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Recently one of my friends posted an introduction post to the official Ubuntu forums.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250905060630/https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lukas-here-hello-to-all/66658
(original link: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lukas-here-hello-to-all/66658 )

Seems fine except for maybe a bit of bad grammar around the "I am also a furry" part right? Well turns out behind the scenes the post was edited to not say "I am queer" before mentioning being a furry, and they got in a lotta trouble with the mods. This led to them no longer feeling welcome on the Ubuntu discourse forums.

The reason given was that the word Queer is a sexual word, which is just patently untrue. Saying you're queer gives less info into your sex life than mentioning your wife/husband, and if that was banned it'd be fucking stupid. Of course by the responses of the mods, it is made clear that that's not the real reason, and instead they're making the decision because of politics.

In the next few posts I'll talk about these extremely problematic moderator responses.
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Uphidate 1:
https://bark.lgbt/@gimmechocolate/115165498769460128
Also fixed the wayback link for the update. Damn I gotta get better at using that site lmao.

Edit 1: made it more clear why I see canonical as having taken a far right stance on the issue, on top of the obvious argument that the stance of their moderators represents the stance of the company/project.

Update 2: things get better, or do they?
https://bark.lgbt/@gimmechocolate/115168759312648153

Final (?) update and conclusion:
https://bark.lgbt/@gimmechocolate/115169682125470315

https://bark.lgbt/@gimmechocolate/115169773210107300

Another relevant (not great looking) conversation with an Ubuntu leader that never got it's own update: https://masto.pt/@DiogoConstantino/115168968696318495

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