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[–] 7 points 1 year ago

but I think it’s an easy way for LGBT+ folk to not ‘out’ themselves when talking to inconsequential people.

This is why conservatives hate the more general use of "partner." It became a way to out gay people because it became a common coded term to not out themselves.

Using the term to not out yourself was a way to out yourself that is being unwound by common usage of "partner" by everyone.

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