Slash fiction is a genre of fan fiction. It focuses on the depiction of sexual or romantic relationships between two or more male characters, who are not necessarily engaged in relationships in the canon universe. While the term originally was restricted to fan fiction in which one or more male media characters were involved in an explicit adult relationship as a primary plot element, it is currently more generally used to refer to any pairing between male characters. The term is also sometimes applied to fiction focusing on relationships between female characters; however, some fans distinguish femslash as a separate genre. Fan fiction (also spelled fanfiction and commonly abbreviated to fanfic) is fiction written by people who enjoy a film, novel, television show or other media work, using the characters and situations developed in it and developing new plots in which to use these characters. ... Canon, in the context of a fictional universe, comprises those novels, stories, films, etc. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: original research, no citations whatsoever, NPOV problems, fancruft, debatable encyclopedic notability, MANY neologisms If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. ...

The name arises from the use of the slash symbol (/) in the description of the primary pairing involved in the story, as compared to the ampersand (&) conventionally used for friendship fiction. Due to technical limitations, /. redirects here. ... An ampersand (&), also commonly called an and sign is a logogram representing the conjunction and. ...

History

Although slash is believed to have originated as fan fiction involving purely homosexual relationships, it has evolved from there into a wider definition. Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ...

It is commonly believed that slash fiction originated within the Star Trek: The Original Series fan fiction fandom, with "Kirk/Spock" stories first appearing in the late 1970s generally authored by female fans of the series.^[1] This should not be surprising, as modern fan fiction as a whole owes its start largely to the popularity of Star Trek.^{[citation needed]} It is worth noting that "slash" was originally coined as a derogatory term for such fanfiction, and for a time both "slash" and "K/S" (for "Kirk/Spock") were used interchangeably. However, later such authors as Joanna Russ studied and reviewed the phenomenon in essays and gave the genre more academic clout. From there, increasing tolerance and acceptance of homosexuality and frustration with the portrayal of gay relationships in mainstream media fed a growing desire in authors to explore the subjects on their own terms using established media characters. Slash fiction followed the Star Trek franchise through a spin-off that followed the original series and quickly spread to other television shows, movies, and books. The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ... Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc. ... In the science fiction TV series Star Trek (1966-1969), the characters of Captain James T. Kirk and his Vulcan science officer Mr. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joanna Russ (born February 22, 1937), American writer and feminist, is the author of a number of works of Science Fiction (among other types of writing), including The Female Man, an aclaimed SF novel and pioneering meditation on how differing societies might produce very different versions of the same person...

Present-day slash

Slash fiction continues to follow popular media, and new stories are constantly being produced. Slash fiction readers and writers tend to adhere closely to the canonical source of their fiction, and create a fandom for that particular source. However, some participants follow the slash content created by a certain fandom without being fans of the original source material itself.^[2] Of the diverse and often segregated slash fandoms, each fandom has its own rules of style and etiquette, and each comes with its own history, favorite stories, and authors. There is some correlation between the popularity and activity within each fandom and that of the source of the material. Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc. ... Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc. ...

Many people in recent times view slash as a hobby, both writing and reading it. It has become so popular that it has involved the coming together of certain communities, particularly on the internet, to share interests. Slash usually is based on a particular fictitious programme or film and many people have become famous through writing slash novels but usually remain anonymous. The slash communities regularly post updates on each others work, showing feedback of their work. Look up popular, populus, populous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Community is a set of people (or agents in a more abstract sense) with some shared element. ... For literary uses see Fiction For Legal uses see legal fiction Fictitious defendants Feigned action Ejectment - an action to recover land John Doe - commonly named as a fictitious defendant. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Categories: Disambiguation | Stub ... Look up anonymous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up post in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up work in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

An ambiguous definition

An officially licensed and published Star Trek novel that contains a homosexual relationship.

The term slash fiction has several noted ambiguities within it. Image File history File links This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organisation to promote their works in the media. ... Image File history File links This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organisation to promote their works in the media. ...

Though not in line with the original definition, some people assert that some published works constitute slash fiction despite the fact that it is not fan-created. This is likely due to the relative void of canon homosexual relationships in source media. For example, Star Trek has rarely portrayed gay or lesbian relationships on screen outside of the mirror universe (it was done once in an episode of DS9); however, the 1985 novel Killing Time by Della van Hise included a homosexual relationship, as have several subsequent works, including 2001's Section 31: Rogue by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin. Other authors' works that deal with homosexual themes or characters are sometimes described as slash fiction as well. This article is about the year. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Andy Mangels is an author who, in collaboration with parnter Michael A. Martin, conlcuded the events of the cult-hit television series Roswell (which had ended in somewhat of a cliffhanger) in their books Pursuit and Turnabout. ... Michael A. Martin is an author who, in collaboration with parnter Andy Mangels, conlcuded the events of the cult-hit television series Roswell (which had ended in somewhat of a cliffhanger) in their books Pursuit and Turnabout. ...

Due to the lack of canonical homosexual relationships in source media, some have come to see slash fiction as being exclusively outside of canon. These people hold that the term 'slash fiction' only applies when the relationship being written about is not part of the source's canon, and that fan fiction about canonical same-sex relationships is hence not slash. The recent appearance of openly gay and bisexual characters on screen, such as Willow and Tara in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and Torchwood, and many of the characters in the Queer as Folk series, has added much to this discussion. However, abiding by this definition leaves such stories without a convenient label, so this distinction has not been widely adopted. Canon, in the context of a fictional universe, comprises those novels, stories, films, etc. ... Willow Rosenberg (born either in 1980 or very early 1981 in Sunnydale, California) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Tara Maclay (born October 16, 1980 and died May 7, 2002 in Sunnydale, California)[1] is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... For other uses, see Buffy the Vampire Slayer (disambiguation). ... For other persons and meanings, see Jack Harkness (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Doctor Who (disambiguation). ... For plants known as torchwood, see Burseraceae. ... Queer as Folk was an American/Canadian television series co-production, produced by Showtime and Temple Street Productions, which was based on the British series of the same name created by Russell T. Davies. ...

More recently, some slash authors have begun to write slash fiction that contains transgender themes and transgender/transsexual or intersex characters. As a result, the exact definition of the term within this respect has often been hotly debated within various slash fandoms. The strictest definition holds that only stories about relationships between two male partners ('M/M') are 'slash fiction', which has led to the evolution of the term femslash, or femmeslash. Slash is also present in various Japanese anime or manga fandoms, but is referred to as shounen-ai or yaoi for relationships between male characters, and shoujo-ai or yuri between female characters respectively. A transgender woman at New York Citys gay pride parade Transgender (IPA: , from trans (Latin) and gender (English)) is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at... A transsexual (sometimes transexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at birth) sex. ... An intersexual is a person (or individual of any unisexual species) who is born with genitalia and/or secondary sexual characteristics of indeterminate sex, or which combine features of both sexes. ... The symbolic slash, used to separate the two names in a romantic pairing, from which slash fiction takes its name. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... This article is about the comics published in East Asian countries. ... Shōnen-ai (少年愛 from 少年 shōnen young man + 愛 ai love) refers to anime or manga that deals with love between young men, especially of the bishonen variety. ... Cover of Selfish Love by Naduki Koujima. ... Utena and Anthy from Revolutionary Girl Utena, a popular shōjo-ai couple. ... // Yuri is a given name in several languages: Yuri (Russian: Юрий, alternatively spelled Yury, Yuriy, Yurii or Iouri) is a Russian masculine given name. ...

Due to increasing popularity and prevalence of slash on the internet in recent years, some have begun to use "slash" as a generic term for any erotic fan fiction, whether it describes heterosexual or homosexual relationships. This has sparked mild concern among writers of heterosexual fan fiction. This concern is sometimes based in moral objection to homosexuality and manifests itself as offense at the notion of being compared to homosexual subject matter. It has also caused concern for slash writers who believe that while it can be erotic, slash is not by definition so, and that defining erotic fic alone as slash takes the word away from all-ages-suitable homo-romantic fan fiction. This may cause confusion when the quite unambiguous words 'erotica', 'adult', and 'porn' already exist along with fanfiction terms such as 'lemon'. In addition, a number of journalists writing about the fan fiction phenomenon in general seem to believe that all fan fiction is slash, or at least erotic in character.^[3][4] Such definitions fail to distinguish between slash, het (works focusing primarily on heterosexual relationships) and gen (works which do not include a romantic focus).

Content ratings and warnings

Slash fiction, like other fan fiction, sometimes borrows the MPAA film rating system, using the labels G, PG, PG-13, R and NC-17 to indicate the amount of sexual content in the story. Not all slash fiction has explicit sexual content, although it should be kept in mind that if a story claims to be or contain slash and is unrated it is likely to be explicit. The interaction between two characters can be as innocent as holding hands or a chaste kiss. As the result of trademark issues over the use of the MPAA rating system, some fandoms have created their own rating systems. If a story contains themes which may offend or which some readers may find distasteful (e.g. rape, incest, BDSM, shota/underage characters, or even heterosexual sex) it is considered polite to include warnings in the story header. Some sites require all stories to be rated and have warnings attached, often by using a beta reader. The MPAA film rating system is a system used in the United States and territories and instituted by the Motion Picture Association of America to rate a movie based on its content. ... “(TM)” redirects here. ... Incest is sexual activity between two persons related by close kinship. ... A collar is a common symbol in BDSM. Female bottom in bondage with leather monoglove BDSM is any of a number of related patterns of human sexual behavior. ... Shotacon ), sometimes shortened to shota ), is a Japanese term for a sexual complex where an adult is attracted to an underage boy, or in which two underage boys are attracted to one another. ... A beta reader (or betareader) is a person who reads a work of fan fiction with critical eye with the aim to improve grammar, spelling, characterization, and general style of the story prior to release to the general public. ...

The term 'no lemon' is sometimes used to indicate fanfiction stories without sexual content. Anything with explicit content may be labeled 'lemon'. The terms 'lemon' and 'lime' arose from the anime/yaoi fandoms. 'Lemon' refers to a hentai anime series, Cream Lemon. 'Lime' is sometimes used to indicate that the story contains only mild sexual content, similar to a PG-13 film. “Animé” redirects here. ... Cover of Selfish Love by Naduki Koujima. ... Hentai tankōbon on display in Japan Hentai )   is a Japanese word that can be used to mean metamorphosis or abnormality. In Japan hentai has a strong negative connotation, and is commonly used to mean sexually perverted. The term is used as slang for sexually explicit or pornographic comics and... Cream Lemon ) is an H anime series with some in-depth storylines and classic (late 1970s to early 1980s style) artwork. ...

Original slash

Properly termed Homoerotic Fiction but very often termed "original slash", perhaps in an effort to better relate to the vast slash fanfiction audience thriving on the Internet, or perhaps because several of the authors participating in the genre priorly participated in slash fanfiction.

Homoerotic fiction is a growing and lucrative professional market within publishing circles. A few smaller presses, such as Torquere Press and PD Publishing, are dedicated to M/M and F/F titles, and several other mainstream publishers of erotica and romance have recently added “gay” sections to their print and digital catalogues.

With the advent of large online bookstores such as Fictionwise and Mobipocket, a popular niche opened up for professionally-written homoerotic stories, which are now as available and accessible to the Internet readership as slash fanfiction is. The genres of popular homoerotic fiction in epress today run the gamut from historical (Erastes), to science fiction & fantasy (Kirby Crow, Sean Michael, Fiona Glass, K.M. Frontain, Ann Somerville,), paranormal (Elizabeth Jewell, Mychael Black , Sable St.Germain, Kay Derwydd , Jordan Castillo Price), traditional romance (Emily Veinglory, Julia Talbot, Laura Baumbach , Sarah Payne), modern day westerns(J.L. Langely),horror (James Buchanan) and many others.

There is also a substantial amount of free amateur writing available on the Internet with a similar readership to fanfiction. Many amateur authors are self-published either on the internet or through POD outlets such as Iuniverse or Lulu.

Slash controversy

For many people, slash is a controversial subject. In addition to the legal issues associated with traditional fan fiction, some people believe that it tarnishes established media characters to portray them in a way that was never illustrated canonically.^[5] Slash fiction writers, however, often believe that sexual orientation and romance aren't necessarily fixed entities and that it is impossible to conclusively state that any character is straight, gay or bisexual without official word from the characters' creator(s). In cases where the extrapolated characters in slash fiction gain more popularity within a certain community than the original character themselves, the "fandom version"--alternative sexuality intact--may be perpetuated by slash fiction writers who may not have even watched the show and are unaware of how the show informs its characters' sexuality at all. Some may accept the fandom portrayal and the original portrayal as separate and different characters while others find the incongruity unfavorable. Sexual orientation refers to the direction of an individuals sexuality, usually conceived of as classifiable according to the sex or gender of the persons whom the individual finds sexually attractive. ... Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc. ... Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc. ...

There is vociferous debate on the canonicity of any relationship, be it homosexual or heterosexual, on various fan fiction websites. However, a certain percentage of slash writers choose their fandom because they believe it is actually likely within their chosen universe and that the original creator was unable to write about it for fear of losing popularity. For example, Angel/Spike fan fiction within the Buffyverse: in the Angel DVD commentary for "A Hole in the World", Joss Whedon, the creator of Angel said, "Spike and Angel...they were hanging out for years and years and years. They were all kinds of deviant. Are people thinking they never...? Come on, people! They're open-minded guys!" as well as Spike saying "Angel and me have never been intimate. Except that one..." to Illyria in the episode "Power Play." Needless to say, this has been seen as a vindication of some fans who have been arguing this point since the characters met. Some people say they see similar evidence of such relationships in other shows such as Smallville, The O.C, Friends and House. Buffyverse is a term coined by fans of Joss Whedons first two television shows to refer to the shared fictional universe in which they are set. ... A Hole in the World is episode 15 of season 5 of the television show Angel. ... Smallville is an American television series created by writer/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and was initially broadcast by The WB. After its fifth season, the WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which is the current broadcaster for the show in the United States. ... The O.C. ( stands for Orange County) is an American television drama/soap opera program broadcast on the Fox Network. ... For friendship, see friendship. ... House, originally titled as House, M.D., is a critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer. ...

Occasionally, some forms of erotic fiction can prove to be particularly controversial: of note is slash involving underage characters (often termed 'chanslash'; examples include some Harry Potter slash) or real person slash ('RPS', where people who actually exist, most often celebrities, are characters in slash stories). These are considered distasteful by some who otherwise find nothing objectionable about erotic fiction in general. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Erotic literature. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ...

Squick

An element of fanfiction is squick, most often used as a warning to refer to a reader's possible negative reaction to scenes in the text (often sexual) that some might find offensive or distressing. This may include, but is not limited to, incest, BDSM, rape, scat, or torture. The term originated in the Usenet newsgroup alt.sex.bondage in 1991.^[6] Squicks are often listed as a warning in the header of a fanfiction story. Incest is sexual activity between two persons related by close kinship. ... A collar is a common symbol in BDSM. Female bottom in bondage with leather monoglove BDSM is any of a number of related patterns of human sexual behavior. ... Look up scat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Torture (disambiguation). ... A newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from many users at different locations. ... alt. ...

Chanslash

Chanslash is the controversial portrayal of underaged characters in sexual situations in slash fiction. The prefix chan most likely comes from the Japanese name suffix used as a term of endearment toward children or women. It is, perhaps, a nod towards yaoi fandoms where underage pairings are more commonplace. Owners of the intellectual property rights to characters in this type of slash are often unhappy with chanslash because of the potential legal ramifications and concern over negatively impacting the popularity of the character. Some studios owning the rights to slashed characters have issued cease and desist orders in the past as a result of this type of slash. This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Cover of Selfish Love by Naduki Koujima. ... In law, particularly in common law jurisdictions, intellectual property is a form of legal entitlement which allows its holder to control the use of certain intangible ideas and expressions. ... Cease-and-desist is a legal term meaning essentially stop: It is used in demands for a person or organization to stop doing something (to cease and desist from doing it). ...

Most slash writers consider chanslash a separate entity from slash, and there is vast and sometimes acrimonious controversy within the slash writing communities regarding the existence of chanslash. Authors are usually required to clearly mark chanslash stories with warnings of underage sex, and a great percentage of slash communities forbid the posting of chanslash to their forums and groups altogether. What is considered chanslash may vary due to differing ages of consent in different jurisdictions.

Real person slash

Real person slash (RPS) gained popularity with the rise of the pop music industry.^[7] In particular, the popularity of boy bands in the late 1990s and early 2000s promoted the growth of RPS. These singing groups, like *NSYNC or The Backstreet Boys, had public personas that were carefully designed and marketed to their target audience of girls and young women. As these boy bands were famous for being 'packaged' rather than for the sincerity of their public image, many slash authors had few moral qualms about treating them much like fictional characters. Real person slash involves taking the celebrity's public image and creating slash stories with them. From boybands, RPS began to encompass other musicians (such as Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, My Chemical Romance, and McFly), sports figures, actors, and even prominent political figures. A boy band (American English) or boyband (British English) is a style of somewhat to mostly prefabricated pop group featuring about between three and six young male singer/dancers, but normally five. ... *NSYNC is a five-part pop music vocal group, sometimes referred to as a boy band, formed in Orlando, Florida, USA. The group members are Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Justin Timberlake. ... The Backstreet Boys, or BSB, are a boy band and pop group formed in 1992 by manager Lou Pearlman that grew to considerable popularity in the late 1990s, but quietly slipped away from the charts by the early part of the 2000s. ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is an American band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) that formed in 2001. ... Panic! at the Disco is an alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. ... My Chemical Romance are an American rock band formed in 2001. ... McFly can refer to: McFly (band) Marty McFly, fictional character from the Back to the Future film trilogy, and his family, the McFly family. ...

The legality of using a real person's name to tell a story has frequently been questioned.^{[citation needed]} As a result, authors often preface their stories with lengthy disclaimers that clearly identify the story as entirely fictional. Real person slash took on a new dimension when slash fans and writers began to use blogging services to create fictional journals that purported to be owned by celebrities. These journals often include disclaimers that explain their true (fictional) nature, and that authors are participants in role-playing games where they take on the persona of a celebrity. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In role-playing, participants adopt characters, or parts, that have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. ...

Many RPS authors have written alternate universe story-versions of the celebrities concerned. Many authors remove the facts of the celebrity's real life to the extent of behaving as though wives, children, relationships, and even current professions do not exist. Another popular alternate universe method is to remove the celebrity to another time period in history, keeping only the names and personalities of the persons involved. Other instances occur when the writer also changes facts about the characters of TV shows, movies, or books, or even the plots of shows.

In instances when even the names of the celebrities are changed, the fiction moves out of the realm of RPS and into original fiction, because the status of the celebrities in question have been demoted to mere mental avatars representing original fictional characters.

Evolution of slash

In recent years, slash fiction has moved beyond text-based literature. With the help of the internet to promote and distribute multi-media content and the growing prevalence of the slash phenomenon, new forms of slash (beyond narrative fiction) and slash analysis have begun to appear.

Slash artwork

In addition to fiction, fans also create artwork depicting media characters in same-sex relationship contexts. In recent years, the widespread availability of imaging software, like Adobe Photoshop, has allowed slash artists to manipulate photographs of their subjects to produce romantic or erotic images, often referred to as manips, that imply a homosexual relationship, either as static pictures or animated GIFs. When the manipulated photos depict real people instead of media characters, the creation of these images can be as contentious as RPS, and for many of the same reasons. The Mona Lisa is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the Western world. ... “Photoshop” redirects here. ...

Prior to the widespread home adoption of computers, however, most fanart was done by hand using techniques such as pencil and ink line drawings, pointillism, and painting. Charcoals, gouache, watercolors, and other media were less widely used. Fan art or fanart is a type of artwork that is based on a person or item that the artist did not create. ... A line drawing algorithm is a graphical algorithm for approximating a line segment on discrete graphical media. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “Painter” redirects here. ...

Hentai has an intimate connection with slash, as many slash stories are accompanied by links to hentai-style illustrations. Hentai tankōbon on display in Japan Hentai )   is a Japanese word that can be used to mean metamorphosis or abnormality. In Japan hentai has a strong negative connotation, and is commonly used to mean sexually perverted. The term is used as slang for sexually explicit or pornographic comics and...

Slash in academia

Slash fiction was the subject of several notable academic studies in the early 1990s, as part of the cultural studies movement within the humanities: This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

• Cicioni, Mirna (1998). "Male Pair Bonds and Female Desire in Fan Slash Writing." In C. Harris & A. Alexander (Eds.) Theorizing Fandom: Fans, Subculture and Identity. Cresskil, New Jersey: Hampton.
• Penley, Constance (1997). NASA/Trek: Popular Science and Sex in America. New York: Verso. ISBN 0-86091-617-0.
• Bacon-Smith, Camile (1991). Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-1379-3.
• Jenkins, Henry (1992). Textual Poachers. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-90572-9.

Most of these, as is characteristic of cultural studies, approach slash fiction from an ethnographic perspective and talk primarily about the writers of slash fiction and the communities that form around slash fiction. However, some studies (such as Cicioni's) focus on textual analysis of slash fiction itself. Henry Jenkins III (born June 4, 1958 in Atlanta, Georgia) American Scholar, currently Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities and Co-Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies program with William Uricchio. ...

Slash timeline

• 1974: "A Fragment Out Of Time" is the first known Star Trek slash to be published in a fanzine. The author was Diane Marchant. The vignette was published in Grup #3. The language was highly coded and didn't refer to Spock and Kirk by name but rather referred to them as he and him.
• 1975: In "Grup" #4 Diane Marchant published a rather indirect essay about K/S. The first public discussion of this essay occurred in the Star Trek letterzine, "Halkan Council".
• 1976: According to the National Library of Australia, the Star Trek Action Committee was formed as a Star Trek Club. This Star Trek Club held its first meeting in April. Members included Susan Clarke, Julie Townsend and Edwina Harvey. This fanclub would publish the Star Trek adult fanzine Beyond Antares, which contained both het and slash.
• 1976: In June, "Alternative: Epilog to Orion" is written by G. Downes and published as a fanzine. It was the first K/S zine to appear.
• 1980s: Actors and fans of Blake's 7 began interaction at conventions. This sometimes led to correspondences, personal phone calls, and general chit chat. In the midst of an unrelated fannish argument, some fans showed the actors slash fanzine based on Blake's 7 as a form of punishment for things in other parts of fandom. The actors were upset because they did not view their characters as homosexuals and they saw slash as a violation of trust with their fans. One of the actors tried to ban slash authors and slash from the Blake's 7 fandom. Eventually, this died down and the Blake's 7 fandom went on.
• 1980s: A slash convention known as Zebracon is held in Chicago, IL. It was initially focused on Starsky & Hutch fandom (Zebra 3 was their unit designation). It then branched out to embrace The Professionals (TV series) and other cop/spy/sf shows. The convention was held annually and then switched to a two year cycle; however, in early 2007 Zebracon announced that due to logistical and other issues their last convention will be in September 2007 from the 14th to the 17th.
• 1981 The first MediaWest*Con is held under that name (following T'Con in 1978 and 2'Con in 1979) over Memorial Day weekend in Lansing, Michigan. A fan run, SF media based convention sponsored by T'Kuhtian Press, MediaWest*Con programming has reflected member interest in both slash and gen content.
• 1990 Escapade - a fan run media based slash convention was first held near Santa Barbara, CA, bringing together slash fans face to face (some for the first time). Most attendees were women and the first fandoms focused on The Professionals, Blake's 7, Star Trek and Starsky & Hutch. As of 2007, the convention has been held every year and has grown to encompass a wide range of attendees (men and women) and many fandoms.
• 1992: The Nifty Erotic Stories Archive, or Nifty for short, is established. The 'Gay Male - Celebrity' sub-section of the archive proves to be a breeding ground for many different types of slash fiction, particularly RPS and boyband fiction. It is one of the largest collections of RPS in existence, with more than 1,500 boyband stories alone, some of which were several megabytes of plain-text in length.
• 1993: First slash mailing list created, run from a private list-serv on the East Coast. It was called "Virgule" (another name for the / symbol) and membership was limited to women. It remained active through the 1990s, until more fandom specific slash mailing lists on Egroups and Yahoogroups became popular.
• 1995: Seven slash stories were posted to alt.tv.x-files.creative.
• 1998: On alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated discussion ensues regarding the issue of whether or not slash and het need to be rated differently.
• 1998: Real person slash archives for pop bands begin to emerge online. Boybands such as Backstreet Boys and NSYNC figure prominently, but other bands such as Savage Garden, The Cure, and Placebo also had early archives. (NSYNC band member Lance Bass announced in July 2006 that he is, in fact, gay. In July of the same year, Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes announced his marriage to boyfriend Richard Cullen on his website.)
• 1999: Star Trek' writer Karmen Ghia publishes interviews with many of the more prolific contributors to alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated.
• 1999: On May 19, the Master and Apprentice archive was founded focusing on Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon slash.
• 2002: On September 12, the FanFiction.net archive removes and banned real person slash and NC-17 rated stories.
• 2004: Popular slash community slacken_ties is created on LiveJournal. It is dedicated to slash fiction featuring Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand. The band itself has acknowledged the site, with Alex Kapranos saying, "Slackening ties for the girls at slacken_ties!" in a 2005 gig at the Scala, London. Alex Kapranos also reportedly promotes the community.
• 2005: On the Series 2 DVD commentary for The Mighty Boosh, technophobe Noel Fielding mentions that he has found a story on the internet "where they took this situation and turned it into porn. It was filthy." He and the other participants seem rather amused at the idea, with Noel giggling "It quite turned me on, actually."
• 2006 Australian newspaper The Advertiser mentions the popular CSI Nick and Greg slash ship in its online article about The Logies and MSNBC.com also mentions the ship in a comment about the 2006 fall schedule [1]. Popular slash community worlds_finest is created on LiveJournal. It is dedicated to slash fanfiction featuring Batman and Superman from DC Comics.
• 2007 British comedian Frankie Boyle mentions having read slash fanfiction featuring himself and Hugh Dennis on panel show Mock The Week.

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See also

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• Femslash
• Yaoi
• Shōnen-ai
• Real person fiction
• Sex in science fiction
• Erotic fantasy

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References

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External links

• An article on a Franz Ferdinand/Morrissey slash story
• "Harry Potter and the mystery of an academic obsession" --an August, 2006 Observer article discussing Harry Potter slash.
• Gay "Trek" --a June 30, 2000 Salon.com article for Gay Pride week showing a picture of the crew of the Enterprise dressed in pink with Captain Kirk and Commander Spock holding hands.
• - Article on Slash