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[–]reluctant_commenter 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I dunno about other people, but where I live, I have heard someone who is herself lesbian suggest to me that we shouldn't be using that word. The lesbians are still there, although in low numbers; just, many may feel bad about calling themselves that.

[–]julesburm1891 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

...what did she suggest calling ourselves instead?

[–]reluctant_commenter 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

She calls herself gay usually. Which is not wrong if you take gay = homosexual I guess, but at least where I am at, many people treat "gay" as a continuum, they say "a little bit gay" or bisexual people will be like "oh yeah I'm so gay" even though they are bi. Not trying to bash bisexuals, though! It seems like gay erasure and bi erasure...