Re: [Gendergap] LGBTIQ Re: LGBT mailing list

2012-07-02 Thread Michelle Gallaway
'Queer' fits quite nicely under the 'G' part, and I always despair a little when I see the 'I' and 'T' lumped in with the 'L', 'G' and 'B' as if they're the same thing. Basically, with this alphabet soup, you're going to offend someone always no matter what you do. On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 8:05 AM

Re: [Gendergap] recognition of gender gap*s* (in the plural) Re: LGBT mailing list

2012-07-02 Thread Tom Morris
On Monday, 2 July 2012 at 06:24, koltzenb...@w4w.net wrote: > Hi Tom, hi @all > > > Wikimedia have decided to allow the list to be created > > since we are addressing not only one gender gap but, seemingly quite a few, > including those that come alonf > the lines of what has come to be called

Re: [Gendergap] LGBTIQ Re: LGBT mailing list

2012-07-02 Thread koltzenburg
ah, thanks, Michelle, so it seems you and me see different gaps in different places :-) interesting, let's see what might emerge in contributions by others: everyone sees different gender gaps, I guess, so where is the gap for you @all? and where the possible bridges? thanks Claudia On Mon, 2

Re: [Gendergap] recognition of gender gap*s* (in the plural) Re: LGBT mailing list

2012-07-02 Thread Ryan Kaldari
Just to clarify, Phillipe expressed concern that there were only 4 people listed as potential participants. The main objection was from MZMcBride (who is not associated with the WMF), who expressed concern that the list would be used for POV-pushing. Subsequently, Sébastien Santoro and two WMF

Re: [Gendergap] recognition of gender gap*s* (in the plural) Re: LGBT mailing list

2012-07-02 Thread koltzenburg
thanks, Ryan so this seems clear now: there may be different kinds of difficulties in a list creation process and all of these are now solved as regards the new lgbt list, is that it? cheers Claudia On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:51:57 -0700, Ryan Kaldari wrote > Just to clarify, Phillipe expressed co

Re: [Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-02 Thread Sarah Stierch
Thanks for starting this list and for letting us know Tom. Joining now, Sarah On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Tom Morris wrote: > On Sunday, 1 July 2012 at 22:30, Tom Morris wrote: > > I'm happy to announce that a new Wikimedia LGBT mailing list has been > setup. For the time being, it is bein