C. THEIR RELATION WITH THE LGBTQA CONCEPT: About their knowledge of the term: From the 19 participants, 14 said they were familiarized with the acronym LGBTQA. From those, 4 were against its use and philosophy (opposers), 4 were in favor (supporters), and 6 showed some doubt about their acceptance towards it. As well, 1 participant did not know the term very well at the moment of answering the questions, and showed disapproval to it. This could be a very particular case due to she is a Spanish artist. It could show us the influence that the participant’s cultural background has in her perception of the term. She herself says that “maybe if I were in America, where many taboos need to be broken, things would be different.” That teaches us that people from different cultures and societies generate different thoughts and require different approaches to the topic, even if they are LGBTQA by general, not personal, definition. 4 participants relatively knew the term, but were not aware of the inclusion of the letters Q and A, and neither did they know their meanings. From these, only one was in favor, and the rest showed ambiguous and/or willing to accept it. From the analysis of what these artists think about the meaning and philosophy of the LGBTQA concept and organizations, in contrast with their knowledge of it, we can say that knowing it is not necessarily supporting it, as many people might have thought (including me). Although, this knowledge promotes awareness and analysis on the situation of LGBTQA people and on how they want to be perceived and treated by society. In any case, this thinking may not be erroneous or prejudicial, instead, it could be beneficial from the point of view that, the more we analyze it, the more we will understand it. About their perception of the term: From another view, we could divide the participants’ responses by their level of support or rejection to the term LGBTQA. This led us to divide them in these groups: 1. The supporters: 5 participants were shown in favor to the concept LGBTQA. These artists like the LGBTQA community and feel a connection with it. They understand the work of LGBTQA organizations as a social necessity. They defend their rights. Some of them may feel a double perception of the “labeling” part of the concept: they think labels might be restricting at some times but comforting at others. They find the term inclusive although long. Even when some of them do not know the meanings of all of the letters of the acronym (the Q and the A are not very known), they feel empathy with its cause. 2. The opposers: 5 participants showed their opinions against the concept, especially against its ‘labeling’ characteristic. These artists do not believe in labels. The think the human beings and their sexuality are too broad to be classified. Some refused to be cataloged in any of the letters
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