(October 30, 2023 at 2:18 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: I fail to understand the obsession over labels that seems to pervade most societies. Everybody wants to label everyone else. Personally, I think people are people and take them one at a time, as they present themselves. No need to pigeonhole anyone.
I am:
A father
A Brother
A son
An Atheist
An Agnostic
I am straight, CIS gendered
I am a CAD Monkey
I am an Electrical Designer
I am a Broncos Fan (Denver and Boise State)
Some people call me a friend
Others call me an asshole
I am caring
I am compassionate
I am uncaring
I am inconsiderate
I am kind
I am cruel
All of these are true at some time or other, some more often than other.
I am... Me, and that's the only label that tells the true story. I fail to understand why any other labels matter.
Who counts as queer? Well, anyone who claims the label. Why do we need a detailed definition other than that.
Need Is an interesting question.
But let's imagine a scenario: an asexual person wishes to enter an lgbtq+ society, space, or obtain some legal protection or bursary etc laid aside for lgbtq+ folk. Whether they count as queer or not matters to them.
It's a discussion that occurs a lot in queer spaces, in my experience, and makes various queer magazines and news articles etc.
