• StarkDay@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It stands for “two spirit,” which is an Indigenous term for a gender identity similar to being transgender. Canada has been making a more concerted effort to acknowledge and respect Indigenous views and traditions, so it’s added to the LGBT+ acronym in Canada

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      1 year ago

      I always thought it was for 2A, for asexual and ally.

      Having allies be a part of the acronym is a whole other debate though.

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          When did the rainbow go from “it’s OK that some people want to have sex with their own gender” to “you must believe in abstract religious concepts”