You are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. That’s it. Aces aren’t LGBT.
I mean for one your forgetting a bit of that. Like the Q+.
Mod Bethany
The full acronym is LGBT.
I love me some ahistorical bullshit
The “full” acronym at one point was “GL”, after lesbians fought against male homosexuality being the “face” of the movement (i.e., the Alliance for Gay Artists (AGA), founded in 1982, was renamed the Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Artists shortly thereafter; and the Gay Activists Alliance never included “Lesbian” in their title).
The “full” acronym at another point was “LGB”, only after bisexual activists campaigned fiercely to be included, and is often still not even included in acronyms
The “full” acronym at yet another point was “LGBT”, only after trans activists campaigned fiercely to be included
Queer was added to the acronym after it was reclaimed and re-politicized by ACT UP off-shoot Queer Nation in the early 1990s. LGBTQ has been a thing since the 90s.
ONE Archives, which is the largest repository of LGBTQIA+ materials in the world and was founded by some of the principle members of the early (1950s-60s) homophile movement, which led to the gay rights movement post-Stonewall, uses the full acronym LGBTQ on their website and also freely uses the word “Queer” interchangeably.
As of 2014, NOW (National Organization for Women) agreed to switch to use of the full LGBTQIA acronym, and it likely isn’t the only large social rights organization to have done so
Many LGBTQ+ magazines use LGBTQ, including One (which has existed in some form since the 1950s) and The Advocate, use LGBTQ or LGBTQIA as the full acronym and regularly use “queer” as a phrase (and, in fact, some articles have welcomed asexual people and their narratives as part of the queer experience).
The acronym is constantly evolving. It’s not static. To claim otherwise is blatant ignorance. The modern-day LGBTQ+ community is a result of decades of political activism, social inclusion, and community outreach. It’s not a rigid structure that operates by a strict set of rules about who can and cannot join.
The full acronym is LGBT. Cishets don’t belong in the community. Aces aren’t inherently lgbt. We don’t want our oppressors in our community.
“we don’t want our oppressors in our community”
as if trans people don’t already have to deal with their oppressors (cis people) being in their community
as if LGBTQIA+ people of color don’t have to deal with LGBTQIA+ white people in the community
as if LBTQIA+ women don’t have to deal with GBTQIA+ men in the community
as if disabled LGBTQIA+ people don’t have to deal with able-bodied LGBTQIA+ people in the community
the LGBTQIA+ community is huge and consists of people with multiply-overlapping identities and privileges. we all (unless you’re a cis, able-bodied, wealthy, white gay man) have to deal with a member of our oppressing class in the LGBTQIA+ community
ETA: “Straightness” is a position of power. Ace people, even if they are in heterosexual relationships, do not necessarily perform “straightness” in ways that are acceptable to the Straight class.
Reblogging because osirisjones is completely hitting the nail on the head.
ho-oh keeps his shit ass gerbil children (entei, raikou, suicune) in line, unlike lugia, who can’t control his fucking nightmare spawn, moltres, articuno, and zapdos
Compare that to Arceus who had to banish one of their spawn into it’s own damn pocket dimension that doesn’t comply with the physics of the world Arceus created.
new dad tier system
good tier/ho-oh: lets you have your space, gave you structure and life skills so that you could be a successful adult
mid tier/lugia: means well but no one was given any emotional skills and thus no one understands conflict resolution
shit tier/arceus: locks you out of the house for embarrassing them in public
Bad tier/Regigigas: locks you up in your room with an annoying puzzle lock and no food, then leaves the country and falls asleep where no one can find him.
i think regigigas is somehow below shit tier
authoritative tier/rayquaza: lets you do you for the most part. but heaven help you if you start shit, especially if you and your sibling start squabbling
hey mario! careful with that hammer, you might hurt someone!
Oh no! I’m a-losing my gri-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ip!
Once again, you are put through my trials. Once again, you fail my test. You do not atone for your sins, and are therefore cursed to suffer agony in an endless loop. Until you learn. Until your greed is no longer. Die, Mario. Experience the torment you have brought upon me for centuries.
Sasuke scoffed and glared at the girl standing before him. “Sharpay Evans. I know you were the one who ordered my older brother to destroy my clan. For that, you shall die!” He roared, closing his eyes and activating his Sharingan. ” I WILL AVENGE MY FAMILY!”
“I’d love to see you try, sasuke”
“You can’t lay a finger on me, not with that horrendous top.”
That was it. The final straw. This boy had insulted Sharpay’s fashion sense and that was a fatal move.