Open Letter to K/S Fandom by David Gerrold

David Gerrold has had a long, complicated, and often combative relationship with K/S fans. Gerrold wrote the "Open Letter to K/S Fandom by David Gerrold" following a series of letters sent and received between himself and individual slash fans.
In May 1985, this letter was printed in full in Not Tonight Spock! #9. It was prefaced with an introduction by the letterzine's editor who wrote that that permission was given by Gerrold to reprint the open letter in zines, a venue that was the primary and most visible form of fannish communication of the time.
At least one response letter sent to Gerrold was signed by twenty-five fans, and several letters from Gerrold were reprinted in some issues of Not Tonight, Spock! and Interstat. 
All fan letters were in response to what he'd written in the 1984 revised edition of The World of Star Trek regarding slash and K/S fans.You can read the eight paragraphs as quoted on KLangley on K/S Controversies. Start where it says "Trimble's friend, science fiction author David Gerrold..."
==Some Context==
* Slash Controversies
==First, Some Lead-Up Letters to Gerrold's Open Letter==
A number of fans wrote David Gerrold, some individually and some in large groups, during the fall of 1984, protesting his comments about K/S in The World of Star Trek. 
One fan submitted the form letter sent to her by David Gerrold in response to her letter to him, one which was signed by twenty-five fans: This letter was printed in Not Tonight, Spock! #5 in September 1984: 
In the October 1984 issue of Interstat, a fan wrote about The World of Star Trek and David Gerrold's comments in it: 
In October 1984's issue of Interstat, a fan commented on The World of Star Trek and had some advice for fellow fans after she also wrote Gerrold and received a form letter: 
In January 1985's issue of Interstat, a fan wrote: 
In March 1985, a fan pointed out to another fan that complaints about David Gerrold didn't come from a vacuum, that there was a context to the situation: 
==Text of David Gerrold's Open Letter to K/S Fandom==
In May 1985, this letter by David Gerrold was printed in full in Not Tonight Spock! #9. It was prefaced with an introduction by the letterzine's editor who wrote that that permission was given by Gerrold to reprint the open letter in zines, a venue that was the primary and most visible form of fannish communication of the time:
==Reactions and Reviews to David Gerrold's Letter (1985)==
==Views Unchanged: 2013==
Some 28 years later, Gerrold's views on K/S have not changed even though the genre, and homosexuality in general, has gained wider acceptance in fannish circles. See "Somebody asked me again what I thought about K/S fans", a Facebook post by David Gerrold dated August 27, 2013. Accessed: August 30, 2013
Fandom reactions:
* ONTD: David Gerrold takes a cue from Zach Quinto and shares his thoughts on Kirk/Spock, posted August 27, 2013 Accessed: August 31, 2013
* Fail Fandomanon: David Gerrold shares his thoughts on K/S. This will end well?, posted August 27, 2013 Accessed: August 30, 2013
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