Thanks Phillip!
You say this: I agree that all of these issues are important. Discussions about the story itself and its impact are quite appropriate in this forum. Discussions about broader gay and lesbian issues should be raised in our Safe Haven forum. If there is a political issue about anti-gay or anti-women matters, that belongs in the Current Events forum. And issues that focus on your own life and experiences are best placed in your personal blog in Our Daily Thoughts. That's where we all talk about what is going on in our daily lives and the problems we face. I realize English is not your first/primary language, so if you have any questions about where a message would work best, just send me a note (or any of our moderators) and we'll be happy to guide you. It makes things better for everyone, and I am certain people will appreciate your effort. I thank you!
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Phillip, I agree with you with your two first sentences, but I do not do so nescessarily with your other ones, concerning placing in the right place, if I read you right! To those who do not like at all discussions about gay and lesbian issues on any other places but Current Events or Safe Heven, that is their problems and should not be ours (ours as were are gay and lesbians, bi- or otherwise)! Even though we do and could try to place those subjects in there: Current Events and Safe Heven!! Gay and lesbian subjects, to me, touches everyday lives, everyone (even straights or otherwise), and all (or nearly all... at least) issues about life; so, we want that freedom on Bettermost, totally, since to moi and to many others in the world from what I see on Bettermost by many members and non-members, that is what Annie says by her book: freedom to be gay, lesbian, other sexual orientations too, plus she does accent (or at least via the BM movie), female issues such as being a woman and/or a wife, and likely much more (I can not say that much on that since I a male person), and I assure everyone and certainly females on Bettermost that I learned greatly surprisingly from ladies on Bettermost concerning their issues whether if I liked them or not (as subjects which I started too later on), so I opened myself now to that reading their openness to us gays and to other femme issues. I repeat that we can not only stray with such issues of gay and female issues (if I may use that term) by limiting ourselves to Daily Thoughts!! By the way, in Daily Thoughts: we are too limited there; because one can only have each member one question there and I accept that as it gives a chance to every member (or most?); we need better still maybe that method (Daily Thoughts) ((nothing against it's moderator)) as I feel that we can increase its effectiveness somehow (I think that it used to be very populor and may still be??), so that all member can add there, plus all who want more that one question be posed can being a member!!
I must go as the gaz co. man is here. Maybe I will add or explain better later...
Awaiting your news,
hugs!!