I think everyone read into his original post a little too deeply (or gave it no thought at all), and got a little overly defensive about it. No he didn't specifically say minorities "in metal", but I think it was obvious what he meant. Personally, I don't care about good gay musicians or female musicians. I just want good musicians. So in a sense I understand his frustration (dull threads are part of the reason I've been in the electronica section more and more).

The fact is that someone gave female metal groups their own thread. If they didn't think they were some type of minority than why would they have felt the need?