lmao okay guys I know what we should call the LGBT+ community:

finnglas:

solitarelee:

socialjusticesummoner:

“the family” okay here me out

This used to be prominent slang within the community, and I don’t hear it much any more, at least not in my corner of the world. I remember times in which I was approached in public and someone asked, “are you in the family?” And proceeded to ask me about the local gay scene when I said yes

My coworker just reminded me of this. He’s an older gay man that is often afraid to be himself because of homophobia, but we’re getting close so he’s pretty open around me, as a fellow “member of the family”. Another gay guy we work with did something pretty flamboyant, so my coworker looked at me and said, “that’s family”

I mean I just love it it was definitely a term used during a time when homophobia was pretty severe, but you were safe around your “family” you could be yourself with family

Plus can you imagine how much “”“family values”“” conservatives would lose their minds it’s a win win

Yeah! This was used by the gaggle of older queer folk I hung out with in Montgomery, AL back in the day. Reminds me of better times… Which is hilarious because they weren’t actually better it was just we huddled together in abject terror of the world instead of knifing everyone who was a slightly different flavor of queer like we do these days lol 

Oh my goodness, is this old enough that people don’t remember it anymore? It was definitely the vogue term when I was coming up as a wee baby queer. It doesn’t work in all contexts, but I was sure it was still in use in places, at least.

(It did used to cause some confusion. I asked a gay friend once if someone was a family member and they thought I meant also-gay rather than what I actually meant which was ‘Is he related to you’?“ lmao)