am i being sensitive?

[crankylex]

NOTE: Adult fiction of the "het" type will be accepted, but NOT slash. I repeat - NO SLASH will be accepted. Offenders will be banned at first shot. No oops, I forgot, you will be banned.

I found this in the 'welcome' notes for a fiction group.

Does this seem welcoming to you?

I realize that slash is not universally adored. I have no issue with that. I don't adore all slash myself, so why should everyone else? Nor do I subscribe to the notion that slash is inherently better written, more entertaining, more [insert adjective of choice here] than het or gen.

But the above, as a statement, seems a little too homophobic for comfort.

Is it? Or am I being overly sensitive?

Comments

[crankylex.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

I mean, who wants to be a part of something that negative from the get-go?

*shaking head*

People are strange.

Oh, and I saw a teenager at the mall this week wearing a cat's collar, complete with an ID tag. I immediately thought of you. ;-)