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Is queer an equivalent substitute for lgbtq(...)+? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 year ago by Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org
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Hello!

I am new here, and new to the LGBT community in general. Around 6-7 weeks ago I realized I was trans(htf do you make it to 30 and not realize?)

In talking to my therapist, they said they(belonging to the community themselves) like to use queer as shorthand since it includes everyone and isn't an unending acronym that is constantly getting new letters. I also like that and would use it, but being new, I'm not sure how others who've been here longer feel.

Are they equivalent?

I don't like how the acronym keeps changing and accidentally leaving out a letter could be taken as an intentional slight.

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[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Ally, not queer myself but I am continually disappointed "Gender, Sexual, and Romantic Minorities" (GSRM) has not caught on.

I think it

  • gets right to the heart of the issue

  • already communicates intersectionality

  • doesn't require new letters to keep being added

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago

I don't like being defined as inherently a minority, which means I'll never use that term to self describe

[–] kittykabal@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i think the issue with this is that it doesn't carry the broadness of 'queer.' it lists gender, sexuality, romantic minorities... and nothing else. there are things typically thought of as 'queer' that are not strictly one of those three things.

[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

I definitely think queer is the only choice for a single broad word meant to convey EVERYTHING, and it's pretty much what we already all use when we don't want to say deep breath LGBTQIA+

[–] Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

I like it too, but I'm already seeing GSM & GSRM in this thread so, maybe we haven't got all the letters on this one yet either 😂

But yeah it seems better in a lot of ways. Thanks ally!