[ SECRET POST #2957 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2957 ⌋

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Comments

Asking for Confirmation

[(Anonymous)]

I often worry that we're too one-sided in our analysis of things and take too much on faith.

So can someone who is not committed to being opposed to SJWs confirm that this is a thing that actually happens frequently and that people think of it as counting as LBGT? Are we misinterpreting this in any way?

Re: Asking for Confirmation

[(Anonymous)]

Queerplatonic is a thing that happens frequently

I don't think people count it as LGBT though. But adding queer in it if it's not going to count as LGBT is weird to begin with imo

Re: Asking for Confirmation

[(Anonymous)]

The people who count it as LGBT are the ones who want it to be so they can call themselves queer.

Re: Asking for Confirmation

[dreemyweird]

In my experience, it usually doesn't get explicitly linked to LGBT+, and I suppose that if asked, most people who use the term "queerplatonic" would deny its connection to the LGBT+ community. However, I also think that the addition of the "queer" prefix is in itself offensive and inappropriate. There're no "buts" about it. "Queer" has always been a term pertaining to sexualities. (well, it was a slur at first, but still). It should NOT be used to describe platonic relationships of any sort. The LGBT+ folk have enough problems of their own without having to explain why it is that "queerplatonic" actually has nothing to do with queerness.

Re: Asking for Confirmation

[(Anonymous)]

"Queer" has always been a term pertaining to sexualities. (well, it was a slur at first, but still). It should NOT be used to describe platonic relationships of any sort.

Thank you, this is correct.

Re: Asking for Confirmation

[diet_poison]

ITA.

That's why it didn't make any sense to me, AND it's not appropriate to use a term that a marginalized group has had to work hard to reclaim when it doesn't apply to you.

Re: Asking for Confirmation

[(Anonymous)]

It's a thing that happens with some frequency amongst adolescents on Tumblr who are desperate to grab some queer cred, because being asexual or heterosexual doesn't get them a seat at what they consider the cool kids' table.

It pretty much doesn't happen anywhere else.