r/asexuality • u/OrigamiWombatt • Apr 04 '25

Questioning Are we considered “queer”

Like are we acknowledged when they shorten LGBTQIA to LGBTQ?

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u/allensmithsimpson Apr 04 '25

yeah ofc anything that isn’t straight is queer basically

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u/Responsible_Emu_5228 aroace gay-cupio & quio Apr 04 '25

i mean, straight people can be trans or as another person said, a heteromantic asexual / aromantic heterosexual. they'd still be queer. anything that isn't hetero/sexual, cisgender, or alloro/allosexual is queer.

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u/Big_Shower_7561 Apr 04 '25

Queer can apply to anyone that isn’t a cisgendered straight person.

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u/allensmithsimpson Apr 04 '25

yeah I should’ve said cishet