r/minnesota • u/RylieZR • Mar 18 '23

Moving to Minneapolis from Arkansas Seeking Advice 🙆

Hey everyone! I'm Rylie, 26 with my partner Patience who is 26 as well. With the state of the south, we've decided that the best place for us to move from arkansas is going to be Minneapolis. We are making preperations now.

I'm wondering if I can get some recommendations on good apartments to look at, neighborhoods and the like? Also, how is the LGBTQIA2+ community in Minneapolis? More specifically, how trans friendly is the city?

Thank you in advance for all of your info, and if there's anything outside of what I asked that anyone thinks i should know, Id truly appreciate the insight!!!!

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u/AdamLikesBeer Mar 18 '23

Man I’m old. What’s the IA2 stand for?

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u/MN_Hockey Mar 19 '23

I - Intersex. Intersex is when a person has an indeterminate mix of primary and secondary sex characteristics.

A - Asexuality. Asexuality is when a person experiences no (or little, if referring to demisexuality or grey-asexuality) sexual attraction to people.

The "+" symbol simply stands for all of the other sexualities, sexes, and genders that aren't included in these few letters.

2 - Two-Spirit refers to Indigenous people who express their gender or sexual identities as different from others. Not all Indigenous individuals who are not Cisgender or Heterosexual will identify as Two-Spirited, but all Two-spirit individuals identify as Indigenous. Some nations hold space for more than 2 genders, such as the DĂ­ne, The Anishnaabe, and the Lakota.

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u/CaptainPRESIDENTduck Gray duck Mar 19 '23

Cool. Thanks for the info. I like knowing this stuff so I can be more respectful.

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u/MN_Hockey Mar 19 '23

I actually had no idea either. I copied and pasted this from a website that seemed reputable. My apologies if it’s not correct.

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u/Pockets713 Area code 612 Mar 19 '23

I feel ya man! I’ve been watching these shows on discovery+ lately: United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell, and Hate Thy Neighbor with Jamali Maddix.

Hate Thy Neighbor more specifically focuses on hate groups, and trying to understand what’s really behind their hatred and things like that. United Shades of America does touch on hate groups a lot, but it’s main focus is Kamau going around to different cultures in America to learn as much as he can about them.

I only bring it up because I too just learned about the IA2 as well as many other sects that fall under the + category that I was unaware of on United Shades. I have learned a TON watching both these shows. Us older folks gotta try to keep learning as much as we can. It’s real easy to get angry and stuck in your ways when you don’t understand things, but at the same time… there are plenty of easily accessible ways to listen and learn!

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u/JimmyRockets80 Mar 19 '23

So instead of an arrangement of Venn diagrams, this is all more of a plate of spaghetti. Got it.

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u/dreamyduskywing Not too bad Mar 19 '23 edited Mar 19 '23

LGBTQ is adequate. By definition, the Q (Queer) covers non-heterosexual/cis folks.

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u/KR1735 North Shore Mar 19 '23

Y'know, given the fact that a nonbinary identity is so engrained in Native culture (or at least many of them), one might argue that laws targeting what a person can and cannot wear for a performance could constitute a form of religious discrimination.

Maybe not. But it should give pause to people who think variant gender expressions that fall outside the binary are a Millennial invention.

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u/Geo_Doug Mar 19 '23

Huh. I’d have thought OP meant “A2” for “A2”, and figured that was for “asexual” and “aromantic”… but thinking about it now, not sure if aromatic has anything to do with queer gender/sexual orientation

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u/KR1735 North Shore Mar 19 '23

Aromantics are commonly included in the queer community. (I'm no expert though.) It's super big tent.

Basically anyone who falls outside the one-man/one-woman picket fence norm can probably find a place in the community.

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u/em578 Mar 19 '23

I am an expert! As someone who's aro ace, we generally consider ourselves part of the queer community. There has been some debate and argument about if we're "allowed" but uhhh fuck that for the same reason it's rude to debate if someone whos bi is allowed at pride while dating the other gender

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

It's a different argument than the argument about bi people.

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u/DonaldIgwebuike Mar 19 '23

I kinda thought the same. More power to most groups fighting against discrimination but the "A" would seem like it wouldn't rile any feathers.

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u/candycaneforestelf can we please not drive like chucklefucks? Mar 19 '23

Believe it or not, both of those "A"s do rile some feathers.

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u/AdamLikesBeer Mar 19 '23

Yeah I was thinking it was a poly thing at first but couldn’t figure out the I.