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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Don't Call Me Queer - The LGB and TQ+ Must Split Campaign

116 replies

IwantToRetire · 22/07/2026 17:57

We have long argued that lesbians, gay men and bisexual people have little in common with those who identify as TQ+.

We believe that the forced teaming of same-sex attracted and TQ+ people, through the use of the aggregate term LGBTQ+ suggests, wrongly, that these distinct groups have common objectives. We don’t, and this umbrella term serves both groups badly.

The Government has abandoned its use of the aggregate term BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) and we call on them to do the same with LGBTQ+.

Same-sex attracted people must have specific representation.

More https://lgballiance.org.uk/dont-call-me-queer/

Don’t Call Me Queer - LGB Alliance UK

https://lgballiance.org.uk/dont-call-me-queer

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ElenOfTheWays · 22/07/2026 22:07

Waheymum · 22/07/2026 21:01

The fact that he's married to a woman doesn't change his sexuality from pansexual to heterosexual.

No. I see that him being bi doesn't change if he's in a straight relationship. I didn't express myself very well in that regard.

NotBadConsidering · 22/07/2026 22:11

Pansexual is a great example. It’s just a “queering” of bisexual to make people think there’s something more special because of the gender nonsense. Pansexual just means you’re bisexual but want to make yourself agreeable to TRAs.

Whisperingwaters · 22/07/2026 22:13

EmpressaurusKitty · 22/07/2026 19:57

Being LGB is about which biological sex you’re attracted to, regardless of whether someone identifies as a gender.

Being T is about what gender you identify as, which is very likely different from your sex.

Two completely different concepts.

If you want to be an ally to LGB people, don’t derail the thread with a load of talk about cisgender & pansexuality.

Really?
So when gay people are no longer of an age or disposition to be interested in sexual acts what's the 'attraction' to same sex partnering?

Are all same sex partnerships sexual ones?

AnonyMumAuDHD · 22/07/2026 22:14

BonfireLady · 22/07/2026 20:25

What's particularly great about this campaign is that everyone who wants to "identify" as queer, asexual (or not, if that doesn't feel right) etc can continue to do so. All of that fits really well in the TQ+

I'm straight but I fully support LGB people making a line in the sand. Sexual orientation/attraction is totally different from gender identity. They are two totally different concepts, as has been said above.

If they get muddled up as concepts, someone's sexual orientation can end up being altered by someone else.

For example, I am a woman and I am married to a man. Neither my husband or I have ever had same-sex relationships. If I identify as a man (which is only possible in the TQ+ world) and we stay married, my husband has now become gay or queer (in the TQ+ world). My actions have changed his sexual orientation, in TQ+ terms. Sex, sexual orientation and gender identity have all become an interchangable muddle.

In the LGB world, even if I do identify as a man this hasn't changed my sex. Which means I'm still in a heterosexual relationship.

I'm very happy for TQ+ people to enjoy and celebrate the muddle that results from not worrying about the difference between sex, sexual orientation and the idea that everyone has a gender identity, as long as they aren't impacting anyone who doesn't consent to it. For example, males identifying into lesbianism and expecting lesbian* women to be OK with that is as much a no as males identifying into women's sports and expecting the same accommodation.

*There is no such thing as a lesbian who is attracted to males.

I read the other day that there is a new TQ+ category - secret non-monogamy. So if anyone who is ‘cis het’ has ever been unfaithful to their partner, they can now call themselves queer too.

Lovely.

AnonyMumAuDHD · 22/07/2026 22:14

Sorry - meant to tag @BonfireLady not re-quote! 🤦🏽‍♀️

Waitingfordoggo · 22/07/2026 22:28

Whisperingwaters · 22/07/2026 22:13

Really?
So when gay people are no longer of an age or disposition to be interested in sexual acts what's the 'attraction' to same sex partnering?

Are all same sex partnerships sexual ones?

Eh? Exactly the same applies to straight people, doesn’t it? Having a particular sexuality doesn’t mean you will always want sex, or will have regular sex throughout your whole life. Sometimes people have illnesses or injuries that make sex impossible. Sometimes people just aren’t very interested when they get older. They still have a sexuality though, don’t they? Surely you’re not saying that a person has to be engaged in an active sex life to have a sexuality?

Whisperingwaters · 22/07/2026 22:37

Waitingfordoggo · 22/07/2026 22:28

Eh? Exactly the same applies to straight people, doesn’t it? Having a particular sexuality doesn’t mean you will always want sex, or will have regular sex throughout your whole life. Sometimes people have illnesses or injuries that make sex impossible. Sometimes people just aren’t very interested when they get older. They still have a sexuality though, don’t they? Surely you’re not saying that a person has to be engaged in an active sex life to have a sexuality?

So if you've got a person who is no longer interested in sex but wants a same sex relationship what exactly are they 'attracted' to in the person of the same sex?

Personally, even when I'm past sex, I know I won't be suddenly attracted to women as romantic partners. For me there's something more than private bits that is attractive about men & women. It's not just their bodies that separate them so I can appreciate trans gayness.

ElenOfTheWays · 22/07/2026 22:37

Whisperingwaters · 22/07/2026 22:13

Really?
So when gay people are no longer of an age or disposition to be interested in sexual acts what's the 'attraction' to same sex partnering?

Are all same sex partnerships sexual ones?

That's up there as one of the dumbest things I've ever read.

Whisperingwaters · 22/07/2026 22:38

ElenOfTheWays · 22/07/2026 22:37

That's up there as one of the dumbest things I've ever read.

Please explain.

BonfireLady · 22/07/2026 22:46

Whisperingwaters · 22/07/2026 22:37

So if you've got a person who is no longer interested in sex but wants a same sex relationship what exactly are they 'attracted' to in the person of the same sex?

Personally, even when I'm past sex, I know I won't be suddenly attracted to women as romantic partners. For me there's something more than private bits that is attractive about men & women. It's not just their bodies that separate them so I can appreciate trans gayness.

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Please could you explain what you mean by "trans gayness"?

WerewolfOfLoudon · 22/07/2026 22:46

Whisperingwaters · 22/07/2026 22:37

So if you've got a person who is no longer interested in sex but wants a same sex relationship what exactly are they 'attracted' to in the person of the same sex?

Personally, even when I'm past sex, I know I won't be suddenly attracted to women as romantic partners. For me there's something more than private bits that is attractive about men & women. It's not just their bodies that separate them so I can appreciate trans gayness.

Edited

Why are you so sure you wouldn't want a relationship with a woman if you are no longer interested in sex? There's your answer to why a guy man will still want a male partner or a lesbian will still want a female one.

Trans gayness is heterosexuality.

Waitingfordoggo · 22/07/2026 22:50

Whisperingwaters · 22/07/2026 22:37

So if you've got a person who is no longer interested in sex but wants a same sex relationship what exactly are they 'attracted' to in the person of the same sex?

Personally, even when I'm past sex, I know I won't be suddenly attracted to women as romantic partners. For me there's something more than private bits that is attractive about men & women. It's not just their bodies that separate them so I can appreciate trans gayness.

Edited

Well I really don’t know, because I don’t know why someone who is not interested in sex would be seeking any sort of romantic relationship.

If I wasn’t interested in sex at all, I would have some nice friendships but why would I seek a partner? Sorry, I don’t really understand this question at all!

Losing interest in sex while already in a relationship is different- I would probably stay in the relationship provided both parties were happy.

Whisperingwaters · 22/07/2026 22:51

BonfireLady · 22/07/2026 22:46

Please could you explain what you mean by "trans gayness"?

Well, for example, a lot of females are only sexually attracted to very masculine males & males feminine females. So their sexual attraction entails more than biological parts as in gender. By this logic trans people are same 'gender' attracted.

BonfireLady · 22/07/2026 22:58

Whisperingwaters · 22/07/2026 22:51

Well, for example, a lot of females are only sexually attracted to very masculine males & males feminine females. So their sexual attraction entails more than biological parts as in gender. By this logic trans people are same 'gender' attracted.

Edited

Ah, OK. Heterosexuality.

I've never heard it put like that before.

Yes, some heterosexual people are only attracted to the hyper-stereotypes of the opposite sex. That's true.

If that's "trans gayness" in the TQ+ world, it certainly backs up the idea that the separation of LGB from TQ+ is mutually beneficial. That way, all the trans gay people can carry on being heterosexual and the gay people can carry on being homosexual.

Whisperingwaters · 22/07/2026 23:13

BonfireLady · 22/07/2026 22:58

Ah, OK. Heterosexuality.

I've never heard it put like that before.

Yes, some heterosexual people are only attracted to the hyper-stereotypes of the opposite sex. That's true.

If that's "trans gayness" in the TQ+ world, it certainly backs up the idea that the separation of LGB from TQ+ is mutually beneficial. That way, all the trans gay people can carry on being heterosexual and the gay people can carry on being homosexual.

This doesn't answer the question of what exactly is the attraction when sex isn't part of the equation though does it?

And btw are you implying male violence is a 'stereotype' too? You can't have it both ways by saying behaviours are only culturally enforced when convenient. 'Stereotype' is defined as a social expectation where as 'typical' behaviours are the product of both biological, environmental & evolutionary influences.

If that's "trans gayness" in the TQ+ world, it certainly backs up the idea that the separation of LGB from TQ+ is mutually beneficial. That way, all the trans gay people can carry on being heterosexual and the gay people can carry on being homosexual.

The 'same' attraction isn't purely biological is the point you are missing.

But in saying all that my view is trans rights are gay rights in terms of facing the same societal barriers to rights & dignity because of their identities.

IwantToRetire · 23/07/2026 01:08

I cant believe that some of these posts are anything but a wind up.

And if they are not why would someone come to discuss their confusion about being sexual on FWR. I am sure MN has some sort of Dear Agony Aunt.

I dont what is worse that is it done deliberately to make so many threads on FWR off topic, or that so many of us are willing to take on these little more than tourists thinking how quaint everyone is!

Confused
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IwantToRetire · 23/07/2026 01:12

AimsAndObjectives · 22/07/2026 21:50

Just want to flag up that the LGB Alliance link in the OP is 2 years old. Not that it makes it any less valid as a campaign. LGB ✂T

Sadly even important campaigns dont get won in a few months.

They seem to be trying to get more people to share information.

And of course they are right.

We are still living in a world where Stonewall and the Rainbow umbrella is trying to represent a reality that in facts discriminates against L&G people.

I think they have campaign material if you follow the link.

Assuming all posts on this thread are genuine, it would seem now as much as 2 years ago we are still being made to take up our time explaining how sex based rights are being trampled on.

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nutmeg7 · 23/07/2026 04:01

Whisperingwaters · 22/07/2026 22:37

So if you've got a person who is no longer interested in sex but wants a same sex relationship what exactly are they 'attracted' to in the person of the same sex?

Personally, even when I'm past sex, I know I won't be suddenly attracted to women as romantic partners. For me there's something more than private bits that is attractive about men & women. It's not just their bodies that separate them so I can appreciate trans gayness.

Edited

It is almost as if you are saying that what makes someone male or female is their whole body and not just their genitals.

Which I would agree with.

Surgically messing with genitals and breasts doesn’t change a person’s sex

TransParentlyAnnoyed · 23/07/2026 06:37

IwantToRetire · 22/07/2026 17:57

We have long argued that lesbians, gay men and bisexual people have little in common with those who identify as TQ+.

We believe that the forced teaming of same-sex attracted and TQ+ people, through the use of the aggregate term LGBTQ+ suggests, wrongly, that these distinct groups have common objectives. We don’t, and this umbrella term serves both groups badly.

The Government has abandoned its use of the aggregate term BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) and we call on them to do the same with LGBTQ+.

Same-sex attracted people must have specific representation.

More https://lgballiance.org.uk/dont-call-me-queer/

Yeah that was hilarious

  • contact your own members
  • screen out those who don't hate trans people with an introductory question
  • ask the remainder your questions
  • publish the results 😁

What's next? Surveying your mum to ask what percentage of her likes breathing?

Anyone taken in by this nonsense is...well, probably here, ranting all day about trans people.

TransParentlyAnnoyed · 23/07/2026 06:41

Just to reiterate: they only surveyed their own members.

And even then, they screened out those who might not be rabidly transphobic.

They didn't ask anyone else.

So extrapolating anything from that (and ignoring that the vast majority of gay people know transphobia is just recycled homophobia) is nothing but wishful thinking.

Tragic af honestly 😁

Retiredfromthere · 23/07/2026 06:49

@SadTimesNewRoman
I am a straight man, I am only attracted to women - but I don't particularly care about their gender so I'm apparently pan.

So only attracted to biological women? No transwomen in your dating pool but could be attracted to the right (for you) transman or non-binary woman is that correct? Is that what you mean? (Makes sense to me).

Whisperingwaters · 23/07/2026 06:52

IwantToRetire · 23/07/2026 01:08

I cant believe that some of these posts are anything but a wind up.

And if they are not why would someone come to discuss their confusion about being sexual on FWR. I am sure MN has some sort of Dear Agony Aunt.

I dont what is worse that is it done deliberately to make so many threads on FWR off topic, or that so many of us are willing to take on these little more than tourists thinking how quaint everyone is!

Confused

"off topic" = arguments that I don't agree with.

How is it off topic to offer an argument as to why the lgb & tq shouldn't be split?

You act as if you are confused as to the association of TQ &LGB but that's because at the heart of the gender critical position is an inability to accept gender as a naturally occurring consequence of nature/ nurture & evolutionary pressures.

Asserting gender as only a culturally imposed expectation where all scientific evidence points otherwise is what's called cognitive dissonance in action….hence your discomfort & defensiveness evidenced in waving any contrary evidence as irrelevant.

CurlewKate · 23/07/2026 07:24

Personally, I find it as difficult to say the word “queer” as I do to say the word “ni**er”. It is inextricably linked in my head with the word “bashing” and reminds me of the days when gay people were at genuine risk from thugs with baseball bats and “pretty police” and nail bombs.

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 23/07/2026 07:25

Asserting gender as only a culturally imposed expectation where all scientific evidence points otherwise is what's called cognitive dissonance in action….hence your discomfort & defensiveness evidenced in waving any contrary evidence as irrelevant.

What scientific evidence is there for 'gender'?

Fancy words can't hide the fact that everything you say is wrong, it's disinformation and at this point outright lies.

Science deals with facts not made up stupidity, there is no science to back up Gender Idiocy, only activists report masquerading as scientific studies. Humans are not Clown fish.

Gender Studies = claptrap, thanks why it's in the humanities, if it were proper knowledge it would be part of science, which is the only reliable way with have to develop an understanding of the world around us.

Dragonasaurus · 23/07/2026 07:39

Whisperingwaters · 23/07/2026 06:52

"off topic" = arguments that I don't agree with.

How is it off topic to offer an argument as to why the lgb & tq shouldn't be split?

You act as if you are confused as to the association of TQ &LGB but that's because at the heart of the gender critical position is an inability to accept gender as a naturally occurring consequence of nature/ nurture & evolutionary pressures.

Asserting gender as only a culturally imposed expectation where all scientific evidence points otherwise is what's called cognitive dissonance in action….hence your discomfort & defensiveness evidenced in waving any contrary evidence as irrelevant.

Asserting gender as only a culturally imposed expectation where all scientific evidence points otherwise is what's called cognitive dissonance in action….hence your discomfort & defensiveness evidenced in waving any contrary evidence as irrelevant.

Please link the scientific evidence - I know a few *scientists have tried to produce something meaningful in this space, but as far as I’m aware, no actual evidence has emerged

.* I don’t consider researchers investigating with n=1 to be qualified as scientists