What do you think of when you hear LGBTQ+?

Oh I so agree with this. Last year my organisation had a navel gazing piece on our intranet from some woman who identified as bisexual. On and on she went about how she’d come out at work and so had her ‘boyfriend’ and they were so happy to ‘be themselves’ at work. All the time I’m thinking why do I need to know what your sexual preferences are? Why do I need to know that Janet from accounts likes to have sex with men and women as long as I get paid on time. Maybe the next intranet piece could be about someone with a foot fetish 😂

Then after reading all that I remembered that my adult son had said he was ‘bi’ a few years ago. No fanfare, no drama, no navel gazing. I’m sure he hasn’t written a piece on it his intranet at work. He just gets on with it and I don’t care if he brings a male or female home.

I roll my eyes and assume it’s all about the TQ and is probably misogynistic and homophobic.

@purpledaze24 can you give examples of the important role trans people played in obtaining rights for same sex attracted people?

I see lgb as a statement of fact and heave a sigh of relief, when it comes with the extended alphabet I'm braced for political rhetoric and naval gazing.

Im a lesbian. I went to the brighton pride parade this year and found that it was very trans heavy, completely took over. I dont usually go to prides as dont feel represented anymore. But my new girlfriend is newly out and embracing the rainbows

As little as possible but I cant keep up with the letter variations land wonder what letter or symbols will they want to add next

I always assumed + was because they were yet to invent some more alphabet groups.

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Honestly? The “+” kind of annoys me. It makes me think, anyone can make anything up to identify as, then claim discrimination. I don’t get how the “Q” is different to some of the other letters either. It wouldn’t stop me supporting Pride values though.

Oh goodness. "blue haired" again. 🙄

If I see “LGB” by itself, I think of the original lesbian, gay and bi causes.

As soon as they add TQA+++ etc, I think of all the painful, blue-haired, often straight-but-special brigade who erase women’s rights and completely dominate the space. The focus on them completely obliterates the visibility and needs of any LGB element.

I don’t think only of trans people when I see the full acronym. But as a “B” I don’t engage at all in the LGBTQ+ community because I just don’t see myself belonging, fitting in or represented there.

I also agree with the comment above that the group should be separate - the struggle in life based on which gender you are sexually attracted to is so very different from the struggle in life of what gender you are yourself. Why lump them together?

I always wonder whether they are referring to LGB, or all the rest of the alphabet which gets tagged on.

I think of the whole community, including trans.

Really bored of rainbow propaganda. Forced inclusiveness of people who want nothing to do with the unbalanced ideology. A kind of fascism and definitely thought police.

I just sign and wonder why other people's bedroom gender preferences are my concern/problem and being shoved in my face. Absolutely support the rights of all sexualities etc but definitely not sure what it has to do in the workplace where all this should be left at the door (along with pronouns).

I tend to think anyone that isn't straight. Personally I don't tend to use that term as I can never keep up with all the letters and it's easy to say something wrong and get it in the neck.

Honestly, I think why are the LGB community not more pissed off at the rest jumping on the bandwagon and tagging their letters onto LGB. LGB describes someone's sexuality, the rest is just nonsense and nothing to do with sexuality.

Same here. I don't give any more emphasis to one part as opposed to another.

I think ‘boring’ - bored of hearing about it, to be honest.

I would also refuse to wear any kind of badge and I would refuse any pronoun changes on emails/letters.

And no, I don’t hate anyone or have a phobia of anyone that is in that group. As long as people are good human beings, that’s all that matters to me.

The TQIA takeover has been so successful I don’t think you can say ‘LGB’ anymore, though I make a point of doing so!

I associate LGBTQIA+ with primarily the erasure of women’s rights but also the increasing risks to hard won gay equality.

I also haven’t swallowed the Koolaid of ‘trans having played an important role in the LGBT struggle historically’. They didn’t. Transvestites and drag queens maybe. But none of those men in female clothing believed a) they had actually changed sex, and b) that that entitled them to violate female spaces. The TRA overreach stands to do harm to gay people, as the lesbians warned when T force-teamed with LGB, and Stonewall became exclusively a trans ‘rights’ organisation.

I politely decline rainbow lanyards because I think LGB have achieved what they set out to do, as I believe do many gay people. The only difference between them and me is what they do in the bedroom, and that doesn’t need celebrating, as such.

also, and not many people notice when i'm speaking, i just say LGB and if anyone says "you forgot the TQ+" i say "no, i didn't" or "oh, you know it's what i grew up with"

depending on audience

I’m old and I can’t bear the use of ‘Queer’, it’s deeply insulting.

It makes me sick. I hate it.

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