Hello!
I am new here, and new to the LGBT community in general. Around 6-7 weeks ago I realized I was trans(htf do you make it to 30 and not realize?)
In talking to my therapist, they said they(belonging to the community themselves) like to use queer as shorthand since it includes everyone and isn’t an unending acronym that is constantly getting new letters. I also like that and would use it, but being new, I’m not sure how others who’ve been here longer feel.
Are they equivalent?
I don’t like how the acronym keeps changing and accidentally leaving out a letter could be taken as an intentional slight.
i never say lgbt, it feels heavy, especially with the full lgbtqia (I already don’t know what can come after)
i use gay for any kind of not straight sexuality, and queer to me also includes trans stuff, ace, aro…
we’re not cis and or straight, we’re queer