Idiots! School these people!

Someone important or several medium important people must have complained. Don't expect them to be terribly bothered if you complain right back, since technically they're the ones showing your banner for you.

If you value their advertising space, I'd change it, although it'd be hard to convey a site about queer and Asian happenings without the word "queer" in it.

No matter how valuable the ad space, demand the ad be put back up without edits. If they refuse, remove the ad and demand a full refund for all monies paid.

Well, for one thing I think Patrick should learn the difference between its and it's before trying to tackle the offensive vs. reclaimed essence of 'queer.'

My site is called Another Queer Jewish Buddhist. I've encountered no such problem with advertisers. But of course, I assume that the ad space isn't bought by a living media buyer but by computer profiling of the readership. And the program also certainly spiders through the content to determine in its mechanistic way whether there is offensive language. If this were the site of the Westboro Baptist Church, the word queer would be an epithet. Here it is appropriation (and appropriate). Everything is context. And good lighting.

I believed, was reclaiming "queer" as a means of self-empowerment to the LGBTQ community. This blog is respectful and sensitive to the community. If anything, the word "queer" is in essence an inclusive term for all non‐heterosexual individuals instead of exclusively to people who are homosexual, bisexual, or transgender. Why continue on degrading the community with this word when we can raise above and use it in a positive spin? I am queer. I am asian. I am here to stay.