queer shouldn't be PG just for being queer

This just really...well, it's pissing me off. I'm scrolling through my flist, as you do, and come across a story that sounds interesting, as happens...until I scrolled just a teeny bit further and saw the full headers, and got smacked in the face with this:

Rating - PG. Because of slash and some word choicing. (the bolding is mine)

Now, if you're rating it PG because of language, FINE. I still don't see the purpose in PG/PG-13 since we're supposed to all be adults, but whatever.

But what the fuck is up with rating a story BECAUSE OF SLASH? That's like saying "hey, you're queer, so you can't be rated G".

I'm probably getting worked up over nothing, but it feels discriminatory to me. I don't know if I should say anything to the author (or how I would say it) or not. I just...is it just me? Or does it feel inherently wrong to say you're rating something based on the fact that it's m/m (and some word choicing)?

And in the category of 'epic fail'...

By way of cereta:

Michigan Ruling Bars Domestic Partner Benefits

And because Lucy's always better at wording things than I am, I'm just c/ping her comment from her post:

Go on, tell me again those amendments were just about "defining marriage," and not about making life as unwelcoming as possible to gays and lesbians. Tell me again this stuff isn't just flat-out fucking malicious. Tell me what kind of "morality" it takes to actively sue to deny someone health benefits for no reason other than because you apparently don't think they deserve them.

That said, good on the University of Michigan for doing everything to protect its employees, and for seeing the solution as expanding coverage, not limiting it.




And now I think I'll try to stop spamming LJ.

thoughts/reactions to spn 3...14? 15? whatever tonight's ep was

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