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- Dictionaryqueer/kwɪə/
adjective
- 1. strange; odd: "she had a queer feeling that they were being watched" Similar Opposite
- 2. denoting or relating to a sexual or gender identity that does not correspond to established ideas of sexuality and gender, especially heterosexual norms: "queer geek culture has featured gay themes since the 1980s" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a gay man. offensive
verb
- 1. spoil or ruin (an agreement, event, or situation): informal "Reg didn't want someone meddling and queering the deal at the last minute"
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5 days ago · There is also the acronym QUILTBAG (queer and questioning, unsure, intersex, lesbian, transgender and two-spirit, bisexual, asexual and aromantic, and gay and genderqueer). Similarly LGBTIQA+ stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual and many other terms (such as non-binary and pansexual)".
6 days ago · Queer theory is a critical framework that emerged in the early 1990s, challenging traditional understandings of gender and sexuality. It arose from the intersection of feminism, LGBTQ+ studies, and poststructuralism, offering a radical rethinking of normative categories and identities. This theoretical approach does not just aim to study queer ...
2 days ago · The key identity labels reported were nonbinary, used by 63.1% of respondents (down 0.8% from the previous year), queer (54.8%, up 0.2%), trans (46.7%, up 8.5%), a category described simply as a person/human/[my name]/“I’m just me” (42.5%, newly included this year), and transgender (40.3%, up 6.4%).
6 days ago · Queer perspectives in communication studies vary greatly, but they tend to share some common assumptions about the communicative force of norms, including those related to sexualities, genders, bodies, races, ethnicities, abilities, and desires. In general, queer perspectives question the legitimacy of hegemonic assumptions about bodies and ...
Jul 18, 2024 · As the number of LGBTQ+ athletes competing at the Summer Olympics has shot up in the last two decades, possibly you’ve joined the growing queer audience tuning into the quadrennial Games.
6 days ago · Serbian group Arkadija commemorated International Pride Day in 1991 with a forum concerning queer activism and art at Belgrade Youth Center. Nicaragua's first public pride festival was also held on this day 1991 to commemorate the Stonewall Riots.
Jul 18, 2024 · Short definitions. QUEER THEORY. A trend in cultural studies that reclaims a derogatory term referencing homosexuality in order to challenge essentialist ideas of fixed gender identities, sexual preferences, and all forms of ‘normality’, both homo—and hetero-, as well as to promote and celebrate a subversive ‘queering’ of all cultural texts.
