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Amazon Fail
April 13, 2009 | 
Literature, News Reports
There has been considerable noise in the blogosphere lately about Amazon.com “accidentally” de-ranking thousands of gay and lesbian books. Without a sales ranking, it’s hard to find those books in search. In theory, this was done because the books were considered “adult” – and yet none of the straight “adult” books were de-ranked. The situation has been called AmazonFail on blogs and Twitter, where the news has been spreading like wildfire. The latest update is that Amazon admits the mistake was “embarrassing” – but they haven’t apologized for it yet. Some people have linked to a LiveJournal post claiming to have automated the reporting of GLBT books as being “adult” but personally I don’t think that was legit, I think it’s someone trying to get fame for it. I think it was just a dumb fluke on Amazon’s part. That said, I’m pleased to note that our recommended reading (as seen in the right-hand column) is provided by Powell’s, an independent bookstore headquartered in Portland, OR.
eHarmony goes gay!
April 4, 2009 | News Reports
In response to a discrimination lawsuit, eHarmony is opening a matchmaking website for same sex couples after strongly resisting and refusing to work on same-sex relationships for years. They’re still icky evangelical, but in the event you want to see how they might match you up with another woman you can try out their new compatiblepartners dot net site.
And congrats to the Midwestern LBGT community for the right to same-sex marriage in Iowa!
