There are a few variants that add or replace various letters; sometimes it’s a personal preference, sometimes it’s an age thing, sometimes it’s a deliberate exclusion.
The generally accepted ‘catch-all’ is LGBTQIA+, but ultimately it comes down to the individual. One person can never speak for such a broad community.
Whether you consider queer a slur or not is also a personal matter. Anecdotally, I see a lot of people happy to use it to self-identify, but it does have a hurtful history that others can’t separate it from.
I personally greatly prefer queer. It seems to have gained a lot of traction in the past decade or so and it’s much more succinct than continually adding letters and thus syllables.
The exact chosen letters in the article are likely from the name of the organization mentioned, International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, which started as ILGA and added letters later.
Ah, that’s why we’re called TERF island.
Could someone educate me, is the LGBTI+ for ‘intersex’? A typo? Because ‘Queer’ is an old, and I suppose current, slur?
Yes, I is intersex.
There are a few variants that add or replace various letters; sometimes it’s a personal preference, sometimes it’s an age thing, sometimes it’s a deliberate exclusion.
The generally accepted ‘catch-all’ is LGBTQIA+, but ultimately it comes down to the individual. One person can never speak for such a broad community.
Whether you consider queer a slur or not is also a personal matter. Anecdotally, I see a lot of people happy to use it to self-identify, but it does have a hurtful history that others can’t separate it from.
I personally greatly prefer queer. It seems to have gained a lot of traction in the past decade or so and it’s much more succinct than continually adding letters and thus syllables.
The exact chosen letters in the article are likely from the name of the organization mentioned, International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, which started as ILGA and added letters later.