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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Same thing happens to me when I tell people we are UU.  I think it is a way for people to try to connect. [/quote]

Unitarian Universalist?[/quote]
Seriously??!?! WTH is UU? It's so hard to keep up these days.

Straight person here... I would like to request that "straights" not get viciously verbally attacked when they aren't super knowledgable about they/them. A kid I've known forever came out as gay in 5th grade (now in college). They recently declared that they are non-binary, gender queer. A lot people aren't clear on what they means re: addressing people, etc... Someone in the group made reference to he and they freaked out. The people in the group were not ignorant by any stretch and have no strong opinions on gender identity or anything related to it. They should have just simply explained how they/them is preferred and the reasons for it.

I get that it can be exhausting to constantly explain and redefine what all of that means for people outside of the community but education is what's needed if a real shift is going to happen. Don't attack. Educate.

FTR... OP, if you think that people are going to stop talking about their one lesbian friend when you mention your wife, fuhgettaboutit. I hear stories about the one Black friend or the one friend of color. The Black joke. The sudden change in diction and proper english. Meanwhile, I'm staring like... are you serious right now?? Anywho... my point is... trying to get a majority to understand what's different about the minority is an uphill battle. You will constantly be frustrated if things like that continue to annoy you. There is a new letter added to the LGBTQIA suite of acronyms every week. People are still getting used to Black people and gay people... it will take awhile to catch up to all of the other letters and no amount of beating straight, pure white WASPS will change that.[/quote]

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