transmed-deku:

Using the argument that it’s okay to call the lgbt community q*eer because “it’s reclaimed!” is honestly just fucking ignorant

You can’t force everybody in a community to reclaim a slur. Period.

It’s the same as other slurs; you can’t call all lesbians the “d*ke community”, you can’t call all gay men the “f*g community”, you can’t call all trans people the “tr*nny community”, etc etc

I don’t care if you’ve personally reclaimed a slur–I’ve reclaimed certain ones myself– but you cannot force an entire community of people to reclaim it because you want to call yourself it.