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roniliquidity

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Jun 21, 2011 12:01

I like to comment more than I post. When things are going really well, I'm too busy to post, when things are going moderately poorly, I don'T really want to talk about it, and in between I feel guilty for being inconsistent ( Read more... )

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anivair June 21 2011, 18:03:24 UTC

And now a request: today I made an offhand comment about GLBTQ as an acronym. I said i thought the Q was pretty unimportant, especially since it seems that most organizations can't even agree on whether it stands for Queer or Questioning.

Someone emailed me and said it was really hurtful. I'm not sure I see why. I explained my side to her, but I'd like to hear you explain why it was hurtful. You are really much better at seeing the downside of most of my opinions than i am and if it's a legit argument, then i'd like to be able to apologize (but the person that wrote me was not, IMO, very good at explaining herself).

roniliquidity June 21 2011, 19:01:45 UTC

I'm not sure if I should feel flattered or apologize ( ... )

anivair June 22 2011, 02:18:01 UTC

I'd be down with that. I guess it was that jumble that was my problem. I feel like every time we add a letter we just make the whole cause seem less serious, not more inclusive.

spideyj June 25 2011, 23:23:06 UTC

For myself, I would like to see it included more for the following reasons:

Bisexual is a term that can be applied to me and I have used (and sometimes still do, for convenience sake), but I feel uncomfortable with the binariness of it.

Pansexual is an alternative term but I feel uncomfortable with that one as well, because I don't feel sexual towards everyone (which is what I feel like it implies), I just don't feel like my attractions are confined to binaries.

My sexual identity is more than my sexual orientation. I have traits that are considered feminine and some that are considered masculine and some that are considered neither. While this is true for everyone, I believe, I feel that my transgressing gender norms is very much a lifestyle/orientation sort of thing for me. But it's not all about who I'm attracted to - it's also about how I see myself - femme, butch, etc

Queer feels more comfortable to me than either bisexual or pansexual because it encompasses not only my sexual orientation but my gender identity as well, and as ( ... )