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NullTuples

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11. We reclaimed the word; it is now used with pride.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 01:28 AM

Jun 2022

True, not all LGBTQ people prefer it but most accept it and the trend is the younger they are the more likely they are to use it in certain contexts to describe themselves or our community / communities as a whole. The point is that conservative used to "other" LGBTQ people. Owning that and saying, "yes, we are other, we are unlike you, we are queer" is taking back the power they held over us.

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The G.O.P. Tries to Build a Gay Ghetto [View all] Nevilledog Jun 2022 OP

The anti-gay talk has gotten way out of control. Haggard Celine Jun 2022 #1

Many of us expect it to ramp up to unforeseen levels in the lead up to the elections & beyond. NullTuples Jun 2022 #10

Yeah, didn't think about the elections. Haggard Celine Jun 2022 #13

Please do be careful and keep yourself & loved ones safe. NullTuples Jun 2022 #16

Will do. You do the same. Haggard Celine Jun 2022 #19

... Skittles Jun 2022 #2

We reclaimed the word; it is now used with pride. NullTuples Jun 2022 #11

I understand context Skittles Jun 2022 #21

Republicans are terrible people. madaboutharry Jun 2022 #3

They are fascists. roamer65 Jun 2022 #5

Hear, hear!! Let me know when it starts and if you need an extra gun. Missn-Hitch Jun 2022 #9

+1000 roamer65 Jun 2022 #24

Goddamn right vercetti2021 Jun 2022 #12

+1000 roamer65 Jun 2022 #23

I read that as "gay grotto" Sympthsical Jun 2022 #4

So do I. roamer65 Jun 2022 #25

A belief system rooted in religious fanaticism (typically, Christian). Duncan Grant Jun 2022 #6

And then what? Bulldoze said ghetto? IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #7

"Except instead of thinking the Jews are the ultimate evil" - LGBT people were rounded up into camps NullTuples Jun 2022 #14

Sadly, yes IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #22

As I've said vercetti2021 Jun 2022 #8

I'd like to know or see the evidence repugs claim about KS Toronado Jun 2022 #15

The Republican Party of Texas now stands for white straight men... AntiFascist Jun 2022 #17

White straight bigots. rubbersole Jun 2022 #20

McConnell's line about ""The courts have pretty well spoken," NullTuples Jun 2022 #18

Chimneys also violate the "natural order" world wide wally Jun 2022 #26