How many more letters do you think that LGBT will add to their name?

[Cammy137]

So the most recent (and serious) reference that I've seen of what was once LGBT was LGBTQIA... so my question is, how many more letter will they add within the next 5 years?

#BakedHaggis #Cammysquestions

1 more

2 more

3 more

4 more

5 more

6 or more

no more

[Drumlin2001]

I'm wondering whether they will lose any. Will there be a split between gender identity and sexual identity (will intersex and trans go their own way, call themselves the IT crowd).
Or maybe people will get to a state where they stop labelling everyone and just get on with loving who they want to love, having sex with whoever they like (in a consensual way) and living how they want to live.

[Patrickjv]

2. I'm not really sure why asexual is on the list since there's no legislative discrimination against them. No one really cares if you don't want to fuck. And that's the deal with most of this stuff. The mainstream society doesn't care. It would be easier if the English-speaking people just had one pronoun to refer to all the people.

[Tilin29]

You do though. It's "they" and it's used when you do not know what gender the object, animal or person is.
"The suspect was caught stealing bananas. They were wearing a black jacket"

[CountessSarah]

None. Because the larger LGBT community, myself included doesn't care.

The ONLY time I ever see anything more than the usual LGBT acronym mentioned, is when anti-gay edgelords try to make unfunny jokes.

[Tilin29]

Forgot how pretending to be a toaster is okay.

[CountessSarah]

@Tilin29
You what, mate?

[MlleCake]

How many more ways will mainstream society find to marginalize people for their sex lives or gender expression?

[Jonny317]

Exactly!

[chico800]

As many as it takes.

[SaoirseS]

Here’s the deal with “mainstream” society:

It recognizes you were born with either male or female genitals.

The portion of society who thinks mainstream society is marginalizing sex lives and gender expression are missing the point. We really don’t care about your sex lives or your “gender expression.” You stay out of my sex life, and I stay out of yours. I’m sorry there are those who don’t feel right because the little boxes they’re using to identify themselves doesn’t have a letter associated with their particular expression. Your genitals are either male or female, but how (and even if) a person uses them, their sexuality, is a private matter. I see no need to expand a term that is focused on telling the world about your sex life.

[Browneye57]

@SaoirseS - ^^This. Bravo.

[Jonny317]

@SaoirseS Except mainstream society, as you refer to it, isn't doing a good job of "You stay out of my sex life, and I stay out of yours." In fact, that's why you hear about lunatics refusing to bake a cake for a gay couple and them blaming religion. Where did Jesus say not to bake a cake for someone? Didn't he feed everyone? Didn't he say "when two or more of you are together, there I will be"? I didn't see the part where it says "except homos." So, no, you're not doing a good job of staying out of other people's sex lives.

[Browneye57]

@Jonny317 - But the bible does say homosexuality is an abomination. So we take the fringe of society with their depraved and despicable acts and parade them amongst all, demanding for them to be accepted and condoned.
Worse, that they want to consummate a biblical union, as in marriage, when they've already denounced god. It makes zero sense.

[Jonny317]

@Browneye57 where does the bible say that? and since we're speaking about Christianity, where did Jesus say that. Before you start quoting the Old Testament, remember that they are also OK with multiple wives, slavery, rape, torture and child sacrifice. None of which jesus condoned.

[Cammy137]

@Browneye57 To be fair, Christianity cannibalized its fair share of traditions, is it really that big of a deal if people want to get married while not adhering to one of a million version of Biblical interpretations? Not to mention what @Jonny317 just said which is also true.

[Browneye57]

All you gay-lovers aren't convincing me, sorry. :)

[MlleCake]

No one's trying to convince you of anything. You're allowed to believe what you want. You just don't have the right to deny other people's civil rights.

[Browneye57]

No one was talking about civil rights honey. pfft.

[MlleCake]

I was, and this is my thread.

[Browneye57]

Sorry again toots, you don't 'own' a thread. SJW much?
Just block me so I don't have to endure your drivel.

[Jonny317]

@Browneye57 Nobody is trying to convinceyou. You made a grandiose claim that the bible says homosexuality is wrong. Where?

[SaoirseS]

@Jonny317. There’s no religious basis for my point. It’s a matter of picking and choosing one’s battles wisely. How about if someone refuses to bake me a cake, provide me a service, or sell me merchandise for whatever the reason I just take my money to a merchant who will? And it has happened to me because some merchants don’t want to sell to “gooks, chinks, slant eyes, etc”. But my mainstream approach to the problem is NOT to call in mainstream media, make it go viral on Facebook, and put it into the court system. The only ones who made their sex lives public knowledge were the two gay men themselves and their media followers. It’s unfortunate that my own generation is going to go down in history for taking the nuclear option on everything, and going through life pushing on doors marked pull.

[Jonny317]

@SaoirseS I will agree with you there, your generation loves to take the nuclear option with everything. Anyways, sorry about your bad experiences. I'm sure someone would love to bake you a wedding cake. Just because you're not LGBTQ doesn't mean you can't support their struggle. Good luck.

[MlleCake]

@Browneye57, of course I don't own the thread, but I did start it, and you were making a claim that was factually inaccurate. If you don't want to hear from me, you never have to comment on what I say. I disagree with you but you're not harassing me. I feel no need to block you.

[SaoirseS]

@Jonny317 True, but I make a clear distinction between supporting causes and supporting rights. Just because I’m not an activist for something doesn’t mean I’m against it. I see both sides of the argument in the Colorado cake brouhaha, in which SCOTUS sided with the baker in a narrow decision, based substantially on the Colorado Commission’s clear anti-religious bias.

[SaoirseS]

In that case nobody really wins because the merchant’s discretion and religious freedom carries equal weight within the law. But in the case of Kim Davis refusing to issue a marriage license to a gay couple on religious grounds, my stance on that one is you’re in public service and the law has changed - do your damn job and issue the license as you would to a different-gendered couple, or seek employment elsewhere.

[Jonny317]

@SaoirseS agreed

[ladsin]

LGBT is old I think it's now, LGBTQQIP2SAA which is ridiculous. I think it's crazy, but hey whatever do your thing.

[madhatters4]

not sure. doesn't really seem to matter

[Qwerty_0]

The whole alphabet, plus numbers. Cuz you know, wouldn't want anyone to feel oppressed by not randomly shoving letters into this stupid name.

[Leimarie]

Not sure. I would think that the standard lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-queer would have sufficed since it covers the majority of sexual orientations, but I’ve seen quite a few celebrities have come out as pansexual in recent time, so maybe they will be adding a P?
Either way, it is not a big issue to me if more letters were to be added if it helps people out there to feel more included/accepted.

[witherwing]

I think who ever is trying to add more letters is just being stupid. Why call a community something no one can remember. LGBT+ is adequate enough.

[InTimoreDei]

The " + " doesn't make them special enough. They want their own categories and names to seem more special.

[Jonny317]

I have to say that overall GAG is the lowest common denominator of humanity and I'm very glad I don't know most of you in real life. Jokes about child molestors and pedophiles and comparing someone fighting for equal rights with sad and low humor is disgusting. Be ashamed of yourselves, and if you;re religious, be concerned for yourselves.

[Browneye57]

For any fringe weirdness they can come up with. Many of them accept pedophilia, bestiality, and incest as normal as well. There are no boundaries for some.

[monkeynutts]

I don't know, but I would like to say I tried that homosexuality thing once, and it was a real pain in the butt, very uncomfortable, I do not recommend.

[Northern_star]

Maybe the end of days would come when they've used up the whole fckn alphabet.

Mayans wanted to write this down, but had no idea how to name something so hilariously stupid, so they ended up telling an exact date instead of explaining crazy bullshit.

[Tilin29]

LGBTIA? They have an internal affairs division now?

[Ibeji]

I just say LGBT+. Not out of disrespect for any group, but just because it takes too damn long.

[Eva323]

Actually it’s: LGBTTQQAAIP2S I don’t know what they all mean but it has a kind of rhythm to it that means I can’t forget. That’s at least the last I heard. I think they may be trying to add another p in there.

[LegateLanius]

They will have the whole alphabet and then doubles.
LGBT acronym with have 1000000 by the time I'm seventy.

[Anonymous]

Some of us are switching to SAGA instead (sexuality and gender acceptance)

I don't know if that will become the new official one but I hope so. LGBT+ can get too long if we add more and more on.

[Tilin29]

Yes, because in 2018 you can be a bluetooth speaker if you feel like one and society must accept it

[Opinion Owner]

Literally no one is trying to do that

[Tilin29]

But I thought we must accept people with non existing genders?

[Tilin29]

The main issue is. Gay, asexual, bisexual. It isn't even a gender. It's an orientation... you don't need a personalized gender for every orientation.

[abundantlyrich]

If they are going to add more capital letters to it, it's gonna be more complicated as hell. I remember seeing an article how he has decided he is genderless.

[Eva0002]

We're just 21 letters away from numbers, and that's a whole different game

[fauchelevent]

Hopefully no more. A lot of us just use the + so as not to be offensive but I guess others don’t find that acceptable

[MarketData]

The more letters they add the more seriously they will be taken by society at large. j/k

[Anonymous]

Not A, cause Asexuals won't join them, they don't have sex with anybody.
They may add Pansexuals and Omnisexuals, or maybe Pedophiles and Necrophiles (that would be sick).

[Tilin29]

Lol. They already did. Pedophile and child molester are still two very different things

[Opinion Owner]

@Tilin29 Oh really, what's the difference? When did they add them?

[Tilin29]

They aren't in the name, that's why it's usually LGBT+.

The difference is that a pedophile is someone who likes children in a sexual way, the person has a mental disorder just like depression is.
And a child molester you can figure out by yourself. He's a pedophile who committs the crimes of harming children.

[Opinion Owner]

@Tilin29 I see, thanks for the explanation.

[lizzysmith]

They’ll keep adding them until they all finally see a doctor

[Northern_star]

spot on 😂