qmunity (n): a neologism and portmanteau of "queer" and "community" used both as a community name and an individual identity
Example 1:
The qmunity is made up of many people who identify as bisexual, homosexual, transgender, or something akin to those things.
Example 2:
Person A: Is she qmunity?
Person B: Yep, she's qmunity; she's married to a lovely woman named Genevieve!
At present, many LGBT organizations are considering the implications of the continued use of the term "LGBT." They consider both the practical and ideological. On the practical level, they note that "LGBT" fails to recognize all of the aspects of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender people; for instance, "LGBT" fails to recognize a butch identity or that a bisexual person may feel more attracted to one biosex than another. On the ideological level, some note how a delineated acronym de facto fails to identify the diversity said acronym attempts to include.
In order to address this problem, some have suggested that the LGBT people adopt the identity "queer" in order to be more inclusive. Some, including people both inside and outside the community, are uncomfortable with using the word "queer," citing the term's derogative history. Others, however, claim that adoption of the word "queer" is an act of reclamation, the process of changing the meaning of a pejorative term into one of positivity and community solidarity. For example, the words "nigger," "tranny," and "bitch" have all been (at least somewhat) reappropriated by some members of the black, transgender, and feminist communities.
Personally, I'm on the fence about reclaimation. The idea is beautiful, but I'm not convinced that it's working. One need look no further than ongoing cultural battles about the use of the word "nigger" and the difference between the words "nigger" and "nigga" to see that reclaimation is not perfect. To that end, I'm not totally on-board with the word "queer."
At the same time, I recognize that the term "LGBT" isn't perfect, and so I suggest a new word that attempts to utilize all of the inclusivity of the word "queer" but forgoes its questionable etymology - qmunity. "Qmunity" can be used both as the name of a community and as an individual's identity. Additionally, the word is pronounced as "kew-mew-nit-ee."
