[UUPoly-L] Anti-gay discrimination on Amazon.com

[Desmond Ravenstone <desmondravenstone@yahoo.com>]

Have just been alerted via Interweave (the GLBT caucus for Unitarian Universalists) that Amazon.com has been stripping sales rankings off of many GLBT books, including books by or about famous GLBT folks like Stephen Fry and Ellen DeGeneres.

Result: They become harder to find on searches on the site.

The âreasonâ: Amazon.com considers such content as âadultâ and therefore no longer worthy of a sales ranking.

Meanwhile, books not considered adult include:
âThe Complete Idiotâs Guide to Amazing Sexâ
âRon Jeremy: The Hardest Working Man in Showbizâ
âTraci Lords: Underneath It Allâ âPlayboy: The Complete Centerfoldsâ
âA Parentâs Guide to Preventing Homosexualityâ and a number of other âex-gayâ books

There has been a great deal of outraged chatter, including many people pledging to boycott the site altogether.

You can find out more at this blog:
http://jezebel.com/5209088/why-is-amazon-censoring-gay-and-lesbian-books

Desmond Ravenstone

"Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same." -- George Bernard Shaw

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