ironfoxe:

say it with me, one more time: queer is not an umbrella term. queer cannot be applied to the entire LGBT community. queer is not a substitute word for “gay” or “lesbian”.

queer is a SLUR that SOME people have reclaimed FOR THEMSELVES and when you apply it to everyone without their consent or use it as a blanket-term for every non-hetero person, you are being an asshole. you cannot force someone to reclaim a slur and you cannot call the entire community by a slur. and when you call it “the queer community” or refer to LGBT individuals as “queers”, you are excluding anyone who doesn’t want to be lumped in under a hate word they might not be comfortable with at all. don’t do this.