tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15549772.post6848500316823041825..comments2023-04-26T13:50:06.435+01:00Comments on fiona glass: New rules for the Lambda AwardsFiona Glasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906545058188198820noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15549772.post-81974025628319619402009-10-03T19:48:31.009+01:002009-10-03T19:48:31.009+01:00Seems to me there's a world of difference betw...Seems to me there's a world of difference between saying someone isn't gay, and saying they are straight. Some of these comments are a little unnecessary, because I never, ever suggested Forster was straight, only that he wasn't gay.Fiona Glasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906545058188198820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15549772.post-73148419780027860752009-10-02T08:53:54.261+01:002009-10-02T08:53:54.261+01:00Thanks for proving the Lammies' point. E.M. Fo...Thanks for proving the Lammies' point. E.M. Forster, straight... Ha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15549772.post-19785067604639683742009-10-02T04:08:47.930+01:002009-10-02T04:08:47.930+01:00I guess you haven't read The Symposium, The Ly...I guess you haven't read The Symposium, The Lysis, or any of Plato's other dialogs. Socrates like young boys a lot. He shared mattresses with them and stayed up all night talking and drinking wine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15549772.post-3394683238337951862009-10-01T22:01:41.853+01:002009-10-01T22:01:41.853+01:00"Weariness of the only subject that I both ca...<i>"Weariness of the only subject that I both can and may treat - the love of men for women & vice versa.</i><br /><br />E.M.Forster, Diary 1911<br /><br /><i>I should have been a more famous writer if I had written or rather published more, but sex has prevented the latter.</i><br /><br />E. M. Forster, Diary 1964Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15549772.post-44369887451010654652009-10-01T19:55:16.971+01:002009-10-01T19:55:16.971+01:00is this a joke? E.M. Forster was gay, and the only...is this a joke? E.M. Forster was gay, and the only reason you have READ Maurice (if you have) is because it was published posthumously, along with his gay-themed short stories, in accordance with his will and as part of his outing. <br /><br />Also, this is dumb. Lambda is asking for fiction from people who SELF-IDENTIFY as in some way glbtqai, which is pretty far from OMG POLICE STATE. And I don't think that Lambda is requiring that all straight people stop writing about queers right now! so much as saying that their award is meant to promote and encourage glbtqai writers. Get over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15549772.post-14732651715012153152009-10-01T19:49:08.987+01:002009-10-01T19:49:08.987+01:00No, it's only saying that only GLBT... authors...No, it's only saying that only GLBT... authors (no, not just gay, the other letters exist too) are eligble for an award that was always there to promote GLBT literature.<br /><br />Everyone else can still continue to write them well and fine. <br /><br />Do you also complain when white authors cannot win awards for black literature? You'd be one of the few people left who did, because otherwise, awards like that are accepted and considered a necessity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15549772.post-52229081558412873052009-10-01T19:48:00.348+01:002009-10-01T19:48:00.348+01:00Er ... EM Forster WAS gay.Er ... EM Forster WAS gay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15549772.post-81309858357885176752009-09-29T00:01:19.641+01:002009-09-29T00:01:19.641+01:00This post has been included in a Linkspam roundup....This post has been included in a <a href="http://linkspam.dreamwidth.org/10297.html" rel="nofollow">Linkspam roundup</a>.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730958497200412758noreply@blogger.com