US State Department changes LGBTQI+ to “LGB”

[PunkTheFunk 125,733]

This is scary. Yesterday it was LGBTQI+. Today, it's LGB. Tomorrow, it could be nothing.

[pachinko 10,765]

You can take the Q and I but do not touch the T. 

[bionic 50,111]

Just now, pachinko said:

You can take the Q and I but do not touch the T. 

and the I?

[NickiMinajStan 6,894]

This is so juvenile . I'm sorry, but I can't with the right's standards, the bar is so low . 

Shouldn't they be worried about inflation, taxes, etc? . They do this so that their voters can feel like "they're owning the libs", but babes, this is cosmetic, nothing changes . 

Trans people are still gonna be there, and your quality of life, is not improved by this. You're still working class, with or without trans people, they shouldn't be your concern . I swear NOTHING is easier than being a right wing politician/grifter, this is so dumb, lol. 

[gumzy3000 7,953]

2 hours ago, mightyriverz said:

there are gay men pushing this and I'm willing to hate crime them

Serious question but isn’t LGB more about sexuality and the rest of the letters more about gender identity and expression? Why is it a bad thing if they are distinguished and treated separately? I can understand that they are interconnected in some ways but the two groups have very separate struggles and experiences today despite being under one single umbrella term. For example, a lesbian travelling to Egypt will need to take different safety measures when compared to a transman. Some gay people might not relate to the issues of trans people and vice versa… that doesn’t mean the two groups can’t support one another though. 

[TheBannedShadow 3,424]

3 hours ago, mightyriverz said:

there are gay men pushing this and I'm willing to hate crime them

[mightyriverz 2,653]

11 minutes ago, gumzy3000 said:

Serious question but isn’t LGB more about sexuality and the rest of the letters more about gender identity and expression? Why is it a bad thing if they are distinguished and treated separately? I can understand that they are interconnected in some ways but the two groups have very separate struggles and experiences today despite being under one single umbrella term. For example, a lesbian travelling to Egypt will need to take different safety measures when compared to a transman. Some gay people might not relate to the issues of trans people and vice versa… that doesn’t mean the two groups can’t support one another though. 

you clearly don't know anything about queer history

[Neroneau 1,017]

19 minutes ago, gumzy3000 said:

Serious question but isn’t LGB more about sexuality and the rest of the letters more about gender identity and expression? Why is it a bad thing if they are distinguished and treated separately? I can understand that they are interconnected in some ways but the two groups have very separate struggles and experiences today despite being under one single umbrella term. For example, a lesbian travelling to Egypt will need to take different safety measures when compared to a transman. Some gay people might not relate to the issues of trans people and vice versa… that doesn’t mean the two groups can’t support one another though. 

Pedantically , you’re correct . But people (ahem str8 people) are too simple to differentiate the two . This is why removing the TQI+ today could mean removing the LGB tomorrow.

[27monster27 16,039]

4 hours ago, mightyriverz said:

there are gay men pushing this and I'm willing to hate crime them

Normalize calling gay MAGAts f@ggots.

EDIT: And I mean in the aggressive and vile way. Not in the joking way we do sometimes with each other. Remember, they want to be called f@ggots! They willingly and knowingly voted for this. They want to be treated like this, so give them what they want!

[PartySick 174,219]

15 minutes ago, 27monster27 said:

Normalize calling gay MAGAts f@ggots.

EDIT: And I mean in the aggressive and vile way. Not in the joking way we do sometimes with each other. Remember, they want to be called f@ggots! They willingly and knowingly voted for this. They want to be treated like this, so give them what they want!

I already call "gays for Trump" F*GA

[PartySick 174,219]

1 hour ago, gumzy3000 said:

Serious question but isn’t LGB more about sexuality and the rest of the letters more about gender identity and expression? Why is it a bad thing if they are distinguished and treated separately? I can understand that they are interconnected in some ways but the two groups have very separate struggles and experiences today despite being under one single umbrella term. For example, a lesbian travelling to Egypt will need to take different safety measures when compared to a transman. Some gay people might not relate to the issues of trans people and vice versa… that doesn’t mean the two groups can’t support one another though. 

Sexually queer and gender queer can't allow themselves to be divided.

Trans drag queens fought for our rights decades ago, we have to continue sticking together to protect trans and gay youth and maybe leave them with a shred of hope that this bullsh*t we're all living through right now won't be forever.

Besides, gender and sexuality go hand in hand and most people who want to draw a line between the LGB and the TQ+ are bigots themselves.

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I have no words... This is despicable and there's no reason to do this other than hate and bigotry, this saddens me so much, for all its faults, the USA used to be a place to look up too for progress.

My only hope at this point is that trump will be just a dark footnote in America history and that Americans will be able to heal from this presidency. 

[CautiousLurker 19,950]

2 hours ago, gumzy3000 said:

Serious question but isn’t LGB more about sexuality and the rest of the letters more about gender identity and expression? Why is it a bad thing if they are distinguished and treated separately? I can understand that they are interconnected in some ways but the two groups have very separate struggles and experiences today despite being under one single umbrella term. For example, a lesbian travelling to Egypt will need to take different safety measures when compared to a transman. Some gay people might not relate to the issues of trans people and vice versa… that doesn’t mean the two groups can’t support one another though. 

1) Gays, lesbians and bisexuals are people - there is no separation of their sexuality from their personhood, therefore making any such separation will always be incomplete. This is why bigots do it in the first place - their goal is and has always been eradication of queer PEOPLE - not just of homosexuality. They will pretend it is, but they understand full well that eradicating homosexuality means queer people must die, and among their circles you always see them cheer that on.

2) 'I' stands for intersex which is not a gender identity, so no, the rest of the letters are not about gender identity. For that matter, 'Q' stands for queer/questioning - neither of those terms describe a gender identity 
 

3) Gay people and trans people are united because they are people who are struggling with the same type of oppression. They aren't united because somebody down the line overlooked that the word gay and trans describe different things in the dictionary.

There is no purpose to make that separation other than divide and conquer which is what bigots are trying to do with this. Strength in numbers - if you're gay and don't see an issue with trans people being cast out, you're not only severely lacking in empathy, but you're doing yourself and your community a disservice by weakening it politically.

[Kayioshka 3,512]

This is so sad... They're trying to divide LGBTQ+ community 

[ALGAYDO 35,381]

30 minutes ago, Kayi said:

This is so sad... They're trying to divide LGBTQ+ community 

It’s working perfectly. I’ve seen like a hundred different IG comments on various trans-related posts where gay men and women were being incredibly transphobic. It’s a lot more common than I had thought