X/Twitter user matt (@mattxiv) writes:

"straight people will be like there's so many letters in LGBTQ i can't keep track [laughing emojis] and then name their kid bryghtnleigh [B-R-Y-G-H-T-N-L-E-I-G-H]"
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[–] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If "queer" is an umbrella term then why wouldn't the whole community just be referred to as such?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Similarly, I'm not 100% sure about this but afaik the + got commonly added before the IA, and I really dislike adding anything specific after a generalized "everyone who feels part of it" because doing that delegitimizes that the + actually means everyone. Though it also does suck if people feel excluded otherwise.

    I've seen queer used to refer to the whole community though, but I think LGBT(+whichever addendums) has just been around for so long it's most people's goto, plus "queer" used to be a slur.

    In my head it's just "people not conforming to the majority group for sex or gender related reasons" and then I write whatever my brain decides is the term in that moment. Usually LGBTQ+.

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