▲ 1271 ▼ Friendly Reminder (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 1 year ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 100 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] yucandu@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (4 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago Or queer. Or the archaic gender neutral 'gay'¹ ¹but not the modern more masculine gendered 'gay' permalink fedilink source parent [–] spinne@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago Fair request, duly noted. Thank you for the info permalink fedilink source parent [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago That's a reasonable request. In all honesty I will probably stick with the notation i've already been using the last several decades. Same Sex Attraction/-ed/&c. is also theoretically a respectable and scientific term, but i've been around too many people who use it as a slur so i'm not sold on adopting scientific nomenclature for colloquial use. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone -4 points 1 year ago Wouldn't gender minorities include men? Women is the majority gender. I think you need a term that excludes cis men and women. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago Or queer. Or the archaic gender neutral 'gay'¹ ¹but not the modern more masculine gendered 'gay' permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spinne@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago Fair request, duly noted. Thank you for the info permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago That's a reasonable request. In all honesty I will probably stick with the notation i've already been using the last several decades. Same Sex Attraction/-ed/&c. is also theoretically a respectable and scientific term, but i've been around too many people who use it as a slur so i'm not sold on adopting scientific nomenclature for colloquial use. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone -4 points 1 year ago Wouldn't gender minorities include men? Women is the majority gender. I think you need a term that excludes cis men and women. permalink fedilink source parent