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[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

It feels to me that at some point, we will just need to do away with all categories. At what point does it stop being useful to keep putting labels on points on a possibly infinite spectrum?

Would it be better to just push for acceptance in all forms? Forget the labels and just be yourself and accept others for who they are? (Barring, of course, people who are evil or criminal, etc)

My personal experience has been one of:i am unsure of my sexuality and unsure of my gender. Eventually, i decided that I wouldn't focus on what gender or sexuality i am since i dont fit into the main categories. i will just be my own category and enjoy my life the way i want to live it.

I know who i am, and i know what i am. I dont need a label to feel secure about that.

Man was enough, and straight was enough to make things easier for me and others. even though i am not quite man and not quite straight. I fit nicely into neither category, but both are close enough that i am content to just say that rather than have to explain myself to everyone i meet.

Anyone who knows me or gets to know me will know who and what i am eventually.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

People use labels to get information quickly as a form of vetting.

"You're not... a republican, are you?"

"Oh, hell no!"

"Oh good!"

Now they can let their guard down and be friends. Without labels, determining they are talking to a decent person takes much longer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

You make some good points, and even though the labels man and straight work for me, I have likewise been focusing more and more on the whole "know thyself and live life the way that really works for you" thing and loving it.

But back to my quip: You make some good points. I can foresee how much my dumb angry conservative relatives would hate it! No labels? No categories? Next you're going to tell me that humans don't naturally need strict hierarchy in their society to survive!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Really digging deep into the tickle trunk to find something to hate straight people for...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

One can point out hypocrisy in another without hating them

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Just not this one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It doesn't take much digging.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

To find an excuse to hate people? Must be pretty deep already to have abandoned reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Straight people. You conveniently dropped that descriptor 🤡

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

You feel its okay to hate straight people?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can't even read this name…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Holy shit… Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

The humour in this to not include 2S+ is the best part

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Breh, what kid? I just discovered some people make half my rent and live a more meaningfull life.

Btw we live in small appartment, not some luxurious private island you'd expect for that kind of money.

Fuck this economy xD

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

To be honest, I think we should just switch to using "queer" at this point. The Q covers everything. In fact we could just use the letter Q and be like on star trek.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It still makes me uncomfortable as an old fart Gen Xer from back when it was almost exclusively used as a slur, but I recognize it's been reclaimed. It's just a hard association to break.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just use LGBT+ since it was LGBT for a long time (it was GLBT but the Ls earned their place at the front during the AIDS crisis) then it became LGBTQ, then a bunch of other letters were added while the community was recognizing is profound variety before it turned into LGBTQ+

Q+ has a nice ring to it, but since I'm an unusual form of NB, I fit squarely into the catch-all variety of Q.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I automatically say LGBTQ if I'm not just specifying which one I'm talking about. I guess that's what got codified in my head before the plus become commonplace.

I always thought I was regular ol' cis until recently, but when I thought about it I realized I didn't really care about my gender identity and just used he/him because it's what I was born as and didn't have any problem with it. Apagender, I've seen it called. I've seen some are also fine with it/its, but I find those dehumanizing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Five letters is fine, but I'm not subscribed to the new's letter for knowing what all the add-ons to it mean. It never changes anything for me to know anyway. Just treat people with dignity. "Queer" should be fine at this point for casual use.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

In my daily dealings with fellow queers™, I find most people say "LGBT" in casual speech instead of other variations of the acronym, occasionally adding the "Q", but I've never heard somebody casually drop a "LGBTQIA+." I think we all know that LGBT is inclusive; that, or there's a silent ellipsis at the end.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yeah, I mean, we do that officially but not in conversation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Amazon prime video uses it in Canada, as a genre.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

yes that's nice I'm sure amazon must be a very progressive company

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I think part of it is that a lot of straight people who are allies but not as familiar with the queer community feel strange about using the word queer, thinking that it's a reclaimed slur that they wouldn't be allowed to say if they aren't themselves queer. They don't realize that the queer community has collectively decided that no "pass" is needed for the word queer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I actually love when a new overspelled name comes out. It gives me more fuel for when I screw up peoples names from the short form. Jessleigh, Jessifer, Jessbinder, Jessolomew, etc.

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