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

The idea of transgenderism didn't even exist until the 90s, and it certainly wasn't part of the LGB movement. The 'T' never stood for transgender.

[–]JulienMayfair 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I went to a highly-ranked university in the 1980s, and I never even heard the concept of being transgender mentioned once. And I had some bleeding-heart lefty friends.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They were called transsexuals or transvestites then. And if there was a Q included, it meant Questioning. Even if reclaimed, the idea of having 'Queer' as a separate letter nested inside the 'Queer' acronym makes no sense at all. But then again, these are the people who created 'Latinx'.