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[–]crodish 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I used to think the Q stood for Questioning; somehow or other Queer became the word instead. Not offended by it myself but I can see how it would be an issue. This flips flops all the time imho, there was a time when gay, faggot, dyke, and homo were slurs as well, but now half the time I see them being used self mockingly ie "yeah i'm a big ole faggot and proud of it", "big dyke vibes", and all that shit.

The entire community is just exhausting to be around.

[–]les4leshomonormative 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It did used to stand for Questioning once, like how A used to be for Ally. Both ways that closeted people could participate in the community without having to out themselves, now taken over by hetties who want to feel speshul