John Wiswell"Queer" is a great alternative to LGBT+. It's quicker to say. It doesn't relegate any identity to the other side of the plus sign. It invites all queer folks to be equal. It's cool being queer.
Devin Pike :bona fide:@Wiswell I’ve been wondering when this would be an accepted option. The alphabet soup of “non-cishet” is now two-thirds of the alphabet.
enmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉@DevinPike @Wiswell why is it that NCIS never seems to address non-CIS issues in their story lines. What gives?
Bad jokes aside, does anyone see the irony of trying to impose categorical labels on a group of individuals and finding every one of them has different feelings on what that label should be, if anything?
The broader and more inclusionary you make that label the more you will find not wanting to be part of such a generalization / smorgasbord of terms.
Which leads you into the non-CIS-heterosexual trap where you are defining a class by what they aren't.
As a member of the a-theist minority I loathe being defined by what I am not, especially when that thing is something I find irrational and quite often reprehensible.
I wonder if asexual people have similar feelings? Being "not something" leaves out the whole part that's me - what I am.
For now I'll treet queer as a term I'll only use if someone asks me to.
@enmodo @Wiswell ...which is the right path for anyone. How someone identifies is their own truth. Period. No negotiation required. And, if/when I misidentify someone, all they have to do is tell me once. I know the majority of the world don't quite get that, and I have (wistful) hope that changes across generations.