What does LGBTQIA2S+ mean?
LGTBQIA2S+ is an acronym for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Two-Spirit, and the countless affirmative ways in which people choose to self-identify.
#Pride #QueerSafeSpace
@DubleveWands in respect of truth & rec, more peeps are changing the acronym slightly to 2slgbtq+. is that not happening in ON? it's certainly something we're adopting in the west.
@singlemaltgirl I do wonder if that isn’t the way it will go in the end since 2S predates colonial culture by thousands of years. It hasn’t quite caught on in my city yet. I live in Kitchener. One of the most racist cities. The Proud Boys were born here. I think from here on out, I will write it as 2S first.
@DubleveWands omg. i live in alberta. white supremacy central. sigh.
but yes, it changed particularly when all those horrific graves of residential school sites became known & that 1st truth & rec day on sept 30 - it was just adopted. but i don't know by who exactly. i just know that the local pride communities were pushing it & we adopted it quickly. i thought it was national but maybe not?
@singlemaltgirl I’m also aware of a growing LGB grifter crowd who are anti-Transgender, so basically TERFs. They’re trying to gatekeep the homosexual and bisexual community from “outsiders”. They’re exclusionary not only to Trans but leather fetishists and the BDSM groups. They’re super critical and Conservative. The groups they’re trying to exclude supported Gay rights from the very beginning of the Pride movement. They’re spreading propaganda and hatred. They claim all Trans are pedophiles.
@singlemaltgirl I bring them up because they don’t acknowledge 2S as an addition in the progressive Pride acronym, nor would they ever put it on from to the L based on they’re current mandates. They claim to be feminist, but they’re most likely a White Supremacist hate group at their core.
@DubleveWands wow.
i know we've seen a bit of backlash w/ 2slgbtq+ b/c why should indigenous peeps come first & whatever.
but there are some fantastic elders who have gently shut that shit down.
it's not universal but widely accepted now. some peeps forget & when corrected just update.
but wow.
i also know there's such a huge stigma around male bisexuality vs female bisexuality. & then all that shit about whether you're a gold star lesbian & shit. spot on w/ the gatekeeping comment.
@singlemaltgirl I basically had to learn all this stuff when I found out JK Rowling was a TERF and who she hangs out with. Having a business based off HP was a bloody eye opener. And I decided to keep my business based loosely off the books because it gives me a great opportunity to tell others about her hate. So many fans just think she’s expressing her opinions. But she’s actively doing harm and is friends with hateful bigots. She’s in league with and stands with them.
@DubleveWands yup.