Homosexuals and Other Queer Folks and Their Relationships Is Not a Trigger - Comments

Why should it have to be put under any sort of warning? Nobody puts 'hetro' under a warning so why should 'slash' be under one? If your biggest worry in life is that you may accidentally start to read something that's about same-sex couples then you need to sort your priorities out.

@ ladyschrei
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@ BringMeTheFuentes

I definitely agree that a huge part of it is that the meaning of "trigger warning" has gotten lost in sauce and that's where a lot of its misuse comes from. Slash (it's usually just slash and not other non-heterosexual relationship) has been mislabeled as a trigger for so long that people don't really think about it anymore. They just think that's where it's supposed to go without really thinking of what the true purpose of a trigger warning actually is and wondering why a Queer relationship would even be thought of as a trigger.

@ parry otter.
@ The Pies Endure
@ jerek sandcaster.

Seeing slash in trigger warnings has been seriously bothering me for a while. XD

I get why people feel like they have to mention that their story includes Queer relationships/characters (because there are still a lot of people who are so opposed to the LGBTQ community in general and it's easier to mention it than to get yelled at by a reader), but I definitely don't think it should be listed as a warning. (I'm serious of the "If you have an issue with it, that's your problem!" mindset, because it's not something that's harmful to someone, it's just (usually) based on a prejudice or a preference and I don't think we need to warn people to suit their preferences.

Also, like jerek sandcaster. mentioned I'm a little offended by the below comments that suggest that if I wrote a story where two guys happened to be together it should be under a general warning as if it were offensive, crude language or a scene depicting sexual intercourse. Because I do think that's the impression people get from seeing 'slash' under warnings - that it's something that might be so offensive to the sensibilities that it needs to be warned against.

Personally, I don't even think people should include "slash" FYIs at all. Like romance is romance and sex is sex and I don't think that there's needs to be a special indicator just because it's not f/m. I think in doing so, we just keep perpetuating the idea that anything that's not heterosexual should be considered abnormal.

I actually never thought of it that way, I would put it sometimes. But now not to do it. But how can some people actually say it's an actual trigger of theirs? It doesn't make sense to me.

I've seen this a lot and it never once clicked to me how inappropriate this is. I can't believe it didn't. I don't think I've ever written it in as a trigger warning because it's not something that comes to mind as something that might hurt someone to read...
I just. Wow. Thank you for bringing that to my mind.

@ jerek sandcaster.
Someone else pointed out to me that my comment comes off as if I'm saying that slash or such relationships belong under a warning, and reading over it I realize it does, but that's not what I meant. What I was saying was that I know some people use the word "warning" in things like their Long Summaries to tell that there will be an -insert pairing here-, such as "warning for slash", "warning for femmeslash", etc. And what I was saying was that if you're using the word "warning" when you say that, put it under a general warning, like the examples parry otter. used, because it's not the same as a trigger warning. I'm not saying any type of non-heterosexual relationship should be under a warning, or that warnings should be used period, because I particularly don't care whether someone uses warnings or not for their story, whatever it may be for (such as rape, eating disorder, sex, language, slash, whatever). I just meant to say the phrase "trigger warning" is being used out of context by others to show that a story contains slash or whathaveyou, not that anyone is trying to warn against said sexuality, just that they're making it aware their story contains it so those who don't like it won't read it. Just wanted to clear that up, hopefully what I said made sense.

Thank you dear admin, this post was one hundred percent correct. Though tbh I'm a little offended by the below comments that suggest that if I wrote a story where two guys happened to be together it should be under a general warning as if it were offensive, crude language or a scene depicting sexual intercourse. By this logic, are we also putting "cisexual" and "heterosexual" under general warnings as well?

I think possibly it's just a grand misuse of the word a lot don't realize they're doing. I think a lot of people are just meaning to give a warning for slash/other sexualities so those who don't like it don't accidentally wander into it, not necessarily realizing that sexuality isn't the same as a common trigger, such as rape or eating disorders, or trying to purposely alienate any specific sexuality. Just my thoughts. Though I'm glad you posted this, because I agree with you and parry otter. that it belongs more in a general warning than a trigger warning.

Agreed

Yes, yes , yes, yes.

Something like 'slash' should go in a regular warning that would say things like 'swearing, sex scenes' etc.
Anything like 'rape, suicice, cutting', etc. should be under a trigger warning.

Thank you for posting this.