LGBTQQ/SGL

[Jonathan Lighter]

Laurence Durrell suggested in 1949 that there were at least five sexes.
Kurt Vonnegut revealed that there were five on the planet
Tralfamadore.  Much later Ann Fausto-Sterling suggested that the same was
true on earth as well.

Her categories are not identical to those in Mark's initialism, however.
They include herms, ferms, and merms.

JL

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> At 10:07 PM -0400 9/15/10, Mark Mandel wrote:
> >Just sent to my synagogue discussion list in response to an announcement
> >forwarded by our rabbi:
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> >>   Representatives from numerous area organizations and programs serving
> >  >  *LGBTQQ/SGL* youth and young people
> >
> >I can't keep up with this ever-growing initialism. I think i know LGBTQ --
> >lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered/queer -- but after that I'm lost. What
> >does the final "Q/SGL" stand for?
>
> I'd have guessed "single", but I'd have been wrong. According to the
> info at the YES! Coalition (Philly) site,
> http://www.yescoalitionphilly.org/outreach/,
> it's "Same gender loving".  I'm not sure how that's different from
> the other categories.  Seems like maybe it's a question of
> identificational rather than referential distinction.
>
> >
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> >
> >(And what's the difference between "youth" and "young people"?)
> >
> I'd guess one of the groups is younger than the other, but I can't guess
> which.
>
> LH
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