07-12-2013, 08:57 PM
(07-12-2013, 01:46 PM)LemmingofGlory Wrote: It's cool. It's nice seeing LGBT presence on the forum. I remember back in the day things were vaguely LGBT-tolerant and much less LGBT-positive...I remember gay rights threads ending complacently with "Well, we're just not ready for that yet" instead of "Even if we don't expect change tomorrow, it's never too early to make people aware." And then there were the blatantly discriminatory arguments that I didn't even want to deal with. It's nice to see times change though.
As I read this, I thought "that's pretty much a microcosm of the gay-rights movement in American culture over the time the Lounge was in existence (1999-today)." While the LL has international participation, I think the majority of the posters here are US/Canada, so you're seeing a direct reflection of those changing times archived right here at the site. Back in 1999, coming out on an online gaming forum would have most likely gotten you shunned by at least half the readership.
Quote:Considering the mods here are generally liberals who seem to have a soft spot for fascism and white supremacy (despite them saying otherwise), me being perma-banned at some point is probably not out of the question.