TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

But the real question is, “What is the Month of Pride?”.

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

But the real question is, “What is the Month of Pride?”.

Community Guidelines wrote:

Scratch welcomes people of all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

ScratchDiogoh wrote:

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

But the real question is, “What is the Month of Pride?”.

In my words, it's one thing in June
which affects the Main Site

Wahsp wrote:

Community Guidelines wrote:

Scratch welcomes people of all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

Whether you agree with it or not, it’s not really going anywhere

Sheep_maker wrote:

I believe this has been suggested before and received a response from the ST.

ceebee wrote:

Thanks for bringing this up. If we understand correctly, the issue you’re raising is that it’s hard to be a Scratcher and have members of the Scratch Team share content which may not match your own opinions or beliefs. We understand this concern, and will continue to discuss it as a team.

We think it’s important to explain why we chose to feature a project supporting Pride Month, and why Scratch Team members sometimes share projects or icons related to LGBTQ+ issues. The Community Guidelines say, “Scratch welcomes people of all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, and gender identities.” We believe Scratch should be a space for people to express themselves and share what is important to their lives such as race, gender, religion, etc. We feel respectful comments, projects, and studios about LGBTQ+ are appropriate for the Scratch website. When someone shares their identity, or celebrates their friend’s identity, we want to support that. When someone shares something that is against another person’s identity, we see that as unfriendly and unwelcoming. As members of the Scratch community, Scratch Team members create and share projects about topics important to us, and for some of us, that includes sharing LGBTQ-related projects. And we hope this will inspire other Scratchers to create content about topics that are important to their lives.

In regards to concerns about the recent feature of a “Pride Month” related project. We chose to feature this because it was a project related to a current event, Pride Month, which is important to many people on Scratch. Moreover, the project had a supportive message and expressed the desire of a group to be treated with the same dignity and respect as members of any other group - which we think is a cornerstone of the Scratch Community. The decision to feature a project about a current event is not unique. In fact, we often feature projects related to events that are important to many Scratchers. This includes holidays like Christmas, Easter, Lunar New Year, Hanukkah, and Ramadan and events like the beginning of school or Pi Day. We appreciate that Scratchers can remain respectful of the many diverse events and holidays celebrated on Scratch even when some events aren’t important to some individuals.

Thanks and I hope this clarifies your questions.

The topic was closed, and in response people started creating a bunch of topics protesting their decision, which the ST closed (you can see the cluster of closed topics between pages 131 and 134 at the time of posting; interestingly, right after the spree ended they removed the Discuss link).

ScratchDiogoh wrote:

Sheep_maker wrote:

I believe this has been suggested before and received a response from the ST.

ceebee wrote:

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It was that part of CG that caused it all

I don’t think the guidelines caused anything, they exist so users can get a general idea of what they should or shouldn’t do

chexbox wrote:

We can not completely remove it as that would make certain people unhappy. Instead I think that projects related to that should be marked as NFE.

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

ScratchDiogoh wrote:

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

But the real question is, “What is the Month of Pride?”.

In my words, it's one thing in June
which affects the Main Site

Oh. Well, it is a nice thing to do. But not everyone celebrates, so I do not know.

Wahsp-whoHasAGreatProfilePic wrote:

chexbox wrote:

We can not completely remove it as that would make certain people unhappy. Instead I think that projects related to that should be marked as NFE.

While I agree for projects that contain things too mature Scratch, I don’t think all of them should be censored. That kinda goes against the whole accepting of it part

chexbox wrote:

Wahsp-whoHasAGreatProfilePic wrote:

chexbox wrote:

We can not completely remove it as that would make certain people unhappy. Instead I think that projects related to that should be marked as NFE.

While I agree for projects that contain things too mature Scratch, I don’t think all of them should be censored. That kinda goes against the whole accepting of it part

Understanding the background of that organization, I kind of think that it is all too mature for scratch.

chexbox wrote:

We can not completely remove it as that would make certain people unhappy. Instead I think that projects related to that should be marked as NFE.

cheddargirl wrote:

Trying to achieve equality by keeping minorities hidden isn't going to work. It's just disrespectful of minority groups and the backwards of equality.