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[KingsGambit]

It's a goof I do on tweb. I don't actually think I am a pirate.

I am sure OBP doesn't think he is a pig either. I could be wrong about that though.

Just to preemptively ward off any problems, please don't ask Cath if I'm a pig.

[Cerebrum123]

Just to preemptively ward off any problems, please don't ask Cath if I'm a pig.

Your post implies her answer would be yes.

[KingsGambit]

Your post implies her answer would be yes.

Pigs are some of the cleanest animals out there: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-j...and-lean/2126/

[Starlight]

The stats speak for themselves. The suicide rates for homosexuals and transgenders are still through the roof despite them now being "mainstream" acceptable behaviors. Every TV show has gay and transgender characters now. Gay marriage is legal. Anyone even speaking out against it is pretty much a pariah nowadays. Just look how you guys react to us saying it is a sin. So why hasn't the suicide rates dropped?

States which legalise same-sex marriage see drop in LGBT suicide rates, study finds:

Equal marriage is thought to result in reduced stigma and social isolation for young LGBT people, meaning they experience fewer mental health issues.

Suicide rates drop in places which legalise same-sex marriage, a study has found...

They found when states did pass the legislation, students in that state were 7 per cent less likely to try to take their own lives.

The largest decline in attempts was noted among student who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). It has been suggested that this is due to LGBT students feeling accepted by their communities and thereby having better mental health.

It's almost like you're making up stuff based on your prior assumptions...

[Terraceth]

Neither the sum of your posting in this forum, nor this particular post in which you flippantly mock the LGBT+ acronym in passing, makes me think you care at all about these people.

Why not make fun of it? It's become a parody of itself with unironic usage of LGBTQIAPK going on at this point. Even the original 4-letter acronym is overstuffed, as "lesbian" is redundant.

[Zymologist]

Why not make fun of it? It's become a parody of itself with unironic usage of LGBTQIAPK going on at this point. Even the original 4-letter acronym is overstuffed, as "lesbian" is redundant.

I can guess up through I, but what does the APK mean?

[Cow Poke]

...the LGBT+ acronym...

I bet you even typed that with a straight face.

Remember the object oriented programming language C++?

How bout LGBT++? That allows for when you finally admit pedophiles and beastialitists (or whatever they would be called), and you cold be sneaky about it!

[Cerebrum123]

I can guess up through I, but what does the APK mean?

I can only guess the A would be asexual.

[Zymologist]

I bet you even typed that with a straight face.

Remember the object oriented programming language C++?

How bout LGBT++? That allows for when you finally admit pedophiles and beastialitists (or whatever they would be called), and you cold be sneaky about it!

Apparently anything after LGBT doesn't even bear a mention, and can be summarily grouped under the dismissive "+". How many people does this marginalize, I wonder?

[Cow Poke]

Apparently anything after LGBT doesn't even bear a mention, and can be summarily grouped under the dismissive "+". How many people does this marginalize, I wonder?

Yeah, that was a delicious bit of irony.









ETA: somehow, my response got attached to the wrong quote

[Juvenal]

The suicide rate among people who have had surgery to change their physical sex is sky high.

Every time I've seen this cited here, the comparison has been to non-trans, not to pre-surgery trans.

Bad math.

[Zymologist]

Every time I've seen this cited here, the comparison has been to non-trans, not to pre-surgery trans.

Bad math.

Do you (or anyone else) have any numbers on post-surgery vs pre-surgery?

[Terraceth]

I can guess up through I, but what does the APK mean?

A is Asexual. P and K, which I had to look up when I saw the acronym, are apparently Pansexual and Kink.

Though Urban Dictionary provides an alternative definition for LGBTQIAPK: "This is what you see in a text box after smashing your keyboard and hitting enter."

[Sparko]

Wait, asexual would just be someone who is not having sex with anyone, right? Like any single person should be doing?

[Terraceth]

Wait, asexual would just be someone who is not having sex with anyone, right? Like any single person should be doing?

Strictly speaking, an asexual is someone who isn't sexually attracted to anyone, male or female. That doesn't preclude the act of sex, and some of them will still enter into relationships.