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For classification purposes, queer is accurate. It’s so we can avoid a thousand-letter acronym.
by gurumeditations 7y ago
For classification purposes, queer is accurate. It’s so we can avoid a thousand-letter acronym.
- vsef 7y agoThere are two different usages here: queer as umbrella term inclusive of LGBT etc, and queer as a specific identity. The usage as identity of its own is intentionally ambiguous/expansive but frequently implies some form of gender fluidity. The term can also ambiguously imply a particular political stance with regard to the role of gender in society, or more strongly a particular leftist philosophy. I am gay man, I do not identify as queer, I think that is pretty common. I'm fine mostly with the umbrella term, but also don't identify with enough parts of that politics that I wouldn't use the term myself ever. The original commenter is right that the apps don't necessarily seem welcoming to the specifically queer identified.