A report by NGO Amnesty International: It provides an overview of the increasingly dire situation for LGBT+ people in various African countries.

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    10 months ago

    I think everyone understands what the “incomplete” acronym means

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      10 months ago

      That’s the thing, some people intentionally leave letters off to exclude groups

      For example the people who use LGB lately who are queer anti-trans folks

      This is why I prefer just saying “the Queer community” rather than try to remember the letters. I barely remember shit as is, I won’t be able to remember all the letters.

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        10 months ago

        I assume everything of the form LGBT[any other characters] is the same, LGB being a special exception because I know they did that for a reason. I do like queer as a community label though, it feels like a fuzzier term which reflects the fuzzy nature of community.

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          10 months ago

          the fuzzy nature of the community

          Exactly

          Sex, gender, sexuality, etc are all on a spectrum and trying to fit anyone into any specific category without overlap just ain’t gonna happen so using Queer is more inclusive IMO