GLBT - check in please!

[meegbear]

On November 12 ...
2004
2007
2008
2009

Well, time again for the census. GLBT - check in please!

meegbear present and accoiunted for.

[HillWilliam]

1. HillWilliam present and accounted for

Better go nudge my husbear. He's around here somewhurs...

[HillbillyBob]

4. I just wandered in ....

nt

[dsc]

2. dsc here

but busy running my ex straight ministry. Only cute guys are welcome.

[HillWilliam]

69. Hah! We were over your way yesterday

Our best friend is visiting from out of state. He looks an awfully lot like Santa Claus. Kids with the handsomest daddies seem to gravitate to him. I thought one silent but heartfelt woof after another while breathless, wide-eyed toddlers explained how good they were being. Too funny. Oh, yeah, buddy, we were absolutely considering starting ex-straight ministries. . .

We'll be over again this afternoon. I'll wave as we pass through :hug:

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Curt here

East Point/Atlanta, GA

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Still here

So far...

[LiberalArkie]

6. Present

[Mimosa]

7. Meh.

I doubt I even saw the previous 'countings'.

[xchrom]

8. ...

:hi:

[terrya]

9. terrya here

[ncrainbowgrrl]

26. hey there!!

:hi: good to see friendly faces from the last time i was around here!

[terrya]

42. Good to see you again!

It is nice to see friendly faces again! :-)

:hi:

[Oceansaway]

10. standing proud !(sitting actually)..nt

[racaulk]

11. Yo.

:hi:

[MikeE]

12. I'm Here

:hi:

[coffeenap]

13. Do allies count?

I am the non-teacher sponsor of a large high school GSA. :hi:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

30. Thank you for what you do.

:hug:

[EFerrari]

72. Ally checking in.

I'd like to know the story of how you came to do that, coffeenap. There's a high school near me that doesn't seem to have anything for the kids and I was thinking of trying to get a little performing group together. :hi:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

79. Can't help... but just wanted to thank you too...

I wish allies had been there for me and my friends. Wouldn't have almost been a statistic myself, nor watch as I lost 2 others right as we all entered college.

[uppityperson]

116. ally here.

[rusty fender]

14. Yo!

:hi:

[BillStein]

15. Present

here in the Philadelphia suburbs

[jeremyfive]

16. Outed.

Hi everybody.

[soleft]

17. Howdy!

:hi:

[Change has come]

18. Unfortunate user name checking in.

:blush:

[donco6]

38. LOL!

Oh well.

[readmoreoften]

76. That sucks!

You should ask if you can change it. :shrug:

[TriMera]

19. Present!

:hi:

[WillParkinson]

20. Here. For now.

:hi:

[GodlessBiker]

21. Here I be.

[cate94]

22. here

[Morning Dew]

23. Here!

It's been a year since the last one? Time flies.

[foxfeet]

24. Here.

For the present, anyhow. :hi:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

25. Here!

But appear to be straight to the world. Sure as heck am not... queer as a 3 dollar bill! :)

[The Philosopher]

27. And

Howdy.

[keepCAblue]

28. Here.

[BeeBee]

29. Here I am. n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

31. hello

[davidinalameda]

32. hi

[QC]

33. Still here. n/t

[closeupready]

34. Here!

:hi:

[Behind the Aegis]

35. Amazingly, still here!

[donco6]

36. Me. Still here. Somehow. n/t

[MNBrewer]

37. mnbrewer still here

although I'm not quite sure why. habit?

:beer:

[gaspee]

39. Here but

Mostly not comenting

[pgodbold]

40. Present and so gay the pavement turns pink as I drive by! Hugs. nt

[jonnyblitz]

41. since 2003!

Hey meeg! :hi:

[FreeState]

43. Here n/t

[NMMNG]

44. Lurking

I rarely have the desire to post and often wonder why I read. I'm sure you all know why.

At any rate, hello friends. :hi:

[marctravis]

45. Baton Rouge here.

!

[Smashcut]

46. Here!

[Smarmie Doofus]

47. Still here. It'll be interesting to see.....

.....if our "census" #s are what they were a couple years back.

[ruggerson]

48. Yo

[Meeker Morgan]

49. Still here n/t

[chollybocker]

50. Present.

;)

[beyurslf]

51. I am pretty sure I missed the cenus all of those other years....

[Occulus]

52. Still here.

:D

[pinto]

53. pinto here.

:hi:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

78. long time no see!

:hi: my friend :hug:

[pinto]

85. Hey! Good to see you, too. Been a while.

:hi:

[Jamastiene]

54. Here!

:D

[Rhythm]

55. Still here... still queer!

:hi:

[mitchtv]

56. here still

whining since '01

[Creideiki]

57. Is it too late?

[donheld]

58. ok

:hi:

[Hassin Bin Sober]

59. Yo!

[ccharles000]

60. here

[Mimosa]

61. Click on profiles for 2009

Are gays proportionately more disruptive and do 'they' violate the rules? There are so many tombstoned people I remember, whom I knew just a little and wanted to get to know better.

Is there some things LGBTQI members do here on D.U. which make 'us' more prone to be tombstoned? Are our manners worse than those of other members?

I like to think I'm a polite person who wishes to understand the viewpoints of others. I don't like to cuss. I don't attack other members. Every now and then I'd notice a member of the LGBT community here who became more aggravated than I. And showed it. There are a couple who are now gone with whom I didn't agree but I didn't notice them being worse than anybody else. But it was always on LGBT issues. And to me it seemed there would be members of DU who would bait the sensitive souls.

We in this forum have reasons to wonder why our old friends were kicked off D.U. Nobody tells us anything. I don't wish to cause trouble. But I can't help but notice all the tombstones. These are people whose posts I followed. Are LGBTs 'troublemakers' by nature? I can't help but wonder why more of 'us' have been kicked off. If we're doing something wrong we ought to change. But we can't if we don't discuss it.

[Divine Discontent]

66. Divine Discontent here since 2004!

[Smarmie Doofus]

70. We talked about this a couple of weeks ago.

>>>We in this forum have reasons to wonder why our old friends were kicked off D.U. Nobody tells us anything. I don't wish to cause trouble. But I can't help but notice all the tombstones. These are people whose posts I followed. Are LGBTs 'troublemakers' by nature? I can't help but wonder why more of 'us' have been kicked off. If we're doing something wrong we ought to change. But we can't if we don't discuss it.>>>

I am especially uncomfortable with the "nobody tells us" part.

There were a couple of threads on the topic and some interesting ideas proposed by DUers Prism, Hillwilliam and others. Here's one:



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=221&topic_id=168702&mesg_id=168702

[lightningandsnow]

62. Here, bi, and proud!

:hi:

[theHandpuppet]

63. Still here

But also still wondering what the purpose of this yearly census might be. Didn't get an answer last year, either.

[meegbear]

80. There's really no purpose actually ...

I did it back in 2004 "for the hell of it" to see who's here. I saved it in my journal and when I saw it in 2007 a couple days before the day I did in '04, I figured I'd try to do it yearly.

The word 'census' was just carried over.

QED

[qb]

64. Here

:bounce:

[BR_Parkway]

65. Still here

[marginlized]

67. Check

[ThomCat]

68. I'm here.

:hi:

Still arguing and being a pain in certain people's asses. :)

[Cronus Protagonist]

71. Kick

:kick:

[Not Me]

73. Still here.

and doing well!

[iris27]

74. Here!

:hi:

[readmoreoften]

75. Here.

[readmoreoften]

77. I'm less leztastic than I was last year, tho...

Now that my partner is in transition, only the Q makes sense for me (no, I don't identify as "B")

[Evasporque]

81. Me me me!!....

Count me. (jumping up and down in the back row, hand waving frantically)

[Bertha Venation]

82. Present. And newly married!

September 9, in DC, Mrs. V. truly became Mrs. V. :loveya:

[BillStein]

84. Congrats!

and best wishes for every happiness now and in the future!!!

:toast:

[derby378]

87. Good for you!

Meanwhile, here in Texas, some of my best friends still cannot marry each other. They deserve a chance, dammit.

But I am truly happy for you. My best to you and your sweetie.

[racaulk]

90. Awesome!

Congratulations, and best wishes for a (continued) happy life together!

:hug:

[Disorientedx3]

83. here. again. NT.

[JulieKatz]

86. One more.

[swimboy]

88. Yep, Lurking.

:hi:

[justiceischeap]

89. Howdy!

[Duncan Grant]

91. Still around.

[Unvanguard]

92. Here. n/t

[kevinbgoode]

93. Here!!!!! n/t

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

94. Still lurking and posting from time to time. n/t.

[DarkTirade]

95. I stop by now and then, but I'm not really around much these days.

Life going by too fast to take much time and smell the roses. :P

[SacredCow]

96. Rarely here anymore...

(and almost never post) but I'm still alive and kicking.

[johnnypneumatic]

97. still here

but barely, my tank of hope is empty, I'm running on fumes

[David Zephyr]

98. Here, out and loudly so at the DU since my first posts in 2001

:)

[dickthegrouch]

99. Still here :)

Making my opinions known and experience available for others to benefit (or not :) ) from.

[Libertas1776]

100. Not as much as i used to...

but to quote Richard Pryor: I AIN'T DEAD YET!...so still here.

[TommyO]

101. A bit late on the check in, but I'm still here and kicking.

[plantwomyn]

102. Better late than never.

Here.

[JackBeck]

103. Check in from time to time.

[Rowdyboy]

104. Not here nearly as much these days but I at least check GLBT forum daily....

I don't post unless I really feel moved by something-or am really pissed off.

[mitchtv]

112. glad to see you around ,Rowdyboy

you are missed

[carolinayellowdog]

105. here since 2002, silent for several years, hoping for change

The rightwing (aka centrist) bullying of progressives here got awfully tiresome in recent years, but I'm hoping that era is over.

[thanks_imjustlurking]

109. Ally here with the same hope. nt

[costahawk1987]

106. Finally letting people know, but I am here...

I never thought it was anybody's business until all the youngsters started getting bullied to death. I'm sure it has been happening all along, but my responsibility to them is now clear. I am gay and an honorable citizen of the United States. Life does get better.

[ruggerson]

110. bravo

We do indeed have a responsibility to them. We have to stand up for them until they can stand on their own.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

107. I thought I was the only one.

.

[meegbear]

108. I sonetimes feel like that as well

[Lil Missy]

111. Yo!

[Withywindle]

113. Hello!

Bi woman! (but NOT a "hot bi babe") :hi:

[TrogL]

114. here

[varun]

115. Here!

:)

[Veruca Salt]

117. Checking in and kicking!

:kick:

[bluhoodie]

118. Late to the party, but here!

Late to the party -- in more ways than one. And always late, it seems.

[Tresalisa]

119. Talkin' 'bout late to the party! I lurk here often but don't often post.

Just saw this thread. Wanted to be counted and to say hi. I don't think I got in the 2008 or 2009, but I was here.
:hi: