Thread:Merrystar/@comment-13918697-20141130015235

For your consideration, I am forwarding the following message to you so that you may be aware of a situation involving a member of Wikia staff.

RE: http://lostgirl.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Upload?wpDestFile=302_Bo_%26_Lauren_love_scene-4.gif

A staff member by name of Ducksoup deleted a .gif from my wiki and gave Wikia's Terms of Use as the reason. This is the second time he has done this. The first time it was a .gif that did show one character touching the other character's breast while they kissed. After that experience, I have been very selective and precise about the .gifs chosen for upload. However, under the definition of what could be considered pornography (aka porn), the image that was removed today is neither  "pornographic", nor is it "offensive". The only one who saw this .gif with a jaundiced eye was Ducksoup. The only one who saw more than what you actually see in it is Ducksoup.

The .gif is of two women making love. The scene was shot through a curtain. It does not show nudity. You cannot see their breasts, nor their derrieres. The two women (Bo and Lauren) are on a bed, kissing and caressing -- BUT they are not touching breasts (or, heaven forbid, genitalia). The scene that follows has Lauren reach for a glass of water at the table next to the bed.

I deliberately excluded the parts of the scene that are overtly sexual (close up of hand sliding up abdomen, fingers of one lover going into mouth of other and said lover sucking those fingers).

My wiki is about an adult content television show (rated TV-MA/DLSV in the United States) where there are scenes of the protagonist (Bo) having sex with her female lover, and having sex with her male lover. It is a triangle that exists from inception of the series as the undercurrent of the protagonist's evolving emotional and intimate life. How she expresses herself sexually with each of them -- how their sexual connection is portrayed on screen -- is very important because it defines the difference between the kind of relationship she has with each of them.

As a sexual creature that feeds from sex, Bo has lots and lots of sex. On screen. With different sexual partners. There have been sex scenes that are too carnally blatant for the wiki and I am conscientious to not include them in the collection of images.

To exclude the importance of Bo's sex life from the wiki is tantamount to excluding one-half of the character's arc. To exclude the importance of the kind of sexual relationship she has with her two most important lovers is to gut the premise of what "Bo" is and the evolution of her character.

Lost Girl shred the standard-operating-procedure portrayal of lesbians on North American television. What it has done has been considered groundbreaking and been applauded by both the media and the LGBT community. It has been the subject of academic film and television panels.

Homophobia is a parasite that is as easy to indulge as it is as easy to deny. And exercising a puritanical streak works well in a church setting, but not in a website that thrives on a general public from myriad walks of life. I know what porn is. I know what a XXX rating means. I do not upload porn.

Therefore, I request that (1) other Wikia staff view the .gif that was deleted, consider what is actually seen in it, and restore it -- and (2) remove Ducksoup from having oversight of the Lost Girl Wiki and be allowed to make any further personal judgment calls about what is or isn't "pornographic". Virago a-go-go (talk) 01:52, November 30, 2014 (UTC)

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