Quote by SiranNataan

In academic circles, we commonly say LGBTQ. The Women's Center on my current campus, which is also the LGBTQ center but they wont' relabel it, has a sign that says "GLBTQ", after which someone has penciled in an I. When I was at Indiana University about 15 years ago, student activists typically used the abbreviation LGBTQQPPIIAA.

The challenge is that, these days, we want to mean, in essence, "not straight" but without defining ourselves via the heteropatriarchy or in terms of negation. And that is going to be challenging. I would say that there are even heterosexual people who are queer--the poly and kink communities, for instances, both contain straight people and are certainly queer.

On which point, in academic circles, we commonly use the umbrella term of "queer", even more so than LGBTQ. But I've found that, in large, nonacademic circles, the word "queer" is considered hugely problematic for certain geographies and generations.

ETA: Sorry, didn't notice the poll.

This i completely understand and agreed with. Not everyone would feel inclusive if they were put under the label of "Queer" for individuals who are poly and kink communities.

Building relationship with everyone on commons ground of understanding without being inappropriate, misleading or exclusive of others is both challenging, difficult and sometimes cause more problems than necessary.

Thank you for pointing out this as well.

So. I have a late 2012 21.5 inch iMac (with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512 M), I know it's a pretty poor graphics card, but it should be able to more than it currently is. :S

I've tried tinkering with the sliders, but can't seem to balance performance with looks. As I have no idea what half of these things mean !

Please could you screenshot your graphics settings from ingame, If you have a machine that's comparable. Awesome Sauce!

-- Cai

PS.
If you have any recommendations for a gaming headset. That would be awesome!

Quote by SiranNataan

I am gay. But I work hard to try to be an ally to lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and other queer people. I think it's important to recognize that "ally" is broad.

Ahhhh, very well said. Thank you, Siran! I will reevaluate my earlier post! :)

I am gay. But I work hard to try to be an ally to lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and other queer people. I think it's important to recognize that "ally" is broad.

In academic circles, we commonly say LGBTQ. The Women's Center on my current campus, which is also the LGBTQ center but they wont' relabel it, has a sign that says "GLBTQ", after which someone has penciled in an I. When I was at Indiana University about 15 years ago, student activists typically used the abbreviation LGBTQQPPIIAA.

The challenge is that, these days, we want to mean, in essence, "not straight" but without defining ourselves via the heteropatriarchy or in terms of negation. And that is going to be challenging. I would say that there are even heterosexual people who are queer--the poly and kink communities, for instances, both contain straight people and are certainly queer.

On which point, in academic circles, we commonly use the umbrella term of "queer", even more so than LGBTQ. But I've found that, in large, nonacademic circles, the word "queer" is considered hugely problematic for certain geographies and generations.

ETA: Sorry, didn't notice the poll.

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If you're straight allied you're straight, but you're both supportive and non-discriminatory. You can't really be an ally if you're gay because you're already included in the first portion. Honestly, I'd be fine with either one as I feel they both have the same meaning in the end, with regards to the statement of course. My views!

True, but i think Ally would be stronger than Straight Ally as perception is key to everything. If we want people to see us as a fleet that accepts due to "Sexual Orienation" as opposed to, you are a person whom is an ally of the GLBT/LGBT community which is totally different in how it can be represented.

Being different is great, but being unique is greater.

If you're straight allied you're straight, but you're both supportive and non-discriminatory. You can't really be an ally if you're gay because you're already included in the first portion. Honestly, I'd be fine with either one as I feel they both have the same meaning in the end, with regards to the statement of course. My views!

Logically speaking, going with "Ally" would suggest that we are accepting of those whom are ally to the LGBT/GLBT community rather than "Straight Ally" could be perceived as only those that are straight can be allies.

Being transparent in what how we view ourselves is vitally and crucially important in the representation of who are.

Just my two cent.

Dax

I'd be happy to do the VO!

Cheers,

Brandon =/\=

It's no secret around here that our community is a little leaning in our representation of our guilds. (Hint: we're almost all Star Trek.) But that doesn't mean our other guilds aren't any less important. Right now, Stonewall Vanguard could really use some help. While we have a decent size guild in GW2, the community is just not as active in our community as our Trekkers are.

Guild Wars 2 is looking for high-quality recruitment videos to play during its next livestream of their first expansion. Needless to say, it'd be a huge boon to recruitment and exposure for the guild. We have some amazingly talented people in the community and I'm hoping that some of you will help cross the divide to help our sister guild.

I'm sure it'd be a difficult task, specially considering that many of you don't play the game, but I'm sure that working together we can over come it and produce something truly spectacular. I'm looking for people with audio and video experience who have made videos like this in the past. Please reply below and send me a message and we can start collaborating.

Thanks!!

Vote and discuss :)

Cheers,

Brandon =/\=

Quote by NicholasJohn16

Coincidentally, this poll has caused more activity on our Google+ page than we've seen in a long time.

It was great to see that one comment and two +1s! B)

Cheers,

Brandon =/\=

Coincidentally, this poll has caused more activity on our Google+ page than we've seen in a long time.

Congrats winners and nominees :D

YES!! congrats to the winners!

Sadly I wasnt there due to work related working issues, and I had to work at my work place in my place of work.
(to pay for all my ships maintenance) :(

Hope you all had fun, and thanks to all who took time out to vote for me! xx

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I have hummed and debated on whether to try it out. It is something like Magic: The Gathering or something completely different on how its played?

Dax

It's a TCG, just like Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Magic, etc., and like the others, they are all different in their own way. It's free, so I say give it a shot. NOT MY FAULT IF YOU GET ADDICTED, THOUGH! :silly:

Cheers,

Brandon =/\=

LOL, if i do i will send you my therapist bill for it to be paid for....

I will look into.

Dax

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That's not the question we're asking :) It's "Do you engage with Stonewall via Google+?". So if you don't engage, you'd want to either pick "No + I'd like to start" if you want to start, or "No + WTF Google+ lol" if you don't.

Cheers,

Brandon =/\=

Sorry, I read that as "No + WTF (is) Google+ lol"

My attempt at humor clearly sucked. #BranFail

Cheers,

Brandon =/\=

Not at all! I've just become lazy in my reading. #KasperFail

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I have hummed and debated on whether to try it out. It is something like Magic: The Gathering or something completely different on how its played?

Dax

It's a TCG, just like Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Magic, etc., and like the others, they are all different in their own way. It's free, so I say give it a shot. NOT MY FAULT IF YOU GET ADDICTED, THOUGH! :silly:

Cheers,

Brandon =/\=

I have hummed and debated on whether to try it out. It is something like Magic: The Gathering or something completely different on how its played?

Dax

Quote by Lars1091

Congratulations to all the winners. It is well deserved!

I meant to join the event, but a splitting headache forced me to call it an early night. :(

Totally agree with you Lars. Congratulation to everyone who was nominated and those who won. I missed out on the event today as well, but i'm everyone has enjoyed the festivities.

Dax