bilingual pride facts
the Arabic names for the different components of LGBT all start with the letter م meem, the M sound.
lesbian = مثليات mithlayat
gay = مثليون mithlyeen
bisexual = مزدوجي الميول muzdawjay al-muyul
transgender = متحولون/ متحولات الجنس mutahawaleen / mutahawilat al-jins
so the acronym would actually just be مممم MMMM lol. instead, it's the meme society, which is, I think, extremely very good.
bilingual pride facts
@nasser is there a word for “queer”?
bilingual pride facts
@Moss many of the "correct" arabic words are basically slurs 😬 I've seen كوير kwyr used, though that's just a transliteration and I think people have mixed feelings all about this transliterating western words and by extension western queer culture. أحرار الجنس ahrar al-jins "sexually/gender liberated" also gets used. but I am far from an authority on this stuff.
bilingual pride facts, india
@nasser @Moss some clarification on the term "Hijra" I grew up hearing it as a regional word for trans, but it's actually not since it translates to eunuch which is derogatory & outdated. However, searching this brought up the delightful new term chosen by south Asian trans communities - Kinnar, a magical dancer from Buddhist mythology who is a chimerical bird, horse, human hybrid!
This wikipedia article is a surprisingly decent introduction: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia)
bilingual pride facts, india
@mohini @Moss i love this!