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141. I've seen that before

Reply to Oneironaut (Reply #137)

Mon Oct 3, 2022, 09:21 AM

Oct 2022

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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