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Re:Google reports soaring attrition among Black women by 3pt14159 on Friday July 02, 2021 @11:38AM (#27712890)
The dumb thing is we actually have a word for this.

The word is queer. I'm still unsure as to why this word isn't used for most contexts where the LGBT[...] are currently used. We use the word "gay" and that used to be an insult like "queer" was too.

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Re:Google reports soaring attrition among Black women by SuoDuanDao on Monday July 05, 2021 @08:32AM (#27737288)
I think 'Queer' is one of the Q's. The definition I heard for it now was that 'gay' is someone who wants to have a mainstream life with their same-sex partner while 'queer' is someone who considers their sexual identity a form of rebellion.
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Re:Google reports soaring attrition among Black women by 3pt14159 on Monday July 05, 2021 @09:41AM (#27737882)
From the first sentence on the Wikipedia article:

> Queer is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer

Now, some people personally identify as queer instead of lesbian, bi, or gay for all sorts of reasons; but it is the umbrella term.

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