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Tommy Carcetti

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40. I thought it meant "questioning"

Sun Oct 2, 2022, 11:33 AM

Oct 2022

As in people who were unsure of their orientation or identity.

As for “queer,” speaking strictly as someone who is straight and not in any of those other acronym categories, it just seems like an awful term to use go given its original meaning as “odd” or “strange.”

I know there is a desire for some to want to re-appropriate formerly derogatory terms, but I honestly would think there has to be a better way. Just my two cents.

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What's the abbreviation for LGBTQIA2S+ ? [View all] eppur_se_muova Oct 2022 OP

Google it obamanut2012 Oct 2022 #1

You want to abbreviate the abbreviation? nt sl8 Oct 2022 #2

It's beginning to seem necessary. eppur_se_muova Oct 2022 #3

OK, gotcha. I misunderstood the OP. nt sl8 Oct 2022 #14

Else look where we could end up ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2022 #16

Unless your part of the community FreeState Oct 2022 #74

I respect your opinion a lot, so I'd like to talk about that. yardwork Oct 2022 #83

+1 nt Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #98

I'm gay. I'm fine if we used beaglelover Oct 2022 #101

"rainbow" (nt) muriel_volestrangler Oct 2022 #4

Nice suggestion. eppur_se_muova Oct 2022 #5

There's also "quiltbag" muriel_volestrangler Oct 2022 #8

QUILTBAG? I'm a quilter and make bags. So I guess that's me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Srkdqltr Oct 2022 #37

that's good -- be nice if it caught on LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #117

Queer - I think that is an umbrella term that covers it all......I think? walkingman Oct 2022 #6

I'll guess it's a small minority of gay and lesbian people who would say they are "queer." David__77 Oct 2022 #34

I hear it a lot as a self-identifier AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #42

Queer Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #46

Q is Questioning, not Queer sir pball Oct 2022 #68

I'm gay and I agree with you. yardwork Oct 2022 #7

+1 betsuni Oct 2022 #9

No flames from me PJMcK Oct 2022 #12

With you. I hate the flags Sympthsical Oct 2022 #13

Confusing allies, splintering what should be solidarity, I don't get it. yardwork Oct 2022 #15

You get no argument from this gay man sdfernando Oct 2022 #21

Same here. BlackSkimmer Oct 2022 #25

No flames from me. n/t ChazII Oct 2022 #27

Initially it was the idea of lesbians, many of whom feel gay does not include us. Ms. Toad Oct 2022 #44

I get that, and I certainly don't want to exclude anyone, but it's gotten unwieldy. yardwork Oct 2022 #67

That was the argument many of us gays and lesbians made, Ms. Toad Oct 2022 #111

Agreed. Behind the Aegis Oct 2022 #58

It's a sign that we're still under attack when this has to controversial. yardwork Oct 2022 #71

I'm gay and agree with you! beaglelover Oct 2022 #104

Trans people aren't the same thing as being gay. Some are gay, but Oneironaut Oct 2022 #108

The Traditional Rainbow Flag is also International JI7 Oct 2022 #124

Is the job posting in an arts field? I found this after googling the term irisblue Oct 2022 #10

Two-Spirit.... had to look this one up. I've never heard this before. IcyPeas Oct 2022 #62

I first read the phrase "two spirit" in the 70s when paperback publishers learned there was $ irisblue Oct 2022 #64

From labels come categories bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #11

Society started labeling LGBT+ people, not the other way around. Oneironaut Oct 2022 #18

Like Warsaw ghettoes, 1939, right? /nt bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #122

I don't get what your point is? Oneironaut Oct 2022 #139

Yeah, no. meadowlander Oct 2022 #120

It didn't save any lives when the holocaust perps categorized everyone bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #121

So your solution to the Holocaust is to ask people to stop being gay or Jewish? meadowlander Oct 2022 #125

I'm an ally. But These abbreviations are getting out of hand and invite rw mockery dsp3000 Oct 2022 #17

So you're an ally.... AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #20

You have proof people are asking to be identified this way? leftstreet Oct 2022 #24

I identify people the way they ask to be identified AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #26

Unless they ask to identified as an ally n/t leftstreet Oct 2022 #28

Actions prove allyship AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #29

+1 nt Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #48

If someone insisted that their identity could only be expressed with a five-minute long ceremony... Silent3 Oct 2022 #73

What person has told you they are LGBTQA... AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #76

Where in my post did I say anything about not respecting any particular person's identity? Silent3 Oct 2022 #80

It's sad that a string of letters is so triggering for you AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #82

Post removed Post removed Oct 2022 #84

self-labeling. Ms. Toad Oct 2022 #45

+1 nt Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #47

The thing is, everyone in such a large grouping is also identifying "other people" muriel_volestrangler Oct 2022 #51

Everyone has some line somewhere XorXor Oct 2022 #118

They invite more than right-wing mockery. David__77 Oct 2022 #33

Bigots don't like it! AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #43

+1 nt Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #52

It's not about appeasing bigots, it's about not giving bigots an opportunity to sound reasonable Silent3 Oct 2022 #78

So LGBT is cumbersome as well? AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #79

It's about at the limit Silent3 Oct 2022 #81

I've spent almost 50 years not having any problem AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #85

Post removed Post removed Oct 2022 #86

And you seem to really enjoy telling people you don't respect their gender identities AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #87

Post removed Post removed Oct 2022 #88

So why do you care then? AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #90

So, maybe try to see that "we gay folk" aren't imposing this. yardwork Oct 2022 #89

This, exactly this. To many who aren't necessarily bigoted but don't pay much attention dsp3000 Oct 2022 #123

its truly gone well past foolish. revert to lgb. everyone knows what it means. bullimiami Oct 2022 #19

Just an FYI AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #23

Yeah that term is no good. David__77 Oct 2022 #31

Just because some a-holes subverted the acronym doesnt turn it into a slur universally. bullimiami Oct 2022 #38

Try telling a trans person you support LGB rights AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #41

+1 nt Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #54

Oh gosh. Add the T oh the Qs are offended add a ... That's how we got to this foolishness. bullimiami Oct 2022 #95

That's nonsense. I've never heard that anybody but bigots are offended. yardwork Oct 2022 #97

LGB does not include trans people. We are not a sexuality. Oneironaut Oct 2022 #105

Leaving T for transgender off an acronym that hast been LGBT for decades is a slur. yardwork Oct 2022 #65

Every few weeks we get a stern post and lock from EarlG AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #77

Reason I stopped posting vercetti2021 Oct 2022 #91

..... Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #100

I'm sorry you feel alienated Dorian Gray Oct 2022 #133

Transphobia Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #99

What's old is hot again vercetti2021 Oct 2022 #114

In the minds of some it does. Behind the Aegis Oct 2022 #69

No Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #50

Lgb is a RW slur obamanut2012 Oct 2022 #59

It certainly is. yardwork Oct 2022 #66

We don't matter vercetti2021 Oct 2022 #93

I love it when "allies" explain over you what your community should call itself. Oneironaut Oct 2022 #106

Yeah vercetti2021 Oct 2022 #113

Your life Dorian Gray Oct 2022 #134

Nice to know I don't matter vercetti2021 Oct 2022 #92

You matter Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #102

I wish I could believe that vercetti2021 Oct 2022 #103

I know Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #110

If I didn't have my girlfriend vercetti2021 Oct 2022 #115

Try not to think this way (not easy), let alone go there!... electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #127

DU doesn't want me vercetti2021 Oct 2022 #130

(Hugs) Oneironaut Oct 2022 #137

I've seen that before vercetti2021 Oct 2022 #141

. Oneironaut Oct 2022 #142

🤔 Living life in ways that are good for you is the intentional, active... electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #147

Do you have access to mental health Dorian Gray Oct 2022 #135

No vercetti2021 Oct 2022 #140

I am sorry you feel like there isn't an option for you Dorian Gray Oct 2022 #143

Thank you vercetti2021 Oct 2022 #144

LGB? Dorian Gray Oct 2022 #132

Trashing the hell out of this thread. Iggo Oct 2022 #22

New word for those who are self-defined as not you sanatanadharma Oct 2022 #30

I prefer "sexual minorities." David__77 Oct 2022 #32

+1 leftstreet Oct 2022 #39

Trans people are not a sexuality. Oneironaut Oct 2022 #107

Sex doesn't just mean sexual activity. David__77 Oct 2022 #119

The poster included "orientation" n/t leftstreet Oct 2022 #129

"Orientation" means sexual orientation to me. Oneironaut Oct 2022 #136

Honest question: Disaffected Oct 2022 #35

I believe it may also refer to "gender queer." David__77 Oct 2022 #36

I thought it meant "questioning" Tommy Carcetti Oct 2022 #40

Many older members of the community find Queer offensive. Ms. Toad Oct 2022 #49

That reappropriation happened long ago Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #53

It means... Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #55

Waiting for the "Why not two Qs then? It's so confusing I don't know what to call people!" AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #56

LOL Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #57

Thanks all for the comments. Disaffected Oct 2022 #63

It was initially Questioning Sympthsical Oct 2022 #72

Thank you for the interesting comments. Disaffected Oct 2022 #96

The younger folk Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #109

This message was self-deleted by its author ismnotwasm Oct 2022 #60

It's cool with me 48656c6c6f20 Oct 2022 #61

People lame54 Oct 2022 #70

It's missing at least another A and a P sir pball Oct 2022 #75

That leaves out Tree-Hugger Oct 2022 #112

Personally, I don't identify anyone as anything. People are just people. Dysfunctional Oct 2022 #94

You're lucky you have the privilege to see things that way. meadowlander Oct 2022 #128

I know people who are of different colors, different religions, different sexual orientations. Dysfunctional Oct 2022 #145

Was this in the context of something Canadian related? XorXor Oct 2022 #116

I looked it up. Oh my. jmowreader Oct 2022 #126

My son is gay Bluesaph Oct 2022 #131

You mean like "Gay"? AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #146

This message was self-deleted by its author Oneironaut Oct 2022 #138

I don't know. egduj Oct 2022 #148