LGBTQI+ When Did This Happen?

[mike carey]

@xyz48B, I agree with all of that. I somehow doubt that latinx will come into general usage because it's contrived and awkward, especially in spoken usage, but also because most people are unlikely to see a reason for making the point that the word was invented to make.

[+ Pensant]

Is it pronounced Latinks or Latin-ex? I’ve heard Elizabeth Warren pronounce it the latter way.

[+ GregM]

The black strip in the pride flag, is in remembrance of people that died of AIDS. It has nothing to do with race (which btw doesn't exist genetically, although racism exists socially).

 

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Is it pronounced Latinks or Latin-ex? I’ve heard Elizabeth Warren pronounce it the latter way.

 

Latin-ex would be how it's pronounced.

[RealAvalon]

Were they born in a majority Spanish-speaking country?

Mexico, Chile and Argentina. Some native speakers and some long-term resident ex-pats. A mix of people. Por que?

[RealAvalon]

most people are unlikely to see a reason for making the point that the word was invented to make.

The point would be, women in a group of people being referred to as men - latinos. The other grammatical solution is to, in reference to a mixed group of people, use latinos and latinas, and name everyone - which is the same thing the construction 'LGBTQ2S+'is trying to do and also what, 'ladies and gentlemen' did.

Edited July 7, 2020 by RealAvalon

[+ GregM]

???

 

Sorry I was about to reply and decided not too. Thought I had hit the back button.

[xyz48B]

At the end of the day, it’s constructed and artificial. I’m not a fan of synthetic language. People can get their panties in a bunch about anything. They’ll always blame someone else for their offense.

[xyz48B]

Mexico, Chile and Argentina. Some native speakers and some long-term resident ex-pats. A mix of people. Por que?

Because it seems odd that speakers born in countries where gender markers are important for grammatical function for comprehension would just accept it. And as I said, my own experience of native Spanish speakers is that they call it an English concern that doesn’t make sense in Spanish. That’s why.