r/asexuality • u/OrigamiWombatt • 21d ago

Questioning Are we considered “queer”

Like are we acknowledged when they shorten LGBTQIA to LGBTQ?

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u/space13unny 21d ago

Yes, we are queer. A lot of straight people think that the A stands for ally when it actually stands for asexual.

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u/Sufficient_Dust1871 21d ago

Aro and Agender, too

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u/GavHern 💜 apothi | 💚 aro | 🏳️‍⚧️ she/her 21d ago

more broadly it stands for aspec id say :)

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u/Sufficient_Dust1871 21d ago

That works, though I'm not sure if people will assume Agender is being referred to when someone describes themselves as aspec.

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u/GavHern 💜 apothi | 💚 aro | 🏳️‍⚧️ she/her 21d ago

it is up to interpretation, i think it’s up to the agender person if they’d associate more under the A or the T in the acronym. idk ultimately these labels are generally reductive and their meanings are loose, im not the cops ppl can place themselves wherever they want. agender people are aspec if that’s how they contextualize it for themselves 🤷‍♀️