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Given that the term used in the Fan Show video at the top of the page and that "queer" is not a totally accepted term - some, such as myself, finding it offensive - I propose moving this page to [[LGBTQ representation in Doctor Who]]. -- [[User:Jack "BtR" Saxon|Saxon]] ([[User talk:Jack "BtR" Saxon|✉️]]) 20:15, June 12, 2020 (UTC) | Given that the term used in the Fan Show video at the top of the page and that "queer" is not a totally accepted term - some, such as myself, finding it offensive - I propose moving this page to [[LGBTQ representation in Doctor Who]]. -- [[User:Jack "BtR" Saxon|Saxon]] ([[User talk:Jack "BtR" Saxon|✉️]]) 20:15, June 12, 2020 (UTC) | ||
:I suggest LGBTQ+, actually, to include ace people, gender nonconforming, those who don't like labels, etc, but likewise dislike "queer". [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:20, June 12, 2020 (UTC) | :I suggest LGBTQ+, actually, to include ace people, gender nonconforming, those who don't like labels, etc, but likewise dislike "queer". [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:20, June 12, 2020 (UTC) | ||
::The matter was talked about early on, and the thing with the acronym is that it's very hard to come to an agreement on its "proper" form. People are dropping and adding letters to it all the time; signs of controversy (albeit mild) are already breaking out two messages in. [[LGBTQ representation in Doctor Who]] (and/or variations with different forms of the acronym) can and should definitely be redirects, but "Queer" is a vaguer and (in terms of how it should be spelled) less controversial, general term. And, if I may say so, much less ungainly as the first word of a page title that the increasingly-unpronounceable acronym. | |||
::Of course, if there is significant sentiment among our userbase/readership that the term is ''offensive'' to them, I'm not ''dead-set'' against using the acronym, but insofar as it's a matter of self-identification, I must say that for myself I much prefer "queer" to the unpronounceable hodgepodge of the acronym. | |||
::In terms of ''Doctor Who''-related precedents, ''The Fan Show'' using the acronym is interesting, but I'd raise you ''Queers Dig Time Lords'' — not to mention one of RTD's big successes prior to ''Doctor Who'' having been ''Queer As Folk''. Both terms definitely have tractions in Whoniverse circles — I think we can afford, one way or another, to make our own choice without worrying about ''that'' side of the equation overmuch. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:26, June 12, 2020 (UTC) | |||
