Well, people! We finally did it. Come 2019, same-sex couples can officially get married in Austria As part of the LGBTQIA+ community, I’m absolutely over the moon that someone tapped this country on the shoulder and reminded it that we do, in fact, live in the 21st century.
With that said, if there are any (ace) lesbians over here in Austria,,, hmu
@Krickis
Because of this, snails are actually able to impregnate themselves if they can’t find a mate. It’s not desirable, obviously, since they don’t get new genetic material, but they can do it.
Also, ‘Hermaphrodite’ was actually an Ancient Greek deity, originally; the son of Hermes and Aphrodite. A nymph fell in love with him, and they fused together into a being that was both male and female. I know this isn’t exactly relevant to the conversation, and it doesn’t make ‘hermaphrodite’ an acceptable word for use outside of scientific terminology, but I thought it was a fairly interesting bit of terminology.
Ah cool, I wasn’t aware of that distinction. Thanks, that’s good to know ^^ And yeah, it’s used in scientific settings for other species, which is fine (especially in light of this distinction) but not something to call a person.
Not to mention the term hermaphordite is scientifically inaccurate too. Hermaphordite animals like snails have both genitals and can actually use them. With intersex people, their genitals are not like that at all.
It doesn’t seem to be used as a slur when used for non-humans. But when used for humans, yeah, I have to agree that I’ve seen people use it pretty negatively.
@Krickis
Pretty much. Shame GRSM never really caught on.
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no problem
we don’t bite surprisingly even though people seem to think we do
we like informing ^^;
i usually just say lgbt myself since it’s easier
or lgbt+ if i have to :p
It’s completely fine to ask questions, and I’m earnestly happy to answer them, but we’re really not making things up ^^’ Genderqueer is a term for someone who doesn’t feel like their gender fits into societal norms. I don’t feel like either a man or a woman, essentially.
Cis is the opposite of trans in Latin, so when people realized they needed a way to say “not trans” they just used the opposite root word.
I question when you’ve ever heard hermaphrodite not being used as a slur ^^’ It’s used as an insult regularly, so people find it insulting. Same with retard. If a word is constantly and almost exclusively used as an insult, people will be insulted when called it.
lol, i think im just going to stick to only LGBT. I’m actually quite conservative myself. Im told among my gay friends that im a minority when it comes to political preference among the lgbt community.
Yeah, I usually just say queer for that reason lol, but it can be hard to get taken seriously among more conservative people when using the word queer ^^’ I’d love it if GRSM (gender, romantic, and sexual minorities) caught on since that’s an acronym that includes everything and won’t ever need to grow, but even most queer people aren’t on board with the acronym change and trying to convince people to learn new terms can be a challenge ^^’ For better or worse, it seems LGBTQ+ is here to stay.
@Krickis
No offense but cisgender just sounds stupid. And now you raised another question for me. What is genderqueer? I swear you guys are making stuff up. Forgive me for me asking all about this but I dont spent much time on the internet except for browsing this site and a few others. Hell, I dont even have social media.
Ah, so intersex is just the pc term for hermaphrodite? How is that word insulting? It’s the correct term and not a slur? I swear kids these days are very thin skinned. It’s like I was talking to my sister the other day and she told me I can’t even say mentality retarded because it’s not pc? It’s the proper term and using it in the correct content is not pc nowadays. When did this all change?
Trans isn’t a sexual preference either but the T remains in the group.
Cisgender is anyone who identifies with the sex they’re born with (so someone who was born male identifying as male), which is most people. Queer describes people like me, as I’m genderqueer which doesn’t fit into any of the other labels. Intersex isn’t a sexual preference, it refers to people who have physical traits of both sexes (“hermaphrodite” is the more well known term, but pretty insulting)
A person who was born as the gender they identify as. So basically, their genitals match the gender they identify as. For example, when I was born, I was marked as female. I do not have disphoria, am not trans, and don’t want to be called he or gender neutral. Therefore, I’m cisgendered (and so are a majority of other people).
True, some intersex people do not want to be included. But those people don’t speak for all intersex people since there are others that are okay with being grouped there.
@Krickis
Exactly. That’s why some people just use the word Queer. It’s an umbrella term that fits anyone that’s not straight or cis. There have been attempts for other more simple/welcoming acyronyms but they haven’t really caught on.
that’s because it’s not
ok so what the hell is a cisgendered?
intersex people have said many times they don’t feel they should be inherently included just for being intersex
and yeah you’re right i guess
@mav
Asexual is included for being a minority sexual orientation. It’s easier to support and spread understanding of stuff like asexuality by including it in the LGBTQ umbrella, and honestly, it’s not like there are hard rules on what gets included or like including aces is harmful to anyone. And yeah, LGBT is kinda a bad acronym for focusing on listing what’s included without bothering to try and affirm why things are included).
@mav
@ghostking
Asexuality is included because they still face descrimination from some people. Not to the extent as some gay and trans people do, but it still happens. It, the I, and the Q are also included because these people aren’t straight and/or cisgendered. Simple as that really.
yeah i agree with you completely abt ace. its an okay term but its not rlly lgbt
and intersex is basically any biological sex inbetween the two recognized ones. i don’t know why people bring it into lgbt when intersex people constantly say they don’t want to be included unless they’re actually lgbt