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Then I hope it gets even longer. I don't care about your feelings about letters, I care about queer people feeling included.
Whether or not one or more of LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA2S+, GSRM etc. are 'fine' is not so much the issue as this: are you fine? Are you okay? If you were okay, do you think you would get over Asexual and Two-Spirit people being included? They do exist, after all.
Explain to me why I care about the opinions of people who purposefully make the world worse. Here's the deal: I'll care about the opinions and morality of the majority when all children are fed. Until then, I don't give a shit.
SLook, I’m bi, I support my LGBT brother, sisters, and others, but this is a stupid fucking thing to attack someone who is otherwise an ally over.
The obsession with labels detracts from the real discussion that needs to be had
LGBT was supposed to be all inclusive. Adding all the letters is dumb as fuck.
Yeah that's why I added the "+". That means there's more
Also tje Q was intended to be pretty inclusive as well.
A problem with extending the acronym to specifically include more edge cases is that it makes the omissions more obvious. Another is that having a bunch of syllables is clunky in speech. "Queer" is pretty inclusive, though many are still uncomfortable with the term as it has been used as a slur. I've always been fond of SAGA (Sexuality and Gendered Acceptance) because it covers everything, is memorable and meaningful, and has no baggage. And using preferred labels when they are known, also a fan of that.
Good! Then we will think about who we are omitting, and why.
You sure have a stick up yours. Imagine being so stuck up that you need to create conflict about an acronym whose entire purpose is acceptance.
I've found people most uptight about nonsense like this, aren't even queer. They are trying to do some nonsense virtue signaling, but end up just looking foolish.
Do you enjoy creating non-existent problems or what? Lol
LGTBQ+ is the way to go, but sure man, enjoy staying angry I guess. That's so funny too. I know several members of the LGBTQ+ community (my partner is a member ) and even they think LGBTQ+ is the right size, and that adding all the extra letters is ridiculous. I bet you aren't even a member of their community based on your behavior here. You sound like a virtue signalling clown getting pissed off over something nobody in the community is remotely worried about.
If you ARE a member of the community, you really need to re-evaluate your approach here, because you sound ridiculous. Btw, thats straight from my partners mouth on the subject.
I hadn't heard a variant "all the gay people I know think LGBT is going too far!!!" for a while. Nice to know bullshit is still popular. I'm not eating any, you can have as much as you want.
I bet you generate so little self-worth that you have to be rude to strangers to feel like you're superior to someone.
lmao OK. Have a nice day man :)
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On one hand that guys a cunt.
On the other I'm bisexual, some sorta genderqueer, and I only l usually leave it at lgbt. Then again I'm not butthurt about the additions I'm just a lazy fuck lol.
Still, that guys a cunt.
I don't think that person is a cunt.
When speaking, I tend to summarize it as queer. Google says "Queer is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender", which seems to cover the bulk of what comes up in casual conversation.
It's one syllable, people get what you mean, and it's generally non-offensive (unless you try).
The line is at policing other people using long initialisms. Using a short one yourself is fine, telling others not to use long ones is a dick move.
It really isn't -gay guy.