parallel structure, typos, keeping the allies down

[kismet09]

This just in my mailbox: "This is a college conference for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Allie, and Fluid College Students..."

Good for you trying to be all inclusive and stuff, but really, Allie? Who's Allie?

A couple of years ago, I went to a conference called MBLGTACC (Midwest Bi Les Gay Trans Ally Collegiate Conference, I think). That was quite the acronym. We called it 'mumble-guh-tack'.

Edit: My next email is announcing a dissertation talk on a paper called "A Detailed Study of the Interaction Between the Phosphorylated Rhodopsin Cytoplasmic Tail and Both Arrestin and Its Splice Variant, p44." I couldn't even tell you if any of that is spelled oddly.

Anywho...

Comments

[dreamattack329.livejournal.com]

I try to be up on these things, but "fluid" is a new term to me. Does that mean people who consider themselves to be in multiple of the above named categories?

[kismet09.livejournal.com]

'fluid' from what i can tell refers to the idea that sexual orientation and/or gender identity is an ever-changing variable for people. it seems to be a more recent way to define what used to be called 'pansexual.'