TIL that there’s a pride flag to represent queerness itself.
"Queer is an identity in and of itself that more and more people are choosing to identify with. It is a sort of label for those who don’t want to put themselves in a box. Often considered a movement, queer people are those who fall outside of and/or renounce the cultural norms around sexuality, gender identity, and/or gender expression.
The word queer can mean different things to different people, but the most accepted definition is someone who is not cishet or someone with variant experiences with orientation, gender, and/or sex."
https://queerintheworld.com/queer-pride-flag/
cc: @lgbtq_plus
Wait… I thought Queer was just… all of us, basically? What? I’ve been using Queer to describe the community in general for a while, it’s much simpler and elegant then the acronym. I don’t think I’ve been saying something stupid with no one correcting me for months… have I?
Jesus Christ, the amount of strange and sometimes non sensical labels we have is kind of ridiculous. This makes it sounds like Queer is part of the movement, not the movement itself. Which was already confusing because of the Q in LGBTQIA+…
It’s a nice looking flag though :3
It’s both in a way. Most people I’ve known who refer to themselves as queer feel that they either belong to multiple other categories, or don’t feel that any other label describes their sexual or gender experiences
