[tlhIngan Hol] same sex marriage

[John R. Harness]

I'm sad that Rebecca has left the group because they perceived this message
from Maltz to be a lecture about Klingon heteronormativity. I can see how
the message might seem that way: indeed, Maltz/Marc has given us
information about historical Klingon views on the subject of marriage which
(as has been shown above in this thread) match some heteronormative views
that some earthlings have held and do hold.

My take away from the message is that Marc O is doing a great job of
grounding some new terms in a sense of history--as he is generally so good
at doing! Yes, MO tells us some information about a complimentarian,
heteronormative viewpoint on Qo'noS... but *then* he goes on to show how
those viewpoints are being expanded, forgotten, disregarded, or upended by
novel uses of Saw/nay and tlhogh. Personally I find this much more
interesting than what could have just been some new words, randomly
generated, for the topics.

So, as a gay and sometimes gender non-conforming Klingon speaker, I read
this as MO very thoughtfully responding to requests from within the
community for expanded terminology. I also happen to know (as he stated
publically at last qep'a') that he is working on vocabulary regarding
gender non-conformity and intersex individuals among other things. In fact
I'd like to highlight how, at the time, MO stated that he had not rushed to
produce those words before qep'a' cha'maH wejDIch because he wanted to
approach the topics with care and clarity.

I hope that with the context I've just described people will read this
message from Maltz as I do: positively.

'arHa


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On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 3:44 AM, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:

> Am 17.07.2017 um 10:40 schrieb De'vID:
>
>> QIn naQ laDba'pu'. ghaH maw bertlham'e'.
>>
>
> pa' mawbogh 'ay' vIghovbe'. chaq Hol neH vIbuSmo' vIleghbe', chaq
> mumawbe'mo' De', mawwI' vIleghbe'. HIchuH. (chaq jIHvaD neH QIn yIngeH 'ej
> DIvI' Hol yIlo')
>
>
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