Since Friday there has been much debate and outrage over a posting that was written by Ronald Gold on the blog/website Bilerico titled "No To The idea Of Transgender". Gold who in the past was one of the early gay activist came under fire for writing the piece, as did Bilerico for publishing it.
I don't read Bilerico, and admit I did not read the piece except for snippets at Pam's House Blend which covers the uproar by transgenders as written by Autumn Sandeen, but have read the postings at PHB, listened to both Sandeen and Bill Browning of Bilerico who has both in writing and on Michelangelo Signorile's Sirius Radio program apologized for putting up the post in the first place and the posting itself.
On the radio program Browning said there has been the usual outcry over the posting which apparently many feel is "transphobic" and also "threats" against some who publish the blog/website, which of course is uncalled for.
Were I the editor of Bilerico and having made the decision to publish the posting by Gold in the first place, I would not have removed it. I've read enough of what was written in the posting to make that editorial Monday Morning Quarterbacking judgement. Stick by your conviction of what your blog or website is about, in the case of Bilerico let as many different voices be heard.
However, with that being stated, I would not have published it in the first place.
And there in lies the problems of LGBT blogs and websites (other than "news") which allow too many "voices" be heard.
As the old saying goes, too many cooks in the kitchen spoils the broth.
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