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Recently, our moderators made the decision to remove the word “queer” from a user’s introduction post here on Discourse. In the moderator discussion with this user, the moderators also advised the user to remove a trans pride flag from their profile pic. This was a mistake and we apologize for that. We have updated our posting guidelines and CoC enforcement processes to better reflect our diversity policy. Ubuntu’s diversity policy is meant to ensure individuals can be honest about their identi...

Was surprised no one bothered to post this give how big of a reaction this story got.

Wanted to post the update and correction cause that deserves to be seen just as much. This seems like a reasonable, thoughtful handling of the issue.

I still don’t really wanna use Ubuntu though 😅

    • gian English
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      1 year ago

      No, that’s treating you as a normal person irregardless of the private aspects of your life. You are free to disclose them and I am free to ignore them since in this context I don’t care, and I don’t see why I should care, about them.

      Else explain to me how being a queer/gay/trans/whatever impact on the submitted code or contribution.

        • gian English
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          1 year ago

          Why in this context I need to know that ? And why in this context I would like to ask about this ? How it is pertinent ?

          My point is simply that there are situations where these kind of information are not needed nor usefull. I am not saying that this is valid everywhere and every time but that there are places where knowing that the person you are talking to is a queer is important, situation where it is not important and situation where merely asking for that information is dangerous.
          In my view, on the Ubuntu’s discourse this is an information that is not relevant nor usefull to know.

          Do you want to consider it as a “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy ? Fine, I just try to treat people like they deserve in any case and to do this I don’t need to know these informations, a queer is a normal person to me when it comes to interact with him/her/whatever.

            • gian English
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              1 year ago

              Whether it’s pertinent or not is irrelevant. Whether it’s useful to know is irrelevant. How they’re treated is (kinda) irrelevant.

              Whatever, I still think that knowing such information in a technical forum is irrelevant and should not be asked or disclosed per se.
              I will still treat the person as she deserve, with respect to the person if she is respectfull or as assholes if she is an assholes, irregarless how they choose to identify themself.

              If you think it is wrong how I treat people think whatever you want, it is not my problem.