03-27-2024, 08:11 PMscudmuffin19 Wrote: How this ended up being was not my intention and I'll admit my own fault and for that I am truly sorry.

03-27-2024, 12:55 PMsköldpaddor Wrote: Hey! So I thought it would be good if somebody gave a good faith answer to this rather than getting all riled up.

As you undoubtedly know, the pride jersey question is Nevada's. It's there because it does some screening for me, as many have mentioned. But it is our question. Other people are welcome to draft whoever they want, that question is there because it's a very important issue for me as a queer person and as someone who's looking to build an environment where queer people can feel safe.

I am not looking for fawning, over the top answers on that question. The "I will wear the jersey and bring four more of my own from home that I'll sign and dedicate my life to the cause" answers are great, but all I am looking for is a signal that the person answering the question is not so disgusted by the existence of queer people that they won't even pretend to wear a pretend jersey for pretend warmups. "Sure" is a totally fine answer. "I am militantly averse to rainbow capitalism but I will support the cause in another way" is also a totally fine answer but I haven't seen that one yet.

I would never, ever add a "what are your political beliefs" question because this isn't about politics at all! Being queer is not in any way a political statement, and I don't think wanting to provide a welcoming environment for queer people is a political statement either. This is me, as a queer woman who has existed in sports spaces for more than a decade now, using a question in this teeny little niche internet corner, to try and make sure that my little micro-community is the kind of place that queer people can feel safe. That's really all there is to it. People don't have to be over the top. They don't have to wax poetic about how much they love gay people. All I am looking for is the bare minimum of "does not hate gay people so much that they don't want to have to acknowledge our existence."

In conclusion, if I have to make some homophobes feel unwelcome to make queer people feel safe, that is a deal I will make any day of the week. I hope this helps - the question isn't there to give me reasons to make fun of people, it's genuinely there so that I can see any immediate glaring red flags. And if it helps by showing other LGBTQ+ folks who's absolutely not a safe person, that's just an extra perk.

03-27-2024, 01:31 PMRuggsy Wrote: I don't really care either way cause it's not like you can't lie on the IP thread lol. I think the nature of the question is obvious enough to be able to see what you 'shouldn't' say.

03-27-2024, 12:28 PMFluw Wrote: Goalies aren't real people

03-28-2024, 08:48 AMzeagle1 Wrote: Dawg, your ISFL player is named Pegme. You repressing something?

03-28-2024, 08:48 AMzeagle1 Wrote: Dawg, your ISFL player is named Pegme. You repressing something?

03-27-2024, 10:46 PMSlashACM Wrote: If GMs start only drafting people that are cool and sexy, where are the uncool and unsexy people supposed to go when Buffalo is full?

03-27-2024, 09:20 PMMrPresident Wrote: Not only that, but you doubled and tripled down, calling for an impeachment of all SHL and SMJHL HO and Commissioners. 

I appreciate that you’re trying to admit fault and own up to your mistakes, but this honestly feels more like an “I’m sorry you’re upset” than “I’m remorseful for doing this shitty thing that.”

03-28-2024, 11:38 AMboom Wrote: Just a small heads up that queer people tend to really dislike this insinuation that all homophobic people are just gay but self-hating, as it puts the burden back on queer people to accept those doing them harm.

03-28-2024, 12:25 PMBy-Tor Wrote: Idk why we are focused on pride since its obviously a settled matter for 99% of us. Is water wet? Now there's your polarizing question.

03-28-2024, 12:28 PMscudmuffin19 Wrote: if water is wet can fish drown?