Disappearing people
Friday, May 29th, 2009 09:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mothwingI've seen this specifically in German discussions of GLBTI matters, but is it normal that there is a trend to gradually reduce the populations mentioned in articles, posts, or discussions in reverse order of the acronym?
Intersexed people are first to be dropped (if people decide to include them at all), usually the second paragraph in in essays about GLBTI matters, transpeople are next, bisexuals disappear nearly at the same time, and then, the talk is only about gays and lesbians, until only gay men remain. Seeing as in Germany, being trans or intersexed is usually seen as a and subsumed under "sexual orientation". so that probably takes care of the general sites , but why does that happen on GLBTi sites, too...?
It's as though they fade out somehow, fade into insignificance.
Intersexed people are first to be dropped (if people decide to include them at all), usually the second paragraph in in essays about GLBTI matters, transpeople are next, bisexuals disappear nearly at the same time, and then, the talk is only about gays and lesbians, until only gay men remain. Seeing as in Germany, being trans or intersexed is usually seen as a and subsumed under "sexual orientation". so that probably takes care of the general sites , but why does that happen on GLBTi sites, too...?
It's as though they fade out somehow, fade into insignificance.
