request for comment
I am putting a message on my website:
LGBTQIA+1 people are welcome with me, as well as in online spaces where I have admin / moderation rights
While I firmly hold this, I don’t know how queer people actually receive it, especially:
do you like hearing this from a cishet2 male?
Do you feel welcome and safe, or do you generally find this ignorant, arrogant or hypocrite? One thing for sure, I (involuntarily) belong to a group that contributes to majority of your suffering in the society, if you feel any.
I sincerely ask for your comment, if you are NOT a cishet male.
Additional question: what about the term <lgbtqia+>1 in this expression?
handles:
- email: i [AT] shrik3 [DOT] com
- fediverse: @shrik3@vnil.de
- irc: shrik3 @libera.chat
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Below is my own take, and I’m open to be corrected. To be honest I don’t like this term, because “LGBTQIAXYZ” is a compilation of specific definitions, which fails to be inclusive, let alone being an umbrella for those who feel not accepted by the social doctrines. And there are (non-cishet) people who doesn’t feel fit in any of the letters and feel excluded. The pseudo solution is that the term grows – this is not the way out, and people still debate the definitions and it’s prone to identity politics; ↩︎ ↩︎
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cisgender and heterosexual. ↩︎