| IDK, maybe it’s just because I am, again, ancient, but I was in and around fandom before homosexuality was legal in all 50 states. so were most of the people who started AO3. for most of my formative life, being gay was associated with pedophilia, and so was writing about gay characters. just - it’s a lot more complicated than you might expect, and there’s a reason many older fans who have been involved in several generations of fandom were so grateful to have AO3 as an option. <Ref> {{source| url = http://tomato-greens.tumblr.com/post/148787203881/joestrummin-i-didnt-realise-ao3-was-started-in | title = high concept / low skill | joestrummin: i didnt realise ao3 was started in... |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20161117073742/http://tomato-greens.tumblr.com:80/post/148787203881/joestrummin-i-didnt-realise-ao3-was-started-in |archivedate= 2016-11-17 }}, August 11, 2016 </ref>}} | | IDK, maybe it’s just because I am, again, ancient, but I was in and around fandom before homosexuality was legal in all 50 states. so were most of the people who started AO3. for most of my formative life, being gay was associated with pedophilia, and so was writing about gay characters. just - it’s a lot more complicated than you might expect, and there’s a reason many older fans who have been involved in several generations of fandom were so grateful to have AO3 as an option. <Ref> {{source| url = http://tomato-greens.tumblr.com/post/148787203881/joestrummin-i-didnt-realise-ao3-was-started-in | title = high concept / low skill | joestrummin: i didnt realise ao3 was started in... |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20161117073742/http://tomato-greens.tumblr.com:80/post/148787203881/joestrummin-i-didnt-realise-ao3-was-started-in |archivedate= 2016-11-17 }}, August 11, 2016 </ref>}} |