So in the process of joined up, politically correct government – the cabinet office wants us to replace the word ‘homosexual’ with the term otpotts, orientation towards people of the same sex, the Crown Prosecution service has come up with the term lgbt, standing for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual.
Although these concerns are laudable in attempting to combat discrimination and hate crime – the solutions are so stupid that they could encourage more discrimination – annoy those of us who believe in diversity – but find this type of political correctness irritating. My concern is that the problem with reporting an attack or discrimination is not the terminology, but the process – which is often not sympathetic to any victim.
Within the gay community there are numerous people who can cleverly play with words – and can clearly come up with better terminology – than otpotss or lgbt.
As it is many jokes will be made – lgbt – will obviously become mixed up with the term lbt – ‘lettuce, bacon and tomato’ and otpotts has already brought in the concept of gays in Manchester being called “Lancashire ‘Otpotss”
Already the people who have thought this up have been called ‘otts’ – orientated towards themselves sexually.