I = intersex, yes. I've seen Q expanded as both "queer" and "questioning", and occasionally see two Qs in the alphabet soup, which I presume means both.
I'm not entirely certain what all the nuances of "queer" are when stuck on the end of TLBGetc.; I think of it as meaning B, G, L, and/or T, in which case the Q would make the other four letters redundant, but it may be that others use the word a little differently than I do.
I use "queer" in three (related) ways: a) as a synonym/alternative for the alphabet soup (which becomes more unwieldy the more it explicitly includes - but which privileges the explicitly-included at the expense of the implicit), b) as an umbrella term that emphasizes solidarity ("your flavor of queer may not be my flavor of queer, but we are both queer" kind of thing), and, c) because I'm several sorts of queer (for some of which, the alphabet-soup terms are more convenient than descriptive; for others, inclusion in the soup is controversial) and prefer using a single term that includes 'em all, to having to list them.
When it's included in a "long" alphabet soup, I see it as an inclusion of (or concession to, depending how it's done/context) those who prefer to identify as queer, just as "SSL" in a "long soup" recognizes those who prefer to identify as "same-sex-loving" rather than as G/L. In either instance, there's a technical redundancy, but I don't think it's necessary that each letter refer to something wholly discrete from the other letters.
And, in re the post itself: The Nepalese Supreme Court gets it. Yay!
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I think queer is often being used more broadly these days.
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I'm not entirely certain what all the nuances of "queer" are when stuck on the end of TLBGetc.; I think of it as meaning B, G, L, and/or T, in which case the Q would make the other four letters redundant, but it may be that others use the word a little differently than I do.
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When it's included in a "long" alphabet soup, I see it as an inclusion of (or concession to, depending how it's done/context) those who prefer to identify as queer, just as "SSL" in a "long soup" recognizes those who prefer to identify as "same-sex-loving" rather than as G/L. In either instance, there's a technical redundancy, but I don't think it's necessary that each letter refer to something wholly discrete from the other letters.
And, in re the post itself: The Nepalese Supreme Court gets it. Yay!
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