LGBT

For a time in early elementary school I went to a catholic grade school. The playgrounds were paved, so falling or being piled on resulted in scrapes and bruises that lasted. And when a ball was involved, it was an old-school hard tetherball, minus the rope. The kind that had a hard plastic loop that protruded from the top. The playground was walled in on three sides, so whoever was the target (typically me or one of two other kids) was boxed in.

I use "queer" in support of the way the younger generation has reclaimed it as a matter of Pride, but if someone objects I try not to use it further in that conversation as they've told me it hurts them to hear it.