wall
Melissa, Scott, Mark, et al. The discussion of issues with sexuality, !o4o, IRC Guidelines, and #ubuntu-offtopic on the ubuntu-lgbt list died down about a month ago. Since then, I've seen a poll link about possible rules changes and something to do with tolerance appear and then disappear from the

Re: [Ubuntu-lgbt] #ubuntu-offtopic policies kerfuffle

2009-05-05 Thread Melissa Draper
On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 13:16 +0100, Jimmy Forrester-Fellowes wrote: > Hi Tony, > thanks for the detailed email, I totally understand the channel policy > is not intended as discrimination toward the LGBT community. > > I do however disagree with the suggested connotation between > 'sexuality' and

Re: [Ubuntu-lgbt] #ubuntu-offtopic policies kerfuffle

2009-04-30 Thread Maia Kozheva
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Whether or not sexuality is family-friendly, now that I think of it, the inclusion of gender into that list makes even less sense. Going by the literalist interpretation, if sexuality being in banned topics means one can't ask if there are lesbian Ubu

Re: [Ubuntu-lgbt] #ubuntu-offtopic policies kerfuffle

2009-04-30 Thread Jimmy Forrester-Fellowes
Hi Tony, thanks for the detailed email, I totally understand the channel policy is not intended as discrimination toward the LGBT community. I do however disagree with the suggested connotation between 'sexuality' and 'none family-friendly'. I would like to think that a conversation involving/disc