We already have a gender-neutral singular but people call it "dehumanizing," The word is "it." OK if you refer to people like goldfish they're going to take offense. Well ... you don't want he or she, I m not using they for one person, that only leaves it.
The irony is that the same people who'll turn themselves inside out at "it" will…
We already have a gender-neutral singular but people call it "dehumanizing," The word is "it." OK if you refer to people like goldfish they're going to take offense. Well ... you don't want he or she, I m not using they for one person, that only leaves it.
The irony is that the same people who'll turn themselves inside out at "it" will proudly refer to themselves, and to me, as "queer," which is to say, defective and they will never honor my offense at it. NoooOOOOOoooo, it's my issue, I suffer from "internalized homophobia."
"The irony is that the same people who'll turn themselves inside out at "it" will proudly refer to themselves, and to me, as "queer," which is to say, defective and they will never honor my offense at it."
I've always thought it so strange that "queer" became, not only a term people used to refer to themselves, but a separate letter in the ever expanding alphabet soup.
And absolutely, isn't it interesting how the people who are so sensitive about labels think nothing about applying labels to other people, regardless of the feelings of those people.
I hear over and over again how people find terms like queer and cis offensive, yet I've never seen any of the "be kind" people respecting that.
We already have a gender-neutral singular but people call it "dehumanizing," The word is "it." OK if you refer to people like goldfish they're going to take offense. Well ... you don't want he or she, I m not using they for one person, that only leaves it.
The irony is that the same people who'll turn themselves inside out at "it" will proudly refer to themselves, and to me, as "queer," which is to say, defective and they will never honor my offense at it. NoooOOOOOoooo, it's my issue, I suffer from "internalized homophobia."
Door's over there. Don't darken it again.
"The irony is that the same people who'll turn themselves inside out at "it" will proudly refer to themselves, and to me, as "queer," which is to say, defective and they will never honor my offense at it."
I've always thought it so strange that "queer" became, not only a term people used to refer to themselves, but a separate letter in the ever expanding alphabet soup.
And absolutely, isn't it interesting how the people who are so sensitive about labels think nothing about applying labels to other people, regardless of the feelings of those people.
I hear over and over again how people find terms like queer and cis offensive, yet I've never seen any of the "be kind" people respecting that.