Various links and thoughts about queer/mogai/lgbt/same sex attracted etc etc etc

A bunch of posts I saw on tumblr which got me thinking!

Asexuals in LGBT+ spaces

Why is queer taboo?

History of umbrella terms

The nasty, homophobic history of the term 'same sex attracted'

Discussion of 'same sex loving' as a AAVE term, and the difference to 'same sex attracted'

( And now my thoughts )

Whether to support problematic things, and if so how

I know this has been adressed many times by a lot of people, but I was pondering this question from someone who is hurt by some of the problematicness themselves, and the usual response didn't quite cover it.

My opinion in short:

There's lots of ways to "support" a work: watching/reading it, paying for it, promoting it, etc. Each should be considered separately.

And there are two questions when it comes to whether you or not you should "support" a work, for whatever definition of "support" is relevant:
1) What effect does it have on you?
2) What effect does it have on other people?

How you weigh the two answers is a matter of personal ethics, but they should both have weight. And it's very important not to weight what affects you more than what affects other people in anything claiming to be an objective analysis of the ethics of a situation.

Unfortunately people tend to conflate all the different forms of support, which I think is unhelpful.
( My opinion in looooooong )