DiscussionHow do you personally go about "Dropping the T" this month?

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[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 9 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

Moments ago I was just referred to as an “LGBTQ person” in the singular at work. 🤮 So I’m apparently doing a pretty fucking bad job at it.

[–]BEB 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I'm older, of an era and place in which lesbians often proudly called themselves "dykes." If I were you, I would respond very sweetly, "I'm not an LGBTQ person, I'm a DYKE."

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I’ve unfortunately come to have distaste for “reclaiming” the word. It’s usually used as a slur against more masculine lesbians, which I am not. My girlfriend doesn’t like the word because it has been used against her a lot in her life including within the last year, whereas it really doesn’t get wielded against me. And for people who call themselves that proudly, I’ve come to associate it with MtFs and political lesbians (basically, non-lesbians).

[–]BEB 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's too bad that the word is a slur now / cannibalized by trans-identified males. Dyke is such an effective, strong word. The womyn I knew back then were all about being dykes, or rather, DYKES, whether they were femme or butch or...

It's just so friggin' sad that society is going backwards in regards to gay rights and gay PRIDE, not the F-ing freak show/Alphabet Soup parades that pass for "PRIDE" now, but lesbians proudly proclaiming and celebrating their homosexuality.