This comic is not funny. Its actually actively harmful. Stephen is essentially saying he can’t be bothered to pay attention to the terms of a marginalized community. If Stephen can’t be bothered to learn why should I continue to read him? And plz spare me the “one queer/black/brown friend bit”.
After the gigantic mess organizers of the WorldCon 2018 science fiction convention made in the past few days relative to said-community, you better hope their critics don’t see this. comic strip.
I’m part of an endangered community: the HWOM. Heterosexual white older male. Feel free to make fun of me, belittle me, and make snide comments without fear of any retribution.
I have a form of dwarfism and once had a conversation with a guy in a hotel lobby during a Little People of America conference that went something like this:
Guy: I’ve heard you guys called little people, midgets, dwarfs, short … what do you prefer to be called?
I’ve always felt they should just go with ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. That way, they get all the current orientations, as well as the ones that they haven’t thought of yet.
When I was a kid, “Queer” covered them all. So, it was “you leave me alone and I’ll pretend you don’t exist”. And all were happy……..well, all of us straight people. As for the queers, who cares?
SomeOtherGocomicsGuy over 6 years ago
I’ll just call it Mile Long Spam Town, land of those who like to say big words.
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
Good to see the yaks and zebras included.
sirbadger over 6 years ago
Lately, they’ve started calling it just Pride which bothers me, because now a mother can’t be proud of little Timmy unless little Timmy is gay.
Tue Elung-Jensen over 6 years ago
Sums up what most people think of that I´d say.
chris_weaver over 6 years ago
No alphabet soup for you!
mail2jbl over 6 years ago
He’s dressed more like he’s involved in the Mormon community.
dwane.scoty1 over 6 years ago
Wonder what the Crocs think about Identification Politics?
angryblackbiguy over 6 years ago
This comic is not funny. Its actually actively harmful. Stephen is essentially saying he can’t be bothered to pay attention to the terms of a marginalized community. If Stephen can’t be bothered to learn why should I continue to read him? And plz spare me the “one queer/black/brown friend bit”.
mjb515 over 6 years ago
Steph goes dancing in the minefield.
Nyckname over 6 years ago
LGBTTQQIAAP
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♫ And a partridge in a pear tree ♫
tripwire45 over 6 years ago
After the gigantic mess organizers of the WorldCon 2018 science fiction convention made in the past few days relative to said-community, you better hope their critics don’t see this. comic strip.
Dan Miller over 6 years ago
What if we just call everyone human and move along :)
Lee26 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Stephan is gonna get some ‘letters’ now, I’m sure.
Nyckname over 6 years ago
The best one I’ve run across so far, and it’s actually pronounceable, is QUILTBAG.
Q – Queer and Questioning
U – Unidentified
I – Intersex
L – Lesbian
T – Transgender, Transexual
B – Bisexual
A – Asexual
G – Gay
Herb L 1954 over 6 years ago
Where is Vanna White,when you need her ;)
Cerabooge over 6 years ago
M-word your Y-word E-word.
belgarathmth over 6 years ago
I’d like to buy a vowel.
Grover St. Clair over 6 years ago
I had to make up my own: HWMRSHHGH (Heterosexual White Male Rocking Skirts, High Heels, and Groovy Hosiery).
WCraft Premium Member over 6 years ago
I’m part of an endangered community: the HWOM. Heterosexual white older male. Feel free to make fun of me, belittle me, and make snide comments without fear of any retribution.
Bucinka over 6 years ago
They forgot ж, ю, ъ, ß, ç, א, ף, ر .
skipper1992 over 6 years ago
I have a form of dwarfism and once had a conversation with a guy in a hotel lobby during a Little People of America conference that went something like this:
Guy: I’ve heard you guys called little people, midgets, dwarfs, short … what do you prefer to be called?
Me: “John” works pretty well for me.
CarlHeckman over 6 years ago
I’ve always felt they should just go with ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. That way, they get all the current orientations, as well as the ones that they haven’t thought of yet.
nopainogain over 6 years ago
my gay friends have even started calling it the “lgbtqrstuv” to deride it
Sisyphos over 6 years ago
Pig thinks he knows “me’s” letters, but it seems that he is barely literate at all. Not to mention a bit confused about the ever-growing acronym….
spikelovesmusic over 6 years ago
nikkicatt1 : I think autocorrect mangled your sentence about the t-shirt. what was that supposed to read?
redback over 6 years ago
I am actually very active in the BLT community.. on second thought, forget it. I am not that fond of lettuce or tomato
Rosette over 6 years ago
I call it the “LQBTQIA GTG ROTFL” community. Trying to be inclusive.
robert423elliott about 2 years ago
When I was a kid, “Queer” covered them all. So, it was “you leave me alone and I’ll pretend you don’t exist”. And all were happy……..well, all of us straight people. As for the queers, who cares?