On a related note, the "Where are the gays at?" thread was killed sometime in the last 24 hours. I'm at a loss for any good explanation why. There have been many other discussions about minorities, especially female CS students/women founders. There's no good reason why gay hackers shouldn't be equally visible.

Some of the commenters asked why it matters, as if gay hackers should be forced to prove why they want community. mcantor (who's straight) gave a great explanation: "Finding a community of "People Like You" can make or break someone's journey into a new field. That means the hacker community at large needs to be equally supportive of queer hackers, or a queer hacker sub-community must form."

There have been many similar discussions on here about international startup founders, female founders, older founders, younger founders, and more. I'm quite disappointed that the discussion about gay founders was shot down.