So I came out to a friend recently as a transgendered female and gynaphilic (technically lesbian I suppose), which she found highly amusing as she figured it out waaaaaay before I ever did.  She is somewhat genderfluid and identifies as queer sexually.
Anyway, I kept stumbling over the LGBTIQ thingie and we both agreed its just getting stoopid.  Inclusive, yes, and thats great, but so is the alphabet.  As I am up the L and T end, and she is down the Q end, its important to catch us all (like pokemon).  Anyway, after a frustrating discussion we came up with nothing... Someone told me they prefer 'gay-blt', like it was a sandwich... and neither of us is comfortable with having a term that implies 'not normal'.

I am sure you are all ahead of the ball here- are there any better terms than spitting out letters?

QiLegBit... hmmm....

I'm active in a group at work that uses LGBTQIAP as the "official" acronym,  the members in the organization will self identify as queer or gay or transgender, as they choose, but mostly we use allies as an all inclusive term.  I know, I know, allies have their own definition,  but it works here, in a center of over 500.  Of course, we also have fun at spitting out the acronym after a margarita or two.

Maybe we just need to ally with a few more vowels

Its good that the term is inclusive.  Tis just a mouthful.

Quote from: emmaline on July 09, 2013, 06:52:33 AM


Its good that the term is inclusive.  Tis just a mouthful.

Agreed.

Can we use the same acronym, just in alphabetical order?  BGLTQ

Quote from: Anna! on July 09, 2013, 07:16:05 AM
Can we use the same acronym, just in alphabetical order?  BGLTQ

We could,  but the first thing I thought of was BLT, lol.  Maybe I just need breakfast

Quote from: Anna! on July 09, 2013, 07:16:05 AM
Can we use the same acronym, just in alphabetical order?  BGLTQ

I think we're seeing history being written right here on Susan's Place! This is the first pronounceable one I've seen. Say it with me: "Biggleteecue"

Use it in a sentence? Sure:

"I'm part of the biggleteecue community."

"I went to a biggleteecue support meeting."

"Do you support biggleteecue issues?"

Nice work, Anna! Hugs, Devlyn

GSM (for gender and sexual minorities) seems to be gaining popularity.

Yeah but pronouncing that is a TOS violation!

That took me like 5 mins to figure out what you meant lol.  I'm such a dope when it comes to innuendo.

It took me five minutes to stop laughing.

Quote from: Devlyn Marie on July 09, 2013, 02:09:27 PM
Nice work, Anna! Hugs, Devlyn

Thanks!  I'm happy to do my part for the biggleteecue community

Quote from: Anna! on July 09, 2013, 04:49:07 PM
Thanks!  I'm happy to do my part for the biggleteecue community

The biggleteecue barbecue is coming up, a fun time will be had by all!

Quote from: emmaline on July 07, 2013, 01:52:50 AM
So I came out to a friend recently as a transgendered female and gynaphilic (technically lesbian I suppose), which she found highly amusing as she figured it out waaaaaay before I ever did.  She is somewhat genderfluid and identifies as queer sexually.
Anyway, I kept stumbling over the LGBTIQ thingie and we both agreed its just getting stoopid.
I am sure you are all ahead of the ball here- are there any better terms than spitting out letters?

QiLegBit... hmmm....

HEY not technically I personally identify as female first, Vegan second, Environmentalist next, then a feminist only way down the list as an afterthought does trans come in it is something that is just a birth defect, something that the doctors made a mistake because they could not tell I was female because they onle paey attention to the externals instead of who I really am.

As an actual womn who is oriented towards womyn this makes me automatically by definition - lesbian

as to the alphabet soup

I use the simplest LGBT

or our local one has extended it LGBTQ and the reason they say the L is first instead of the G is in the local area the Gays were never involved in making the club active so they did not get to name the organization.  kind of frontier justice

Quote from: Anna! on July 09, 2013, 07:16:05 AM
Can we use the same acronym, just in alphabetical order?  BGLTQ

I'll just take the BLT part, if you don't mind.  I'm kinda hungry.

Quote from: Jen on July 09, 2013, 04:45:59 PM
That took me like 5 mins to figure out what you meant lol.  I'm such a dope when it comes to innuendo.

Do you know what "innuendo" is??

My Italian doctor thinks it is a suppository.

I call it the Acronym Alliance, cuz it reminds me of Star Wars.

rebel scum

also alliteration, it's cool

Guy "so do you want to go out for coffee maybe?"
Me "gee thats really flattering, but I am acronym."
Guy "oh."


Innuendo joke totally got me rethinking the lyrics of queens innuendo.   

If you say biggleteeque three times in a mirror, does michael keaton show up in a dress?

Quote from: emmaline on July 09, 2013, 08:46:42 PM
Guy "so do you want to go out for coffee maybe?"
Me "gee thats really flattering, but I am acronym."
Guy "oh."


Innuendo joke totally got me rethinking the lyrics of queens innuendo.   

If you say biggleteeque three times in a mirror, does michael keaton show up in a dress?

Ding ding ding! We have today's winner in the "Make Devlyn Smile" contest!

Quote from: emmaline on July 09, 2013, 08:46:42 PMIf you say biggleteeque three times in a mirror, does michael keaton show up in a dress?

I want to see this! Now I'm tempted to go watch Beetlejuice...