Any chance of a straight and non transexual forum?

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My goal is to, hopefully, cause some cogitation... and no, I don't hope Alex will remove PPR. I could just have easily have said "people can talk about video games outside of the video game forum, and therefore there is no need for a video game forum". I like both the PPR and Video Game subforums, but the issue is that people have the ability or do currently talk about subjects outside of a compartmentalized area, but such does not negate the utility of such subfora.

If your only goal is to cause cogitation then consider your goal achieved

Bridgekeeper: "Answer me these questions three.... What is your quest?"

Black Knight: "You shall not pass!"

Murphy, are straight people being discriminated against and being killed and beaten just for being straight?

Is that the criteria for the opening of a category of subforum? That its target audience must be persecuted?

No but it helps that people struggle with the stresses of being stigmatized every day.

So, if a group of people are being stigmatized, stereotyped, mocked for their beliefs and practices, you'd then be willing to support a forum for them? Especially if they are a minority upon Wrong Planet?

you're just being ignorant and I want no part of it.

clap, wipe, show. I'm out.

Is asking a question a sign of ignorance now? My, what ideologies would this axiom produce if formalized.

Not everything related to being GLBT is to do with dating, especially not for transgendered members

Its not just being mocked. Being beaten up, or even murdered, which thank goodness happens a lot less than it used to. When my parents were young, gay people couldnt even let people know they were gay at all or they might end up attacked, or shunned from society.

I know of gay people in their 50s and 60s who still will not come out of the closet in public, they keep their sexuality as something only a select few know about.

The only reason that many young GBLT people today can walk the streets in relative safety is the work that other gay people before them have done to gain equality and acceptance.

I think the formula for getting a separate subforum is pretty simple: convince Alex there is a large desire for it, and that it would used. Most of the forums have been set up because Alex thought they were a good idea; it's his sole decision. When a request has been made often enough and by enough different people, it catches his attention and he either moves forward with it or rejects it. Some forums have been tried and removed due to lack of activity. Basically, what exists conforms to the needs of the current population as evidenced by where and how they post. It's not that much more philosophically more complicated, in my observation. While explanations exist, they aren't the final point, IMHO.

I think DW's post answers the OP's question quite nicely as well as addresses all other concerns that have been brought up.

I have unlocked this thread and moved it to PPR so you can all continue to debate this issue in an abstract fashion.

Well, there should be a forum for men at least. I don't like how Alex is acting like a typical feminist in this regard.

But the whole straight heterosexual thing is unnecessary.

The Love & Dating section is almost exclusively heterosexual in nature. Sometimes LGBT people do post there but it cannot be guaranteed they won't be harassed. Thus they perhaps want a forum to communicate with others of the same orientation who will not judge them or will simply be able to relate better.
I mean, why is it that we Aspies have a forum? Are we discriminating against Neurotypicals?
A 'Men's Forum' might be a good idea though. "Asking a woman male advice is like asking a woman mechanic to fix your car" (joke here, okay. I know there are women mechanics but bear with me )