TheSMMG Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Spotted this in a BBC Newsbeat piece about transgender terms an embedded video "What LGBTQQIAAP Means". Great to see that one "A" stands for Asexual! http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35378275/transgender-terminology-10-phrases-you-need-to-know Link to post Share on other sites
Elluna Hellen Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I'm aromantic and I find this offensive! xD Link to post Share on other sites
Evren Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I think each of the letters stands for multiple things, which is why I don't understand when people use ones with the same letter multiple times. It's like a book character, you can interpret them however you want to, but someone else's interpretation isn't necessarily invalid because your's is different. It is cool though that they referenced asexuality, :) Link to post Share on other sites
Elluna Hellen Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I think each of the letters stands for multiple things, which is why I don't understand when people use ones with the same letter multiple times. It's like a book character, you can interpret them however you want to, but someone else's interpretation isn't necessarily invalid because your's is different. It is cool though that they referenced asexuality, :) All "this is offensive" joking aside, I don't really get that either. It doesn't have to stand for just one thing... Link to post Share on other sites
TheSMMG Posted February 1, 2016 Author Share Posted February 1, 2016 My take on the "A" for "Asexual" is that it covers the whole spectrum of our community, from aromantics to greys. Link to post Share on other sites
warrigan Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 are there actually people who are offended by people not including aromantic in the a? not that it's unreasonable to want aro visibility, but i'm aro and i don't expect people to include aromanticism in their queer visibility efforts. we're a rather niche identity, after all. :P edit: the main video is also worth watching! :) Link to post Share on other sites
Elluna Hellen Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 are there actually people who are offended by people not including aromantic in the a? not that it's unreasonable to want aro visibility, but i'm aro and i don't expect people to include aromanticism in their queer visibility efforts. we're a rather niche identity, after all. :P edit: the main video is also worth watching! :) Yeah, there are probably people who really are offended by it. I was obviously fake-offended xD. I think the A can just stand for ace, aro, some other identities starting with A, *and* possibly allies. why not? Link to post Share on other sites
TheSMMG Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 The other "A" in this case does, indeed, stand for "Allies" and I think they deserve to be included. I have a number of heterosexual friends who fall into this category and one of them was even part of our walking group in Pride London in 2013 (he loved the experience). Link to post Share on other sites
Evren Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 The other "A" in this case does, indeed, stand for "Allies" and I think they deserve to be included. I have a number of heterosexual friends who fall into this category and one of them was even part of our walking group in Pride London in 2013 (he loved the experience). It doesn't bug me to have them there, they can face a lot of discrimation just because they support us. Link to post Share on other sites
TheSMMG Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 The other "A" in this case does, indeed, stand for "Allies" and I think they deserve to be included. I have a number of heterosexual friends who fall into this category and one of them was even part of our walking group in Pride London in 2013 (he loved the experience). It doesn't bug me to have them there, they can face a lot of discrimation just because they support us. Indeed and the more we outnumber the narrow-minded and ignorant, the better. Link to post Share on other sites
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