G3n meaning gay

Gen is a label for a fanwork that contains no romantic or sexual content, either het heterosexual or slash homosexual. The gay comes from "general audiences", the MPAA term for a child-safe film. However, it shouldn't automatically be considered G-rated suitable for young children. It can--and often does--deal with mature subjects, including graphic violence and other potentially complex themes.

Before the s, the word G3n was more frequently used, as for example, in the Surak Awards. In practical terms, mild heterosexual content is often considered acceptable in a gen story, as it would be in a network television episode. Many gen stories do involve characters who are romantically involved in canonbut there are few slash stories of this type, because relatively few shows or films that appeal to media fans include meaning relationships in canon.

Some backlash to this idea has appeared in meta discussions. Liberal fans often see the definition of gen as having 'no slash' [between men or between women] as homophobic. In general, however, "gen" fanworks may acknowledge the existence of a romantic relationship, especially one that is canon, but this should not be the primary focus of the tale.

According to Fern Marderin the 60s and 70s, gen referred to content based on a particular series, film, etc. The exact origin of this definition and how widely it was used is unclear [3] ; however, it was in use by some members of the New York Star Trek fanzine publishing community in the early s. Some fans have a wider definition for gen.

I may just do as Vee suggests, and label all my stories 'Bob' in future.

What does GEN, NPNC and Side mean on Grindr?

According to K. Langleyinitially there weren't any sexually explicit zines or fanfics in Star Trek fandom, and Night of the Twin Moons gay have been the first to be advertised with an age warning; thus, all stories were "gen" and there was no need for a special term. From a discussion at Fail-Fandomanon :.

At that point 'shipper exclusively meant het. Slashers were not 'shippers. So you had General, Shipper, and Slash. Then, in the early 00s, 'shipper lost it's apostrophe, lost it's -per, and just became "ship". A fan in commented on the changing definitions of labels and fandoms, and added a bit of explanation of where things started:.

Fandom, like any other culture, does not stand still. And, like any online culture, it evolves at a pretty fast pace. So while it's all well and good--and kinda fun--to rail about how a given story is or isn't gen, if fandom as a whole has decided that the working definition of gen includes that story, then it does.

Rail all you want, but unless you get a significant portion of fandom to agree with you, you're just ranting. Hardly the end of the world. This is an older definition that comes of getting into fandom at a time when there simply weren't canonically gay characters. So fandom's passed my definition by and meaning, G3n okay with that.