I've started using *Har'ey*, rainbow, to refer to LGBTQ+ people: *Har'ey tach*, *Har'eynganpu*', *Har'ey loD ghaH'a' *etc. DeSDu' and I came up with this while sitting in a gay bar and struggling to talk about it. This is decidedly not canon, and has nothing to do with fictional Klingons. I also don't hate *le'yo'*, pride, being used with lgbtq connotations. (Google Klingon Pride and there's a good picture of the Timmins Klingons with a *le'yo'* sign.) I don't have a good way to be more specific than that, yet. *le'yo'ngan ghaH, loD ghaH parmaqqayDaj'e'. *??? Tangent: Think of the valences *maqoch* and *chaj *could take on in some gay/lesbian/bi/pan fiction! Another tangent: *SIHwI' *and *SIHmoHwI'* for "top" and "bottom." -- John Harness Mr. / He / Him The Condo Association <https://thecondoassociation.com/> Klingon Language Institute <http://www.kli.org/> Language Creation Society <https://conlang.org/> On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 11:01 AM Riley Dosh <rjl.dosh@gmail.com> wrote:
Qapla'!
ghojchoHwI' jIH. tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhHa', 'ach mu'ghom vIlaDlaH. wej ngoDHommey jIHvaD vIghajbe'.
I noticed talk about neutral gender yesterday, which leads me to ask about LGBT terminology as a whole, since it's heavily gendered language.
Concerning trans people, I've defaulted to be' ghe'/be' ghe'pu' and loD ghe'/loD ghe'pu', but I welcome any suggestions.
As for gay/lesbian/bi and straight people, I'm have no idea, although I know it's been at least implied by MO before. Anybody know how one would say that?
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