TouchTheFuckingFrog@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's something you used to do/see/say but don't anymore because you don't feel it's right?
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1 year agoA lot of FLINTA people don’t like it. It can be especially upsetting to AMAB people who don’t identify as male. It’s not the same, but it’s similar to things like the n-word, or the f-slur. If someone chooses to use the word about themselves, that’s one thing, but if they don’t, there’s a very good chance you’d upset them.
FLINTA - Frauen, Lesben, Intersexuelle, Nicht-binär, Transgender and Agender. It’s a German acronym, and basically covers all non-cishet men, though with a bent toward the female side of things.
AMAB - assigned male at birth. Basically if the doctor slapped your arse and said “it’s a boy”, you’re AMAB.
Though not acronyms, I’ll expand for clarity:
N word - n****r, a racial slur aimed at black people.
F slur - f****t, a homophobic slur, primarily aimed at male presenting queer people, but pretty common all round.