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Canada warns LGBT travellers of US risks (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think even the LGBT+ community gets annoyed with it. It's the media that seems to want to keep adding letters to this ever-growing acronym.

In my opinion, it just makes the whole thing seem more like a joke to the people who want to find reasons to dislike the movement.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

People who are homophobic or transphobic don't care what terminology we use. We could literally only use the word "gay" and they would absolutely continue to hate us.

Also, the use of progressive terminology originates within the queer community. 2SLGBTQ as an acronym began being used specifically to acknowledge two spirit people, who have faced a great amount of racism and queerphobia even from within the queer community. This term was neither invented by the media nor popularized by it.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Except you attack everyone the same, so fuck off.

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

Which is apparently working, looking at the upset boomers in comment chains like this one.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Gay people talk shit about it 24/7, it's becoming a fucking joke of a name.