I don't need to be dragged down new rabbit holes today, and yet here I am.
https://pflag.org/glossary/
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Folx
An alternative spelling to folks, pronounced the same way. While folx is viewed by some as a more inclusive version of the word folks, both are gender-neutral ways of addressing a group of people. PFLAG National does not use folx because it is difficult for screen readers (for people with visual disabilities) to read.
How the hell is "folks" a word that requires alteration for inclusivity?
uke, to understand the Bud Light outrage, you gotta turn your sophistication knob down a little bit. 99.99% of society is not as woke as you are, and thus your perspective is skewed.
I think I've decided that this is what separates the
LBGT+ movement from other tiny minorities who believe weird stuff, like say Scientologists. Tom Cruise isn't out there on the streets every day ripping into non-scientologists for using words in the fashion they were originally intended. They keep it inside the clubhouse.
Gays commandeered an existing word that didn't see widespread use. It may have even started out as a slur, sort of like "queer" was definitely a slur and then was adopted by the community as a self-descriptor. Trans people are out there changing the definition of man and woman and that's just a bridge too far for most. Words have meaning, until they don't. Society has managed to beat the word "literally" into such an unrecognizable mess that they quite literally added a new and contradictory meaning in our official dictionary. Some words are more resilient than others.
Ladyboys have been a thing in Thailand for how long now? People are generally cool with it, right? Though, that could be a Buddhism thing. They probably think it's a form of divine punishment for past transgressions. Don't kick a man when he's down, so to speak. Still, they didn't try to use the existing words for the sexes, they created a third. I admit I have no idea if the ladyboy thing goes both ways, though.
Is nobody going to mention the terrible photoshop job on Dylan's profile photo? It's like someone shopped his head onto the body of an 8 year old. Where did the shoulders go?
That video is perfect for its intended purpose, which is algorithm engagement. Yeah, people looked at you because your dick was clearly showing through your shorts. If Ron Swanson wore shorts like that to get some steaks at Food and Stuff, everyone would notice. Not because they thought he was a woman, but because his dick was on display. Stop making yourself a victim.