GSM vs. LGBT

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I prefer HSPA+ over GSM.


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Wouldn't the S in GSM already cover asexuality? It is, after all, a sexual identity or orientation (being "none, thank you"), which makes them a sexual minority. Kinda like how atheism may not be a religion but it is a religious persuasion or opinion...as in, "an opinion on the topic of religion".
Yeah, asexual is still of or related to sexuality. Like atheism is technically a theistic position. The thing rejected or lacking is an operative part of the term and fundamental to understanding what it means.
 
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"Queer" has kinda one problem, though. As a straight cis male who likes to think of himself as an ally, I can't - or at least really shouldn't - use that word to describe non-straight people, because coming from someone like me it IS still a slur. Like how white people shouldn't ever be calling black people the n-word, even when "joking" with black friends who say they're okay with it. Same concept. So "the Q-word" is fine for people it describes to use for themselves, but people like me still need a term we can use when talking with and about them.
Hence the need to reclaim it.
 

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Wouldn't the S in GSM already cover asexuality? It is, after all, a sexual identity or orientation (being "none, thank you"), which makes them a sexual minority. Kinda like how atheism may not be a religion but it is a religious persuasion or opinion...as in, "an opinion on the topic of religion".
Ah, sorry, missed your's before. Yes, it is an orientation, but unlike the other two it is much more meaningless unless you define your romantic orientation as well (which is usually the same as your sexual orientation for those options). Fox example, I am an asexual but am also panromantic.
 

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Is it possible to reclaim it for the purposes of a group identifier? The n word has been someone reclaimed but it will never be used in the way you are suggesting queer would be.
The n word is a bad example. Think of oh, yankee, it is hard to think of anyone using it as a slur today. Well, there are some places that I am sure do but you would not find anyone north of the mason dixon line anywhere near them.
 

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I still think queer has such a charged history as a slur, often associated with violence against the recipients of the slur. I don't see how it can be reclaimed and used as a general term the way lgbt is.
 

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You are seeing a lot of people using it lately though ... and not just rebels against everything.
 

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The n word is a bad example. Think of oh, yankee, it is hard to think of anyone using it as a slur today. Well, there are some places that I am sure do but you would not find anyone north of the mason dixon line anywhere near them.
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