I’m specifying “gay” because neonazis are trying to coopt it as white pride month. While I agree that queer would be more general, many people don’t like that term and while I’ve never seen “queer pride” mentioned, I did see “gay pride”.
Both men’s health (especially men’s mental health) and LGBTQ rights are huge, important and frequently neglected topics, and IMO using the same month diminishes both (especially since there is considerable overlap, which would be fine if we didn’t suck so much as a society when it comes to these topics). Though I suppose there’s only so many months in a year so it’s inevitably going to get crowded if you want to dedicate entire months to topics.
We don’t need to change everything we say just because neonazis try to take it. That’s literally letting them succeed in coopting the month and the term.
That observation doesn’t surprise me, since about 10% of the population is gay. Other types of queer people are a significantly smaller minority.
Also, the term queer just rolls off the tongue much easier than an acronym that never seems to be inclusive enough. I like this word better than any of the acronyms, but I can totally see why some people don’t want to be called queer.
I’m specifying “gay” because neonazis are trying to coopt it as white pride month. While I agree that queer would be more general, many people don’t like that term and while I’ve never seen “queer pride” mentioned, I did see “gay pride”.
Both men’s health (especially men’s mental health) and LGBTQ rights are huge, important and frequently neglected topics, and IMO using the same month diminishes both (especially since there is considerable overlap, which would be fine if we didn’t suck so much as a society when it comes to these topics). Though I suppose there’s only so many months in a year so it’s inevitably going to get crowded if you want to dedicate entire months to topics.
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According to ddg search results, “gay pride” is actually more common than just “pride” where I live.
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This is a consequence of the globalization of the English language.
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We don’t need to change everything we say just because neonazis try to take it. That’s literally letting them succeed in coopting the month and the term.
It’s just Pride Month, and nazis can get fucked.
That observation doesn’t surprise me, since about 10% of the population is gay. Other types of queer people are a significantly smaller minority.
Also, the term queer just rolls off the tongue much easier than an acronym that never seems to be inclusive enough. I like this word better than any of the acronyms, but I can totally see why some people don’t want to be called queer.