http://karenrayne.com/2010/05/04/lgbtqqialmnopwhat/ Mon, 21 May 2012 19:06:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://karenrayne.com/2010/05/04/lgbtqqialmnopwhat/comment-page-1/#comment-5590 Amanda Thu, 06 May 2010 18:55:02 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=860#comment-5590 This isn't something that jsut teens need to learn about-- it's something older folk do too. I'm a 25 year old law student-- last year, I was in a car with some of my law school peers, when I used the word queer. One of my friends was taken aback-- said something about how she was shocked that somone who is progressive like me would use the term! I explained that it's actually a broader term, that emcompasses a lot more than GLB, and that a lot of people our age and younger feel more comfortable identifying as queer than they do as G/L or B. I then mentioned something aobut intersex individuals... which prompted a whole second conversation, because she didn't know intersex individuals actually existed. My fiance didn't know much about the topics either before he started dating me. So really-- the lack of knowledge on these topicsi n all ages is pretty shocking. This isn’t something that jsut teens need to learn about– it’s something older folk do too. I’m a 25 year old law student– last year, I was in a car with some of my law school peers, when I used the word queer. One of my friends was taken aback– said something about how she was shocked that somone who is progressive like me would use the term! I explained that it’s actually a broader term, that emcompasses a lot more than GLB, and that a lot of people our age and younger feel more comfortable identifying as queer than they do as G/L or B. I then mentioned something aobut intersex individuals… which prompted a whole second conversation, because she didn’t know intersex individuals actually existed. My fiance didn’t know much about the topics either before he started dating me. So really– the lack of knowledge on these topicsi n all ages is pretty shocking.

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