Call to Action against Huffington Postâs new âQueer Voicesâ page
UPDATE: I had to remove all the links on this post as it wonât get listed in the search results otherwise
So HuffPo nixed their âGay Voicesâ page in January and replaced it with a seemingly much more inclusive âQueer Voicesâ page. Unfortunately, the Executive Editor Noah Michelson decided that he wanted to abuse his position for his own disgusting ends.Â
On March 21st he posts an article in the Queer Voices page as such
Of course, the idea that diaper fetishists are queer didnât exactly go over well with LGBTQ people, who tweeted their anger at the official twitter, @huffpostqueer. Michelson, seemingly in complete control of the Queer Voices social media pages, began offering increasingly absurd justifications for his actions as well as retweeting from his personal account repeatedly.
Of course, not content with merely redefining Queer as anything ânon-normativeâ when it comes to sex and sexuality, Michelson also saw it fit to post an old article from Jillian Keenan.
This article is of course hugely homophobic, redefining the experience of homosexuality as being purely an act of sex (while also throwing in some classic lesbophobia). Being gay or bisexual being something that is carried with you outside the bedroom everywhere you go doesnât seem to register with Keenan or Michelson, as well as seemingly implying that LGB asexual people, or any LGB person who still has their virginity, cannot be LGB because they do not engage in sexual acts.
Of course, people had more issues with this line of reasoning than just the abysmal broadening of âQueerâ to include any cishet individual who doesnât do it in the missionary position. The language used reminded many of the attempts by NAMBLA and other pedophile groups to have pedophilia considered an acceptable sexual orientation.
They may try to backpedal on that issue, but it is unquestionable that Michelsonâs actions pave the way for hopeful child rapists to âfight for their rightsâ under the Queer label.
A clarification was posted last night that contradicted itself hard by essentially stating âkinksters arenât necessarily queer, but kinksters are queerâ
Shining beacons of logic, surely.
Now to what you can do to put a stop to this garbage
Thereâs no point tweeting to @huffpostqueer because Michelson holds all the keys to the kingdom. Heâs decided this is how it is going to be and our protesting isnât going to disuade him. Instead, consider tweeting to these accounts and consider using the hashtag #KinkIsNotQueer
@ariannahuff - This is HuffPoâs Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Also consider emailing these emails with âQueer Voicesâ somewhere in the subject line, asking fetish material to be moved and Michelson removed from his position.
Hopefully, with enough people bothering HuffPoâs leading executives, we can get Michelson offÂ
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