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How did Netflix know I was gay before I did? (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1386796

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’ve noticed that “gay” is used as a more general term for members of the LGBTQ+ community, similar to how “guys” has a pretty common gender-neutral usage

EDIT: tweaked the wording a bit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“Guys” hasn’t actually been accepted as gender neutral for a number of years, due to its implicit anti-feminist bias (you’ll fit in if you act like us men).

I struggle with not using it constantly, as it was the go-to gender neutral term for my generation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

"Folks" is a good replacement choice. Works in all the same contexts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the correction! I still hear that usage fairly often and wasn’t up with the discourse around it. Like the other reply I’m also more partial to “folks” personally (as well as “y’all”), but I think I still use “guys” out of habit on occasion