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[–]hufflepuff-poet 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This has nothing to do with "Queer theory" and everything to do with basic social interaction and respecting boundaries others set.

So am I a disrespectful bigot if I don't bow my head in prayer if the person I'm eating lunch with bows their head and prays? Even though I don't believe in their (or any) gods? I don't believe in gender, but I'm expected to say a pronoun prayer whenever a gender believer bows their head and prays-- "I use xe/xer/xem, what are your pronouns?"--and if I refuse, I risk social ostracization, up to job loss depending on the situation. That's not respect, that's submission.