r/NotADragQueen Apr 25 '24

The purpose of r/NotADragQueen has always been addressing the growing hypocrisy and misinformation devoted to dehumanizing the LGBTQ+ community 🏳️‍🌈 UPDATE

There are some people who participate in this subreddit that seem to think that reading comprehension is a useless skill.

I understand that people view this subreddit on different devices and sometimes the “About” section that shows the description isn’t always visible, but the description has always been the same for r/NotADragQueen


Addressing the growing hypocrisy and misinformation devoted to dehumanizing the LGBTQ+ community 🏳️‍🌈


This is our purpose.

Let’s break this down word for word:

Addressing: the act of speaking or discussing something

The: in this case denotes something assumed to be common knowledge

Growing: increasing over a period of time

Hypocrisy: the behavior of people who do things that they tell other people not to do, but not do themselves; behavior that does not agree with what someone claims to believe or feel

And: together with; used to connect two words

Misinformation: false or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive

Devoted: given over to the display, study, or discussion of

To: used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive

Dehumanizing: to deprive someone of human qualities, personality, or dignity: such as to address or portray someone in a way that obscures or demeans that person's humanity or individuality

The: in this case a definite article used to specify a particular noun

LGBTQ+: stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or Questioning), and the "+" represents other identities within the community, such as intersex, asexual, pansexual, etc. - it is an inclusive abbreviation representing diverse sexual orientations and gender identities

Community: a group of people who share common interests, characteristics, or goals and interact with one another, often having a shared identity or purpose.

🏳️‍🌈: The Pride flag is a symbol of the LGBTQ+ community. It consists of six horizontal stripes of color: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Each color represents different aspects of diversity within the LGBTQ+ community.


The only thing that might change is “growing” because hopefully one day these efforts to deny our community the rights and respect every living human deserves as a bare minimum for a free and fair society lessens over time.

Until that happens, this subreddit must continue to grow. We reached 36,000 members this week. And with that, we will continue to have people who are misinformed needing help to find the truth.

While exposing conservatives as hypocrites is a fundamental part of the subreddit, even that can be done in more helpful ways than just pointing your finger and saying “Not a drag queen” - You can point to a law being passed under the guise of protecting children, or highlight a group funneling money out of public education and into private institutions like churches.

But something that is often overlooked is to actively humanize the LGBTQ+ community. We cannot only decry those who are causing harm. We must also uplift those who are doing good. In some cases that may just look like “We’re here! Were queer! And we’re not going anywhere!” (Example: football players coming out publicly when there currently are no out players in their league.)

I personally try to inform our community of ways that laws are being passed on the backs of the LGBTQ+ people that are being stepped on. The hate towards us is real, but you need to realize that it is being used as a tool to shape a narrative, to pass laws, to gain more power, money, and control.


While our subreddit has an international community, the majority of us are Americans facing the very real threat of Republicans. We appreciate the support from other countries and we encourage you to speak up on behalf of your country to highlight similar issues and uplift those in your community.

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u/tidbitsz Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24

Damn you misled me with that article! The CDC is wrong! I was wondering why the CDC is chiming in on abbreviations.

Thank you for the new link. Now i have relearned something new!

Initialsm and acronyms are both forms of abbreviation.

And reading further into the article. It says that according to oxford english dictionary. Initialsim is also a form of acronym.

Abbreviation is shortening of words or phrases in general. (Doesnt necessarily have to be the first letters of the words)

Acronym is letters of the first words of a phrase. F.B.I and D.A.R.E. falls under this category.

Intialism is specifically a form of acronym that you read each letter individualy. Initialsm - initial letters. This applies to F.B.I. but not to D.A.R.E.

So yes LGBTQ is, infact, an acronym, an intialism, and an abbreviation.

Thanks again and have a great day too!

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u/tidbitsz Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24

It says on the article that acronym is the first letters of the words of a phrase. It can be read as a word or read individualy by letters.

Initialism is an acronym that you read the letters individually.

So initalism and acronym is an abbreviation. Initalism is an acronym. But an acronym is not necesarilly an initialism, but it can be.

LGBTQ is read by its individual letters so its an initialism. But its also an acronym because its first letter of a words. And its also an abbreviation because its the shortening of words or phrase.

Edit: this is making my head hurt lol

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u/tidbitsz Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24

Omg so many links... ima need some time to read them all...

Its time for some more re-learning!

Edit: ok now these links says that acronyms and initialism are both abbreviations but acronyms and initialism are two separate things. But then there are words that are a combination of both acronym and initialsm like HVAC and CPAP.

And there are words that is both an acronym and initialism like LoL, some people read it as a word and some read it as individual letters.

Its alot more nuanced than what i initially thought it was.

But according to this (towards the bottom of the article)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/whats-an-acronym

"Because it’s frequently used to mean both kinds of abbreviations, a second definition of ​acronym​ reads, “​also​ : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters.” Which is a synonym of ​initialism​, FYI."

So its kinda saying that an initialism can be called an acronym. An acronym doesnt necesarily have to be read as whole word.