A room of our own?

Maxinquaye · Dec 27, 2009

*wipes a little tear off*

Thanks

/me plants the rainbow flag in a corner and puts on the house music.

plunderpuss · Dec 27, 2009

To continue with Maxinquaye's christening process, I will hang up some artwork done by my friend Luka:

http://atomicfireball.deviantart.com/art/MtWTFBBQ-Yay-for-obscurity-24601133

Kitty27 · Dec 27, 2009

Supporter here!

Waves at everyone and puts on "Set You Free" By Planet Soul.

Kitty27 · Dec 27, 2009

csinman said:
To continue with Maxinquaye's christening process, I will hang up some artwork done by my friend Luka:

http://atomicfireball.deviantart.com/art/MtWTFBBQ-Yay-for-obscurity-24601133

Lovely!

I'm sending the link to a friend of mine.

Misa Buckley · Dec 27, 2009

*parks bottom in a corner and continues to drink rum*

Mara · Dec 27, 2009

BWAHAHAHAHA! We have constructed our secret headquarters. G.I. Joe will never stop our plans for world domination.

Can I be the hot but insane genetic engineer who makes wacky monsters every week? If not, I'll pilot the giant rainbow-colored mecha.

Seriously though, thanks MacAllister. You're awesome.

Wayne K · Dec 27, 2009

Yeh. Another supporter here. I do have a question though QLTBAG?

I looked it up and they're trying to sell me purses. I have a dozen good jokes for that, but I read the sticky

Not_Laura · Dec 27, 2009

Dandy. Love the sticky, too.

MacAllister · Dec 27, 2009

Wayne, I'm working on the humble start of an FAQ - but for now:
QLTBAG=Queer, Lesbian, Transgendered/Transsexual, Bisexual, Asexual, Allied, Gay (With no hierarchy implied by the order - it just arranges into a convenient acronym)

Wayne K · Dec 27, 2009

Oh cool. I'm asexual and bisexual, so I'm home.

Celia Cyanide · Dec 27, 2009

YAY!!! Hello, everyone!

Wayne K · Dec 27, 2009

Celia Cyanide said:
YAY!!! Hello, everyone!

Your Twitter came up when I searched for QLTBAG, but I couldn't find it.

veinglory · Dec 27, 2009

There so should be a magazine or blog called the Quiltbag....

Ken · Dec 27, 2009

... reminds me of the old skit in movies where two or three partners in a new business are deciding whose name to put first. I think Ralph and Ed did something of the sort. Kramdon and Norton's vs Norton and Kramdon's when planning to open a restaurant by a highway entrance that never got built :-D

So yes, QLTBAG is fine. And no need to change it to GABTLQ or any other such combination, unless this thread gets broadcast to a live audience. Hmm, in a way it is. Okay then, my own preference is for TQLAGB! Nay, not a preference -- a demand!!!

MacAllister · Dec 27, 2009

A lot of the online places you might find it tend to be locked down, private boards, forums, list-serves, and so on, Wayne. You'll have better luck in your Google search if you include "Queer" "Queer politics" or so on, to refine the search.

Williebee · Dec 27, 2009

How on earth did Max get in so fast?

Nice place. Dig the artwork.

Maxinquaye · Dec 27, 2009

Williebee said:
How on earth did Max get in so fast?

Nice place. Dig the artwork.

Hey, I eavesdrop on the right sources when they mention these things.

Wayne K · Dec 27, 2009

Thanks Mac, I not only found this, I found my old neighbor. Matt Foreman.

Great guy.

Zoombie · Dec 27, 2009

But I wanted to be the mad scientist...

barbilarry · Dec 27, 2009

So this is where all the really cool people are hidin' out!

Zoombie · Dec 27, 2009

Sooo...we can talk about writing stuff here, right?

Kitty Pryde · Dec 27, 2009

Zoombie said:
Sooo...we can talk about writing stuff here, right?

I think that's the idea. Maybe start a new, less silly thread, of course

MacAllister · Dec 27, 2009

The whole idea, Zoombie, is that people CAN talk about writing here, as it relates to quiltbag topics, characters, themes, books, or authors -- but without the same-old same-old derails that you can count on happening in pretty much any even peripherally- related queer-themed thread elsewhere on AW in the last five years.

Because if those same tired self-appointed anti-queer-patrol thread-squelchers show up in here, I'm simply going to boot them. No questions. No discussion.

Zoombie · Dec 27, 2009

Aaaaaaah

Cool, cool!

I shall go and start a thread!

Also, Mac...<HUGS> Thanks for making a room!

mscelina · Dec 27, 2009

Cool. That means I have somewhere to hang out without losing my temper. As an ally and family member who edits a lot of gay fiction, I'm looking forward to an arena for young writers to explore more than just their Strunk and White.

What a great Christmas present for the board, Mac.

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