Silver Tongue

jitterbugjive:

speaking of words and their meanings I’m really confused over “queer” and “gay” because people keep flipflopping on if they are insulting or not >:/ Mainly “queer” but I remember for a little while people were trying to say not to call people gay either. 

Terfs are claiming that queer is a slur no matter the context to invalidate those who use it to refer to themselves when theyre still questioning their identities.

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    Heck I use the word “gay” for stupid sometimes. To me though it always felt like “Hey you’re allowed to use it that way...
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    Yeah I saw queer as sort of an umbrella term for ‘not heterosexual/cis’And I can understand it being a trigger word for...
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    ‘Gay’ is only insulting if you use it as a synonym for 'stupid’ or useless. Like, “This rainbow top is super gay I love...
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    Terfs are claiming that queer is a slur no matter the context to invalidate those who use it to refer to themselves when...