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i have seen a lot of mixed results and good reasonings on either side but no consensus is polyamory part of the lgbtqia+ community?
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Anonymous 14h

Gonna be real idk any cishet ppl that identify with polyamory, they usually go for the ENM (ethical non monogamy) or open relationship label, but maybe thats just my bubble or area im in

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Anonymous 14h

i've seen that it depends on who they're dating (like if they're lesbian/bi/gay/etc) so it's not inherently queer, but i've also seen that since it deviates from the norm, it is queer in very curious bc a lot of the logic seems reasonable

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Anonymous 12h

honestly, i've thought about it and if i saw 2 men and 2 women at pride with a polyamory flag and they told me every relationship dynamic within the polycule was straight, id still be happy about them being there and think they warrant having the relationship be called queer

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Anonymous 7h

tbh most poly people i know are queer in other ways, usually multiple other ways. and a lot of the hate i see for poly ppl online is really directed at more obviously queer ppl (like that “all poly ppl look the same” bs). but even disregarding all that, it is an unconventional type of relationship that is discriminated against, so yes if a cishet polyam person wanted to identify as queer i don’t see why they shouldn’t

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Anonymous 14h

Can we stop debating identity already

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Anonymous 12h

my knee jerk reaction is "well they're straight." but i don't think straight negates queer when i think about it for more than a few seconds. i think the topic can be uncomfortable and we can dive into "who has it worse", but that isn't productive, and sets a precedent where most the queer community isn't "queer enough"

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14h

i hope this doesn't look like debating and it looks more like educating or a conversation if it does cause a debate or smth i'll take the post down bc i don't want to deal with that

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14h

You know its gonna turn into a debate. Why do we need to nitpick like this

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14h

i dont know if this will turn into a debate bc i know people can be respectful i also dont think this is nitpicking bc i genuinely want to know and im curious

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14h

i would mostly like to hear from ppl who identify that way 👍👍

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 14h

True to my experience as well

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 14h

that's so interesting! i have a few poly friends and i've never heard of this! thank you for sharing :-)

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14h

tbf OP can just block people trying to start shit, it’s what I do

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 12h

i think queerness is more than homosexuality, as queer can be gender or gender expression or lack of sexuality as well. i believe a polycule will be viewed very similarly to a queer relationship, prob assumed to be queer anyway. i don't think it's problematic to let straight polyam people into our community anymore than an aroace(/spec) person being part of our community

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