Board index › General Discussion › General Autism Discussion

AS and the LGBTQ Community

Page 4 of 5 [ 77 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5  Next

Previous topic | Next topic

ryry85
Raven
Raven

User avatar

Joined: 12 Jun 2008
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Posts: 104

11 Oct 2008, 8:09 am

what does that acronym stand for?



LadyMacbeth
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 27 May 2007
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,091
Location: In the girls toilets at Hogwarts, washing the blood off my hands.

11 Oct 2008, 8:21 am

Maybe the "A" is for "Aspies" :lol:


_________________
We are the mutant race!! !! Don't look at my eyes, don't look at my face...


KaliMa
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Feb 2007
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Posts: 960
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

11 Oct 2008, 10:47 am

ryry85 wrote:
what does that acronym stand for?


L is for Lesbian, G is for Gay, B is for Bisexual, T is for either Transgendered or Transsexual and I just found out from MR's post on page 1 that the Q means Questioning.

MR's post is 7th from the top on page 1 of this thread, BTW.



Mysty
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,762

11 Oct 2008, 10:54 am

Actually, what I was looking that I got that from (I'd know in general what the other letters referred to, but not specifically), Q can also refer to "queer" but if that as a meaning other than "gay", I'm not familiar with it.



KaliMa
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Feb 2007
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Posts: 960
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

11 Oct 2008, 11:22 am

Oh, thanks, MR. Q has me kind of stumped, too. :D I don't think "queer" is different from "gay", either. Maybe "queen" for cross-dressers? That's kind of a stretch, though.

Anybody willing to enlighten me on this?



NocturnalQuilter
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 7 Oct 2008
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Posts: 937

11 Oct 2008, 12:44 pm

Quote:
I agree. Opinions can be right or wrong because many of them are tied to things that are real and not just taste, I don't think this is a stupid thing to say at all!


:roll:



cas
Blue Jay
Blue Jay

User avatar

Joined: 14 Mar 2008
Gender: Female
Posts: 78

11 Oct 2008, 7:04 pm

Why are you rolling your eyes? I don't understand why you think my comment in particular is "stupid" yet have no contempt stated for the similar comments.



Triangular_Trees
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 17 Jul 2007
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,799

11 Oct 2008, 7:50 pm

KaliMa wrote:
Oh, thanks, MR. Q has me kind of stumped, too. :D I don't think "queer" is different from "gay", either. Maybe "queen" for cross-dressers? That's kind of a stretch, though.

Anybody willing to enlighten me on this?


If it stands for queer, than it most likely stands for genderqueer, which is pretty much the same as the term transgendered - it applies to everyone who doesn't fit into their society's mold of what the gender stereotype for their sex


_________________
Did I post an attack on you? If so, please read this before making a reply

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt74894.html


dougn
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 19 Aug 2008
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 773

11 Oct 2008, 8:26 pm

NocturnalQuilter wrote:
I can certainly relate to being asexual, the drug-induced kind. Anti-depressants have all but erased my sex drive or any inclination to fix it. Makes for a very frustrated partner who just last night got the brush. So I've been feeling guilty all day about not "responding" favorably to his advances. *sigh*
Asexual and low/no sex drive are by no means the same.

Asexuality has to do with lack of sexual attraction. The physical drive to have sex can still be there.

There is some good information here.



Mysty
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,762

12 Oct 2008, 8:14 am

Triangular_Trees wrote:
KaliMa wrote:
Oh, thanks, MR. Q has me kind of stumped, too. :D I don't think "queer" is different from "gay", either. Maybe "queen" for cross-dressers? That's kind of a stretch, though.

Anybody willing to enlighten me on this?


If it stands for queer, than it most likely stands for genderqueer, which is pretty much the same as the term transgendered - it applies to everyone who doesn't fit into their society's mold of what the gender stereotype for their sex


Transgendered and not fitting the gender stereotype for one's sex are not the same thing.

Although, there are degrees of not fitting the stereotype, so maybe you meant that differently than I'm reading it. But as someone who's definitely not a female stereotype and also not transgender, I found that statement equating the two odd.



KaliMa
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Feb 2007
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Posts: 960
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

12 Oct 2008, 9:05 am

And the mystery of Q continues!



Mysty
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,762

12 Oct 2008, 11:13 am

KaliMa wrote:
And the mystery of Q continues!


Sounds like a Star Trek reference. :)



Unknown_Quantity
Velociraptor
Velociraptor

User avatar

Joined: 15 Sep 2007
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Posts: 483
Location: Australia

12 Oct 2008, 11:31 am

I don't know if AS is the new gay.

I've had a few gay friends and I've always felt very comfortable around them like we share something, maybe it's our shared outer-ness.

I think it's easier to have Asperger's. You don't have (as many) people saying you chose this lifestyle for yourself. There's nothing in the Bible about Aspies. And we can get married everywhere (as far as I know).

Downside is we actually dress worse than other people most of the time. :wink:


_________________
IN GIRVM IMVS NOCTE ET CONSVMIMVR IGNI


IdahoRose
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 24 Feb 2007
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Posts: 19,801
Location: The Gem State

12 Oct 2008, 11:46 pm

While I'm not actually a part of the LGBTQ community, I do find it very fascinating; reading about it online was a special interest of mine for awhile.



Warsie
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 3 Apr 2008
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,542
Location: Chicago, IL, USA

13 Oct 2008, 1:24 am

MR wrote:
Sounds like a Star Trek reference. :)


Im a Warsie and I still lol.


_________________
I am a Star Wars Fan, Warsie here.
Masterdebating on chi-city's south side.......!


WurdBendur
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 2 Dec 2007
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Posts: 648
Location: Indiana

16 Oct 2008, 1:55 am

Triangular_Trees wrote:
All people should starve, as there is no connection between eating and staying alive.


And I'm right, because after all, thats my opinion, and opinions can't be wrong :wink:


Of course, opinions really can't be wrong. They can only be unhelpful. Your example actually demonstrates the real problem that often goes unnoticed: too many people don't understand the difference between fact and opinion. The second clause is after all a factual statement, though a false one. When understood that way, we see that the only part that is opinion is "All people should starve". You could say it's "wrong" because it's based an incorrect statement, but that's not a meaningful assertion. By definition, an opinion can't be evaluated in terms of true or false because it isn't making a factual claim, but only in a subjective manner as right/wrong, just/unjust, good/bad, etc.

Let me put it this way: An opinion doesn't tell you anything about the topic. The only information it conveys is one's feelings about the topic. As such it is an expression, not a claim, and contains no useful information.


_________________
"If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them." - Isaac Asimov