You said LBTI and queer alumni/ae, students, faculty and staff are welcome. What is queer, if not LBTI?
There are many other sexual minorities and marginalized “deviants” beyond LBTI. We wanted to include them in our definition, but not necessarily give a laundry list of all of them and inadvertently leave out a category of people we would otherwise welcome into this group. The word “queer” is meant to encompass all these sexual orientations that are not mainstream, and that take place between consenting adults. Polyamory, swinging, and kinky are good examples of queer orientations that we welcome in Mount Holyoke Lyon’s Pride.
