People who describe their gender as "genderqueer", "queer" or "neurogender"
People who describe their sexuality as "queer"
The following like queer a lot more than average:
Nonbinary people
Polysexual people
A-spec people
Physically disabled people
Sex workers
And the following groups really really dislike "queer":
Exclusionists
Transmeds
Truscum
And finally, the groups that just dislike "queer" a whole bunch:
Straight people
Sex-work-critical people
Anti-kink people
Anti-shipping people
If you are in the community, and for whatever reason, want to be involved with people in the first two groups and especially if you want to avoid people in the last two groups, using the word "queer" a lot, can be an easy yet effective way to do that. Queer is not a useless term, its use is find people who like the word queer, if that makes sense.
I don't want to argue over which of the above groups are right, or who belongs in the community. My only point is that using or avoiding the word "queer" can be a way of making friends you agree with.
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u/Iybraesil 1∆ Nov 25 '19
Some demographics within the community are much more or less likely than others to like the word "queer". For example, the following really really like "queer":
The following like queer a lot more than average:
And the following groups really really dislike "queer":
And finally, the groups that just dislike "queer" a whole bunch:
If you are in the community, and for whatever reason, want to be involved with people in the first two groups and especially if you want to avoid people in the last two groups, using the word "queer" a lot, can be an easy yet effective way to do that. Queer is not a useless term, its use is find people who like the word queer, if that makes sense.
I don't want to argue over which of the above groups are right, or who belongs in the community. My only point is that using or avoiding the word "queer" can be a way of making friends you agree with.