Comments | taxishoes: I wonder -- because I am not quite queer enough?

taxishoes

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

May 15, 2008 15:30

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.

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xreekinghavocx May 16 2008, 00:54:38 UTC

yeah, two spirit was my thought.

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taxishoes May 17 2008, 14:47:43 UTC

Eh, I'm sticking with "family leave," but thanks!

dreadpirateandi May 16 2008, 01:57:17 UTC

Family leave, maybe?

taxishoes May 17 2008, 13:52:21 UTC

Good idea.

stufff May 16 2008, 08:11:38 UTC

Well if a male goes on leave because his female partner has a baby it's called paternity leave, so I think "maternity leave" is still appropriate even if the person in question didn't actually have the baby. Of course most people, knowing nothing else about the facts, would assume that the person did indeed have the baby herself, so it's bound to get confusing.

I guess you could qualify it by calling it non-natal maternity leave, clumsy as that sounds.

taxishoes May 17 2008, 13:52:38 UTC

Awesome.

heatrose May 16 2008, 14:41:13 UTC

what's two-spirit? and what does everything after LGBT stand for??!

taxishoes May 17 2008, 14:00:18 UTC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Spirit

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirit (I guess), intersex, queer, questioning, ally.

Other awesome acronym: FAB GLITTER (fetishists, allies, bisexuals, gays, lesbians, intersex, transsexual, transgendered, engineering revolution).

I also like Newton North High School's day called "ToBGLAD," which stands for Transgender, Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Awareness Day.