Out of Pod Experience

Sighs, bloated vets.

Where would one find listings of player channels?

(I always find it odd that certain SIGs get other people bent out of shape)

Special Interest Group.

Question

What is the difference between Gay and Queer. Ive always wondered. And for you old schoolers do you mind so many different groups being lumped in together

Can only speak of my experiences here in the USA as an Old Schooler.

Queer for the longest in the States was used as a slur against gays. Much like the Fa-word, or N-word. However, in recent years the Gay Community has started to take it back, and turn it into a positive expression. Without going Political, the Identity Politics craze/hysteria/division, along with Social Justice Warriors, has tarnished a lot of the other groups as "wannabes" in the sight of some. Again, this is from my experiences in Florida, in the Gay Community here.

Me personally, I think adding on letters is a unnecessary complication. GLB (gay, lesbian, bi), or GSB (gay, straight, bi) are perfectly fine without the rest of the Letters, and the Identity Politics behind them, interfering.

I don't think people who share an interest and / or something in common having a chat channel or something are segregating themselves. I don't see that as a big deal. Even corps made of people with a common interest or identity aren't a problem, imo. EvE has and has had many, many such groups / corps. No Problem.

OP, make a channel. You'll probably get people talking there.

As an asexual, I LOATHE being lumped in with this so-called community.

Is there even a way to search for a channel that is intended for this kind of special interest group (i.e. where you'd expect at least a few hundred people potentially interested in taking part)?

Maybe I'm missing something, but I couldn't find a better way to search for existing channels than typing in a possible name, and looking to see if I got a new channel or connected to an existing one.

After that I lost interest in channels except those that CCP automatically add to new characters' "Channels" window. Even if an interesting special-interest channel was started at some point, too many potential participants (especially new players) will never find it.

FWIW I also think that CCP should provide the possibility for a character to be a member of more than one organization.
The "strict hierarchy" of Alliance/Corp/Character may be needed for some things, but that doesn't mean it's the only thing the game should allow. IMO another set of organizations that allowed many-many relationships and multiple memberships would be a good addition to EVE.

You're not missing anything, there is neither a search function nor a list of chat channels. Hilarious, isn't it?

There is both a search function and a list of chat channels.