(October 30, 2023 at 2:48 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote:(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.
Seems to me the world would be a better place if we all just took each other as we are, without all the labels bestowed by others. Fussing over those labels gives them an importance they should never have. YMMV
Thief and assassin for hire. Member in good standing of the Rogues Guild.
