“queer” is such a useless term. if i tell someone im bisexual, they know i am attracted to men and women. if a man tells me he is gay, i know he is a man exclusively attracted to other men. if someone tells me they are queer, it tells me nothing about them. it doesnt tell me who they attracted to. it tells me nothing about that person.
It tells me they’re trying to be a extra lil bitch and that I shouldn’t be friends with them
No, you probably shouldn’t, for their sake.
yall realise thats exactly the point, right
queer covers everyone who is noncis or nonstraight
it covers the identities you want to erase or disallow from the community
it doesn’t immediately tell you private information about someone’s sexuality or gender that you aren’t entitled to
and the person in question may not even know themselves, but queer is what they know they can always use if they’re not sure except they know theyre definitely not cis/straight
you hate it because it’s too inclusive and too broad. It’s supposed to be inclusive and broad. If someone tells you they’re queer then all you need to know is that they are in some way not cis or straight and other than that it aint your business. If being told someone’s identity is none of your business pisses you off, thats a you problem
this is why i use the term “queer” to describe myself in front of others outside of my friend circle. I don’t want to go through the trouble of explaining pansexuality or my nonbinary gender identity to people–especially to people who can’t grasp the concept of either one.
how am i supposed to know this person can accept my gender identity/sexuality without grilling me with unwanted questions? (AKA: “Why don’t you just say you’re bi?” or worse, “Isn’t nonbinary just one of those fake gender identities that special snowflakes like to have
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it’s just easier to say, “i’m queer.” and move on tbh.
“it tells me nothing about that person” yeah as if knowing their orientation does? its an orientation, not a fucking character quirk: if someone tells you they’re gay/bi/ace/pan etc, you still won’t know who they are as a person. or are you just as obsessed as those overly-religious fucks about who they have sex with?
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