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Title: Dumb question
Post by: Scott Metro on January 03, 2021, 08:39:37 PM
My wife and I were discussing the LGBTQ thing and came to a stalemate. I think the "Q" in LGBTQ stands for queer.
She thinks it must stand for something else because the word queer is offensive to some and political correctness is trying to phase out the word.
So who's right here? Does the "Q" stand for queer?
Does anybody know?
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: BobR on January 03, 2021, 08:46:29 PM
Could be, I guess it depends on which queer you are talking to.

https://gaycenter.org/about/lgbtq/

bob
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: Fly320s on January 03, 2021, 08:46:57 PM
Yes, queer.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: lee n. field on January 03, 2021, 08:50:16 PM
My wife and I were discussing the LGBTQ thing and came to a stalemate. I think the "Q" in LGBTQ stands for queer.
She thinks it must stand for something else because the word queer is offensive to some and political correctness is trying to phase out the word.
So who's right here? Does the "Q" stand for queer?
Does anybody know?

The Q is for queer.

Back when I was young, queer==homosexual.  I've never dug into what they mean by the word now.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: MillCreek on January 03, 2021, 08:58:32 PM
The Q can also stand for questioning: someone questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity.  I knew that HR training would come in handy some day.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: lupinus on January 03, 2021, 09:09:22 PM
Yes, the q is for queer.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: Hawkmoon on January 04, 2021, 12:34:07 AM
The Q can also stand for questioning: someone questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity.  I knew that HR training would come in handy some day.

I don't know what your HR department told you, but the 'Q' in LGBTQ stands for Queer.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: dogmush on January 04, 2021, 04:54:37 AM
Actually his HR (and DOD's for that matter) are up to date.  There is still some pushback from within the LGBTQ community on the use of "Queer" and whether or not it's pejorative. There is a not insignificant group that uses that "Q" as "questioning".

Here is one group that lists both.https://gaycenter.org/about/lgbtq/ If you'd like to go down that search rabbit hole there are a ton of others that either use Questioning, or both.

Much like the actual gender in question, it may depend on who you are talking to what it actually means.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: MechAg94 on January 04, 2021, 09:13:22 AM
I thought it was a cheat code.

L, G, B, T, Q, M, N, O, P, *,*, left, right, left, right, up, down, up down..... 

I can never remember the whole thing.  I forget which game it works on. 
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: Northwoods on January 04, 2021, 02:29:04 PM
LGBTQWTFBBQ
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: HeroHog on January 04, 2021, 02:29:41 PM
Quote from: Louder with Crowder Article?
LGBTQQIP2SAA (and a silent 9) stands for: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, pan-sexual, 2-spirited, asexual, and allies. This is the proper acronym for the queer community.
In his book Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas, Canadian academic Thomas Waugh proposed the form BLLAGTITTISQQ, which would rearrange the letters of the "alphabet soup" into an order that would actually be pronounceable as a word.

Quote from: Who knows where I found this
LGBTQQICAPPF2K: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Curious, Asexual, Agender, Ally, Pansexual, Polysexual, Friends And Family, 2-Spirit, Kink
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: WLJ on January 04, 2021, 02:40:24 PM
A - Ammosexual
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: MechAg94 on January 04, 2021, 03:43:18 PM
A - Ammosexual
I have guns that are biammosexual.  38/357 as well as 44/44Mag.  I just assumed there were different types.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: lupinus on January 04, 2021, 05:35:49 PM
Actually his HR (and DOD's for that matter) are up to date.  There is still some pushback from within the LGBTQ community on the use of "Queer" and whether or not it's pejorative. There is a not insignificant group that uses that "Q" as "questioning".

Here is one group that lists both.https://gaycenter.org/about/lgbtq/ If you'd like to go down that search rabbit hole there are a ton of others that either use Questioning, or both.

Much like the actual gender in question, it may depend on who you are talking to what it actually means.
Interesting. I don't know anyone within the community who refers to the Q as questioning.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: 230RN on January 04, 2021, 05:51:15 PM
I thought it stood for "quotient."

As in who's on top, and who's on bottom.

Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: grampster on January 04, 2021, 05:59:40 PM
Queer is actually a designation used by a subset of homosexuals.  In fact, they even have a TV program on Netflix.  Queer Eye it is called.  Queer is also a word that is OK to use by certain factions of human critters and frowned upon if use by others.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: MillCreek on January 04, 2021, 06:33:16 PM
Interesting. I don't know anyone within the community who refers to the Q as questioning.

My wife and I do, and the term is primarily used by teenagers and young adults, in our experience, who are trying to figure out which road they will be traveling on.  Primarily women, interestingly enough.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: Fly320s on January 04, 2021, 06:40:07 PM
Silly people.  To be all inclusive one must use all of the letters.  Hell, it has already been organized into a well know order.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: Northwoods on January 04, 2021, 06:51:53 PM
QWERTY
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: WLJ on January 04, 2021, 07:49:24 PM
QWERTY

DVORAK
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: Angel Eyes on January 04, 2021, 08:51:42 PM
KLAATU BARADA NIKTO
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: MillCreek on January 04, 2021, 09:35:54 PM
SHAKA, WHEN THE WALLS FELL.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: lupinus on January 04, 2021, 10:44:45 PM
My wife and I do, and the term is primarily used by teenagers and young adults, in our experience, who are trying to figure out which road they will be traveling on.  Primarily women, interestingly enough.
Interesting, I wonder if perhaps it's regional. Here and the online places I haunt I've only ever seen it reference queer.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: Andiron on January 04, 2021, 10:47:39 PM
SHAKA, WHEN THE WALLS FELL.

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: griz on January 04, 2021, 11:42:00 PM
Silly people.  To be all inclusive one must use all of the letters.  Hell, it has already been organized into a well know order.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 

To those who identify as ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLJIHGFEDCBA you are an orderist.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: HeroHog on January 05, 2021, 12:32:22 AM
To those who identify as ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLJIHGFEDCBA you are an orderist.

Or you are doing a roadside sobriety test. =D
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: Hawkmoon on January 05, 2021, 01:11:06 AM
Actually his HR (and DOD's for that matter) are up to date.  There is still some pushback from within the LGBTQ community on the use of "Queer" and whether or not it's pejorative. There is a not insignificant group that uses that "Q" as "questioning".


The fact that this is "pushback" is proof that the 'Q' actually does -- has, historically -- mean "queer." People don't "push back" against things they don't have a problem with. The fact that a small percentage of the LGBTQ is "pushing back" doesn't change the fact that it was the LGBTQ community itself that started calling themselves the "LGBTQ" community.
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: Hawkmoon on January 05, 2021, 01:14:16 AM
KLAATU BARADA NIKTO


Thread win!
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: 230RN on January 06, 2021, 02:13:23 PM
Double posted while editing
Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: K Frame on January 06, 2021, 02:50:07 PM
KLAATU BARADA NIKTO



I SAID THE WORDS!

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Title: Re: Dumb question
Post by: 230RN on January 06, 2021, 03:21:22 PM
"ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLJIHGFEDCBA"

Where's the K?

Can't the K stand for something?

Griz, you trying to hide something?  =D

Reply #24:
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To those who identify as ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLJIHGFEDCBA you are an orderist.

OK, OK, who else besides a born-again proofneaderist would spot that?

Tenny, 230RN