By TooLesbian - 25/09/2014 02:33 - Australia - Kellyville

Today, my insane roommate yelled at me for using the word "stupid" because apparently it is a slur against mentally disabled people. Later, she went on and on about this "queer" club she's attending to meet "queer" people to talk about "queer" issues. She's not gay. I am. FML
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I am the OP for this post. She is not my friend, just the sister of a friend (I live with both). Where I live in Australia, "queer" is still used as a derogatory word against gay people, and gay men and women are often called that by homophobes in public. She is completely straight, but thinks she is revolutionary by joining the gay rights movement as an "ally". Because she knows gay people, she assumes that she is entitled to use words we call ourselves. She knows I'm not comfortable with the word "queer" because I've had it used against me by bullies at high school, but she continues to use it because "it's an umbrella term" (although it isn't, some a word SOME LGBT people call themselves). She isn't a homophobe, and I'm not insinuating that she is - just really annoying.

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darryaz 9

I don't think your roommate is insane..... just stupid.

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erenjaeger 16

Maybe she's genderqueer, or something like that? Just because she's not gay doesn't mean it's not a group that can be defined as "queer". It could be a gender group, for people who don't identify as their biological sex, identify as both genders, or as neither gender.

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chosha_fml 26

Stupid is as stupid does. And she is definitely doing stupid well.

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Mekeritrig 15

Social Justice Warrior with a Tumblr account, yes?

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Omniprism 14

Your roommate is an idiot. Stupid is not a slur against the mentally disabled, the word retarded is. I'd tell her she needs to educate herself on a few things.

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Hethyr 7

Maybe she's just trying to get revenge... apparently, she's stupid.

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worldclassrager 39

After going to that club it's possible she might be come one...don't bet on it though... I think she better have her words apply to the case she went on with about you...

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alicat13 12

Queer means wierd, not neccessarily gay. It was used as a derogitory word for gay people because they were considered wierd. Although most uses of the term are used to refer to gay (meaning happy also) dont jump to the conclusio that it is what she means. Dont be over sensitive, ask her what she means. If peop,e would just talk and not jump to conclusions, we could sort out,most of the worlds problems. :-)

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