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> The number of letters keeps increasing Indeed, I now hear acquaintances on the right referring to them derisively as the 'alphabet mafia.' I wonder if maybe

> The number of letters keeps increasing Indeed, I now hear acquaintances on the right referring to them derisively as the 'alphabet mafia.' I wonder if maybe it's gotten meaningless when there are so many letters. Sometimes I see "+" used instead, after the first few letters. In that case, do the members of the groups that come after feel marginalized compared to the big ones that make up the first few letters? And what about the people who self-identify as one of the groups but don't want to advertise it as their defining characteristic? What do they do? That's a hard one, I think there are quite a lot of people that are in that situation. I suppose the holy grail will be if/when we just decide that such labels don't matter.

Shared404 4y ago
For me, it's nice to see the full acronym in places where it makes sense or are already LGBTQ focused. Outside of those spaces, I generally prefer LGBTQ or LGBTQ+ for that reason. That holy grail would be nice to reach some day. For those looking on and saying "well, you're doing it to yourselves": The answer is that currently we _have_ to do it because any many parts of the USA/world people who fall under that umbrella aren't able to live in a way that brings them joy. As such, they need a banner to organize under and belong with. Once that need passes eventually so will the labels.
ColonelPhantom 4y ago
> Indeed, I now hear acquaintances on the right referring to them derisively as the 'alphabet mafia.' I wonder if maybe it's gotten meaningless when there are so many letters. Is Christianity also meaningless then? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denomination...