Is Slash Gay? Onle poll shows 79 percent don’t believe he’s gay - The Celebry Post

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• SLASH GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 79 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE’S GAY
• HAS SLASH MA THE WORLD BETTER FOR GAY MEN?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRENT HARTGERAUGT 11, 2010/4:34 PMBY BRENT HARTGERAUGT 11, 2010 / 4:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HAS SLASH MA THE WORLD BETTER FOR GAY MEN?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-08-11T20:34:01.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-08-11T20:34:01.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRENT HARTGER","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EDOR’S NOTE: THIS IS THE FIRST A TWO-PART SERI ON SLASH FANDOMS. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHAT IF A SIARLY IMPORTANT MOMENT GAY EQUALY ACTUALLY ME A YEAR EARLIER, 1968, WHEN A UK WOMAN, JENNIFER GUTTRIDGE, WROTE WHAT IS NSIRED BY MANY TO BE THE WORLD’S FIRST PIECE OF SLASH FICTN, “RG OF SHOSHERN,” ABOUT A RELATNSHIP BETWEEN STAR TREK’S KIRK AND SPOCK?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO, WA! HEAR ME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SLASHFIC” ARE ANY FAN-CREATED STORI, ART, VIO, AND EVEN ROLE-PLAY BASED ON FICTNAL CHARACTERS (AND SOMETIM REAL PEOPLE). SLASHFIC GETS S NAME OM “KIRK-SLASH-SPOCK,” THE GENRE’S FIRST AND STILL MOST FAMO PAIRG – AND MOST OF VOLV SAME-SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK THE 1960S, THE BIRTH OF SLASHFIC CID WH THE RISE OF STAR TREK’S MASSIVE “TREKKIE” MOVEMENT – THE FIRST OF THE MORN FANDOMS. BUT FOR MANY YEARS AFTER, FANDOMS WERE DOMATED BY STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WASN’T UNTIL THE EARLY 1990S – AND THE RISE OF THE TER – THAT WOMEN WERE ABLE ASSERT THEIR FLUENCE TO THE VAR FANDOMS. BUT WHEN THEY DID, THEIR TERT OFTEN HAD A SURPRISGLY HOMOEROTIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH A , WHAT HAD STARTED OUT AS SLASHFIC SOON SEGUED A GREATER “SLASH” MOVEMENT THAT OPENLY CELEBRATED MALE-MALE LOVE POPULAR CULTURE, WEBS, BLOGS, AND MSAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOVEMENT HAS EXPAND EXPONENTIALLY EVER SCE, QUICKLY ENPASSG NEW TECHNOLOGI. SLASH MAY NOT HAVE DIRECTLY BUILT YOUTUBE AND S FOURTEEN BILLN UPLOAD VIOS, BUT SURELY DIDN’T {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A POPULAR RECENT SLASH FICN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IMAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POPULAR SLASH UPL CURRENTLY CLU HARRY POTTER’S HARRY AND RON, AND MERL’S MERL AND ARTHUR, TORCHWOOD'S JACK AND IANTO, AND BROTHERS & SISTERS’ KEV AND STTY. (SOME PURISTS CLAIM THAT, BY FN, ANYTHG “SLASH” N’T BE ABOUT ACTUAL GAY CHARACTERS, BUT SUCH LIMATNS ARE BEG CREASGLY PASSé – PRECISELY BEE THE MOVEMENT HAS BEE SO POPULAR.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’M A SELF-PROFSED FANGIRL, AND I WOULD’VE BEEN LIKE THAT EVEN WHOUT THE TER,” SAYS 24-YEAR-OLD CRISTA MORENO. “BUT NOW THERE’S A NAME FOR . IF I LIKE A SHOW OR AN ARTIST, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WH PEOPLE. IT’S A LOT EASIER ON THE TER. I REMEMBER WATCHG QUEER AS FOLK, ALONE, BEE I DIDN’T KNOW ANYONE ELSE WHO WATCHED THE SHOW. THEN ONE DAY I FOUND THE SHOWTIME MSAGE BOARDS, AND I REALIZED THERE WAS A WHOLE MUNY OUT THERE WHO WERE WATCHG THE SHOW AND TALKG ABOUT . I’D FOUND MY PLACE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW MUCH OF MORN ENTERTAMENT OPENLY TERS TO THEIR SLASH FANS WH CHEEKY -JOK AND NOT-AT-ALL-SUBTLE REFERENC. SUPERNATURAL’S SAM AND DEAN WCHTER CHARACTERS, HAVG DISVERED FICTNAL UNTERPARTS TO THEIR “REAL” -SHOW CHARACTERS, AND EVEN RECENTLY ME ACROSS REFERENC TO “WCT,” THE SLASH SUB-GENRE WHERE THE BROTHER-CHARACTERS HAVE A ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP WH EACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A VISUAL EXAMPLE OF THE SOMEWHAT DISTURBG "WCT" PHENOMENON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IMAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND ’S NOT JT FOR GAY AND BI MEN THAT MORE AND MORE VIO GAM ARE CLUDG “GAY” NTENT OPTNS – CREASGLY EXPLIC NTENT OPTNS AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY ARE SO MANY WOMEN SO DRAWN TO GAY MALE THEM THE FIRST PLACE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN SURVEYED OUR FEMALE REARS ON THEIR TERT SAME-SEX PAIRGS, THE EXPLANATNS VARIED. SOME CED THE NON-THREATENG NATURE OF GAY MEN TO WOMEN. OTHERS TALK OF THE PERCEIVED LACK OF POWER STGGL AND THE APPEALG ABSENCE OF TRADNAL GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PLENTY OF PEOPLE SIMPLY SAID, “TWO MEN TOGETHER ARE HOT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT MANY WOMEN ARE TERTED. “THERE ARE SO MANY FEMALE FANDOMS,” MORENO SAYS. “IT’S PRIMARILY A FEMALE SPACE. IT’S VERY RARE TO FD GUYS WHO ARE HEAVILY VOLVED [SLASH] FANDOM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THE END DON’T REALLY MATTER WHY THEY’RE TERTED, JT THAT THEY ARE. OUR SURVEY ALSO FOUND THAT TERT THE RELATNSHIPS TEND TO SKEW VERY YOUNG – SOMETHG THAT MAK THE EXPLODG SLASH PHENOMENON A GOOD PREDICTOR OF FUTURE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! "QUEER AS FOLK CHANGED MY LIFE!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT DO ALL THIS MEAN FOR GAY PEOPLE? AND HOW N THE RISE OF SLASH PHENOMENON POSSIBLY BE PARED TO THE STONEWALL RTS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEE THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE STRAIGHT WOMEN THE WORLD THAN THERE ARE GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE PASSN AND ENTHIASM OF A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM IS BEG CHANNELED TOWARD GLBT ISSU AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“DURG CALIFORNIA’S PROP 8 FIGHT, EVEN BEFORE THAT, I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME, HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE THE QUEER AS FOLK FANDOM WHO WERE FULLY MTED TO LBIAN AND GAY EQUALY,” SAYS CHRISTIE KEH, A LONGTIME LBIAN ACTIVIST WHO IS ALSO A LONGTIME FANGIRL. “THEY’D BEE TE STRAIGHT ALLI, SOMETHG I’D NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE. IN MANY S, THEY ME OM SMALL TOWNS, THEY DIDN’T KNOW ANY GAY PEOPLE, BUT THEY GOT TO KNOW THEM THROUGH THE SHOW. IT OPENED THEIR EY. IT MA THEM BETTER TEACHERS. IT MA THEM BETTER PARENTS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}QAF'S MOST POPULAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IMAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’M THE BIBLE BELT,” SAYS SHIRLEY OZMENT, A SOUTH CAROLA-BASED WOMAN VOLVED A NUMBER OF SLASH FANDOMS. “WATCHG THE TELEVISN SHOWS FELY MA ME MORE SYMPATHETIC TO GLBT RIGHTS. PRR TO THE SHOWS, I AM ASHAMED TO SAY, I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTN TO THE RIGHTS THEY DID OR DIDN'T HAVE. I WASN'T VOLVED THAT WORLD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLIER THIS YEAR, OZMENT AND SEVEN OTHERS (WH A SMALL ASSIST OM ) ANIZED A GAYS OF OUR LIV FAN EVENT NEW YORK, FEATURG THE ACTORS OM A NUMBER OF GAY-THEMED (AND HEAVILY SLASHED) SOAP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“FANS FLEW OM LONDON, JAPAN, ATRALIA, THE NETHERLANDS, CALIFORNIA, AND TEXAS TO MEET THE ACTORS THAT HAD SUCH A POSIVE FLUENCE THEIR LIV,” OZMENT SAYS. HALF THE ATTEN WERE WOMEN. BETTER STILL, THE PROCEEDS OM THE EVENT WERE DONATED TO THE TREVOR PROJECT AND AIDSHILFE KöLN (A GERMAN CHARY).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL ATTEND THE GAYS OF OUR LIV EVENT MARCH, 2010 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IMAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN YOU LOOK SPECIFILLY AT SLASHFIC, ’S CLEARLY SOMETHG VERY DIFFERENT OM ACTUAL HOMOSEXUALY. THE STORI THEMSELV ARE OFTEN MELODRAMATIC AND OVER-THE-TOP,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME GAY FOLKS TAKE ISSUE WH THE STEREOTYP, SEEG PARODI AND CLICHéS RATHER THAN CELEBRATNS (JT AS SOME FEMISTS TAKE ISSUE WH GAY MALE DRAG). MANY WOMEN MIGHT SAY THEY’RE DRAWN TO THE LACK OF GENR ROL GAY MALE RELATNSHIPS, BUT WHEN TO ACTUAL SLASHFIC, THE GENR ROL ARE OFTEN EXTREME AND VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN SHORT, SLASHFIC SOMETIM FEELS ABOUT AS MUCH LIKE REAL MALE-MALE RELATNSHIPS AS HETEROSEXUAL MALE PORN FEELS LIKE ’S ABOUT REAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN AGA, SLASHFIC DON’T CLAIM TO BE REALISTIC. IT’S TEND TO BE FANTASY. IT’S NOT EVEN TEND FOR A “WIR” DIENCE OF SUAL OR MASTREAM REARS (ED, PYRIGHT LAWS MAKE WISPREAD DISTRIBUTN VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE). IT’S MA SOLELY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PARTICULAR FANDOM OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLASHFIC FELY ISN’T THE FIRST TIME A MAJORY CULTURE HAS EXPLORED THE STEREOTYP OF A MORY CULTURE THEIR OWN FANTASI, SEXUAL OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND LET’S FACE : THE TRACK RERD OF THE -OPTGS ISN’T PARTICULARLY GOOD WHEN TO PROVIDG ANY TE ENLIGHTENMENT ON THE PART OF THE MAJORY. DID THE AMERIN STEREOTYP OF ASIAN WOMEN AS THE SEXY DRAGON LADY OR THE CHA DOLL MAKE AMERINS MORE SYMPATHETIC TO ASIANS? WHAT ABOUT THE MSTREL TRADN VOLVG AIN AMERIN STEREOTYP?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! IS SLASH NORMALIZG GAY SEX?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO SPEND MUCH TIME AROUND SLASHFIC TO SEE THAT MANY OF THE THORS ARE TRYG TO FLOUT REALY, LIBERATELY ATTEMPTG TO BE SUBVERSIVE OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEY DO A LOT OF STUFF WH GENR, MALE CHARACTERS WH FEMALE CHARACTERISTICS,” MORENO SAYS. “THERE’S LOTS OF TALK FANDOM THAT CHARACTERS HAVE A QUEER ELEMENT – MAYBE THEY’RE BISEXUAL, BUT THE SHOW’S NOT SAYG . THERE ARE LOTS OF ISSU WH SEXUALY AND GENR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT “SLASH” AS THE GREATER PHENOMENON OF THE FEMALE CELEBRATN OF GAY LOVE – WHEN YOU SEE AS MORE THAN JT SLASHFIC– DO SEEM, UNLIKE HETEROSEXUAL PORN AND STRAIGHT MEN, TO BE MAKG MANY WOMEN MORE SYMPATHETIC TO AND AWARE OF GLBT ISSU AND GAY MALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT MAY ALSO BE NORMALIZG GAY MALE SEX, LONG NSIRED THE ULTIMATE TABOO BY – WHO ELSE? – STRAIGHT MEN. IT’S BEE CREASGLY DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE TO CLAIM THAT “SOCIETY” THKS GAY SEX IS DISGTG AS MORE AND MORE WOMEN OPENLY CLARE “HOT,” OR AT LEAST “REALLY SWEET.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF NOTHG ELSE, THE SLASH MOVEMENT IS CREASG THE AWARENS OF AND SUPPORT FOR MASTREAM GAY-THEMED ENTERTAMENT –  MOST OF WHICH, UNLIKE SLASHFIC, IS CREATED BY, OR AT LEAST WH THE PARTICIPATN OF, GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN (AND DO, THEREFORE, TEND TO BE LS STEREOTYPIL AND MORE “ACCURATE”).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I N'T TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT I BELIEVE IS FOR PEOPLE TO SEE STORYL SUCH AS ‘CHROLLI’ [THE GAY UPLE ON FORBIDN LOVE], ‘DERO’ [THE UPLE ON ALL THAT MATTERS, A GERMAN SOAP], AND 'KISH' [THE UPLE ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE] SO THAT THEY MAY SEE TE LOVE BETWEEN TWO MEN AND SEE THAT IS A NORMAL AND BETIFUL EXPERIENCE,” SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORBIDN LOVE'S HUGELY POPULAR CHRISTIAN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN OTHER WORDS, SLASH ISN’T JT (POSSIBLY) CHANGG ATTUS: ’S ALSO RAPIDLY CHANGG THE ENOMICS OF GAY-RELATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}QUEER AS FOLK WAS A PARTICULARLY TERTG MOMENT THE HISTORY OF M/M FANDOMS. THE SHOWTIME DRAMA, WHICH RAN OM 2000 TO 2005, WAS IALLY MARKETED TO GAY MEN AND LBIANS, BUT THE WORK SOON DISVERED, JT AS NBC HAD WH WILL & GRACE, THAT S PRIMARY DIENCE WAS ACTUALLY HETEROSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH S EXTREME CHARACTERS AND SOAP-OPERA-LIKE PLOTL, QUEER AS FOLK WAS TAILOR-MA FOR SLASHFIC’S MELODRAMATIC TENNCI. WH QUEER AS FOLK, AS WH THE EARLIER LBIAN-THEMED SHOWS XENA: WARRR PRCS AND BUFFY: THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, SLASH FANDOMS FALLY HAD ACTUAL GAY CHARACTERS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKEWISE, THE POPULARY OF SLASH ALSO SURELY PLAYED A BIG ROLE THE BREAK-OUT SUCCS OF 2005’S BROKEBACK MOUNTA, WHICH QUICKLY FOUND A MASSIVE AND ENTHIASTIC FEMALE DIENCE. 2008’S MILK DIDN’T FD THAT SAME BREAK-OUT SUCCS, BUT MAYBE THAT’S PARTLY BEE THE LATTER FILM WASN’T AS GOOD A F FOR AN DIENCE PRIMED ON SLASHFIC, WHICH OFTEN FEATUR DOOMED AND TRAGIC GAY MALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLASH MAY EVEN HELP EXPLA THE RISE OF ADAM LAMBERT, WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF A HUGE ONLE FANDOM (AND IS ALSO EQUENTLY THE SUBJECT OF REAL-PERSON SLASHFIC).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I RECENTLY WENT TO AN ADAM LAMBERT NCERT, AND I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE,” SAYS REAR CAROLYN. “BUT THERE WAS ONE THG THAT REALLY SURPRISED ME ABOUT HIS SHOW: NAMELY, HIS FANS WERE PREDOMANTLY STRAIGHT-SEEMG WOMEN FORTY YEARS OLD AND OLR. OUT OF THE NE PEOPLE RIGHT AROUND ME AND MY IENDS, LERALLY, ONLY TWO WERE NON-FORTY-PL WOMEN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADAM LAMBERT FLANKED BY TYPIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! SHERLOCK HOLM AND WATSON ARE (NOT) GAY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEXT STEP WILL BE FOR MOVI AND TV TO EXPLICLY TER TO SLASH FANS. IT’S WHAT HAPPENED JAPAN AND OTHER ASIAN UNTRI AFTER THE EXPLIBLE RISE OF “YAOI,” OR MANGA AND ANIME THAT AL WH THEM OF “BOYS’ LOVE” – A MOVEMENT WHOSE WISPREAD POPULARY PRECED THAT OF SLASH BY AT LEAST A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ATTUS JAPAN ABOUT GLBT PEOPLE ARE STILL NSIRABLY BEHD THE U.S., BUT ’S ARGUABLE THAT THEY’RE AHEAD OF WHERE THEY WOULD’VE BEEN WHOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, EUROPE, WHICH IS PROBABLY AHEAD OF THE U.S. WHEN TO THE EXPLICNS OF S GAY-THEMED PROJECTS, PRCIENT CELEBRI LIKE GBY PLAYER NICK YOUNGQUT ARE OPENLY EMBRACG THEIR GAY FANS, POSG FOR HIGHLY EROTIC UNRWEAR-CLAD (OR LS) PHOTOGRAPHS FOR GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NICK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT IS THE GAY FANS THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE DIRECTED AT – OR THE MUCH LARGER FEMALE DIENCE? IN ANY EVENT, YOUNGQUT AND THOSE LIKE HIM ARE FDG GROWG FEMALE FANBAS AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN AMERI, LAST YEAR’S SHERLOCK HOLM MOVIE, WHICH WAS PRECED BY A RIDICULO PUBLICY MEME THAT HOLM AND WATSON WERE GAY LOVERS, IS CLEARLY A SIGN OF THGS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATSON AND HOLM GET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN SHORT, FOR ALL S SUBTEXT AND HIDN MEANGS, SLASH IS RAPIDLY LAYG THE ENOMIC GROUNDWORK FOR A WORLD WHERE GLBT-THEM AND CHARACTERS N BE MUCH MORE EXPLIC AND MUCH MORE WILY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL NOT THE SAME LEAGUE AS THE STONEWALL RTS? OKAY MAYBE NOT, BUT WHEN TO MASTREAM ENTERTAMENT AND GAY THEM, ’S HARD TO THK OF MUCH LATELY THAT’S BEEN MORE SIGNIFINT THAN THE UNEXPECTED RISE OF SLASH TO THE POPULAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT WEEK: THE DARK SI OF SLASH AND THE TER: ARE A FEW OBSSIVE FANS AND THE RISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA G FOR EVERYONE ELSE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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SLASH GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 79 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE’S GAY

It seems like every celebry has been lled gay at some pot or another.

Many of the gay mors surroundg Slash (Guns N' Ros ex-guarist) seem to be tied to his obssive attentn to his body, like most guarists. However the poll suggts that a big majory - 79% - of rponnts don't believe that he’s the poll:What do you thk about the gay mors surroundg Slash? Bee don't support my gay agenda.

HAS SLASH MA THE WORLD BETTER FOR GAY MEN?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRENT HARTGERAUGT 11, 2010/4:34 PMBY BRENT HARTGERAUGT 11, 2010 / 4:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HAS SLASH MA THE WORLD BETTER FOR GAY MEN?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-08-11T20:34:01.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-08-11T20:34:01.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRENT HARTGER","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EDOR’S NOTE: THIS IS THE FIRST A TWO-PART SERI ON SLASH FANDOMS. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHAT IF A SIARLY IMPORTANT MOMENT GAY EQUALY ACTUALLY ME A YEAR EARLIER, 1968, WHEN A UK WOMAN, JENNIFER GUTTRIDGE, WROTE WHAT IS NSIRED BY MANY TO BE THE WORLD’S FIRST PIECE OF SLASH FICTN, “RG OF SHOSHERN,” ABOUT A RELATNSHIP BETWEEN STAR TREK’S KIRK AND SPOCK?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO, WA! HEAR ME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SLASHFIC” ARE ANY FAN-CREATED STORI, ART, VIO, AND EVEN ROLE-PLAY BASED ON FICTNAL CHARACTERS (AND SOMETIM REAL PEOPLE). SLASHFIC GETS S NAME OM “KIRK-SLASH-SPOCK,” THE GENRE’S FIRST AND STILL MOST FAMO PAIRG – AND MOST OF VOLV SAME-SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK THE 1960S, THE BIRTH OF SLASHFIC CID WH THE RISE OF STAR TREK’S MASSIVE “TREKKIE” MOVEMENT – THE FIRST OF THE MORN FANDOMS. BUT FOR MANY YEARS AFTER, FANDOMS WERE DOMATED BY STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WASN’T UNTIL THE EARLY 1990S – AND THE RISE OF THE TER – THAT WOMEN WERE ABLE ASSERT THEIR FLUENCE TO THE VAR FANDOMS. BUT WHEN THEY DID, THEIR TERT OFTEN HAD A SURPRISGLY HOMOEROTIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH A , WHAT HAD STARTED OUT AS SLASHFIC SOON SEGUED A GREATER “SLASH” MOVEMENT THAT OPENLY CELEBRATED MALE-MALE LOVE POPULAR CULTURE, WEBS, BLOGS, AND MSAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOVEMENT HAS EXPAND EXPONENTIALLY EVER SCE, QUICKLY ENPASSG NEW TECHNOLOGI. SLASH MAY NOT HAVE DIRECTLY BUILT YOUTUBE AND S FOURTEEN BILLN UPLOAD VIOS, BUT SURELY DIDN’T {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A POPULAR RECENT SLASH FICN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IMAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POPULAR SLASH UPL CURRENTLY CLU HARRY POTTER’S HARRY AND RON, AND MERL’S MERL AND ARTHUR, TORCHWOOD'S JACK AND IANTO, AND BROTHERS & SISTERS’ KEV AND STTY. (SOME PURISTS CLAIM THAT, BY FN, ANYTHG “SLASH” N’T BE ABOUT ACTUAL GAY CHARACTERS, BUT SUCH LIMATNS ARE BEG CREASGLY PASSé – PRECISELY BEE THE MOVEMENT HAS BEE SO POPULAR.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’M A SELF-PROFSED FANGIRL, AND I WOULD’VE BEEN LIKE THAT EVEN WHOUT THE TER,” SAYS 24-YEAR-OLD CRISTA MORENO. “BUT NOW THERE’S A NAME FOR . IF I LIKE A SHOW OR AN ARTIST, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WH PEOPLE. IT’S A LOT EASIER ON THE TER. I REMEMBER WATCHG QUEER AS FOLK, ALONE, BEE I DIDN’T KNOW ANYONE ELSE WHO WATCHED THE SHOW. THEN ONE DAY I FOUND THE SHOWTIME MSAGE BOARDS, AND I REALIZED THERE WAS A WHOLE MUNY OUT THERE WHO WERE WATCHG THE SHOW AND TALKG ABOUT . I’D FOUND MY PLACE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW MUCH OF MORN ENTERTAMENT OPENLY TERS TO THEIR SLASH FANS WH CHEEKY -JOK AND NOT-AT-ALL-SUBTLE REFERENC. SUPERNATURAL’S SAM AND DEAN WCHTER CHARACTERS, HAVG DISVERED FICTNAL UNTERPARTS TO THEIR “REAL” -SHOW CHARACTERS, AND EVEN RECENTLY ME ACROSS REFERENC TO “WCT,” THE SLASH SUB-GENRE WHERE THE BROTHER-CHARACTERS HAVE A ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP WH EACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A VISUAL EXAMPLE OF THE SOMEWHAT DISTURBG "WCT" PHENOMENON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IMAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND ’S NOT JT FOR GAY AND BI MEN THAT MORE AND MORE VIO GAM ARE CLUDG “GAY” NTENT OPTNS – CREASGLY EXPLIC NTENT OPTNS AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY ARE SO MANY WOMEN SO DRAWN TO GAY MALE THEM THE FIRST PLACE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN SURVEYED OUR FEMALE REARS ON THEIR TERT SAME-SEX PAIRGS, THE EXPLANATNS VARIED. SOME CED THE NON-THREATENG NATURE OF GAY MEN TO WOMEN. OTHERS TALK OF THE PERCEIVED LACK OF POWER STGGL AND THE APPEALG ABSENCE OF TRADNAL GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PLENTY OF PEOPLE SIMPLY SAID, “TWO MEN TOGETHER ARE HOT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT MANY WOMEN ARE TERTED. “THERE ARE SO MANY FEMALE FANDOMS,” MORENO SAYS. “IT’S PRIMARILY A FEMALE SPACE. IT’S VERY RARE TO FD GUYS WHO ARE HEAVILY VOLVED [SLASH] FANDOM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THE END DON’T REALLY MATTER WHY THEY’RE TERTED, JT THAT THEY ARE. OUR SURVEY ALSO FOUND THAT TERT THE RELATNSHIPS TEND TO SKEW VERY YOUNG – SOMETHG THAT MAK THE EXPLODG SLASH PHENOMENON A GOOD PREDICTOR OF FUTURE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! "QUEER AS FOLK CHANGED MY LIFE!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT DO ALL THIS MEAN FOR GAY PEOPLE? AND HOW N THE RISE OF SLASH PHENOMENON POSSIBLY BE PARED TO THE STONEWALL RTS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEE THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE STRAIGHT WOMEN THE WORLD THAN THERE ARE GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE PASSN AND ENTHIASM OF A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM IS BEG CHANNELED TOWARD GLBT ISSU AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“DURG CALIFORNIA’S PROP 8 FIGHT, EVEN BEFORE THAT, I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME, HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE THE QUEER AS FOLK FANDOM WHO WERE FULLY MTED TO LBIAN AND GAY EQUALY,” SAYS CHRISTIE KEH, A LONGTIME LBIAN ACTIVIST WHO IS ALSO A LONGTIME FANGIRL. “THEY’D BEE TE STRAIGHT ALLI, SOMETHG I’D NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE. IN MANY S, THEY ME OM SMALL TOWNS, THEY DIDN’T KNOW ANY GAY PEOPLE, BUT THEY GOT TO KNOW THEM THROUGH THE SHOW. IT OPENED THEIR EY. IT MA THEM BETTER TEACHERS. IT MA THEM BETTER PARENTS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}QAF'S MOST POPULAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IMAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’M THE BIBLE BELT,” SAYS SHIRLEY OZMENT, A SOUTH CAROLA-BASED WOMAN VOLVED A NUMBER OF SLASH FANDOMS. “WATCHG THE TELEVISN SHOWS FELY MA ME MORE SYMPATHETIC TO GLBT RIGHTS. PRR TO THE SHOWS, I AM ASHAMED TO SAY, I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTN TO THE RIGHTS THEY DID OR DIDN'T HAVE. I WASN'T VOLVED THAT WORLD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLIER THIS YEAR, OZMENT AND SEVEN OTHERS (WH A SMALL ASSIST OM ) ANIZED A GAYS OF OUR LIV FAN EVENT NEW YORK, FEATURG THE ACTORS OM A NUMBER OF GAY-THEMED (AND HEAVILY SLASHED) SOAP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“FANS FLEW OM LONDON, JAPAN, ATRALIA, THE NETHERLANDS, CALIFORNIA, AND TEXAS TO MEET THE ACTORS THAT HAD SUCH A POSIVE FLUENCE THEIR LIV,” OZMENT SAYS. HALF THE ATTEN WERE WOMEN. BETTER STILL, THE PROCEEDS OM THE EVENT WERE DONATED TO THE TREVOR PROJECT AND AIDSHILFE KöLN (A GERMAN CHARY).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOAP ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL ATTEND THE GAYS OF OUR LIV EVENT MARCH, 2010 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IMAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN YOU LOOK SPECIFILLY AT SLASHFIC, ’S CLEARLY SOMETHG VERY DIFFERENT OM ACTUAL HOMOSEXUALY. THE STORI THEMSELV ARE OFTEN MELODRAMATIC AND OVER-THE-TOP,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME GAY FOLKS TAKE ISSUE WH THE STEREOTYP, SEEG PARODI AND CLICHéS RATHER THAN CELEBRATNS (JT AS SOME FEMISTS TAKE ISSUE WH GAY MALE DRAG). MANY WOMEN MIGHT SAY THEY’RE DRAWN TO THE LACK OF GENR ROL GAY MALE RELATNSHIPS, BUT WHEN TO ACTUAL SLASHFIC, THE GENR ROL ARE OFTEN EXTREME AND VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN SHORT, SLASHFIC SOMETIM FEELS ABOUT AS MUCH LIKE REAL MALE-MALE RELATNSHIPS AS HETEROSEXUAL MALE PORN FEELS LIKE ’S ABOUT REAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN AGA, SLASHFIC DON’T CLAIM TO BE REALISTIC. IT’S TEND TO BE FANTASY. IT’S NOT EVEN TEND FOR A “WIR” DIENCE OF SUAL OR MASTREAM REARS (ED, PYRIGHT LAWS MAKE WISPREAD DISTRIBUTN VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE). IT’S MA SOLELY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PARTICULAR FANDOM OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLASHFIC FELY ISN’T THE FIRST TIME A MAJORY CULTURE HAS EXPLORED THE STEREOTYP OF A MORY CULTURE THEIR OWN FANTASI, SEXUAL OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND LET’S FACE : THE TRACK RERD OF THE -OPTGS ISN’T PARTICULARLY GOOD WHEN TO PROVIDG ANY TE ENLIGHTENMENT ON THE PART OF THE MAJORY. DID THE AMERIN STEREOTYP OF ASIAN WOMEN AS THE SEXY DRAGON LADY OR THE CHA DOLL MAKE AMERINS MORE SYMPATHETIC TO ASIANS? WHAT ABOUT THE MSTREL TRADN VOLVG AIN AMERIN STEREOTYP?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! IS SLASH NORMALIZG GAY SEX?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO SPEND MUCH TIME AROUND SLASHFIC TO SEE THAT MANY OF THE THORS ARE TRYG TO FLOUT REALY, LIBERATELY ATTEMPTG TO BE SUBVERSIVE OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEY DO A LOT OF STUFF WH GENR, MALE CHARACTERS WH FEMALE CHARACTERISTICS,” MORENO SAYS. “THERE’S LOTS OF TALK FANDOM THAT CHARACTERS HAVE A QUEER ELEMENT – MAYBE THEY’RE BISEXUAL, BUT THE SHOW’S NOT SAYG . THERE ARE LOTS OF ISSU WH SEXUALY AND GENR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT “SLASH” AS THE GREATER PHENOMENON OF THE FEMALE CELEBRATN OF GAY LOVE – WHEN YOU SEE AS MORE THAN JT SLASHFIC– DO SEEM, UNLIKE HETEROSEXUAL PORN AND STRAIGHT MEN, TO BE MAKG MANY WOMEN MORE SYMPATHETIC TO AND AWARE OF GLBT ISSU AND GAY MALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT MAY ALSO BE NORMALIZG GAY MALE SEX, LONG NSIRED THE ULTIMATE TABOO BY – WHO ELSE? – STRAIGHT MEN. IT’S BEE CREASGLY DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE TO CLAIM THAT “SOCIETY” THKS GAY SEX IS DISGTG AS MORE AND MORE WOMEN OPENLY CLARE “HOT,” OR AT LEAST “REALLY SWEET.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF NOTHG ELSE, THE SLASH MOVEMENT IS CREASG THE AWARENS OF AND SUPPORT FOR MASTREAM GAY-THEMED ENTERTAMENT –  MOST OF WHICH, UNLIKE SLASHFIC, IS CREATED BY, OR AT LEAST WH THE PARTICIPATN OF, GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN (AND DO, THEREFORE, TEND TO BE LS STEREOTYPIL AND MORE “ACCURATE”).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I N'T TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT I BELIEVE IS FOR PEOPLE TO SEE STORYL SUCH AS ‘CHROLLI’ [THE GAY UPLE ON FORBIDN LOVE], ‘DERO’ [THE UPLE ON ALL THAT MATTERS, A GERMAN SOAP], AND 'KISH' [THE UPLE ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE] SO THAT THEY MAY SEE TE LOVE BETWEEN TWO MEN AND SEE THAT IS A NORMAL AND BETIFUL EXPERIENCE,” SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORBIDN LOVE'S HUGELY POPULAR CHRISTIAN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN OTHER WORDS, SLASH ISN’T JT (POSSIBLY) CHANGG ATTUS: ’S ALSO RAPIDLY CHANGG THE ENOMICS OF GAY-RELATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}QUEER AS FOLK WAS A PARTICULARLY TERTG MOMENT THE HISTORY OF M/M FANDOMS. THE SHOWTIME DRAMA, WHICH RAN OM 2000 TO 2005, WAS IALLY MARKETED TO GAY MEN AND LBIANS, BUT THE WORK SOON DISVERED, JT AS NBC HAD WH WILL & GRACE, THAT S PRIMARY DIENCE WAS ACTUALLY HETEROSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH S EXTREME CHARACTERS AND SOAP-OPERA-LIKE PLOTL, QUEER AS FOLK WAS TAILOR-MA FOR SLASHFIC’S MELODRAMATIC TENNCI. WH QUEER AS FOLK, AS WH THE EARLIER LBIAN-THEMED SHOWS XENA: WARRR PRCS AND BUFFY: THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, SLASH FANDOMS FALLY HAD ACTUAL GAY CHARACTERS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKEWISE, THE POPULARY OF SLASH ALSO SURELY PLAYED A BIG ROLE THE BREAK-OUT SUCCS OF 2005’S BROKEBACK MOUNTA, WHICH QUICKLY FOUND A MASSIVE AND ENTHIASTIC FEMALE DIENCE. 2008’S MILK DIDN’T FD THAT SAME BREAK-OUT SUCCS, BUT MAYBE THAT’S PARTLY BEE THE LATTER FILM WASN’T AS GOOD A F FOR AN DIENCE PRIMED ON SLASHFIC, WHICH OFTEN FEATUR DOOMED AND TRAGIC GAY MALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLASH MAY EVEN HELP EXPLA THE RISE OF ADAM LAMBERT, WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF A HUGE ONLE FANDOM (AND IS ALSO EQUENTLY THE SUBJECT OF REAL-PERSON SLASHFIC).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I RECENTLY WENT TO AN ADAM LAMBERT NCERT, AND I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE,” SAYS REAR CAROLYN. “BUT THERE WAS ONE THG THAT REALLY SURPRISED ME ABOUT HIS SHOW: NAMELY, HIS FANS WERE PREDOMANTLY STRAIGHT-SEEMG WOMEN FORTY YEARS OLD AND OLR. OUT OF THE NE PEOPLE RIGHT AROUND ME AND MY IENDS, LERALLY, ONLY TWO WERE NON-FORTY-PL WOMEN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADAM LAMBERT FLANKED BY TYPIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! SHERLOCK HOLM AND WATSON ARE (NOT) GAY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEXT STEP WILL BE FOR MOVI AND TV TO EXPLICLY TER TO SLASH FANS. IT’S WHAT HAPPENED JAPAN AND OTHER ASIAN UNTRI AFTER THE EXPLIBLE RISE OF “YAOI,” OR MANGA AND ANIME THAT AL WH THEM OF “BOYS’ LOVE” – A MOVEMENT WHOSE WISPREAD POPULARY PRECED THAT OF SLASH BY AT LEAST A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ATTUS JAPAN ABOUT GLBT PEOPLE ARE STILL NSIRABLY BEHD THE U.S., BUT ’S ARGUABLE THAT THEY’RE AHEAD OF WHERE THEY WOULD’VE BEEN WHOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, EUROPE, WHICH IS PROBABLY AHEAD OF THE U.S. WHEN TO THE EXPLICNS OF S GAY-THEMED PROJECTS, PRCIENT CELEBRI LIKE GBY PLAYER NICK YOUNGQUT ARE OPENLY EMBRACG THEIR GAY FANS, POSG FOR HIGHLY EROTIC UNRWEAR-CLAD (OR LS) PHOTOGRAPHS FOR GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NICK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT IS THE GAY FANS THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE DIRECTED AT – OR THE MUCH LARGER FEMALE DIENCE? 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But what if a siarly important moment gay equaly actually me a year earlier, 1968, when a UK woman, Jennifer Guttridge, wrote what is nsired by many to be the world’s first piece of slash fictn, “Rg of Shoshern, ” about a relatnship between Star Trek’s Kirk and Spock? But when they did, their tert often had a surprisgly homoerotic a , what had started out as slashfic soon segued a greater “slash” movement that openly celebrated male-male love popular culture, webs, blogs, and msage movement has expand exponentially ever sce, quickly enpassg new technologi. (Some purists claim that, by fn, anythg “slash” n’t be about actual gay characters, but such limatns are beg creasgly passé – precisely bee the movement has bee so popular.

A visual example of the somewhat disturbg "Wct" phenomenon And ’s not jt for gay and bi men that more and more vio gam are cludg “gay” ntent optns – creasgly explic ntent optns at are so many women so drawn to gay male them the first place? Some ced the non-threateng nature of gay men to women. "What do all this mean for gay people?

Bee there are many, many more straight women the world than there are gay or bisexual men.

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“Durg California’s Prop 8 fight, even before that, I saw for the first time, heterosexual people the Queer as Folk fandom who were fully mted to lbian and gay equaly, ” says Christie Keh, a longtime lbian activist who is also a longtime fangirl. In many s, they me om small towns, they didn’t know any gay people, but they got to know them through the show. ”Earlier this year, Ozment and seven others (wh a small assist om) anized a Gays of Our Liv fan event New York, featurg the actors om a number of gay-themed (and heavily slashed) soap operas.

Better still, the proceeds om the event were donated to the Trevor Project and Aidshilfe Köln (a German chary) actors playg gay rol attend the Gays of Our Liv event March, 2010 When you look specifilly at slashfic, ’s clearly somethg very different om actual homosexualy. The stori themselv are often melodramatic and over-the-top, Some gay folks take issue wh the stereotyp, seeg parodi and clichés rather than celebratns (jt as some femists take issue wh gay male drag). Many women might say they’re drawn to the lack of genr rol gay male relatnships, but when to actual slashfic, the genr rol are often extreme and very short, slashfic sometim feels about as much like real male-male relatnships as heterosexual male porn feels like ’s about real aga, slashfic don’t claim to be realistic.

Is slash normalizg gay sex? ”And when you look at “slash” as the greater phenomenon of the female celebratn of gay love – when you see as more than jt slashfic– do seem, unlike heterosexual porn and straight men, to be makg many women more sympathetic to and aware of GLBT issu and gay male may also be normalizg gay male sex, long nsired the ultimate taboo by – who else? It’s bee creasgly difficult for anyone to claim that “society” thks gay sex is disgtg as more and more women openly clare “hot, ” or at least “really sweet.

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”If nothg else, the slash movement is creasg the awarens of and support for mastream gay-themed entertament – most of which, unlike slashfic, is created by, or at least wh the participatn of, gay and bisexual men (and do, therefore, tend to be ls stereotypil and more “accurate”). “I n't tell you how important I believe is for people to see storyl such as ‘Chrolli’ [the gay uple on Forbidn Love], ‘DeRo’ [the uple on All That Matters, a German soap], and 'Kish' [the uple on One Life to Live] so that they may see te love between two men and see that is a normal and betiful experience, ” says Ozment.

Forbidn Love's hugely popular Christian and OlliIn other words, slash isn’t jt (possibly) changg attus: ’s also rapidly changg the enomics of gay-related as Folk was a particularly tertg moment the history of M/M fandoms. The Showtime drama, which ran om 2000 to 2005, was ially marketed to gay men and lbians, but the work soon disvered, jt as NBC had wh Will & Grace, that s primary dience was actually heterosexual s extreme characters and soap-opera-like plotl, Queer as Folk was tailor-ma for slashfic’s melodramatic tennci.

Wh Queer as Folk, as wh the earlier lbian-themed shows Xena: Warrr Prcs and Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, slash fandoms fally had actual gay characters to celebrate. 2008’s Milk didn’t fd that same break-out succs, but maybe that’s partly bee the latter film wasn’t as good a f for an dience primed on slashfic, which often featur doomed and tragic gay male may even help expla the rise of Adam Lambert, who is the subject of a huge onle fandom (and is also equently the subject of real-person slashfic).