13th Apr, 2009

Amazon is censoring queer content

I'm shocked to read that Amazon is deranking all books with gay and lesbian content (including Stephen Fry's autobiography!) as they consider them too "adult" for customers to see. I didn't believe it at first when I read this post about the seriousness of the censorship but then I search "homosexuality" in amazon.com and found that, indeed, the first ranked search is "A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality" and the rest bible shit too.

I've been using Amazon for years but now I think I'm going to have to close my account there.

ETA: You can't find the book even when you type in the whole title and author. This is just insane!



Links about the situation - if real adult items are not labelled "Adult" but parenting books are, what do they mean by "Adult"?

16th Mar, 2009

J2

It just struck me that Jensen/Jared is like the typical Souya HIMAWARI (日輪早夜) manga - a sunny, younger guy winning the heart of a shy, older guy who's, like, REALLY pretty.
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8th Mar, 2009

Welcome Home, Bobby

I was about to give up on this TV movie but then I saw Bobby (a highschooler) met this slick businessman in the city, started an unlikely friendship despite their age difference, oblivious to how the man was attracted to him, the man confessing his love and offering to remain just friends if Bobby wants, they lived together as something like friends with benefits... It was just too much like Clex for me to turn away. And it helped me to really visualise what Clark and Lex's friendship will look like if a real 15-year-old was cast for the Clark role. It's real bummer, though, that the TV movie made the city guy to be a pedophile in the end. To be honest, I don't believe a real pedo would have so much acceptance from ordinary gay men as to have them (all presumably not pedo, except for that star athelete) around for dinner, for instance.
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27th Jan, 2009

Prayers for Bobby

ZOMG, how did I not know that Bobby in "Prayers for Bobby" is Ryan from Smallville?!! Now I can see in my mind fanvid of a teenage Ryan arguing with his two gay dads about going on a date with his new boyfriend.
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