Category: LGBT Discussion
Per request this new board category has been created for those who are LGBT to discuss issues related to such in a safe forum. This is under the safe haven category, and bashing will not be tolerated on this board. Enjoy.
Thanks for this board!
Namaste,
Becky
Welcome to all my lbgt friends.
Bob
Allowance for such a board is much appreciated. As always, progress of this kind is incredible, and this is the first such board on a blindness network site such as the zone. If I'm wrong about that feel free to correct me, but I and a couple of others were steadfastly refused such a forum early in 02, so again, thank you.
Hi all! I am glad to have access to this forum. I am bisexual! Maybe some people don't know about bflag, blind friends of lesbians and gay people. This is a sub division of the American council of the blind. As far as I know, they don't have a forum like this on their web site, so its nice that this is here to fill the need.
Thank you! A safe place to have lbgt descussions. I'm looking forward to what may unfold.
I've heard of bflag; do we have members on the zone?
Hi People!
I'm delighted to see this posted to the Safe Haven area!
We, in Boston, are trying to form a BFLAG chapter. We're meeting Saturday, Jan 10, at Club Cafe on Columbus Ave. Anyone in the area, drop by!
Best,
Dave H (Blind, Gay, and Coupled 21 years)
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Hi thanks so much for this board!
In my town at my school, we are trying to start a GSa, aka a gay straight alliance, but its nice to have this board.
jess
Keep us posted on the GSA project.
Hi, I am so excited to see this board begin. I have been a rare visitor to the Zone, but now I feel like I too am welcome.
Hey everyone, thanks a million for this board! Nice to see some gay-related stuff on here!
Oh, and BTW, a big South Dakota "Hi!" to ya, Don!
For the record, the double board thing is now fixed. Sorry I didn't track down the problem sooner.
Thanks so much, I was kind of confussed at first.
thanks sooo much for creating this board; it's much appreciated!
hi guys and gals. I am happy to see a board such as this! some of you already know me, but if you dont. gizmo here. i am in south fla. say hi if you see me around the zone. i dont bite. to hard! hehe.
i have a question. its one i am sure we all have medatated on at some time or another. how do you meet other glbt folks for dating and such? cheers. gizmo
yes, yes, yes, but wasn't this suggested before and never implemented, so what changed!!
hey there fellas and ladies. I am sure some of you know me. I am so glad to see that the zone is striding forward towards the future with this forum. I wanted to put this out there. I have a vt server available and it is really not being used, would love to see more gay, bisexual and so forth hang out, talk and just relax in an easy atmosphere. I will post the info to the server and links for downloading ventrilo if you don't have it. it is a voice over i p chat client. I am really serious about this, and would love us all to chat. I mean it would be cool to get to know others in the glbt community loads better. Now I apologize in advance I am still working on a way for mac users to connect. If interested, email me off list and let's talk. arbradley7983@gmail.com
Hey Aaron, its Maria. If you don't recognize my username, remember you used to call me Miss Granger? *Smiles* I would like to talk to you on vt, when I get back on my own laptop. Right now, it is getting fixed, but I should get it back soon.
Hmmm... BFLAG is a new one on me; that's kinda neat.
Jess, good luck with the GSA!
lol, I'm tickled by how many new faces have popped up on the boards since this board was created, and I'm also seeing people I haven't seen on the Zone in years! Hi Aaron!
As for the dating question, the best advice I can give is to determine who in your circles of friends are glbt, see who you might be interested in, and go from there. If that doesn't work, there's always social networking.
The VT idea sounds fantabulous, once I download it! lol. I do have Skype, though. If anyone would like to talk on there, PM me for my username.
Namaste,
Becky
I was a member of Bflag but let my membership lapse after the first year. I attended one ACB convention and the Bflag affiliate events, but as of that attendance in 2006, there were very few female members aside from a good friend and I. I hope that's beginning to shift a bit.
As for meeting people, just put yourself out there. I worked for months helping to build a bookstore/community center for women. I met my partner, (girlfriend? Sweetie? I'm not good with labels) at a potluck that I don't even remember, but it was this bookstore that officially brought us together. Be visible, be yourself, and be open.
Glad to see the new, familiar and familiar (by description if not username) faces here! Have a good evening, and may it be dryer there than it is here.
~Jess (the folky music lover in MD) version
Is this the "stand up and be counted" thread? Well, count me in. Y'all have seen and heard my profiles on here; have ben out there since joining Zoneland. Not sure what will become of the Boston BFLAG chapter; it hasn't reached critical mass. I've oft wondered whether a city like Boston really needs a chapter, since being gay is so mainstream.
I'm out and open, on here, to my family, or at least to some and my other lesbian friends, woot, woot, woot, lesbian and dam proud of it.
Jess,
I wish you nothing but luck with your GSA. I suggest checking out http://www.themailcrew.com for additional resources on that project.
I was a paid up member of BFLAG of ACB until this past summer. Must remember to get that renewed at some point.
No matter how long it took to become reality, I'm glad the Zone has added this forum. I honestly feel much more comfortable here now.
It’s good to see that the zone is representing more of the subcultures of our world. I hope that this board has much success and that you all feel safe and have the respect that you naturally deserve.
Wow. I have not been on the zone for a while and am so glad to see this happening. I'm also in in a place where it doesn't feel very compelling to make the lgbt connection because it's generally so normal here (new york) that there isn't much point. Except for the meeting people part. I even wonder if greater openness and acceptance is making it harder to meet each other because we aren't compelled to hang out in specifically lesbian or gay places, but we are still a minority and it is harder to just make that connection in places where mostpeople are straight.
hey guys this is great. am hoping to have great disgussions and to meet great people.
Hypatia, you may have something there regarding our being so mainstream that it can be harder to meet people than it used to be. I' in Boston. I think, in some ways, there was a greater sense of community among lgbtq people when there were more places identified as 'gay' haunts. Most of the places I used to frequent in the late 80s are gone. I'm not suggesting that we confine ourselves to gay ghetoes. My partner and I long ago decided to live in an 'ordinary' suburban neighborhood.
Hmmmm... I never thought of it that way. I guess in a situation like that, you'd just need to observe the people you meet closely to see if you can get an idea of their sexual preference. And obviously, there's online social networking, which is easier for finding people who are gay or bi.
Becky
Hey guys!
It's absolutely fantastic to see this board!
II never new about bflag. Is there a chapter in Baltimore?
Jen
hi,
Its great to see this board.
Aaron, good to see you. The Ventrilo idea sounds good, and I think i know someone who can help us figure out how to make it mac compatible, we'd need help of an admin.
Shawn
Indeed, there is a way to make Ventrilo Mac compadible.
If you use the speaks codec, preferably at 32KHZ, the Mac folks will have no trouble connecting and joining in. Usually, the GSM codec is used which is exclusive to PC. It's advantage is that it allows CD quality sound to be used. Honestly, for voice communication, 32KHZ is a step above skype quality and a step below CD quality, and it sounds fine.
Anyway, that's the way to make it compadible.
Frien
Chris
Oops,
I should probably also put in that it would be best to make the speaks codec the default on the server admin page at our host's control pannel.
Hope that helps.
Chris
Thanks for the explanation of how to make a vent server accessible to us Mac folks! As far as I'm concerned 8 khz is good enough bandwidth for speech only.
hey guys just wanted to stop by and say hi good to see this board on here now can come in more offten feel free to send me a message. My name is Victoria and from texas
Glad to see this here, thank you!!
I think that it is awesome zone created this board.
I am so glad to see this board up on the zone. I am not gay, but I have no problem with people who are, and I've a lot of gay friends. I have put up with homophobia from a lot of people who assume that just because i don't hate gay people, I must be gay myself. And the only thing I have to say to them is that since I don't care if people are gay or not, their insults do not bother me. I once had a huge bashing war with this one guy who was very religious, and when I asked him to tell us why homosexuality was wrong without using the Bible or anything associated with it, he had no answer. For a little while after that, I had a people against homophobia board up. So a board like this is a great thing to me, as you can clearly see. I believe that just because someone is gay, they should not be judged by who they are attracted to, because they can't help such things.
I totally agree ali, I mean, i am bi, but I dont care what people think of me. I just haven't told my family yet. hehehe
Thank You Singerofsongs for getting this board up and running, finally somewhere to feel safe, and not feel ostricized by other blind people, in my area and in the blind community here in Toronto (southern Ontario, really) I've not had very good results with trying to be me, BI and DAMM PROUD OF IT.. actually after the last "straight" relationship I tried to have, I'm almost decided to be what I've always felt, and thats Lesbian, but I tried to be straight, I just never really felt comfy with myself, trying to be straight....
So HELLO from Toronto, Canada..
hey glad to see you here.