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[–]SailorMoon2020 1 insightful - 4 fun1 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

As I said then and I'll say now just because homosexual women didn't steal the word, it doesn't give us the right to claim it as ours. But again, no one wants to talk about that.

I also disagree with people not being able to stopped saying lesbians if we choose to not use it.

Numerous racial and ethic groups constantly change what they want to be called throughout the decades and generation, and the public abides. Even trans people got people to change the way they're addressed and have succeeded. In fact, almost everyone in the queer community but homosexual women are demanding how people interact with them, what people call them, and are winning.

The above you gave is no excuse and just makes it seem as if we're weak.

[–]Jillyjanejan 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Ok. So how come the Lesbians/Lesbosians haven't been able to claim Lesbian back if it's so easy to just choose what people are called? They must be weak. Oh well. That's their fault for being weak and not fighting hard enough then, right?

Also, thanks to straight people (the majority), homosexual women and men are called queer by the public now whether we like it or not (and research shows that most of us don't). We (the minority) don't have as much say in these matters as you think.

[–]ColoredTwice 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Word "queer" is still used as a slur where I live against gay men, so when people want to troll or attack LGB person they can say "LGBTQueer community" and it can be already insulting.

It is mostly heterosexual men who are deciding how everyone is called in LGBT+, not LGB themselves.

[–]Jillyjanejan 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It is mostly heterosexual men who are deciding how everyone is called in LGBT+

we can't give them all the credit. Heterosexual women also love to call lesbians and gays "queer". They love calling themselves queer too. So many straight women calling themselves queer that I just translate it automatically to "straight" in my mind now.