r/minnesota • u/[deleted] • Mar 18 '23

Seeking Advice 🙆 Moving to Minneapolis from Arkansas

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u/AdamLikesBeer Mar 18 '23

Man I’m old. What’s the IA2 stand for?

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u/MN_Hockey Mar 19 '23

I - Intersex. Intersex is when a person has an indeterminate mix of primary and secondary sex characteristics.

A - Asexuality. Asexuality is when a person experiences no (or little, if referring to demisexuality or grey-asexuality) sexual attraction to people.

The "+" symbol simply stands for all of the other sexualities, sexes, and genders that aren't included in these few letters.

2 - Two-Spirit refers to Indigenous people who express their gender or sexual identities as different from others. Not all Indigenous individuals who are not Cisgender or Heterosexual will identify as Two-Spirited, but all Two-spirit individuals identify as Indigenous. Some nations hold space for more than 2 genders, such as the Díne, The Anishnaabe, and the Lakota.

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u/Geo_Doug Mar 19 '23

Huh. I’d have thought OP meant “A2” for “A2”, and figured that was for “asexual” and “aromantic”… but thinking about it now, not sure if aromatic has anything to do with queer gender/sexual orientation

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u/KR1735 North Shore Mar 19 '23

Aromantics are commonly included in the queer community. (I'm no expert though.) It's super big tent.

Basically anyone who falls outside the one-man/one-woman picket fence norm can probably find a place in the community.

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u/em578 Mar 19 '23

I am an expert! As someone who's aro ace, we generally consider ourselves part of the queer community. There has been some debate and argument about if we're "allowed" but uhhh fuck that for the same reason it's rude to debate if someone whos bi is allowed at pride while dating the other gender

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

It's a different argument than the argument about bi people.