Supporting Gay Pride Month

[kawolsky]

At Shadow Fleet, we strive to be more than just a Star Trek RPG and this is evident from many of our previous articles, features and special events. For the month of June, we're taking this to a new level by openly endorsing Gay Pride Month in true Star Trek fashion.

Here at Shadow Fleet we believe that nobody should be disadvantaged purely on the basis of their sexuality, whether you are straight, bisexual, gay or even transgender. We believe Gene Roddenberry's ideals as seen throughout Star Trek can be applied to many real life issues, including the issue of gay rights.

A hundred years ago it was actually illegal to be gay in a lot of countries, including many of those we associate with gay rights such as the United Kingdom. Over time, attitudes towards gay people gradually changed but it was a slow process. In fact, only recently the United States government repealed the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law prohibiting gay people from openly serving in the country's military.

As we go into June and the month that is widely celebrated as Gay Rights Month, please take a moment to consider supporting this worthwhile cause and remember, being gay isn't a choice. It's a fact of life.

If you have a worthy cause you think Shadow Fleet should celebrate, email your ideas to [email protected] today.

[Lance Krol]

HEAR! HEAR!

I'm proud to have been born in Gay Pride Month! Stand up for your rights, assorted fabulous people of the world!

[Shelaf Greegy]

Takei would approve.

[Saffir G'Tollikos]

I approve of this message a lot.

[Riley T. Munro]

I am in full support and thank you to the admiralty for helping us to accept diversity and allow our posters to be who they are, freely and openly.

[Adolph Klein]

Thousands of years of human civilization and gay rights have always been a factor. I suppose we can define "progress" to the fact that we no longer kill them on sight. It still has a long way to go. Some think it's religiously objectionable. Maybe they think that religion is objectionable. That's fine, I believe we all have the right to live how we want to so long as we respect the rights of others to live as they want to. The old southern saying of live and let live definitely seems to apply.

Even if the banner at the top of the page is very annoyingly bright, I'll put up with it for a month for the cause of freedom.

[Kyle Briggs]

I approve of this message a lot.

Me too.

[Dustin J. Guidry]

Takei would approve.

Aye, that he would.