Do you have a problem with the word "twink"?

[jeugd1]

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[carazon]

I'm weird. I don't have a problem with the word Queer or people identifying as such, but I'd definitely have a problem if someone called me Queer or identified me as it.

[tankmachine]

i only really use queer in the academic sense as an umbrella term for lgbtq people but i feel awk saying irl

[addicteddisplay]

same.

[swissbeauty23]

I actually really like "queer" but only because I identify that way and it feels more comfortable to use it as a blanket term in a group of fellow LGBT people, as opposed to LBGTQIA+. I like that the word has been reclaimed.

Straight people using it? ehh....

[stuffedpanda]

I've seen people use the word here before and people get offended and claim that they don't like that they're all grouped under an umbrella.

[judgmental]

people in here or tumblr hate that "queer" gets used as an umbrella term but irl i know plenty of people who like to use it for themselves

[dremilymouse]

Same I just feel like queer is our word and I don't feel comfortable when I hear straight people use it. I especially don't like when straight people identity me as queer, given the history of what that word was used for before.

[imnotasquirrel]

I have no problem w/ people who choose to identify as queer and I'll happily use that label for them if that's what they want. I just have an issue with people using it as a catch-all or assuming that all LGBTQ people are automatically queer and don't understand why people would have an issue with it. People are living under a rock in not realizing its roots as a slur or the fact that in a lot of places it still IS used as a slur.

[cutepatronus]

I usually identify as queer (I'm ace/bi) but if someone else calls me queer, I feel really uncomfortable with it (and obviously moreso if they're cishet).

[fimh]

what is ace

[queenhinata]

ace = asexual

[la_petite_singe]

For me it's all about tone; I'm fine identifying as such and I tend to use it in a general sense for others (though mostly referring to fiction, not real individuals), but I've definitely had it used against me in a pejorative sense and it's such a huge difference. It's hard to explain, but somehow context and tone can just make it feel like such a slap in the face. idk.

[by_venoms_sting]

Idk I'm comfortable with it yet I dislike it at same time. I have mixed feelings about it.

Lol I feel queerly about "queer".

The only thing I'm solid in my opinion that I don't like straight people using it.

[pa0r_ple]

I feel the same way. Idk why.