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Originally posted by ARTelevision
Well I do see us missing the point and engaging in polemic rather than personal revelation.
I think I'll just repeat myself because it seems that would be all that's needed to work with the premise of the thread.
I can't think of the last time it was necessary to define my sexuality in terms of straight, bi, or gay. I mean I haven't used those terms in years to describe myself to myself or anyone else. I don't see a need for it - that's for damn sure. It's actually quite a revelation. And I wouldn't have even thought of this if Halx hadn't initiated this thread.
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I can't think of the last time I used the word "ARTelevision" but that doesn't mean that your name should be put on the banned words list.
Let's look at this from another perspective. Gender-based identity words bias the reader toward the person using it. i.e. if someone says "I'm a regular guy" you automatically assign male stereotypes to him. Should we therefore ban all gender identification?