It’s also a little out-dated, I think, but it’s the umbrella term I’m most comfortable with, at least currently. I’m fond of it.
lgbt is four letters….the extra letters people add makes it more confusing
LGBT excludes members of our community both visually and through implication, which can shut them (us) out of conversations where they have every right to be, and makes it easier to say that those same members of our community don’t belong in spaces where they also have every right to be.
We’re never going to have an acronym that covers every possible label. The closest we’ve ever come is “queer.” But that doesn’t work for everyone, and so we quest on, boats beat back ceaselessly by the tide, seeking something that works.
Hey Gandalf you know a heads-up might have been nice? Even just a “It might be nothing, but I have a bad feeling so be on alert just in case" would have been helpful…
Getting older and then looking at all these teenagers who have to save the world…..why did I ever think that was acceptable……..they’re so young….let Katniss sleep…….let Harry Potter have a normal school year……..Aang is literally 12, I’m twice his age and incapable of 1 percent of his plot duties, these poor children, these poor acne encrusted puberty enduring babies
what you said was very sweet and means a lot to me but i am incapable of properly responding in any way besides “thank you so much aaaah” because i do not know how to accurately express the exact level of my gratitude to where you completely understand how much what you said meant to me without me getting even more emotional and looking like a fucking nerd: an autobiography
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