thoughts on the q word
having a really hard time here lately with the word queer. i know that it upsets a lot of people for very valid reasons and that for a lot of people it’s still a slur but..... it’s how i identify. it feels so much more right than “bi” or even “pan” and it took me so much time to feel confident enough to finally identify as queer and it felt so so good to start identifying as that and saying it and claiming that word. so to feel like i now shouldn’t be saying it is.. tough
thoughts on the q word
@pbandkate yes this is how I feel too...
thoughts on the q word
@_Crescensia_
@pbandkate
Identify as queer. Seize it, don't give it back to our oppressors.
thoughts on the q word
@danishcookies @_Crescensia_ but like it’s not oppressors who are saying not to use it... like it’s other lgbt folks who’ve had it used as a slur against them and who seeing it might be triggering for and i really don’t want to do that ya know? idk i just feel really stuck with it lately
thoughts on the q word
@pbandkate
@_Crescensia_
I've seen them, I've fought them and I confirm you that they are all of the time gatekeepers. They would often mock MOGAI identities and aspec people. They are against microlabelling and self identification of individuals in the queer community and often unconsciously bring out the same rhetoric as TERF and truscum/transmed.
thoughts on the q word
@pbandkate @_Crescensia_
Beware any time anyone say "queer is a slur"