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Phillip Dampier:
As we await our listing in Google (the site is exactly one day old as of writing this), I've been trying to promote this site through unobtrusive posts about it (and signature lines on the bottom of messages).  So how did you find out about this site?

kudzudaddy:
Saw your post on Imdb.  Sounded like a good idea.

Phillip Dampier:
I think a happy medium might be found if we launched a forum specifically to address coming out/sexuality issues.  My straight friends have been feeling a lot of impact from the movie as well, and it's remarkable how similar the messages of lost opportunity and enigmatic sig others have hit these people, so I don't want to cut them out.  On the sexuality issue, it's a lot harder for people to relate unless they are living it themselves, so I can see your point.

I agree a safe troll-free place to deal with sexuality issues is a great idea.  I can configure a forum for it, and could even make it a forum available only on request or even private if need be.  What do you think?

newyearsday:
This is more about the suggestion to have the site be gay only...I'd suggest that there be a forum devoted specifically to the LGBT community, or maybe one for each part of the community! but I really feel that the movie has impacted people from all facets of life, not just gay, and that it's important for those people to be able to use this great new site to come and share what they are going through. Even though the movie is a gay love story/tragedy, and that is really one of the most important, if not the most important thing about it, it is speaking to many people who aren't gay and who still need a safe site like this to sort out 'what next' and 'who am i,' etc.

There are a lot of people out there both gay and straight who see big parts of themselves in Jack and/or Ennis. I am one of them. The fact that I am bisexual but often let myself be visible as straight is only part of how I relate to Ennis. Basically I just want this site to be a friendly site for those who need it, whoever they are.

One other little note: I saw the link on Imdb, and went for it. I noticed you only cited 11,000 individual postings to the BBM board on imdb, but it's waaaay over that--it's more like 150,000 now. Check it and see.

Phillip Dampier:

--- Quote from: newyearsday on February 14, 2006, 12:36:41 am ---This is more about the suggestion to have the site be gay only...I'd suggest that there be a forum devoted specifically to the LGBT community, or maybe one for each part of the community! but I really feel that the movie has impacted people from all facets of life, not just gay, and that it's important for those people to be able to use this great new site to come and share what they are going through. Even though the movie is a gay love story/tragedy, and that is really one of the most important, if not the most important thing about it, it is speaking to many people who aren't gay and who still need a safe site like this to sort out 'what next' and 'who am i,' etc.
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These are all great points.  For the benefit of members who have actually registered for the forums, you'll find Coming to Terms, a new forum devoted specifically to sexual orientation issues. 


--- Quote ---One other little note: I saw the link on Imdb, and went for it. I noticed you only cited 11,000 individual postings to the BBM board on imdb, but it's waaaay over that--it's more like 150,000 now. Check it and see.

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Heh... I'll definitely update my information.  I think I grabbed the figure from a message someone posted there, but that could have been back around the turn of the new year.  It's incredible to see the response over there, even if the sheer number of messages and the irritating forum software they use made it literally overwhelming.

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