joan

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As a member of LGBTQIA+, i may or may not like to see a flag on a government building, but ultimately how could it affect me so much that my personal rights were violated?? that's nonsense to me. i don't think any harm would be done to fly a lgbtq flag, or a christian flag, or any non-political flag occasionally to support and promote inclusion of various communities

In my opinion this is one reason why labeling one's sexuality is counterproductive. Humans are changing beings and we always limit ourselves by the labels we put ourselves under.

There are certainly positives to labels, especially in that it helps people understand you better quickly, but i think the trade off is still valid... is it truly beneficial for one's particular sexuality and the cultural connotations of living under that sexuality to be a core part of one's identity? as queer people, we do share experiences from the systemic injustices that affect us, but it is under those labels, such as queer and lgbtqia+, we should identify with, rather than categorizing our complex selves into simple boxes that limit ourselves from exploring our own sexualities

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I don't think it's staged , but if it were, I think it would be very interesting why they didn't choose one of their usual targets for fearbaiting (trans, immigrant, leftist) to be the assassin.