Second Life offers everyone the opportunity to be who or what they want to be, it also offers a place in which you can belong to any group you so choose without prejudice or discrimination, basically offering those who wish to be a little different a safe haven from the harsh realities of RL.
The World Goth Fair (WGF) launched in Second Life on Thursday May 15th, and will run through until Sunday June 1st, 2014. Some 80 merchants or more from across Second Life are participating in the fair, which is being held across three regions: Cursed (Adult), Sium (Moderate), and Port Seraphine (Moderate).
While showcasing some of the top
designers in Second Life who supply the goth market, the primary aim of the
event is to raise funds for the Sophie
Lancaster Foundation, a UK-based charity that was founded in the
wake of the brutal murder of Sophie Lancaster, a young woman who was killed for
being a goth, Real Life not being as tolerant of those who want to be a bit different.....
The Sophie Lancaster Foundation
defines its aims as
being:
To create a lasting
legacy to Sophie
To provide
educational group-works that will challenge the prejudice and intolerance
towards people from alternative subcultures.
To campaign to have
the UK Hate Crime legislation extended to include people from “alternative
subcultures” or “Lifestyle and Dress”
As well as
supporting the Foundation, the WGF is also officially sanctioned by the
organisers of World Goth Day, which this year will be marked on
Thursday May 22nd.
A note to the
horrorgoths – guys, please bear in mind that this charity involves a woman who
was beaten to death. So have some discretion in what you bring with you.
If you wouldn’t show it to her mother, don’t bring it. I mention this because
every year someone wants to bring “bruised and battered” tattoos and makeup
layers and every year I have to tell them no. Please don’t make me have
this conversation again, okay? Thanks.
The SLurls:
WGF PORT
SERAPHINE (general) –http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Port%20Seraphine/99/132/25
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