The āSave the Children Convoyā is struggling as organizers accuse one another of being āundercover copsā or planning āviolenceā and āterrorismā
The āSave the Children Convoyā is struggling as organizers accuse one another of being āundercover copsā or planning āviolenceā and āterrorismā
Had to google it. Evidently, 2-spirits, (native American tradition of non-binary.) The ever-lengthening acronym keeps growingā¦
Sexuality is complicated, so apparently is making an acronym that includes everything thatās not cis-straight lol
I thought everything else was supposed to be covered under the āQ,ā but I guess itās important to some groups that they have their own letter. So, that makes the long-form 2SLGBTQIA+ now? Ugh, that does not roll off the tongue.
I feel like the sooner society accepts that sexuality is complex the less letters will need to be added so people feel like theyāre represented. Iām all for inclusion but Iād rather see a world where 2slgbtq+ is irrelevant and people are just free to be who they want to be, whatever letter that is
Pretty much. At this stage, I donāt want anyone to feel left out, but after a certain point, trying to define more points on the spectrum of human gender expression and sexuality gets into diminishing returns. Even with the traditional colours of the rainbow, where does blue end and indigo begin? The labels exist to make it easier for people to talk about things and describe the world around us. Unless there is some specific nuance someone is trying to capture, LGBTQ+ should get the point across with the Q and the +. Technically, I think you could get the point across in most use cases with something more succinct than that, but that seems to be what has been established.
Still, I can totally get that someone can feel left out being lumped into the +, so individual use will and should vary. I still rail against the inefficiencies of common language though. The concept is simple, people who arenāt in the big main hetero & cis sections of the spectrum.
This is what Iām hoping for in my lifetime. Itās hard to explain but I want healthy sexuality to be so mainstream, and so socially acceptable that itās boring. That it doesnāt need to be the focal point of a show or a movie or a book or whatever. That people can just be people and we donāt need token characters at all. I want it to be so normal that itās boring.
Amen, when one day sexual preferences are as political as ice cream preferences we will have reached equality.
Q is queer or questioning, depending on who you ask. Everyone not in the listed letters is covered under the +.
You know, Iāve always wondered if thereās any animosity from the other groups since they get two letters but everyone else only gets oneā¦