The List Keeps Growing

[Khandro]

It's now 'LGBTIQ+' (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, queer or questioning) groups, according to an article I've just read on the BBC web site.

What's the '+' mean, & what might be added next?

[Mozz71]

Khandro, everyone should be free to criticize Breitbart.

[douglas9401]

13? That's queer.

[steg]

//13? That's queer.//

Certainly odd

[jackthehat]

The entire acronym means anything outside the narrow margins of heterosexuality and the '+' stands for anything left undescribed by the 6 letters foregoing.
When it was just LGB it seemed to have far more direction and heft; now, the longer it grows, the more diluted it becomes.
Who knows what might come next, although, as an embattled, beleaguered and threatened group whose rights are being eroded, perhaps W for Women ought to be considered?

[GenuineclAss]

My best friend was gay and absolutely HATED being called 'queer'.
In fact, when I hear that word used against someone, even in fun, it makes me cringe!

[dave50]

It's all a different way of describing an attention seeker.

[jackthehat]

Cheer up, dave50....

I am sure we could think of something to include you.

[GenuineclAss]

My friend was very shy and quiet in the company of people he didn't know.
When we were on our own, yes, he'd be the full-on gay type, but then, he did love a drop of just about anything, as long as it contained alcohol!

[Khandro]

I find it annoying that the word 'gay' has been entirely appropriated by the homosexual community, it was used for centuries in the English language to denote light-heartedness & brilliance.

[Togo]

//it was used for centuries in the English language to denote light-heartedness & brilliance.//

Not neurotic, needy and hedonistic then?

[Arksided]

It’s going to end up reading like a dyslexic alphabet with a few letters missing.

[mushroom25]

there's now more letters in that acronym than in a typical strand of DNA.......

[1ozzy]

Said a mushroom

[bhg481]

I'm afraid I can't get my brain round all the letters and in which order they occur. I am, though, aware that BLT is type of sandwich, so I tend refer to them all as Bacon Butties.