A new acronym appears: LGBTQI.
And what does it mean?
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex
The “transgender” is sometime replaced with “transgender/transexual” which would, I suppose, give us LGBTTQQI.
I suppose we could have the occasional bit of fun by adding further terms: LGBTTQQII, so that we can include the indifferent. Or LGBAPIASTQQII for LGBanyportinastormTTQQII.
At some point though wouldn’t it make more sense to simply say NEH?
Not exclusively heterosexual?
15 responses so far ↓
1 paul ilc // Aug 28, 2010 at 11:19 am
This obsession with categorising people according to their sexual preferences is bizarre and confusing.
How does ‘queer’ differ from ‘gay’? And what does ‘intersex’ mean? Hermaphroditic, perhaps?
Presumably, only the bisexual and ‘questioning’ would be happy with the NEH designation.
Btw, I’m surprised that ‘polysexual’ doesn’t appear in the list.
2 JuliaM // Aug 28, 2010 at 11:26 am
That’s because no-one wants to consider the thought of sex with Polly..
3 Kay Tie // Aug 28, 2010 at 11:32 am
Thank you for that Julia. Ugh.
4 dearieme // Aug 28, 2010 at 12:13 pm
I’ve found that when I refer to ‘em as BLTs, everyone understands.
5 paul ilc // Aug 28, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Presumably, Julia, Peter Jenkins and David Walker did; but perhaps they didn’t look at the clock on the mantelpiece when they were poking the fire…
6 Dave H. // Aug 28, 2010 at 2:24 pm
I’m trying to get this right, ‘homosexual’ is considered pejorative yet ‘Queer’ is ok?
Someone must be paying too much to the industry devoted to extending these abbreviations.
7 Bill Sticker // Aug 28, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Not so much ‘NEH’, but possibly ‘meh’.
The question such acronyms raise should be this; is your sexuality all they are? Then why do people define themselves so exclusively by it? Seems to me a very limiting point of view.
8 Bill Sticker // Aug 28, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Apologies, that should read; is their sexuality all they are.
Hyperactive mouse finger (Oops what a giveaway!).
9 Brian, follower of Deornoth // Aug 28, 2010 at 6:46 pm
It’s an alternative expression for WVSOTP (worthless vermin sponging off the taxpayer).
10 Old Holborn // Aug 28, 2010 at 8:34 pm
I saw “Gender Fluid” last week.
you don’t want that on your new frock
11 john malpas // Aug 29, 2010 at 1:47 am
You might consider GTEOG for these groups – ‘got the ear of government’
12 Mark Wadsworth // Aug 29, 2010 at 8:13 am
Bill, can you explain “meh”.
13 Marksany // Aug 29, 2010 at 11:28 am
I suppose the buggers should be called whatever it is they want to be called, it’s only polite to do so.
People from Pakistan don’t like being called Pakis, I don’t know why, but why would I want to deliberately offend them?
Meh, is a Bart Simpsonism for “so what” it’s popular on the internets, I am told
14 peteswordz // Aug 30, 2010 at 1:23 pm
“People from Pakistan don’t like being called Pakis, I don’t know why,”
Nor do I. The High Comission (or is that embassy) Roller sported the plates PAK 1 for years.
15 Ryan Roberts // Aug 31, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Maybe its some sort of L-System?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system
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