I think questions that include the subculture shouldn't be "off-topic", because the culture or subculture isn't really the topic, it's the context. If the context of a question is different enough to warrant specific answers, that's a good thing.

Of course if it's just a question broadly asking about a subculture like "What is Queer culture all about?" it should be closed because it's not really asking about an interpersonal skill and it's way too broad.

Sometimes —not always, but sometimes— the really very specific questions are more helpful. Using the example from your comment:

How do I pay respects to and acknowledge the social position of a gang leader in San Quentin State Prison without actually joining the gang?

The answers to that question would be very very different from answers to:

How do I pay respects to and acknowledge the social position of a religious leader in San Francisco without actually joining the religion?

While both of these questions may fit somewhere under the way too broad question:

How do I pay respects to and acknowledge the social position of the leader of an organization without indicating that I want to join the organization?

Context makes a big difference for questions on this site. More often than not we need more context not less.

Early on people wanted to enforce culture/location tagging to help put questions in context, honestly I wasn't a big fan of that approach because what country a person is in often doesn't really tell you much. Having the querent actually explain the context of their question in a paragraph or two is way more more helpful. Don't get me wrong, tags are helpful for organizing questions, but they shouldn't be a replacement for including context.

I think questions that include the subculture shouldn't be "off-topic", because the culture or subculture isn't really the topic, it's the context. If the context of a question is different enough to warrant specific answers, that's a good thing.

Of course if it's just a question broadly asking about a subculture like "What is Queer culture all about?" it should be closed because it's not really asking about an interpersonal skill and it's way too broad.

Sometimes —not always, but sometimes— the really very specific questions are more helpful. Using the example from your comment:

How do I pay respects to and acknowledge the social position of a gang leader in San Quentin State Prison without actually joining the gang?

The answers to that question would be very very different from answers to:

How do I pay respects to and acknowledge the social position of a religious leader in San Francisco without actually joining the religion?

While both of these questions may fit somewhere under the way too broad question:

How do I pay respects to and acknowledge the social position of the leader of an organization without indicating that I want to join the organization?

Context makes a big difference for questions on this site. More often than not we need more context not less.

Early on people wanted to enforce culture/location tagging to help put questions in context, honestly I wasn't a big fan of that approach because what country a person is in often doesn't really tell you much. Having the querent actually explain the context of their question in a paragraph or two is way more helpful. Don't get me wrong, tags are helpful for organizing questions, but they shouldn't be a replacement for including context.

I think subcultures should be "on-topic", because the culture or subculture isn't really the topic, it's the context. If the context of a question is different enough to warrant specific answers, that's a good thing.

Sometimes —not always, but sometimes— the really very specific questions are more helpful. Using the example from your comment:

How do I pay respects to and acknowledge the social position of a gang leader in San Quentin State Prison without actually joining the gang?

The answers to that question would be very very different from answers to:

How do I pay respects to and acknowledge the social position of a religious leader in San Francisco without actually joining the religion?

While both of these questions may fit somewhere under the way too broad question:

How do I pay respects to and acknowledge the social position of the leader of an organization without indicating that I want to join the organization?

Context makes a big difference for questions on this site. More often than not we need more context not less.

Early on people wanted to enforce culture/location tagging to help put questions in context, honestly I wasn't a big fan of that approach because what country a person is in often doesn't really tell you much. Having the querent actually explain the context of their question in a paragraph or two is way more more helpful. Don't get me wrong, tags are helpful for organizing questions, but they shouldn't be a replacement for including context.

I think questions that include the subculture shouldn't be "off-topic", because the culture or subculture isn't really the topic, it's the context. If the context of a question is different enough to warrant specific answers, that's a good thing.

Of course if it's just a question broadly asking about a subculture like "What is Queer culture all about?" it should be closed because it's not really asking about an interpersonal skill and it's way too broad.

Sometimes —not always, but sometimes— the really very specific questions are more helpful. Using the example from your comment:

How do I pay respects to and acknowledge the social position of a gang leader in San Quentin State Prison without actually joining the gang?

The answers to that question would be very very different from answers to:

How do I pay respects to and acknowledge the social position of a religious leader in San Francisco without actually joining the religion?

While both of these questions may fit somewhere under the way too broad question:

How do I pay respects to and acknowledge the social position of the leader of an organization without indicating that I want to join the organization?

Context makes a big difference for questions on this site. More often than not we need more context not less.

Early on people wanted to enforce culture/location tagging to help put questions in context, honestly I wasn't a big fan of that approach because what country a person is in often doesn't really tell you much. Having the querent actually explain the context of their question in a paragraph or two is way more more helpful. Don't get me wrong, tags are helpful for organizing questions, but they shouldn't be a replacement for including context.