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Once used as a slur, queer has been reclaimed by many LGBTQ people who find it a fitting identifier. To have a summer body versus a winter body versus a fall body or a spring? Here’s what it means to be the Q in LGBTQ. The Q in LGBTQ+ stands for queer or questioning.

Since being a part of the queer community is such a large umbrella that contains so much diversity, outside of anxiety and mental strain, another thing that links us all is our relationship to our bodies. When I take that in terms of queerness, I look at the pieces of me that I still feel that to some degree.

Q: Questioning Even though our common gay acronym is LGBTQ+, with just one "Q," there's another label that the letter stands for as well. What exactly does the 'Q' in LGBTQ+ mean? By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

We're a chosen family for a reason Shutterstock. Up until maybe the mids, it was a mental disorder to be queer in why way. Discover the significance of The Q in LGBTQ, standing for queer and questioning, and its impact on the community.

Are you questioning your heterosexuality, or who you are as a person? Well, it's complicated Unpacking the most complex letter in our rainbow family. Queer people have a lot more to go through when it comes to figuring out their identity as opposed to their heterosexual counterparts.

So perhaps one day you feel more B identified only to realize you're gay Q, that's OK! I used to listen to the Spice Girls, and over time, I learned to bury that part of joy the music brought me. Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, they all feel fairly self explainatory.

There are people quite literally trying to legislate us out of existence. Enter Q. It goes without saying that sexuality and identity are pretty fluid throughout life. What are the stories that we tell ourselves about the different pieces of our identities?

Outside of the shame, another main factor that keeps people hidden comes down to systemic oppression. However, Martin encourages people to appreciate those parts of ourselves, struggle and all, because it becomes a central passageway to discover who you really are.

I was ashamed and thought liking it was wrong or bad. Just recognize that we have these systems of oppression working against us and community is the antidote to this. Those little pieces point straight back to the shame that often keeps people closeted.

But what if you know you're a part of the fam, but none of those labels feel quite right. Here's what that means and why the community has reclaimed it since its original derogatory meaning. Let it make you stand a little taller. Think about the narratives we tell ourselves about the different pieces of our identity.

Within that, Martin stresses the higher rates of depression and anxiety within the community that battles a disordered system that should really aim to help them at all costs. I see a lot of patients that deal with that. I think about it as attaching two pieces of thread back together one strand at a time.