Category talk:LGBT/Archive 1

message: Categories shouldn't be acronyms, please fix this. Oberiko 12:48, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that categories like this maybe should be exceptions - "LGBT" is very commonly used, and the alternative, "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered" is pretty long.  -Seth Mahoney 05:48, Sep 1, 2004 (UTC)
* I agreek with Oberiko. The acronym may be common in the US, but it is entirely unclear where I come from. Find a suitable euphemism, I guess? Radiant! 09:40, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories as acronyms? 

message: I'm thinking this category needs some cleanup, but I don't want to make a unilateral reorganization.  Here's the deal: we have :Category:LGBT, which seems to be used for a lot of LGBT, including specifically gay and lesbian, topics, and also have :Category:Homosexuality, which I would rather (personally) only see used for articles about groups or events that would be sympathetic toward a clinical view of gay and lesbian sexuality (such as the Homosexuality and ... articles, or articles on the "treatment" of homosexuality), we have :Category:Gay-related topics, :Category:Lesbian-related topics, and :Category:Bisexual-related topics, but rarely are articles exclusive to one of these topics.  We also have :Category:LGBT civil rights which, after a helpful note and some thinking I'm thinking maybe should be changed to :Category:LGBT rights (to include both civil and, more broadly, human rights, and thus include gay history as well as current gay issues).  So here's what I propose: move articles from Gay-, Lesbian-, and Bisexual-related topics to :Category:LGBT, move all articles specifically dealing with a pathological view of homosexuality and all articles titled "Homosexuality and ..." to :Category:Homosexuality, and change :Category:LGBT civil rights to :Category:LGBT rights.  -Seth Mahoney 05:48, Sep 1, 2004 (UTC)
:Your categorization scheme seems to assume the non-neutrality of the articles concerned, which does not seem advisable. Hyacinth 20:37, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: How does my proposal seem to assume the non-neutrality of the articles concerned?  -Seth Mahoney 04:32, Sep 8, 2004 (UTC)
Is there any more thought or interest in cleaning up the LGBT sections and categories including pulling the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender sections together. Frankly, I can see a separate gay wiki but would like to see the gay information on this great site more organized. -- tdempsey 05:25, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: So the LBGT, gay, homosexual, sexology, and sexuality categories are getting pretty messy.  I'm going to try making some logical subcategories here, having to do with religion, festivals, civil rights, etc.  Feel free to join in or comment. -- Beland 05:06, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tidying up 

message: I had set up a new category on WIkipedia yesterday— Category:Gay travel destinations— which had sparked a bit of discussion and eventually listing on Wikipedia:Categories for deletion.  It would be nice to be certain that there is adequate queer/gay/homosexual/GLBT  discussion on this subject.  Please consider adding to the discussion.  Best regards.  SFDan 07:09, 29 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [[:Category:Gay travel destinations]]

message: LGBT may not be specific enough to be useful. In particular the article North American Man/Boy Love Association is classified as an LGBT organization.
It could also be classified as an LGBT rights organization. Purhaps some new categories or a new structure is needed. May the can of worms open. --Gbleem 18:26, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Why would DPA or PIE be appropriate for such a category?  They are non-gender-specific and thus really have no reason to be in the LGBT category.  NAMBLA, which is gender-specfic, does. Corax 23:10, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Categories 

message: I propose to remove LGBT as a subcategory of Culture. I don't think most of the material refers to culture. Any comments?Wuzzy 23:16, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Take LGBT category out of Culture? 

message: ... I may be missing something, but WHY is Ric Flair of all people listed in this category? He dosn't always dress as it, but I'm fairly sure he's heterosexual.
Also, I've been looking for the bisexual userbox, and haven't been able to find it. Where is it? PumeleonT 06:37, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Found it. PumeleonT 06:50, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ric Flair