“Is asexuality queer?” is on my dash again.
Why such a fight over this word? “GSM” (gender & sexuality minority) is a group that fits aces perfectly, doesn’t have the additional gender connotations of queer, and isn’t a reclaimed slur. It’s not like it’s be-queer-or-be-lost.
But nope, everybody is fighting for the word “queer.” Why do aces want this fight? To access GLBT resources that may not want to accommodate aces? To feel part of a community that historically has been constructed without straight/celibate aces (although it has included a lot of people who felt the need to pretend to be ace?)
It feels like a bunch of animosity online is stirred over a battle that shouldn’t have been a battle in the first place, thanks to ~*queer theory*~ and the internet.
