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the reason I think it is non-offensive, or should be, is because it is inclusive. Because we all have lifestyles, like I said. Therefore, we sort of all have this idea that we have a right to live our lifestyles without a bunch of busy bodies telling us what to do or how to live. As such, I think it puts homosexuality on the same plane as any other way of living. Do you want to own a home? You have a right to buy one, if you can afford it. Do you want to have kids? You have a right to have kids. Do you want to live with somebody without getting married? You have a right to do that. Do you want to take a lover of the same sex? You have a right to do that too.

Seems to me that the term is likely to make heteros identify with GBLT, that they too, have a right to their own lifestyle - even one that is different from the majority. In some sense probably all of us do things that many other people do not do. In that sense GLBT lifestyles join an ocean of alternatives, and freedom of choice is a cherished right for many.