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[โ€“] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll never understand how Q made it into the official lexicon and F was suddenly too horrendous to speak. My gay friends called themselves F's. I called them F's. But queer was insulting, off the table.

Queer smells of it's original meaning, there's something off about you, something wrong with you.

[โ€“] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it makes me feel othered and stigmatised. I know that some LGBT+ people identify with that term and they can do what they like, but for me it still feels exclusionary and judgemental.