Is LGBTQ+ too inclusive??

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[goatkiller]

As an asexual, I tend to use “queer”, because I don’t want to deal with having to educate random strangers on what asexuality is. It’s obscure enough that many people don’t know, or don’t believe.

[MainlyHuman]

As a straight-cis-white man I have also found that there is no single correct way to refer to people. There is, however a sure-fire way to find out. ASK THEM!

[chickenwarriorr]

By denying new ideas of identity we become the very thing we swore to destroy

[messinalyle]

As an asexual person, thank you for holding plenty of space for our little corner of the queer community.

[soraslayer]

Lavender linguistics sound like an excellent scent profile. As an ace with an appreciation for all genders and sexes, this is delightful.

[sarlottkirjailija]

My mother uses the Word "Regenbogen Gemeinde" vor LGBTQIA+. It means "Rainbow Community". She uses this term because she can´t remember the Term LGTBQIA+. She is not part of the Community but I am. I like the term "Rainbow Community", because in it, it has the color that LGBTQIA+ brings in the society.
My mother refers with that Term to the Rainbow Flag. And all the other flags are colorful too, expacialy if seen all together.
I´am from Germany by the way.

[Kasatrea]

I'm a Norwegian bisexual lady (now maybe adopting the term "ambisextrous" after watching this video), and "queer" or an umbrella term for LGBT+ people in general is "skeiv" (there are LGBT+ organizations with "skeiv" in their name"). It directly translates to "crooked", which I think is cute because in English, "straight" means hetero, so you get straight and crooked.

[ronjaj.addams-ramstedt]

Being dyslexic, QUILTBAG is the only acronym I can manage to spell correctly most of the time, so QUILTBAG+ it is for me.

[jennifers]

Very good informational video!
My group of friends just say “family” to describe anyone in our community. “Did you meet Joanie? She’s family.”

[TheMonotonePuppet]

It is deeply heartwarming to find out the reason why L comes first, because I have always been confused since the L was a later invention. I never knew about the 'blood sisters' groups and damn it really brings a tear to my eyes. I cannot believe I never knew this, and it honestly hurts that this has never been covered in the books on LGBT+ I have read.

[footymadjen]

I'm just learning that I'm asexual. I'm 42 and until your videos I always thought there was something wrong with me. Thanks Jessica for helping me and others understand that we are just a different type of normal

[moonsnakesheddingskin]

The part about so many events being centered around alcohol is a big part of why my "If I ever become rich" dream is opening a queer space that's alcohol free! A place with books, coffee, tea, food, & comfy spaces to sit & perch. 😊

[AmericanBaker]

As an ally turned asexual I can confirm that many allies can discover later in life that they are also LGBTQ+. Thanks for this great history lesson.

[lisam]

My sister spent the vast majority of her life hiding who she really was as a lesbian because of fear. I hated that she felt like this for so long. I will support anyone on their journey and if using a different word or pronoun helps you to fully feel who you really are...baby I'm there for you. To the haters...go pound sand. You're not needed.

[BlindZubat]

I still struggle with the term queer. I grew up with my grandmother using it. It was never used as a slur towards gay people. It was used as "Isn't that strange" or "Isn't that odd". She would say things like "It was raining like cats and dogs one minute. They next there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Isn't that queer." I see how that easily was turned into a slur against gay people, it still feels seriously odd to me. My brain never makes that connection when I hear it. That's absolutely a me thing though.

[goatkiller]

Asexuality as a group was mentioned back during the Kinsey studies. That gave us the 1-6 Kinsey Scale thingy. Kinsey had another category called “X” for us. They didn’t use the term, but he acknowledged our existence in the 60s.

[yusaki]

I am a trans woman. I am also asexual and homoromantic.

But because homoromantic asexual is a bit of a mouthful. When asked to describe that part of my identity I use the useful portmanteau of Gayce. Combining the words Gay and Ace.

I think this combining of words is useful for those of us with slightly more obscure sexual and romantic orientations. Although I do feel for the panromantic asexuals. Their portmanteau is simply Pance.

[canteventhough]

"Alphabet mafia" is one of my favorites, and it makes me feel safer.

[annikan]

I like the concept of QUILTBAG but it makes me think of insults like d**chebag, dirtbag, and gasbag. I do like the idea of an acronym we can make into a word!

[isabelleclark]

In my country, NZ, we often refer to the LGBTQIA+ community as the rainbow community. I quite like this as a work around but it doesn’t work so well for individual identity - I don’t think anyone is referring to themselves as “rainbow” lol. We also have a word in te reo Māori (our indigenous language), takatāpui, which is sometimes used to refer to the community as a whole and other times reserved for members of the indigenous group who identify in that way. I think it’ll be interesting to see how the ‘languaging’ of this changes over the next few years!