I wonder -- because I am not quite queer enough?

[taxishoes]

1. What does the 2 in LGBTT2IQQA stand for?

2. If someone is on leave because her partner is having a baby any second now -- is that still maternity leave? Won't saying "she's on maternity leave" make people think she physically just had a baby? That's what I think, but I'm not sure what else to call it.

Comments

[zeza3]

Sometimes the 2 has to do with Two spirit. . .

Maybe you can say she's on parenting leave? Baby leave? Yeah, I'm having a problem there too.

[taxishoes]

I've been saying "family leave."

guessing..

[myjesusisbetter]

2-spirit? (hooray cultural appropriation.. -_-)

Re: guessing..

[bikerioting]

thank lord somebody feels the same way about the cultural appropriation of two-spirit.

Re: guessing..

[orpheuskiss]

why exactly is this cultural appropriation? putting the term in the (exceedingly long) acronym doesn't necessarily mean that it's been co-opted by random people, just that it's being recognized as a legit term that some queer native american folks use to identify themselves.

Re: guessing..

[myjesusisbetter]

My "cultural appropriation" comment wasn't about the term being included in the acronym per se, but about my observation on how the term has been used/appropriated within the LGBTQ[etc] community.

[ex_nohesita]

I would agree with two spirit except that usual I've seen it as TS (which, clearly, could also be Transexual)

[taxishoes]

Must be two-spirit since there are already two Ts here.

[madcaptenor]

I think the people who use versions of that acronym with 2 in it mean it to stand for two-spirit.

But to me it stands for "oh my god this acronym is 2 fucking long."

[odubtaig]

I have to admit, I got lost after LGBT.