Answer to an ask that @yandere sent me! (Because Tetratto sent my response into the fucking void for some reason..)

Question: What exactly does good-faith mean in terms of queer identities?

Good-faith identities are actually as simple as they sound! When you use a "confusing" or contradictory identity genuinely, you are using it in good faith. They are referred to as good-faith identities because of how other people might perceive those identities. Some might not understand, be confused, think you are using those identities as a mockery. Which isn't the case for people who use them as they were meant to be used. Basically, the term "good-faith" in relation to queer identity is meant to be kind of a differentiation of identities that are being used in good faith, in comparison to queerphobes using those identities as a mockery. It's fairly easy to tell when someone is using a confusing label in good faith or not. (In my opinion at least) But—many who are against contradictory/confusing identities for some reason sees the term "good-faith" as term that people who mock the queer community uses? When it is absolutely the opposite.

These terms often include: man lesbians, woman gays, mspec lesbians & gays, transmasc lesbians, transfem gays, trans man lesbians, trans man gays, nonbinary people who use gendered terms/genders/pronouns that are feminine or masculine, etc etc. The list goes on.

Now, I don't believe this post fully explains absolutely every aspect of these identites, why people refer to these identities as good-faith, the stigma and misunderstanding around it, all of that. (Especially because I am a bit tired, so I apologize if I got any information wrong or missed any especially important points.) So I do encourage you to continue to educate yourself and research this topic and the identities that come with it /nf

Of course, searching things up on the internet just in general is a good idea of what to do when you'd like to look into this topic. But! I recommend searching Tumblr for a bit! It's especially good for getting educated on terms. Also finding queer creators who use some of these terms themselves is a good idea. I personally recommend boygirlfemme on Twitter/Tumblr! (Shi actually is a big inspiration to why I made this account in the first place!)

I hope this could help! Let me know if you need clarification for anything E:)