Yeah I think LGBT is valuable as a specific cultural coalition in America that’s become mostly outdated and replaced with queer. Like personally I find it more relevant to just say “yeah I’m a lesbian” or “yeah I’m trans” or occasionally “actually I’m mildly intersex”. The rest of y’all being family is implied.
I do like LGBT for its history and for the fact that it acknowledges we have our own cultures, but it’s not like people get that when they hear it.
That’s the thing, some people intentionally leave letters off to exclude groups
For example the people who use LGB lately who are queer anti-trans folks
This is why I prefer just saying “the Queer community” rather than try to remember the letters. I barely remember shit as is, I won’t be able to remember all the letters.
I assume everything of the form LGBT[any other characters] is the same, LGB being a special exception because I know they did that for a reason. I do like queer as a community label though, it feels like a fuzzier term which reflects the fuzzy nature of community.
Sex, gender, sexuality, etc are all on a spectrum and trying to fit anyone into any specific category without overlap just ain’t gonna happen so using Queer is more inclusive IMO
Not much skin in the game as a straight male but I like queer. It sounds fun and fuzzie. I am Native, Tsimshian, and the 2A thing is new to me. From the outside, all the different tribes culture get lumped into an amalgimation. I’m progressive, and like to consider myself an ally, but it’s a little hard to keep up with the alphabet and now math symbols.
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