Χαῖρε! Salve! From your edits, it looks like you're interested in Ancient Greece and/or Ancient Rome. Would you like to join the WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome?

While the show may contain a subplot about a pederastic relationship, it is not primarily (or even to any level of importance) about pederasty. Therefore, the "pederastic film" tag is inappropriate and, given that the show is about gay people, a little offensive (although I'm sure no offense was meant). Treybien 15:18 7 February 2006 (UTC)

ur comments regarding Ishq.

When u love some one with some intetions (sex,money,lust,any sort of lust) then it is called as "Muhabat", "Piyar". when u do nt hav any intention just love then it is Ishq. God and his messangers are the one u can love regardless of any (lust,sex,any other intention). lemme knw if u want more information,may be i can send u some links

Khalidkhoso 10:44, 29 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Once again removed your comments from the LGBT noticeboard. I restored them, and am about to warn him again. He threatened me after the last warning, so I am curious as to how he will react to this one. :-) Jeffpw 21:57, 31 December 2006 (UTC) reply

• Happy New Year to you, too! The ball's going to drop here in 55 minutes. Jeffpw 22:06, 31 December 2006 (UTC) reply

  

Happy New Years to you both. I actually made the second revision of the posting, and Jeff reverted it as being from Metaspheres. I can see metas point. I think all postings on the board should be as NPOV as possible, and brief. I don't want arguments and discussions to happen at the board. There's no point in diffusing the effort. I wouldn't like it if a group of bigots had a board with POV postings about "the LGBT activists are pushing their agenda and ignoring the facts", etc... So can we leave it as a dispute and not imply the way we would like the dispute to be resolved? Even if someone is 100% correct in their position, discussion isn't productive if everyone digs in their heals. – Samuel Wantman 23:52, 31 December 2006 (UTC) reply

Thank you for clarifying that, Samuel, but that was actually the third revision. In any event, I still strongly disagree with anybody removing another's comments on a talk-page if they are not vandalism. In fact, Wiki has a policy against that. I would appreciate it if you would discuss that sort of change with a user before doing it, and give them the opportunity to make the change (or not) themselves. Jeffpw 00:10, 1 January 2007 (UTC) reply

Samuel, you are right about the neutrality. As for the pattern of abusive edits by Metaspheres, which is what deleting another user's post is, there is no excuse. And changing a post should be done with the strikeover function, if at all, even by the original poster. I'll take a look and modify accordingly. Haiduc 01:42, 1 January 2007 (UTC) reply

He's done it yet again, and states he is reporting you and me for harassment, for your statement on the noticeboard, and my warning him to stop deleting your posts. Jeffpw 09:07, 1 January 2007 (UTC) reply

• His harassment report was just dismissed. You can check his talk page for the message, but it says we were both remarkably civil towards him. Jeffpw 18:57, 5 January 2007 (UTC) reply

The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter! Issue II - January 1, 2007

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have you used this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gay-Life-Culture-World-History/dp/0500251304/

gay life and culture, a world history, by robert aldrich

looks like a treasure house... cheers... Leskey 23:49, 4 January 2007 (UTC) reply

Thank you. It looks interesting, I have ordered a copy. Haiduc 01:30, 5 January 2007 (UTC) reply

I haven't gone anywhere as of yet. However, until this situation is resolved, I will be restricting my editing to the Rfc and Arbcom. Once it is settled I will make a decision about remaining. Jeffpw 11:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC) reply

Haiduc, I noticed your good words to Jeffpw. You might not be familiar with GMS508 but this is another good user who's troubled by the same situation. =) —  coelacan talk – 21:47, 5 January 2007 (UTC) reply

I'd like to offer my help on an article you're working with MetaSpheres. Leave a message on my talk page if you would like some. Nina Odell 03:38, 8 January 2007 (UTC) reply

Hey, I was wondering whether you'd be willing to help me with a small judgment on an article. If you look at the article on US Senator Lindsey Graham, you'll see someone has added some material about his sexuality. I feel it should be removed in its entirety or substantially altered due to NPOV concerns (the amount of space in this article this issue occupies makes it look like a tabloid article and not an encyclopedia, and I fear serious political motivations for the inclusion of this material.) and that these claims are non- or poorly sourced claims and hence might be libelous. Could you take a look (it's a very small article) and tell me what you think should be done? I'd be very grateful! Cheers! Chuchunezumi 06:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC) reply

Thank you for creating this category. As homosexual relations with young men bore particularly significance in pre-modern Japanese society, and was truly quite separated from today's modern (Western) morality regarding pederasty and pedophilia, I thank you for separating this away from that whole field. LordAmeth 20:38, 17 January 2007 (UTC) reply

Thank you for your input on this article. I noticed that the article is currently rather poorly sourced, and was hoping that since you apparently know about the subject that you might be able to add some sources. As such I thought I'd bring it to your attention. Thank you. – Ec5618 19:58, 21 January 2007 (UTC) reply

Yeah, that sums it all up tidily. Thanks for removing the "German Doctor". He really is terribly intrusive! If you feel inclined to call the article I created on Leonardo and Salaino "by any another name" I'm sure it will smell the same. see Two Gentlemen of Firenze.

-- Amandajm 01:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC) reply

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" Romeo and Juliet.(miss quoted in a well-known Australian humorous poem called "The Play" by C. J. Dennis.) Two Gentlemen of Firenze for Two Gentlemen of Verona... -- Amandajm 05:24, 25 January 2007 (UTC) reply

Thank you for the kind reference to my edits on the Michelangelo page, and thanks also for the inclusion of the poem, which well illustrates the issue. Best wishes, JNW 22:15, 27 January 2007 (UTC) reply

Greetings Haiduc,

Am appealing to you, as a veteran Wikipedian, to try to help Dr Stoehr. We are obviously dealing with an even more inexperienced Wikipedia user than yours truly and if I were to do it would be a true case of the blind leading the blind. I was going to appeal to my own Wiki mentor, but as you know the background to this I think you are the one! Sorry for presuming ypou have the time for this and to lumber you with it, but it'll look good on your wiki cv!-- Technopat 16:41, 30 January 2007 (UTC) reply

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Hi, Haiduc! I thought I was pretty good about removing only when appropriate - did I remove the cat from an article that it belonged to?

The bot only ran in oversight mode, so I was personally reviewing each article before tagging and/or making any changes to the page. If I made an error, please let me know - and I apologize in advance if I did! – SatyrTN ( talk | contribs) 20:26, 4 February 2007 (UTC) reply

Hi, Haiduc - I've replaced the cat for Aeschines and Parmenides, which are the only two in the Category:Pederasty in ancient Greece that I removed. Do you know if I should put back:

• Category:Pederasts on Tsunayoshi Tokugawa
• Category:Victorian pederasty on George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

Those are the only other two I removed.

As a side note, before I removed the cats I read through all four of these articles and didn't see in them anywhere any indication that they should belong in the various pederasty categories. For instance, Aeschines has no mention of lovers, relationships, students, tutors, boys, or anything remotely connecting him to pederasty in ancient Greece except for his attack on Timarchos. While I respect that you know more than I in this area, and that you have verifiable sources and all, but for those of us without that information, it might be helpful to state in the article something about why they're in the category.

Sorry for what must have seemed an arbitrary and wholesale removal, but was really just me removing a couple articles that I *thought* were incorrectly categorized. – SatyrTN ( talk | contribs) 23:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC) reply

Sweet :) And thanks for all your effort on all of them! – SatyrTN ( talk | contribs) 01:15, 5 February 2007 (UTC) reply

I submitted a photo to sexual objectification of women in panties heels and nothing else vacuuming; it's of a fashion show by Imitation of Christ, a well-known label. Several editors want NO images on the page, but I think this one is pretty clear: at a fashion show, these topless models vacuuming in heels shows women objectified sexually. Could you interject with your opinion please? Talk:Sexual_objectification#Request_for_Comment-- DavidShankBone 04:09, 5 February 2007 (UTC) reply

If you add the link back into the John Bosco page, I'll report you for 3RR. Take it to the discussion page where it belongs. -- evrik ^{( talk)} 17:28, 6 February 2007 (UTC) reply

Hi Haiduc. You reverted a change I made to the article on Homosexuality, specifically the removal of the third paragraph which is restated later in the article. I removed it from the introduction because being placed in the introduction gave it—I believed—an undue weight in the article. Given that the anthropological perspective stated is only one of the various ways of talking about homosexuality, it seemed strange to place it in the introduction, particularly as the idea of homosexuality as expressed by these anthropologists is pretty far from normal usage. They suggest three models in societies - one egalitarian, one gender-structured and one age-structured.

In contemporary use, you could argue that each of these three categories could be equally well used about heterosexual relationships (one where partners are equal, one where they are confined to gender roles and one where there are large age differentials between the partners, the latter being normally what we call paedophilia). There is no such passage in the introduction to the wikipedia article on heterosexuality however. I would suggest its presence in this introduction makes it see like homosexuality is an societal construct (which is debatable), that anthropology is the right way to explore it (which is highly debatable) and that it in some way is conflatable with completely different axes of identity - dom/sub, masculine/feminine, age-differential and the like. Particularly with regard to the age-differential aspect, I note that there is no written piece in the heterosexuality article which gestures towards heterosexual paedophilia (by far the more common of the two).

My suggestion was to remove the paragraph from the introduction, where it took on the apparent characteristics of notable truth, and to leave the exact same subject material in the section on anthropological views of homosexual relationships later in the page, where it could be contrasted with other interpretations and categorisations from other discipliens.

Haiduc, since you're mentioned rather prominently in this AfD, I thought I'd make sure that you knew about it. --Akhilleus ( talk) 22:39, 6 February 2007 (UTC) reply

Now, I wonder, Haiduc, how did you manage to miss the massive open tasks template and the specific request to post AfDs at WP:DSSG near the very top of the noticeboard to place Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Baden-Powell's sexual orientation (second nomination) at the bottom of the completed AfDs list? ;) Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 22:38, 7 February 2007 (UTC) reply

Hello Rlevse, I see that you and the others involved in the Scouting portal have steered clear of the AfD on Baden-Powell. Is that a wise choice, considering that if this article is dragged down the material will have to find a place in the main article again? It seems to go counter to the work that we and others did on this subject a while ago. Regards, Haiduc 05:05, 7 February 2007 (UTC) reply

I haven't steered clear of it, I was just watching how it was going. I did see at least one other member of our project vote on it. If it is deleted, the material, in full, going back in the article, would cause the same problems as before. I'll see if I can gen up some interest. Rlevse 10:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC) reply

PS-I hate it when things keep coming up for afd/cfd don't you? Anyway I've contacted our active members to look this over and vote. I see three have already done so. Take care. Rlevse 10:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC) reply

I'm afraid I don't see the reference you referred to in your comment to the above article. I have however now added the references section at the bottom for references. If you were referring to the List mentioned at the bottom of the section, you should know that wikipedia does not consider other wikipedia pages as good references. John Carter 18:53, 9 February 2007 (UTC) reply

• Thought you'd like to know the content you added to the article above has been deleted by an anon. Feel free to restore it. If you do so, I will also help to ensure that the content remains. However, I repeat that I think it might be a better idea to create a Queer readings article which would help assert the notability of such content as well, and possibly, at least initially, perhaps add some of the content there. Then, as that page becomes big enough, it would be very logical to transfer some of the content to other pages, and make it much less likely that such unwarranted deletions of content take place again. John Carter 16:09, 14 February 2007 (UTC) reply

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While I agree Homosexual readings of Jesus and John is a valid subject to link to ... hoo, boy, is that gonna stir up a hornet's nest. :) Justin Eiler 16:12, 16 February 2007 (UTC) reply

Haiduc,

The "formulation" you mention is not mine at all, however I do not find it either biased or snide (please explain). Both recent occasions I have reverted changes to the word "extreme" I have cited the same two reasons. I fail to see the POV issue the change addresses (which still hasn't been clarified) and I feel that the word change alters the meaning of the differentiation between the two types of secularism. The other edit to which I am referring here is this one. The intended meaning of extreme is not "broad", but something closer to "stronger" or "harder"--that is "more" in a qualitative sense. Saying that it is "broader" implies that it is more general. This isn't the case. Your wording, in my view, also suffers from a similar problem. One could interpret it to mean that the apparatus and expression of secularism is "restricted" to a smaller social domain in the first sense and more extensive in what it encompasses in the second sense (which I would agree with). However, one can just as easily interpret it to mean (as i did at first) that secularism in first sense is more specific and the second more general, or even that it less common and more common respectively. What the original formulation tried to convey was something like this. The author of this paper, Barry Kosmin (a sociologist who runs an institute dedicated to the study of secularism) uses the terms "hard secularism" and "soft secularism"--and not moderate and extreme (or weaker and stronger) ... although those terms do come up in his essay. I don't agree that your formulation makes the nature of this differentiation any clearer (and as I stated I see no POV). I'm sorry if you interpreted my revert as because "I say so", but that is really not what my intention was/is. What do you think about the essay I referenced above? Can you explain to me how the original formulation was POV? This what I have yet to understand. Thanks. PelleSmith 23:01, 19 February 2007 (UTC) reply

Yes I think those qualifiers are not exactly the same as Kosmin's, and I see your point. People may associate "extreme" with "extremism" so it can and probably does lead some readers to think that something like what you described is implied by the use of the term. Basically I was being stubborn in insisting that there is nothing inherently negative about the phrasing. Point well taken. I also like the idea of not using a qualifier perhaps. Maybe I can link a reference to the Kosmin essay above the two definitions and we can let the descriptions speak for themselves in the entry--without any qualifiers. Of course now I feel mischievous not having this conversation on the talk page of the entry, but besides that how do you feel about such a solution? PelleSmith 23:46, 19 February 2007 (UTC) reply

On 20 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Homosexual readings of Jesus and John, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

-- Yomangani ^talk 10:22, 20 February 2007 (UTC) reply

• I have this article watchlisted, Haiduc. I will revert vandalism as necessary. Jeffpw 14:00, 21 February 2007 (UTC) reply

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		Changing those pederasty categories looks like hard work - you deserve this! SatyrTN ( talk | contribs) 22:45, 22 February 2007 (UTC) reply

You didn't say too much about the NAMBLA/LGBT organization issue; what were your thoughts? I honestly am torn on the issue, and I had hoped we'd flesh out a general, flexible definition of what constitutes an LGBT org., but I don't think many people wanted to bite into that apple. By the way, if I implied during our Ginsberg discussion that you are a pedophile, I did not mean to do so. When I re-read my comments, I thought you would have had a valid reason to take offense, and I apologize. -- DavidShankBone 02:33, 23 February 2007 (UTC) reply

there was a compromise: take the LGBT organization category out, but place them in the "List of LGBT organizations". I thought that was a good compromise, actually. I agree, that gays need to accept the past, and that our movement went through quite a few growing pains. When I asked Ginsberg about the issue in 96 (he made me follow him in the bathroom and talked while he pissed) he down-played the more insidious (right word?) side of NAMBLA and made a reasonable argument: a kid at 15 or 16 knows what he (or she, and since women mature faster sexually, especially) is doing. But once you pass 15, it starts to cross lines. I personally don't know what a mature sexual being finds attractive about gangly, goofy teens; I can't relate. But one of the most brilliant pieces of comedy, literally, is a piece in the Dave Chappelle DVD "Live at the Filmore". It is entitled, "How old is 15 really?" I swear, it is not only hysterical, but perhaps the most brilliant piece of comedy I've witnessed since Richard Pryor. I would even say it's educational. That segment of his routine runs about 15 minutes, and at the end I would say most people would walk away with a shift in perspective. You should check it out. -- DavidShankBone 04:56, 23 February 2007 (UTC) reply

Regarding the NAMBLA "compromise": there is now opposition to the article being placed on the list of LGBT-related organizations. It's as if the only tags they want on the article are pedophile tags. Well, this is a controversial issue, and people tend to get hysterical. I suppose, too, that people can feel good about themselves, thinking they have fought pedophilia by refusing to classify this article properly. But in the end, we are writing an encyclopedia, not taking a position on the issue. It's situations like this which cause me to lose faith in the masses' ability to reason. Jeffpw 05:44, 23 February 2007 (UTC) reply

This is late in coming, I should've done it sooner. I'm sorry about my hostile behavior towards you and general rude and wanky twuntness re: Talk: Selim Ahmed (Dahoum). I could've been civilized or else thought before I typed and hit "save page". -- Jaguara 22:11, 25 February 2007 (UTC) reply

Hmmph! I'm very cross with you for readjusting the Personal life and leaving in my hidden comment which said that the info was beyond dispute. In fact, I've left a nasty message to that effect on the discussion page.

Can you have another look at the passage and see if it really needs more than it has now.

You can't possibly win. If you write the apparent facts blatantly you're slammed for that and if you write it discretely, then the language is criticised. Good luck!

-- Amandajm 12:24, 28 February 2007 (UTC) reply

All my own way

No, it's not entirely like that! I just want the bloody argument to go somewhere else. For the survival of the page, because it will get swamped with sex-life again. There is no doubt that the matter is significant. One only has to look at J the B to know that it's significant. He never painted a woman looking that sexy. Hey! mebbe its not Mona Lisa at all.... maybe its actually Melzi Lisa.... now have you thought of that?

-- Amandajm 12:47, 28 February 2007 (UTC) reply

Female portrait

I put up the pic of Beatrice. I also put up the pic of Salai in costume. I was trying to find a good reproduction of the pic of him in profile which shows his realy stunning features. When I get a sufficiently good reproduction of it, I will include it. Or else the John the Baptist picture. It is not my aim to make the man appear heterosexual. I would just prefer that the parties who insist on arguing the case did it at another venue.

I can understand that there are people who find it distatseful that he probaby had sex with underage youths (whatever that means). I find it distasteful myself. But there is no point in denying that it happened or that it was generally socially acceptable.

As I see it, the reality of his sexuality either has to be very much understated or else proven at great and tedious length with a million inline references and a pic of Salai's butt being chased down the street by rampant dicks. There is no way of satisfying those people who will rail at any suggestion that anyone admirable is anything other than heterosexual.

I also suspect that if you put your name to any further edits to the particular section, they'll just be deleted immediately.

I might have a look for John the Baptist.

-- Amandajm 22:51, 28 February 2007 (UTC) reply

not quite right

As I've said before, I don't want the page to simply turn into a forum for trying to prove or disprove the nature of the man's sexuality. Because when that happens, every time it happens, the sexuality swamps everything else and, rather than writing about the love, what is revealed takes on a pornographic intensity. It's as bad as those ghastly long-distance photos of people's cellulite and facelifts that you get in magazines.

I've made it clear what my reasons are for not wanting this to happen.

On the other hand, if the evidence indicates that Leonardo was homosexual, it is inappropriate not include the fact in the article. Kids have as much right to that information as anyone. In a general way, they need to know that to be homosexual is an OK way to be. But that doesn't mean that the article needs lurid descriptions.

Leonardo left us with an image- the very beautiful and enticing painting of John the Baptist. I really think that image says a great deal about the nature of the relationship.

To make it clear, (which I thought I had), what I find objectionable is the sexual exploitation of children by those in positions of care. For me, it's hard to draw a neat line between pedophile and pederast sexuality. However, when I look at the painting of John the Baptist, I don't see an eroticised picture of a pubescent boy. What I see is a young man who is old enough to decide for himself what direction he would like the relationship to take.

If indeed the relationship between Leonardo and either of his aprentices was physical, do we really have any idea how such a relationship came about and how old the boys were at the time, or is it speculation? There is a considerable ethical difference between a man having sex with a ten year old and a man having sex with a 17 year old. The insistance on the pederast (rather than homosexual) nature of Leonardo's relationships calls this into question.

-- Amandajm 02:30, 1 March 2007 (UTC) reply

Your comments have been taken on board. I agree entirely that to say that the relationships were sexual in nature doesn't convey fully the nature of the relationships, in the light of Melzi's statement. I can't do any serious editting of anything for about a week because of the limitations of my laptop. -- Amandajm 12:48, 4 March 2007 (UTC) reply

Hi Haiduc. The reference citing Xenophon and Aristotle has always been in the ref tags. I changed "affirm" and "is of the opinion" to "writes" in order to add precision. If there is something else please refer to me in my talk page. There's already an open debate in the article with a new editor who is a bit of a pain due to his lack of experience. So I would prefer to discuss more serious issues separately until that one is done. Miskin 22:33, 7 March 2007 (UTC) reply

It was me who cited Xenophon and Aristotle but I referenced Powel because when you asked me I didn't remember in which primary work it was mentioned. I needed a secondary source which cites them and I randomly found Powel the same way you did. I don't remember reading his analysis, since I was only interested in citing Xenophon and Aristotle, and I didn't have the slightest intention at being fraudulent. After listening to this however, I understand how this comes off as a manipulative edit, and I'm sorry. I'm going to look for the primary source in order to avoid the implication of Powel supporting Xenophon's and Aristotle's view on the topic, after all mainstream scholarship probably does not. I would like though to present the views of the ancient writers for the sake of NPOV. Miskin 23:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC) reply

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I was recently made aware of an you made, saying that Marcel Schwob died of syphilis due to anal intercourse with a minor. Do you have any evidence to substantiate whether Mr. Schwob did indeed contract syphilis or engage in pederasty? Ral315 » 10:51, 8 March 2007 (UTC) reply

Hi - I see you've put Britten's Children in tne Modern Pederasty category which seems to be a list of individuals not books etc. Wouldn't it be more logical to link from Benjamin Britten? Tony 10:08, 9 March 2007 (UTC)Tony reply

thanks for your reply. I certainly don't want to end up fighting either. We need to run with broad interpretations of the 'words' that are our focus - 'pederasty' for you and 'pedophilia' for me. I don't know about you, but I get a bit proprietorial about articles that have lots of my man hours in, then someone comes along and tries to put another slant on them. I love the average Wiki editor, but there are some less-than-helpful people around. In a spirit of co-operation you might want to check out the edits I did on les amities particulieres. There were various references to pederasty there which didn't seem appropriate. I know the book and movie well (the movie in the original French too!) and there is no sexual activity portrayed anywhere. It is strongly implied that priests do fancy the pre-pubescent boys and also that there may be sexual goings on too. Are you happy with that? If not, please revert my edits. The word homoerotic was also used in the article for the relationship between a 14-year-old and an 11-year-old and I didn't think that was appropriate either. Tony 23:27, 9 March 2007 (UTC)Tony reply

Hi Haiduc :) I was hoping, if you had a little free time that you could possible toss your two cents into the dispute I've been having with Jolb over at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Psychedelics, Dissociatives and Deliriants#Categorization_dispute? Thanks in advance :) -- Thoric 02:40, 11 March 2007 (UTC) reply

You're probably right. I think I got a bit overanxious here. CaveatLector ^Talk 03:42, 2 April 2007 (UTC) reply

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You don't want help with a vandal, you want help keeping your pederasty category, which I do not agree with, on the article. IMO it shouldn't be there at all. So excuse me when I saw your report (which you keep putting on a deactivated page, btw), looked at the five edit wars I've been in this week when I should have been doing my coursework, and didn't really feel like getting into it. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 01:24, 14 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Because there's no pederasty in the Happy Prince! There's one kiss between a swallow and his prince, and that's it. Just because Oscar Wilde was gay does not mean he made it a policy to put pederastic relationships in his stories that we have to tease out. He was also a touchy feely romantic aesthete, it is hardly surprising that his characters act in an intimate way towards one another. So you have a source that claims it's pederastic, there are sources that claim that 9/11 was a massive government conspiracy! That IP isn't vandalising, he's making valid edits. Our pederastic categories are overflowing: can't you improve some to GA or FA status instead of claiming The Happy Prince as gay? I would really like to see Homosexual Readings of Jesus and John make FA one day, it seems such a delughtfully off the wall article.

And the issue of where to request help was never fully solved. Everyone else is currently using the main talkpage, I think. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 01:49, 14 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Sorry, but I don't have the patience to examine every crackpot theory put together by English majors. You think I should support your efforts to insert references to homosexuality into what seems to be every article on Wikipedia? That I should fight for your right to gay up Lion and The Happy Prince, neither of which are legitmate LGBT topics (ok, so some lions have gay sex - about 1500 species of animal do, it's not that exceptional, see List of animals displaying homosexual behavior)? That I should try and maintain your obsession with adding pictures of adolescent boys to every article you can think up an excuse for, apple included? I would imagine it's because of you that the article on courtship's main picture is a gay one, even though pederastic courtship is a tiny fraction of all courtship. So sorry, but no, I have more interesting things to do. And David Shankbone's response to you on my talkpage sums up why I don't edit pederasty and you do - I don't much care about sexual relationships between older men and adolescent boys, in the same way you don't care about LGBT film. It's just not our primary interest. So don't make out like you're making a brave sacrifice to edit pederasty, I've seen your posts to Passion Histoire, read your comments across the Internet about pederasty on the strangest of websites (the Hindu forums?) and noted that your Bebo account's friends are all under 18. You and I both know why you edit pederastic articles and it's not because of your concern for their welfare. If I didn't care about ending censorship and discrimination against LGBT in this encyclopedia, I wouldn't have revived WP:LGBT, but I don't see it as censorship to point out when the LGBT content of some content is very dubious indeed. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 10:53, 14 April 2007 (UTC) reply

It is precisely because I am "head of the gay pages" that I am trying to make you see what damage you are making to our cause. Your desire to insert pederasty into everything should be curbed because it's not there and it's making us, and Wikipedia, look bad. Trying to make lion gay? Trying to add a gay image to Apple? These do not help our work, Haiduc, they hinder it. I am all in favour of ending systemic bias against LGBT in encyclopedias, which you surely must know if you have read any promotional media I have produced. We have been discriminated against for millennia and I, for one, am determined to see to see a complete end to it and full coverage of LGBT issues and people here. I'm happy to fight the bigots on this site who try to whitewash people's articles - that's why I fought for two months to get a note of the speculation between Jake Gyllenhaal and Austin Nichols included in their articles, why I've supported the inclusion of allegations of homosexuality on James Buchanan, and why I have systematically reverted all people who keep removing our banners from people's talkpages. But there's no systemic bias in articles like apple and lion for you to correct - you are merely forcing pederastic ideals onto other articles. Surely you can see the difference between fighting to include verifiable information and trying to force inappropriate content, images and categories onto articles?

And I simply don't believe you when you say that these accounts on other sites aren't yours. They claim to be you, and they write like you, and they provide the same information you have provided here. They demonstrate the same single minded obsession with pederasty, claim to be writing a book on the subject and hold your job. FYI, I certainly do not go hanging around on sites that discuss pederasty in French, I background checked you when you made several dodgy comments over the NAMBLA thing and I got concerned. I was satisfied that you are not a pedophile and left it at that - your apparent sexual inclinations to late teens are perfectly acceptable as far as I'm concerned (I'm a classicist) so there's no need for you to act so defensively.

Basically Haiduc, I am asking you to please cease adding suspect content, images and categories to non-pederastic articles. You appear to have a wide knowledge and sources to draw on, and I am asking you to turn that energy of yours to improving the pederasty articles we have, and not to get involved in edit wars over such silly things. It just wastes all our time. And there's so much to do... Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 22:59, 14 April 2007 (UTC) reply

The reason why the article is currently such a mess is that I was doing some major rewrite in order to include other aspects of the man, Vasari's descriptions and so on, and the business about his vegetarianism which is just as significant to a lot of people as his (perhaps) pederast relationships are to you.

Your division of his "sexuality/modern interpretations" is fine by me. But the sentence in which you make the point that pederast behaviour was a common way of expressing homosexuality is clumsy. There is also that statement "particularly in Florence". I don't know that this is "particularly" true of Florence.

The number and nature of your edits on this subject promotes a certain curiosity as to which end you are approaching it from. One is curious to know whether you promote (if that is the right word) pederasty from the point of view of the older man, or the youth.

In modern Western society, the youth (particularly if not of homosexual nature) often comes to feel he has been abused. At least, this is the common experience of youths that I have counselled, much the same as girls who have been "taken advantage of" by men in positions of trust (either in the family, officially, or as friends). They don't always remember that the person who screwed also them loved them, taught them things and perhaps even provided for them. When the youth walks out with ten pairs of shoes, the gold jewellry, the flat screen, the pot plants and the paintings off the walls, the man says "Ungrateful little shit! After all I did for him!"

Nowadays, men that act in this manner leave themselves wide open to extortion. Sometimes, as happened to a particular well-respected Alderman, the youths comes back one day and beat him to death with his own golf clubs. Let me emphasise here that it was seen as retribution, not gay-bashing.

So, the insistence on a division between relationships that were homosexual and relationships that were essentially pederast because the boys were not simply younger but were mere boys, is bound to offend people, including other wikipedia editors. Do we know that Leonardo had sexual intercourse with these boys during their adolescence? We know that some writer fantasised about it but that proves nothing.

One can of course insist that there was a "love" for the boys that Freud would certainly have interpreted as sexual, because, as the man said "Well doctor, you're the one drawing the dirty pictures..." I suppose that you can insist that if Leonardo had sexual relations with Salai as a young adult, then, by definition it was pederast because of the differences in their ages.

It seems to me that there is a considerable difference in the age of the young man depicted in Leonardo's homoerotic John the Baptist and that of the urchin whose genitalia was subject to the minute scrutiny of Carravaggio. The latter may be of very real significance to your cause, but the former, in my opinion may be an indicator of homosexuality, but does not generate any notion of pederasty. If I may put it crudely, it is the picture of a young man who is beyond doubt able to fuck the artist if he wishes to. Has it occurred to you that this might have been Leonardo's particular liking? there is just as much evidence for this case as for yours!

-- Amandajm 09:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Haiduc, what I am having difficulty with is the notion of a "chaste" pederastic relationship. Does this also mean that one can have a chaste paedophile relationship? Should we then presume that any loving relationship between man and boy that does not express itself through sexual intercourse is none-the-less pederast? And that by a natural extension of this notion, loving relationships between adults and children are essentially paedophile, regardless of how innocent? Am I taking this too far.... or is it possible that you are taking your notion of what constitutes a pederast relationship too far.

I am looking at the matter from a legalistic view point. Base line- Either sexual contact occured or it didn't. Either the younger party could be reasonably categorised as a man, or he was still an adolescent.

As for the question of pederasty in Florence, I merely question whether it was indeed more common in that city than in others. I don't doubt that this is possible as the whole ethos of cities differs one to another.

Coming back to Leonardo - that he had a warm and loving relationship with his pupils seems beyond doubt. That it was suggested in a fiction that he indulged in sexual intercourse with one of his pupils is a fact. (You are aware that in the quotation which is in the article, there is no emphasis on love. The emphasis is entirely on the sexual act.)

Despite these things there is nothing to indicate definitely that the relationship was, by my definition, pederast. But since you include "chaste manifestations of pederasty", then your definition is different, and you wish to use the word pederasty in contexts where I would use the word "love".

Your continued use of the word "pederasty" to describe relationships that might well be sexually chaste seems to offend more people than just me. Your intensity of focus gives the appearance of someone who is pushing the barrow of a type of behaviour which many people find unseemly. Why do you keep expecting a sympathetic hearing?

Are we really to regard every man/boy friendship a pederast relationship? Or can we find words to describe human relationships (that might be chaste) that are not distasteful to so many people? I personally recommend "Love". It covers a multitude of sins and, more to the point, a multitude of blessings.

Indeed, if we are to believe Melzi, Leonardo loved his pupils. There is little other than that that can be said with certainty.

Haiduc, you write beautifully. Why are you so focussed on this particular topic that you have made a commitment to it, at the expense of others that could benefit by the skill of your writing?

-- Amandajm 15:21, 15 April 2007 (UTC) reply

The confusion came because I received a link to the article which said this was only for pederasty in Ancient Greece. As it includes the history of the concept, yes, the LGBT link can be included, but note that it would be more appropiate if Ancient pederasty and modern pederasty were separated, since the concept is not the same in both cases. In the 1st, it implied an adult teaching a young boy, not only sexually. In the 2nd, it is a case of an abnormal behaviour and abuse to young children, girls and boys, even babies (of course, I'm only taking into account the definition of the word taken out of its etymology, the one that is in most languages, and the only one that is correct, then). I will put the link back, but consider what I've told you. Greetings -- Bucephala 13:47, 17 April 2007 (UTC) reply

I'm not certain how to move forward with this but I wanted to inform you, as a significant contributed to several articles I've come upon recently, to read the message I posted on the talk page of Homosexuality in the militaries of ancient Greece. I will be rewriting sections several articles that I see as NPOV (see comment on talk page of linked article) in regards to the topic of pederasty.

Nudas veritas 23:13, 24 April 2007 (UTC) reply

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The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter! Issue VI - May 2, 2007 Monthly Challenge: Stand for Deputy Coordinator or support some candidates after May 5... Article News Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other is a Featured Article Candidate. Project News A taskforce dealing with LGBT publications has been proposed. If you are interested in getting involved, consider signing up at the projects' page. Our core topics list is looking good. It's still a bit slim on LGBT history articles, non-American LGBT media, and important LGBT biographies. Do you have suggestions? David Shankbone has done an amazing job taking photographs of LGBT celebrities. Thanks David! People interested in collaborating with him and setting up a photography taskforce should contact him or drop a note at the project's talkpage. The LGBT Portal still needs a bit of love and attention :-). Again, any good quality (free) photos you come across on LGBT articles can be added to the gallery here. Volunteers to help out with the Portal are extremely welcome- make yourselves known on the Portal's talkpage. Updates to the current news items are helpful. Deputy coordinator elections WikiProject LGBT studies is looking for new Deputy Coordinators to help out with various essential tasks in organising the project. To nominate yourself or contribute to the discussion, please go to: Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Coordinator/May 2007. The deadline for nominations is May 5 and the elections will last a week after that. Candidates so far are: SatyrTN, Raystorm and Fireplace. The elections will be pretty simple- everyone just endorses their favourite candidate(s). The three with the most votes at the end of the week are the new deputy coordinators, who will assist Dev920 in keeping the project running. Member News Our membership continues to expand. 22 new users have joined the WikiProject (bringing our total membership to 182): Zigzig20s, Qxmagazine, TAnthony, Kbolino, Knorpel, Madman bum and angel, Ponyboy, BenjiBoi, Guy M, Pernishus, Rockdozen, RAShippy, Jaibe, Fshepinc, rglong, Boomboomeve, Undertheinfluence, Kyoko, Catsaki, OsteopathicFreak, smccoy12345, and Alexlovesme. Also Rebecca who rejoins us having previously been a member as Ambi. Please make them feel welcome! To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, just ask Dev920. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let her know.

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I deleted the portrait of Radiguet because it's a modernistic likeness, not a photograph or close likeness. The article has no shortness of pictures. Ghosts&empties 12:41, 23 May 2007 (UTC) reply

You reverted my edit in the article on Selim Ahmed (Dahoum), but I really don't agree with that action per W:OR. Please respond on the talk page of that article. -- Tinctorius 12:26, 28 May 2007 (UTC) reply

Are you still there? If so, please respond; I'd like to resolve this conflict. -- Tinctorius 08:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC) reply

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Do you know much about Gustav Wyneken? Is there a ref that says he was gay? Thanks! – SatyrTN ( talk | contribs) 02:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC) reply

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First, your use of 'rvv' is improper given that my edit was not vandalism. As I explained in the edit summary, the reference cited in the introduction says that 10% of heterosexual couples regularly have anal sex. Now, personally, I suspect even that's too high, but the 10% figure should stay. Changing it to 30 or 50% is simply abusive; this is an encyclopedia article, and we should reflect our sources where we have them. The way, the truth, and the light 04:15, 12 June 2007 (UTC) reply

I now see that there is another quoted source for 30 to 50%. However, that source is not cited properly and I have no idea how reliable it is. Additionally, it's rather absurd given that other sources in that section show that about 30% of heterosexuals have ever done anal sex, and if only 30% have done it even once, it couldn't be that 30-50% do it regularly. The way, the truth, and the light 15:30, 12 June 2007 (UTC) reply

Hello. Two years ago, you provided on Talk:Kagema some good insights about why the woodprint at kagema is depicting a man/boy/girl scene and not a man/girl/girl one. Maybe you could also help us about whether there's a good reason to suppose the girl her to be a servant, or a geisha, or a prostitute (e.g., maybe from her kimono or her hairdo)?

The informations and discussion about it are at the tangential topic Talk:Bisexuality#Wrong caption for the Japanese illo

Regards,

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During my absence, I note that a wind of change has blown through the article, which may mean some re-construction. I have not forgotten your assistance - I had already drafted a way forward - and the insights that were beginning to emerge. With your other tasks, you may (understandably) have washed your hands of this particular issue: I may however need some support from a reliable source who at least understands the (implications of) the subject. Let me know if you will be 'on tap' if need be! Regards Dominique 21:18, 2 July 2007 (UTC) reply

Many thanks for response. Changes to the article aside, I was encouraged by Welland's support for the retention of the article in the face of continuing 'redundancy' claims. I have also noted the interesting discussion on the 'Pederasty' article, in particular re 'the most prevalent form of homosexuality' and may well add my own two penny worth to that. Dominique 09:41, 3 July 2007 (UTC) reply

i've noticed you had a clash with the Catholic crusader Evrik lately. I think his patronization of articles such as Don Bosco is untollerable (he lately tried to quench a sourced stuf f I've added about lurid use of dreams by that "saint"). If you've time and want to help me, we could raise again the matter about homosexuality/pedophily that him and other Catholic fanatic quenched some time ago. Let me know and good work. -- Attilios 16:19, 9 July 2007 (UTC) reply

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Thanks. I think, it'd be hard with Evrik. His behaviour, in my opinion, is a substantial ownership of that article. Everything he dislikes, he deletes it with little excuses in the talk pages, forcing you to 3RR. Let's see. Anyway, thanks a lot, of course it'd nice to collaborate to rewrite what is substantially a feeble, unreadable hagiography. Good work. -- Attilios 09:06, 10 July 2007 (UTC) reply

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The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter! Issue VIII - July 1, 2007 Monthly Challenge: Submit an article to our Jumpaclass competition! Languishing unloved, it is a great way to improving that article you always meant to improve but never got round to. Challenge someone else to go head to head and see who can improve their article most! Article News But I'm a Cheerleader is now GA Class! Project News Our Deputy Coordinators have been doing a fabulous job so far. Well done! The portal is now looking very snazzy, well done to Fireplace for all his hard work. The list of LGBT people to be sorted has now beed reduced by 20%. Please help us with it, all of us adding just one person a day would have a dramatic effect! The Core Topics is now largely complete. The original aim of getting some kind of publication out of it is extremely long term - any short term uses we can make of it are welcome on the project talkpage. A suggestion was made this month that we start our own wiki. Although the conclusion was that we felt we were a part of Wikipedia rather than a stand alone organisation, it seems there is an LGBT wiki already, at http://lgbt.wikia.com/wiki/Main_page . Members may be interested in getting involved there. The Collaboration is now getting rather short on suggestions. Article nominations for August through December would be welcome on the talkpage. There is now a list of Missing LGBT Topics. Help is needed to work out which topics can be made redirects or need to be created. Please contribute is you can. An LGBT banner that was created for Wikipedia's internal ads system has now been adapted so it can be placed on blogs and websites. The html is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:LGBT"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Qxz-ad48.gif" height="53" width="445"></a> Please credit Miranda and link to her userpage: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Miranda">Miranda</a>. The banner can be seen in action here. If you have a blog or a website, please consider adding the banner, either in a post or as part of your profile. Member News 11 new contributors joined the project in the last month: Xnuala, Samantha Pignez, Jreferee, BGMurph, jmsast, Kukini, Theinsidellama, Heyfoureyes, Iceflow, NickGorton, Lynnllynn, KaiLeo, Amadscientist, and Mad_Cheese_Eater. Please make them feel welcome  ! However, this is a bit low for a project of our standing, so please consider doing a little recruiting if you can. To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let Dev920 know.

Delivered on 16:00, 6 July 2007 (UTC).

I'm guessing you have not had Robert Baden-Powell's sexual orientation on your watchlist for a while. That article was in quite reasonable shape when you last edited it, but now bears little resemblance. Frankly, except for the lead-in (which was non-existent for months), I have pretty much washed my hands of it. -- Gadget850 ( Ed) 00:46, 1 August 2007 (UTC) reply

The first para is still not 'right', though you have eased it slightly. I take the view that GL was more or less than 'erotic' e.g. plus pedagogy, plus 'Platonic', plus Classical, if one seeks a modern standpoint which embraces these add-ons (incl Uranian educationists). It may be easier to discuss on the article talk pages, since more will happen later! Dominique 22:46, 2 August 2007 (UTC) reply

...to List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/A's FLC. I thought you might be interested. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 17:12, 4 August 2007 (UTC) reply

A Featured List Candidacy. Someone is objecting to the list because "there's no evidence for Hadrian/Antinous". I have never studied Hadrian extensively, but it seemed rather in your area of interest. :) Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 00:54, 5 August 2007 (UTC) reply

Hi Haiduc. I think you'll be glad to learn that the Warren Cup article is now illustrated. They're not perfect, but I did the best I could. Jastrow ( Λέγετε) 18:14, 7 August 2007 (UTC) reply

Have you read the reference you claim is a biography and reputable? it is titled 'The 1995 North Down by-election, A personal account' written by Nicolas Whyte, 6 years after the event. It includes his Gmail address so you can get in touch if you campaugned with him in the same election. The section supposedly referencing the section you keep readding reads:

'Was Fate helped? Kilfedder's homosexuality was one of the most public secrets in Northern Ireland politics. It was of course nobody's business but his own and I would not mention it here were it not for the following circumstances: on the evening of his death, the lead story in the Belfast Telegraph, Northern Ireland's main newspaper, was that a number of MPs including one (unnamed) from Northern Ireland had received letters from the gay rights campaign group Outrage! threatening to expose their sexuality if they did not support gay liberation issues in Parliament. Whether or not Kilfedder received one of these letters, he must have been deeply perturbed at the possibility that his sexuality might become a public issue'

This is not a reputable source or subject to editorial review. It is one man's recollections and musings on events. Find a true source and I have no objection to you adding the inforamtion to the article, but this is not it. Nuttah68 19:42, 12 August 2007 (UTC) reply

OK, someone failed to set up the references correctly so two [1]s were showing. Regardless, the 'source' you are using is a first party account. The policy at WP:V is clear, 'Articles should rely on reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. Sources should be appropriate to the claims made: exceptional claims require exceptional sources. All articles must adhere to Wikipedia's neutrality policy, fairly representing all majority and significant-minority viewpoints that have been published by reliable sources, in rough proportion to the prominence of each view.' It then continues (highlighting as in policy) 'Self-published material may, in some circumstances, be acceptable when produced by an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications. ' As I said, find reliable sources and I have no problem with the inclusion, but so far none of the 'sources' offered satisfy the verifiability policy of Wikipedia. Nuttah68 20:19, 12 August 2007 (UTC) reply

You are using the wrong definition of self published in this context. Self published here means the same as 'first party', the work is written by the subject. The article needs third party sources, evidence produced by people unconnected with the incident(s). Nuttah68 20:30, 12 August 2007 (UTC) reply

Read WP:V 'Articles should rely on reliable, third-party published sources'. Here third party means not those directly involved (first party as you are using), nor those taking statements (second party, which is what you source would be if another reporter wrote the story) but those who had no connection to the original events. Nuttah68 20:39, 12 August 2007 (UTC) reply

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Unfortunately the panel has no context or commentary, and since there's enough fair use in the article already, we can do without it. Sure it's an interesting panel, but it doesn't really add to the encyclopedic value of the article. WesleyDodds 03:23, 21 August 2007 (UTC) reply

For us to claim fair use, there needs to be accompanying critical commentary, either in the image caption, or (preferrably) the the text it is accompanying. For example, the picture of Bane breaking Batman's back is valid under fair use because it illustrates soemthing detailed in the text. I originally removed the Justice League image because it was the weakest of the three(!) images there contextually. Really, its relationship to the section relies on a humorous out-of-contet reading of the panel; ultimately it doesn't have an encyclopedic purpose, when other images can be used to better (and more clear) effect. Additonally, the reason I left the image still there is because I recall actually reading some critical commentary on it (which I am currently trying to find). WesleyDodds 03:59, 21 August 2007 (UTC) reply

However, in this case the relevant material is (or should be) in the body of the article. In most of the articles in question, it was not stated elsewhere (obviously, you don't have to believe me – check for yourself): and yes, I agree that it "should be". And I agree that it doesn't usually have to be in the lede. And yes, the word "pogrom" was poorly chosen, and now I am fully educated on the etymology and precise definition of the word. However, the systematic removal of information about sexuality from a body of articles is bad news, which is why I called attention to it. Cleduc 15:45, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Um. I already did. Cleduc 17:48, 26 August 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cleduc ( talk • contribs)

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The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter! Issue IX - September 1, 2007 Message from Coordinator: It's been almost two months since the last newsletter came out, so there are a fair few people who haven't really been kept up with our project. I'd like to welcome all those who have joined and those who have returned, and strongly reccommend that you use the talkpage for any queries or problems you have. Happy editing! Article News The ongoing effort to create a comprehensive list of LGB people has begun to bear fruit - /A AND the /W-Z lists have been featured! Congratulations to Dev920 and SatyrTN who nominated them respectively. Please consider pitching in the the remaining lists to help us get them finished before the end of the year. Project News WP:LGBT now has an IRC channel! It is #LGBTProject on Freenode. Users without IRC or Xchat can use the java app at java.freenode.net to access the channel from their web browser. Hope to see you in there sometime! David Shankbone has taken a LOT of photos. An idea has been mooted to create a page for listing people who are willing to take images in their area on request, please give your thoughts here. Considerable discussion has recently been held on our coverage of same sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships. You may be interested to read it. The list of LGBT people to be sorted has now been reduced by over 30%. Please help us with it, all of us adding just one person a day would have a dramatic effect! A gay cabal conspiracy ghost has been created to do with what you will. :) Member News Since the last newsletter was released, we have had more members been labelled inactive than who have signed up - please consider recruiting a few more people if you can, a WikiProject is only as good as its members. :) To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let Dev920 know.

Delivered on 16:00, 6 July 2007 (UTC).

I'm sorry I haven't been in this discussion more recently, but I'm pretty much fed up with Wikipedia as a whole (as my user page now explains). I have run into far to many immature, dead-headed people in this community who either have absolutely no respect for history, historical accuracy, or truth and who in general have no fucking idea what they're talking about (read: the user claiming that the information in question on the James K. article is a 'criminal accusation' or people claiming that Spectator is a 'tabloid'). I just can't handle it anymore. The inclusion of the information has my support in this matter, but I can't spend more of my time fighting in this community when I'm not seeing results. CaveatLector ^{Talk Contrib} 15:42, 5 September 2007 (UTC) reply

I have reverted all changes to various articles that the well meaning Wikipedian made. God save us from nincompoops and those who claim to be "straight but not narrow". With friends like that..... Jeffpw 06:19, 13 September 2007 (UTC) reply

No problem. All prostestations to the contrary, I know the hoi polloi when I see them and I know how to deal with them. -:) Jeffpw 13:51, 13 September 2007 (UTC) reply

Regarding your advice to find out Wales' reasoning: It's a case of "The Great Oz has spoken!" After he made a 2 sentence remark about the damned article, he wouldn't say anything else, and we are all left to puzzle out any hidden meaning (or agenda, as the case may be). Thanks for checking in on it. Jeffpw 21:07, 15 September 2007 (UTC) reply

Neither can I 'fathom' the disappearance of the ISBN nos. I have spent about an hour comparing versions and examining refs, and indeed found one or two revisions where the nos were absent. But why I do not know. So I have simply reverted, and left the original typo I had sought to correct. It may have something to do with my proxy server - this happened with another article I tweaked - though I doubt it. Dominique 22:37, 18 September 2007 (UTC) reply

Reverting to your desired version when multiple editors have objected to your contributions is unacceptable. You need to discuss this on the talk page and refrain from edit warring. VanTucky ^Talk 23:48, 23 September 2007 (UTC) reply

Hi! I added to a mythology article called Caleus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caelus Would you mind editing it or cleaning it up? Thanks! Neptunekh 23:52, 25 September 2007 (UTC) reply

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Please forgive me if i created an unnecessary change, but there is a distinction between sexual activity and sexual orientation. While for the most part; heterosexuals engage in heterosexual sex, and homosexuals in homosexual sex; this acts do not indicate the preferences of a person. For example, many straight folks experiment with the same sex, and many gays have opposite-sex relations.

I tried to make the distinction between surveys of heterosexuals, surveys of homosexuals, and surveys with no sexual orientation stated. It would be a misnomer to say that all men having sex with men are gay; it would be a misnomer to say that lesbians cannot use alternate methods for anal sex. Scepia 05:29, 27 September 2007 (UTC) reply

It really doesn't matter much. I was trying to separate the studies based on their given polling group - all of the studies except for 2 specified an orientation, so I moved the other 2 into the general heading. Scepia 22:28, 27 September 2007 (UTC) reply

I have blocked you for this personal attack: [1]. The block will expire in one week. When it expires please refrain from making nasty comments like that. ( (1 == 2) ? ( ('Stop') : ('Go')) 03:54, 8 October 2007 (UTC) reply

As a temporary fix for BLP concerns, I have commented out the 20th and 21st century section from the article concerned, pending discussion. DGG ( talk) 04:25, 8 October 2007 (UTC) reply

Due to other wishing your input in the BLP issue mentioned above, I have reduced your block to 24 hours. ( (1 == 2) ? ( ('Stop') : ('Go')) 14:38, 8 October 2007 (UTC) reply

• Glad to see you're unblocked. According to the blocking admin, you're on a short leash. Personally, I have every confidence that you'll conduct yourself as a gentleman, as always. If I can ever give you a hand, feel free to call on me (as always). Jeffpw 15:15, 8 October 2007 (UTC) reply

I never unblocked him, I reduced it to 24 hours [2]. It will be another 14 or so hours before it wears off. ( (1 == 2) ? ( ('Stop') : ('Go')) 15:17, 8 October 2007 (UTC) reply

I noticed that you participated in the recent CfD of the category "Homophobia" [3]. It has been re-nominated for deletion, on the same grounds as before, and I was making sure you had an opportunity to present your interpretation of policy on this matter. The discussion can be found here. Best. -- Cheeser1 14:39, 8 October 2007 (UTC) reply

Thanks for your kind words at my talk page, sadly I found the contributions of one other editor were too offensive and potentially damaging to both Wikipedia and good faith editors for me to continue to be involved in the debate. Best wishes. DuncanHill 12:44, 9 October 2007 (UTC) reply

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The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter! Issue X - October 1, 2007 The LGBT studies project has been rather quiet of late. Though we've added over 180 new members in the last year, only a small percentage are active participants. If you haven't visited our project or talk page in a while, please stop by for a look. Also, if you happen to bump into another editor who you feel might enjoy working with us, please extend an invitation. There's lot's do do, and the active members would sincerely appreciate some help. Welcome to the 11 new members that joined us in September: Bu852, JuniorMuruin, Laualoha, JereKrischel, Dybryd, Sexperts, Ctjf83, Allstarecho, Johnandbob, Carlossuarez46, and Carterdriggs! LGBT Project Peer review Our Peer review project is struggling at the present, with only a few people reviewing the articles. While it is certainly possible to submit articles for a general peer review, a review by members of the LGBT community can be of additional value for LGBT specific writing. There are several articles currently up for review on a wide range of topics. At the very least, reading the articles will undoubtedly broaden your intellectual horizons :-) Deletion discussions At the moment, David Le Brocq, Malmö Devilants and Trajectory Hermeneutics are up for deletion review. Please take a look at them and make your voice heard at the deletion review. Articles nominated for deletion also present a challenge for improvement. See what you can do, and watchlist our deletion review page. FA & GA article news Since our last newsletter, Fun Home and GayFest have been promoted to Good Article status. Congratulations to all editors who have worked so hard to improve them! While the T-Z list was promoted to Featured list on September 26, 2007, we have had no articles reach Featured Article status since Homer's Phobia was promoted last March. In fact, one article of our Project was delisted: Andrew Van De Kamp. Please take a look at out listed articles and see if you'd like to try to take one to Featured status (there are almost 8,000 to choose from). Additionally, Conversion therapy has been nominated for Featured status. Please read the article and give feedback at the Feartured Article Candidates page. (See also our FA-class list.) Pederasty article controversy The Pederasty articles continue to be a point of controversy both within and outside of our community. Various editors have suggested that to include them as LGBT Project related somehow taints the project and brings Wikipedia into disrepute. Other editors have stated that the articles, and especially the Pederasty article, are part of the core of LGBT studies. Well meaning editors continue to remove our tags from the articles themselves as well as the talk pages. If you have time, please read the articles and watchlist them to protect them from vandalism and well meaning but counterproductive edits. List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people The list of LGBT people has survived its 4th nomination for deletion. Please watchlist this list to protect it from vandalism and unsourced additions. There are many in Wikipedia who would like to see this Featured status list removed from the project. It is up to us to keep it to such a high caliber that it never is removed. David Shankbone Our project member David Shankbone is now working as a journalist for Wikinews, as well as continuing to improve our project and Wikipedia as a whole with his photographs. A sincere thank you goes out to him for all of his hard work. Wikipedia would not shine nearly as brightly without your contributions, David. Barbara Gittings The surviving life partner of prominent LGBT rights activist Barbara Gittings recently called one of our editors and, among other things, complimented us on what a great job our project is doing on Wikipedia. Thanks to everyone who contributes to this project, either through their article edits or support for other project members. We really are making an difference here! Member assistance Some of our project members have been having difficulties related to editing on the encyclopedia. If you are feeling frustrated or distressed by your editing experience, please don't keep it to yourself. Wikipedia is a collaborative effort, and we are all here to help one another. Drop a line on our talkpage or on another editor's page, and other members of the LGBT project will happily give you the support you want and need. Lastly, Halloween is just around the corner. More than most holidays, Halloween is a holiday embraced by and tailor made to our community (though God only knows why we are invisible in the Halloween article here. Perhaps somebody would like to rectify that editing oversight). Have fun, everybody, and remember to both trick and treat! To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let Dev920 know.

Delivered on 17:31, 11 October 2007 (UTC).

I saw your recent conversation with Until(1==2) on his page, searched through the offending editor's history, and uncovered libel about you in a post of his. I asked Until(1==2) to deal with it and he refused. It is now on the admin discussion board. You may wish to participate. By the way, I don't know if you read the LGBT Project newsletter (I never did), but I wrote it this month, and added a section about the Pederasty controversy. Jeffpw 06:15, 14 October 2007 (UTC) reply

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TRY TO DO SOMETHING : FRANCIS BACON IS FALSELY ACCUSED OF HETEROSEXUALITY DESPITE THE STRONG EVIDENCES OF THE CONTRARY. If I may, let me to do a suggestion : you could introduce quotes of Francis Bacon about his fascination for masculine body from On beauty : why did he choose to take masculine examples of beauty rather than feminine ? It could write about Phyrne, the lover of Praxiteles, or about Aspasia, the lover of Perikles, rather than Alcibiades, Ismael and tutti quanti. And I am sure that there is other examples. The relations between Bacon and his wife can be developped too. He doesn't choose her to be his mistress, but his fellow, according to one of his quotes. That's obvious that his wife has another point of view : she wanted to sleep with her husband. And Simon d'Ewes knew that.

There is so many evidences. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.218.94.86 ( talk) 21:12, 14 October 2007 (UTC) reply

I actually just edited that article for balance, feel free to contribute more information you think would be appropriate, but please provide sources, otherwise it cannot be used. Haiduc 21:15, 14 October 2007 (UTC) reply

You're wright. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.218.94.86 ( talk) 21:17, 14 October 2007 (UTC) reply

I can't believe the lack of honesty of people who censured you. You were perfectly wright, that's disgusting. I think that it is absolutely not interesting to say that someone is gay if there isn't evidences. But in the case of Bacon, there is so many evidences and clues that I am very disgusted by these people who say that it is not. They're liers, that's all. They should deny Tchaïkovsky's homosexuality if they can. They're absolutely not honest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.218.94.86 ( talk) 19:22, 16 October 2007 (UTC) reply

As they say in English, "It's not over till the fat lady sings." That debate has only just begun, and I look forward to some interesting exchanges. I would have done it already but I have been busy. Why don't you get a user name so you can participate more fully? Haiduc 00:21, 17 October 2007 (UTC) reply

Because I am not English and that's difficult for me to write in this language. French wikipedia is not very good about homosexuality and I am very upset about the homophobic liers of English Wikipedia and their allegations. But there is a lot of very interested and true things about homosexuality thank to you and other gay-friendly users. Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, for example, that's very good and, first of all, true. But translate what I want to write in English take time and I have of lot of thinks to do, like everyone and like you, so... I try to introduce homosexuality in French Wikipedia too.

I wrote that to "Emery" ; if you want to correct my english, you can :

"The probleme is that there is no proof of his heterosexuality. Simon d'Ewes, John Aubrey and Bacon's mother knew what they said. The bad faith of these homophobic people is disguting. You can say all that you want, disdain all historical evidences and clues because you don't like what it, make all diversion that you wan't : everythink say to us that Francis Bacon was homosexual and nothing that he was heterosexual. That's easy to say that both Simon d'Ewes and John Aubrey are not valuable sources. They were like ancient historians, you know : their statements is based on other -today destroyed- evidences and testimonies. And there is a problem with you : there is absolutely, absolutely no proof of his -by you alleged- heterosexuality. If you can proof that he was heterosexual, OK. But I could say to you that your level of speculation that has led you to state that he was heterosexual is 0. You don't know the notion of the servant loves ? Samuel Pepys knew that with his girls and Francis Bacon too with his lads. But I think I understand your way : in France our penal right is based on the presumption of innocence. Your mind must be based on the presumption of heterosexuality. You don't need proofs of heterosexuality, presumption is enough for you. So, you think to allow yourself to state that Bacon was heterosexual. You know why we think that he was homosexual. I am curious to know the concret evidences you have to stated that he was heterosexual. Obviously, I wouldn't considere your answer valuable if it is : "There is no proof that he was homosexual." That would be the proof that your claims of Bacon's heterosexuality would be unsubstantiated."

That's wright : they said : "No proof, no proof, no proof", but is it possible for them to prove his heterosexuality. Of course not, because, all the historical evidences and clues say that he was homosexual. There homophobic people are really pathetic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.198.75.232 ( talk) 19:34, 17 October 2007 (UTC) reply

We have to be offensive, because we're right on Francis Bacon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.198.75.232 ( talk) 20:01, 17 October 2007 (UTC) reply

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Hello, I try to put this version in Francis Bacon. Could you put the links in blue, I don't know ow to do. And there is people who try to impose a version where the arguments of Nieves Mathews -or the non-argument- are to important :

Others Bacon's ideas about the improvement of the human lot were influential in the 1630s and 1650s among a number of Parliamentarian scholars. During the Restoration, Bacon was commonly invoked as a guiding spirit of the new-founded Royal Society. In the nineteenth century his emphasis on induction was revived and developed by William Whewell, among others. Bacon was ranked #90 on Michael H. Hart's list of the most influential figures in history. Several authors, such as historians A. L. Rowse,[2] Rictor Norton,[3] and Professor of English and Comparative Literature Alan Stewart,[4] speculate that he had homosexual inclinations. The point of view of Nieves Mathews,[5] is that the sources are not conclusive : (1) a quote from the private diary of Simonds D'Ewes (Bacon's enemy in Parliament, but considered to be a responsible and scrupulous lawyer), (2) a quote from Brief Lives by John Aubrey (written after Bacon's passing but used by all historians): he "was a pederast" and "had ganimeds and favourites", (3) and a note by Ann Bacon in which she expressed disapproval of the friends Francis and Anthony were associating with (since one was a "Papist" and money was owned to her sons: "that bloody Percy [who Bacon kept] as a coach companion and bed companion."). Coaches were one of the few private spaces at the time, thus the term "coach companion" is a clear reference to sexual doings.[7] However, there is no evidence to proove Mathews' theory of Bacon's heterosexuality. RAHTER THAN : Several authors, such as historians A. L. Rowse,[7] Rictor Norton,[8] and Professor of English and Comparative Literature Alan Stewart,[9] speculate that he had homosexual inclinations. Nieves Mathews, author of Francis Bacon: The History of a Character Assassination,[10] argues that the sources are not conclusive: (1) a quote from the private diary of Simonds d'Ewes (a disputable source since he was Bacon's enemy in Parliament), (2) a quote from Brief Lives by John Aubrey (written after Bacon's passing): he "was a pederast" and "had ganimeds and favourites", (3) a note by Ann Bacon in which she expressed disapproval of the friends Francis and Anthony were associating with (since one was a "Papist" and money was owed to her sons). Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.198.75.232 ( talk) 20:36, 19 October 2007 (UTC) reply

I congratulate you for your new contribution on Bacon. The point is indeed that Nieves Mathews has no evidence for claiming that Bacon was heterosexual. If she was still alive, she should take every historical figures who were homosexual and try to destroy all the evidence. She had a very inventive spirit to do that, but not very convincing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.198.75.232 ( talk) 11:34, 20 October 2007 (UTC) reply

Your version about Francis Bacon is really the good one. I read it with delight. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.198.75.232 ( talk) 11:45, 20 October 2007 (UTC) reply

Thanks. Perhaps you will now do something about the French version of the article - it has nothing on his love life. Haiduc 12:08, 20 October 2007 (UTC) reply

Yes, I'll try. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.198.75.232 ( talk) 11:14, 21 October 2007 (UTC) reply

There was a very important reason for the information about Bacon secretly spending money to publish the materials for the Freemasons, Rosicrucians, "Spear-Shakers", & "Knights of the Helmet" - that being that it was a major source of the friction between himself and his wife, Alice Barnham. Please help me understand why you believe that secretly spending large amounts of money without telling your partner or spouse is not relevant to a section on "Personal Relationships". Arion 22:30, 25 October 2007 (UTC) reply

"Do we have someone claiming this to have been the cause of their marital difficulties?"

Yes, that is brought up in the references that are listed, especially in A. Chambers Bunten's Life of Alice Barnham. She was extremely upset that what had been for them previously a rich lifestyle was now one in which they were in debt, and she actually went on trips to ask for financial favors and assistance from their circle of friends. As for the comment about the age difference, you are correct that views were different back then in the 17th century. This was not an uncommon practice. Regardless, at the time of the marital strife, Alice was much older, and was not being told by Francis where all the money was going. Since he was sworn to secrecy, he was not able to tell her. Arion 23:20, 25 October 2007 (UTC) reply

I can see your point about the entry appearing "confusing and disorienting". When I had made that contribution earlier this year, I had tried summarizing in one sentence what was a large amount of reference material that I had consulted. My intent was to provide information on a cause for the strife in the marriage that was being alluded to. I will try to implement your suggestions. Arion 18:49, 26 October 2007 (UTC) reply

LISTEN, EVERYBODY, I didn't realize, but there's even no need to wonder if "coach companion" had a sexual meaning : the meaning of "bed companion" is sexual too : Bacon's mother is not alone to use these words : D'Ewes wrote : "yet would he not relinquish the practice of his most horrible and secret sinne of sodomie, keeping still one Godrick, a verie effeminate faced youth, to bee his catamite and BEDFELLOW." So Nieves Mathews looks clever claiming that it is a "misrepresentation" to state that words such as "bed companion and coach companion" are not evidences of Bacon's homosexuality, because that's not sexual. Now, it is very clear to me that all her argumentation is false : she is just one of these biographers of homosexual personnalities who tries desperately to link them to heterosexuality, because homosexuality is a very bad thing. So it is very not disturbing to quote Mathews in the article : everybody can see that "coach companion" as well as "bed companion" are evidences of sexual activities and deny that, like NM is a perfect example of bad faith. The only thing to do is to read the texts to see that NM is not only weak -no formal proof of Bacon's heterosexuality- but false. The only thing she is able to provide to proove Bacon's heterosexuality is her intimate conviction. I am definitely convinced that all the primary sources in question deal indeed with homosexuality. I am very happy : I now know without possible doubt that NM argumentation is insubstantiated. Is anybody still able to pretend that "bedfellow" had no sexual meaning in mind of Bacon's contemporary ? I guess not. 90.3.151.138 17:42, 27 October 2007 (UTC) reply

The new user clearly looks like single purpose(pederasty related) sock account. I cant accuse it in article talk because account is such that sock-master cannot be found. He writes etymology in lead, imagine somebody who knows nothing comes to article he just cant comprehend what is pederasty at all. Also when i came to article even i had zero knowledge, but first sentence def clearly explained me things. Could you be more authentic in protest in talk page and bold in reverting in article page? Thanks. Lara_bran 09:04, 29 October 2007 (UTC) reply

User:Dominique Blanc proved to be sneaky vandal, who had vandalised 2 urls while editing lead. I caught it, and reverted his edits to Pederasty and also Greek love. Please give a look, thanks. Lara_bran 09:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC) reply

I understand your time constraints, especially when considering my schedule this week!

When research is well done and not misleading, I am one of the first to champion exposing censored information in history - especially when there has been deliberate muddying of the facts and coercion and domination by straights. (You'll notice that I have not revealed my sexual orientation - at least at this time.) It has been disheartening that Alan Bray's book Homosexuality in Renaissance England and A. L. Rowse's Homosexuals in History, which did such an excellent job in outing some of history's key players, did such an unconvincing and sloppy job when it came to Francis Bacon. Arion 14:04, 31 October 2007 (UTC) reply

I agree with your 1 November 2007 edits on the "Personal relationships" section of the Francis Bacon article. However I do not understand your entering the "citation needed" tag after the sentences:

"As a strict Puritan, if she had even suspected any homosexual activity at the family home in Gorhambury, she would have strongly condemned it using 17th century English derogatory terms like "sin against nature", "unnatural vice", etc. No such evidence has ever been found."

What are you referring to? Are you saying that there is some doubt that strict 17th century Puritans (in their twisted extremism) would condemn homosexuality in the strongest terms? Are you saying that evidence that has never been found (Ann Bacon condemning Francis for homosexuality) can be cited. How would you cite something that does not exist? Arion 03:42, 1 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Thanks for the advice! I trimmed out some of the text you referred to. Arion 04:33, 1 November 2007 (UTC) reply

About Francis Bacon, I think :

1. We are not going to say that there is no evidence of heterosexuality in Bacon's life because we can't proove anything by the lack of documentation. But it would be desirable to precise, in the first and too short sentence, that Rowse, Norton and Stewart quote the primary sources, well, and, shortly, why they think that they could be true : because they think -presented as a part of their theory of course- that some clues we know about Bacon's life and lifestyle seem to support their theory. That's why what they think about the close relations between Francis and Anthony, his late marriage, his servants... Then, shortly precise that theory, that remains a theory.

2. I think that the part on Simon d'Ewes can stay like it is. The main idea remains his hostility to Bacon even if his diary is very precised and may be true or false.

3. We really need to change the part on Aubrey. The place of Edmund Wilson's quote is in the Aubrey article, not here. It should be good to quote the "Brief life" : "ganymeds and favourites" the same statement than d'Ewes, but in a sympathetical way. Then, the precision that it is an indirect source, it's enough. I think that using "gossip" two times about Aubrey, only in that context in wikipedia, is a little bit suspect. Or, precise that it is Matthews who insist about this aspect of gossip in that context.

4. It is not acceptable that the last sentence of the paragraph mentions the name of Matthews, Rowse or Norton in the point of view of the neutrality. As I say, a neutral conclusion should be that none of the theories is conclusive, for different reasons.

I have understand why the last sentence is suspect to me : it is said that "Bacon's government career and public life were never affected by any rumors or accusations involving sexuality." That's not completely false, but not completely true : not completely false, because it is bribery accusations who really affected Bacon's career, and not sodomy accusations, in the context of justice. But it is not completely true, because the rumors and the accusations about homosexuality are not a fantasy, at last between 1619 and 1621. So, I think that the formulation of this sentence, that can't be the last sentence of the paragraph is not totally correct : a good formulation should be : Bacon was never judged after accusations involving sexuality.

I have another good reason to consider that a claim such as "Bacon's government career and public life were never affected by any rumors or accusations involving sexuality" is very curious." Louis Crompton in Homosexuality and Civilization (page 389) write : "But the historian Arthur Wilson noted in 1653that Bacon's generosity to his young, prodigal, and expensive servants opened a gap to infamous reports." So, there was reports, it is rumours and accusations, no ? That's why I think that a sentence such as "Bacon was never judged after accusations involving sexuality" is really more adaptated and, first of all, more true.

Limitorder 13:23, 1 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Yes, isn't it ? I don't pretend that it's a formal proof, but we must really be careful : every detail is important and that prooves at last that d'Ewes was certainly not alone to think that Bacon was homosexual, or pederast. So, to say that there wasn't accusations involving homosexuality seems to be false. The historians must be careful to the destroyed proofs, mentioned in other evidences. Historians of homosexuality have the same problems than historians of the Antiquity : most of the documents have been destroyed, but we don't have to ignore their former existence. Obviously, if you are like Nieves Mathews, trying to proove that Bacon wasn't homosexual, you will not explore that way.

I think that two homosexual Francis Bacon, who are both genius, it's intolerable for some people.

Excuse my English, I hope you understand something.

Limitorder 13:49, 1 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Actually, on a completely different matter, I believe it is not Erik Satie who said that he was pederast, mais Camille Saint-Saëns : "Je ne suis pas homosexuel, je suis pédéraste." The name of Erik Satie is on the list of many internet "lists of homosexuals", that are often not very serious and not very informative, because without precisions. I never saw a source stating that Satie was homosexual. But Saint-Saëns is a very important composer too. He danced a parodic ballet with Tchaïkovski when he came to Russia.

Limitorder 14:33, 1 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Haiduc, so much time is being spent on pointless speculation on Francis Bacon's sexuality (whether it was hetero, homo, or bi). There is so much significant research that could be shared in this article (with the appropriate references) about the evidence scholars have uncovered that sheds new light on the real biological mother of Francis ( Queen Elizabeth), Elizabeth's other secret biological son Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex (who the Queen forced Bacon to prosecute for treason), the efforts of Francis Bacon to bring about greater rights for women, the abolishing of slavery, elimination of "debtors prisons", separation of church and state, and freedom of religious and political expression.

Here are two points in contradiction to what has been claimed on the Francis Bacon discussion page:

• There has been the claim that Francis Bacon only associated with males, therefore that "proves" he was a homosexual. He frequently got together with the men at Gray's Inn to discuss politics and philosophy, and to try out various theatrical scenes that he admitted writing (the plays that scholars claim he could not admit to writing under a pseudonym are another issue). He was frequently hosting banquets in which the leading men in the fields of science, the arts, literature, law, and politics were invited. At his funeral, over thirty great minds collected together their eulogies of him. It is clear from all these eulogies that he was not only "loved" - deeply, and certainly in the eulogies this is a Platonic Love - but that there was something about his character which led men even of the stature of Ben Jonson to hold him in reverence and awe. Jonson is surely writing of Platonic Love in his words: "I love the man, and do honour his memory above all others." This depth of Platonic or Divine Love of a large body of men toward Bacon is sometimes misunderstood today, but can be comprehended to some degree in the manner that disciples love a Master. Yes, it was love, and yes, many will have been younger men than Bacon. Ann Bacon has been quoted, but even she - who may not have been his biological mother according to many scholars - may not have been taken into the understanding of what his meetings with young men were really about. This is especially true when taking into account his membership (and some claim leadership) of secret societies such as the Rosicrucians and Freemasons. Membership was restricted to males only, and secrecy as to the religious and philosophical activities that went on in those lodges was strictly enforced. In the inner esoteric membership, which included Francis Bacon, vows of celibacy (for spiritual reasons) were encouraged.

• There has been the claim that there is no evidence that Francis Bacon loved women. This is simply not true. I have the published Love Sonnets that Francis wrote to his wife for their wedding day, and also written years later to Alice. In addition, there was his courtship of Elizabeth Hutton, when he was 36 and she was a young widow of 20. Some years earlier, Francis had written of the joys of loving women:

"Happiest state of mind and the noblest affection", which "doth so fill and possess all the powers of the mind . . . The only passion that openeth the heart . . . A fountain of curiosity, a most sweet ground set with infinite change" resulting in "the common and natural desire of children." (Bacon quote from Spedding's Northumberland MS., pages 9 - 13)

I hope the time I have taken to share this with you helps provide a wider perspective on Francis Bacon. Arion 17:12, 1 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Thank you for the kind words, Haiduc my friend! Maybe someday we'll be able to have some heart-to-heart talks - in person - and share some of what I see as our common interests. Take care and best of good fortune with your mid-term. Arion 23:55, 1 November 2007 (UTC) reply

I would like to know what do you think of the actual version of Francis Bacon. Personaly, I think that the present version is first of all about the theories of Nieves Matthews.

Limitorder 14:56, 2 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Yes, I am prepared to wait a couple of weeks. After all, it is justice : Aburesz and other people who are not convinced of the theory of homosexuality have not initiate an edit war and your edit remained two weeks. So, we have some time to think. But I believe that Aburesz and others think that it is the ideal and definitive and I can't agree : the new version is not neutral in the way it is presented and one of the most problems is the sentence of conclusion who must reflect the fact that the two theories are inconclusive, even if I personaly think that the theory of homosexuality, pederasty or at last bisexuality or homoeroticism is the good one. But that's the point : I'm prepared to be completely neutral and to write in the article and to give the same inconclusive place for the two theories in the article, without even alluding, by a wrong word, that one or the other could be true. Of course, it is possible to write that "Aubrey write gossips", but only in that way : "Nieves Matthews think or considere -that's more neutral words than argue or speculate- that the gossipy way of Aubrey make the informations about homosexuality in the Brief life, unreliable. Rowse and Norton considere that these information are more disputable than unreliable and that it could have a part of truth. Of course, Rowse and Norton could be first quoted, before Matthews.

And I think that the same way must be adopt for all points. If we respect that way, nobody will be entirely satisfied, because the other theory will be mentioned as a valuable theory, but will be partialy satisfied, because each theory will be taken on consideration, as a valuable but an unconclusive theory. Obviously, if one of these theory was prooved and the other denied, that way won't be neutral. But here, that's not the case.

I am not going to do anything about this until at last two weeks.

Limitorder 20:47, 2 November 2007 (UTC) reply

To take Francis Bacon's Essay On Love and compare it to Montaigne's alleged assertion that "Ideal friendship [...] is in fact strictly homosexual" is a bit of a stretch, I'm sorry to say. That is my answer Haiduc. Ben Jonson was surely writing of Platonic Love in his staement about Bacon: "I love the man, and do honour his memory above all others." Similar statements were made by other friends and admirers of Bacon. You admitted that "it would be perverse to make anything sexual out of that." I simply can not see how anyone could deduce anything sexual out of Francis Bacon's statement on friendship in his classic Essay On Love.

Look forward to hearing from you in 2 weeks Haiduc! Arion 02:11, 4 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Sorry about that.-- Werdan7 ^{T @} 03:07, 4 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Please explain to me what makes this image " provocative" while this one is not.-- chaser - t 23:26, 7 November 2007 (UTC) reply

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The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter! Issue XI - November 1, 2007 Hey, Peeps, it's that time of the month again (no not that time – get your mind out of the gutter): time for another monthly edition of the LGBT Project's Love Boat newsletter from your cruise director Miss Julie. So much has been happening this month and I just can't wait to tell you all about it!!! Alice and her harasser Let's start with some good news: Alice and the project lost the bothersome sock puppet who had been disrupting many articles we monitor, and now most of us can edit in relative peace. Congratulations, Alice, for being able to come out of semi-retirement. Benjiboi, on the other hand, has gained an anonymous IP stalker who seems to be more Catholic than the Pope and who has a hard-on for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. We seem to have a sort of Yin and Yang thing going on here, which helps both to keep us in balance and on our toes <bright smiles all around>. 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About Francis Bacon, if you see the new version, you could learn one thing : the homophobic and biased conception of neutrality in Wikipedia.

I make a suggestion to you : these people want the NM's version to be the only valuable part of the history. But, if someone present the version of Stewart and Jardine, quoting their book, it will be easier to present Bacon's homosexuality and other people couldn't censure or disdain that, because they are scholars. I can't do that : in France, it is very hard to found these books. But I think it is a good idea

Limitorder ( talk) 11:48, 19 November 2007 (UTC) reply

You have seen that Arion quoted extensively the primary sources. We have so the full legitimity to quote primary sources too : Aubrey, d'Ewes, Ann Bacon and mention the reports of 1653. We must remember that fact.

Limitorder ( talk) 14:47, 19 November 2007 (UTC) reply

So, what scholars such as Jardine, Steward, Bray, Rowse... have written is that Bacon was homosexual because there is good reason to think that he was. We need a paragraph to present their point of view, as well as Arion's point of view about his heterosexuality. That's why the biography of Jardine and Steward is interesting. I hope somebody can read it and present what these SCHOLARS have written about Bacon's homosexuality without the judgement of value of some people.

Limitorder ( talk) 00:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Hello Haiduc. Thanks for informing me of the changes you made to the article Solon. The article already contained a brief reference to Solon's pederasty and his relationship with Peisistratos. Your additions are unnecessary because they give too much emphasis to Solon's sexuality. His historical significance has nothing to do with his sexual orientation and it seems to me that you are merely using the article to suit some agenda of your own. I intend to delete your changes. I hope you will contribute to the article in future but without any sexual bias. Lucretius ( talk) 21:48, 24 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Don't be impressed by that argumentation, Haiduc and discuss the fully extent of Solon's historical significiance about pederasty. Remember that Plutarch, who didn't think that pederasty was better than marriage, was forced to conclude that Solon thought that pederasty was a noble think for the citizen. And remember that Plutarch made that conclusion because he could see fully, completely and true sources : what Solon himself wrote. And for the historical significiance, nobody can deny that, because Solon made Athen's law. Really, if the topic is correctly discussed, there is no reason to fordib you to do that. There are people who seemed to allow themself to state that what Solon wrote is false because not "reliable." What is their agenda ? Limitorder ( talk) 00:23, 28 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Je te remercie de ton conseil, mais il serait mieux que tu fasse ton argument sur la page en question. Haiduc ( talk) 00:56, 28 November 2007 (UTC) reply

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The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter! Issue XII - December 1, 2007 Here comes Santa Claus, Here comes Santa Claus, right down Santa Claus lane! Ho, ho ho (but not that kind of ho!) and Merry Christmas, everybody! Yes, that's right. It's time for the Christmas edition of the LGBT Love Boat newsletter. This homo Love Boat is cruising into Christmas and counting down the days to a brand new year! It doesn't matter if you're Christian or belong to some other, more obscure sect. Jesus loves you one and all, so let's curl up around the fire, sing some carols, drink some egg nog, and have a gay old time. But before we do, perhaps your chipper cruise director Miss Julie should spread the gender bendin' news from everyone's favorite project.... Table of Contents Quelle Suprise! King James is a Queen! It's Britney, Bitch! Game show for nerds Jón Þór Birgisson Everybody loves a sequel Not quite the second coming, but special just the same Battle of the Wikipedia Stars! Santa needs elves Urgent Christmas appeal Surrender, Dorothy!!!!!!! Ambrosia Christmas came early You! Quelle Suprise! King James is a Queen! Our dear Haiduc, never a stranger to controversy, recently decided to delve into the wardrobe of the British Monarchy, and what did he discover? King James had more than appreciative eyes for strapping young men! Naturally, Haiduc felt the need to share this news with the community, but instead of being praised for his scholarship, he was reviled. In fact, one rabid heterocentrist even rummaged around in his own wardrobe until he found an old pair of socks to play with. All seemed lost until astute editor Jeffpw noticed some odd postings and did some sleuthing of his own. The socks were uncovered, the Wicked Witch was melted and readers the world over were able to learn that Good King James regularly ordered tube steak from the menu of the day. Thank you, Haiduc! Thank you, Jeff! And let Miss Julie add (for readers who might not know) that tube steak tastes just like chicken! It's Britney, Bitch! Well, maybe it's not Miss Thang, herself, but it's the next best thing: Chris Crocker! he stirs up just about as much controversy as his idol does, even here on Wikipedia. Though it's all a bit of a muddle, one of our editors hopes you can drop by the talk page and leave a message of hope for those battling the forces of obstructionism in that little corner of the Wiki World. It is so hard to spread enlightenment. As Miss Parker herself said, "You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think". Game show for nerds Wallowing in cash from the latest beg-a-thon, the powers-that-be have decided to sponser a little contest here to improve the articles, with a Grand prize of $100. Yeah. Just enough for a Burger King dinner for the family. Still, the thought is nice and the goal is noble, so we should support it. Our little Queer beehive has taken a look at what's on offer, and both the Greek Traditionalists and Daughters of Bilitis are well represented. The ever useful SatyrTN has made a little list, which can be found here (if that malignant bot hasn't archived it already, that is). So find a pal, roll up your sleeves and dive right in. Let's show this Encyclopedia just what Queers with firecrackers up their....err, I mean, let's show the others what we can do. Jón Þór Birgisson I can't pronounce his name, but he's awfully cute, he's deliciously foreign, and best of all...he's GAY! But he won't be for long, if certain users have their way. A concerted effort has been under way for a while now, designed to neuter poor Jon (pretend I put a little accent thingy over that O) and make him into a sort of rockin' Ken doll. So please watchlist this hunka man, and keep him queer! If anybody questions you, tell them "Miss Julie sent me". Everybody loves a sequel Readers not afflicted with Alzheimer's will remember that last month we had a little story about Alice and her harasser. That proved so popular that we bring you the sequel: Benjiboi and his stalker. After a chance meeting at the Michael Lucas article, this anonymous user took a shine to our Benjiboi, and has been showering him with attention on virtually every board on Wikipedia. Flattered though he is, Benjiboi finds the attention a bit distracting, and administrators have been seeking various remedies for this. It has proven difficult, as the stalker has an IP address that changes quicker than Superman in a telephone booth. So perhaps some of you would like to watchlist Benjiboi's page, and lend a hand if you see some love letters from an 11 digit friend. I was actually thinking we should get Alice's harasser and Benjiboi's stalker together. Then we could have another sequel, sort of like Freddy vs. Jason. Any bets as to who would win?? Not quite the second coming, but special just the same Let me be the first to give a warm, wet, Love Boat kiss (though not with tongue) to our newest Project members: Jacksinterweb, Cleduc, Pigman, Becksguy and Iamandrewrice. Even in the month of our Saviour's birth, your popping into our Wikipedian lives is a blessed event indeed. As Jesus Himself said, "Live long and prosper". He did say that, didn't he? I think he said it. In any event, if he was standing next to me now, I'm sure he'd say it, and add, "Happy homo editing!" Battle of the Wikipedia Stars! Indomitable Ann Bannon is holding her own in Wikipedia's answer to American Idol: The Featured Article candidate list! For four feverish weeks, she has mastered the challenges and not been eliminated from the competition. Drop by the FAC page and show Ann you love her....or give her the hook (I'm not supposed to tell you how to vote). Giving our plucky Ann reason to hope is the recent promotion of List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: Sa-Sc. If Miss Julie has her way, we will have the entire alphabet of Queerdom Featured here on Wikipedia soon! And I would be remiss if I did not give a warm, Lesbian salute to our own Belovedfreak, who showed Wikipedia with But I'm a Cheerleader that even pom poms are no protection from the Love that dare not speak its name, and got a gold star for her efforts. Climbing the Wikipedia career ladder is User: Tim1965, who has not only written, but is now promoting Reel Affirmations to Good article status. Best of luck, Tim, and remember: there are no small parts, only small actors. We're sure you'll be trading that green circle for a gold star soon (assuming you get the green in the first place!). Santa needs elves Yes, I know: packages need buying, trees need trimming, egg nog needs drinking. The holidays make many demands on our time. It's ...well, it's a bitch, is what it is. So I wouldn't blame you for skipping this little section and putting off my request until next year. But...think of the children. Our future. They need quality information about the homosexual "lifestyle" if we are to indoctrinate them properly. That's why I am asking you to drop by our Peer review area and give your meaning as to the efforts of your fellow gay Wikipedians. And think: in this season of kindness and good will to all, isn't it nice that I am pointing you to someplace where you can (in a Wikiloving way, of course) rip someone a new asshole? Think about it...and those children with their shiny, bright eyes, thanking you for contributing to their future. Even more festively, consider joining in on the deletion discussions of our favorite articles. Here you can bandy about such words as "homophobia", "Right-wing Christian agenda" and my personal favorite, "just who do you think you're pushing around?!?!?". If you play your cards right, there might even be an extra present under the tree for you. :-D Urgent Christmas appeal Tovojolo asked me to ask you to edit Elizabeth Bishop as part of the Collaboration Project. She's an old dead poet (Miss Bishop, not Tovojolo. I've never actually met Tovojolo. She's probably very young and attractive. Maybe somebody should ask if she's single), but she was a flaming homosexual long before most of us had even been conceived, so we owe her some respect. Tovojolo actually asked me for the last newsletter, but Miss Julie forgot. Bad Miss Julie. She was so busy boosting morale it just slipped right by her. Nemissimo, maybe you need to crack that whip again to get Julie back in line. Surrender, Dorothy!!!!!!! Friend of Dorothy has attracted the attention of a group of....the more senior elements of our gay society. They disagree with our thesis that Saint Judy was the possible source of the term, and demand we change the article to reflect their contention that Dorothy Parker was the origin. The problem is, their source didn't check out. So we agreed to disagree. Well, we at the project did. They got kinda mad at us, said unkind things, and started edit warring. Though they are old, they are certainly quick, and could revert the article faster than my nimble fingers could press the undo button. To quote the divine Miss Parker, every time I saw the article on my watchlist, I thought to myself, "What fresh hell is this?". The page was protected by sympathetic administrators, but keeping an eye on it will keep Dorothy safe from future Wicked Witches of the West or East. Ambrosia Our dear Benjiboi has been busy indeed, lately. He recently made fruit salad out of Fruit, turning a once nasty word into a damn good article, and saving it from deletion! Congratulations, Benjiboi! I hear he has turned his attention from fruit to poultry now. Before he is through, he will have turned every major food group gay on Wikipedia! Christmas came early Yes, indeed! Valued administrator WJBscribe was raised out of the mire of mid-level management and placed squarely into the Pantheon of Bureaucracy! And Miss Julie is just too proud of him not to mention that he got the most support votes in the history of Wikipedia! Congratulations, WJB! We know you will not prove the Peter Principle correct! You! Yes, you! It's you who make this project shine! It's you who make Wikipedia such a valuable resource for all humanity! And it's you who make Miss Julie's dull life just a little bit better. So I want to take this moment to thank each and every one of you for all you do here. Merry Christmas, everybody! Happy Hanukkah! Festive Kwanzaa! Delirious Dong Zhi! Delicious Diwali! And for our oppressed Iranian brothers and sisters, I wish you a safe and joyous Yalda. And if I didn't mention your favorite December holiday, well, it's because I feel it's so special I should just keep it between you and me. Always remember: You light up my life! May we all have a joyous holiday season, and a safe, healthy, happy and prosperous 2008. With love from Miss Julie To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let Your Cruise Director know.

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Please comment on merging Mike Huckabee controversies into Mike Huckabee here [ [4]] Jmegill ( talk) 10:03, 9 December 2007 (UTC) reply