What's your definition of *queer*? [I don't mean the derogatory one :)]?

Question

I see LGBTQ every now and then and am wondering what the Q currently defines.

Answer 1

The "Q" in LGBTQ also stands for "questioning." So, it's all dependent upon which way you look at it.

Answer 2

Queer used to be the derogatory word that was applied to homosexuals. Although the word 'gay' has defined homosexuals recently, some prefer the word queer since it used to be a derogatory term and by calling yourself queer there is the perception of 'reclaiming' the word as less negative. The same use of a negative word is when African Americans use the N word with each other to show a rejection of previous connotations of negative connotations and reclaiming the word as a word and not as a label. The use of words formerly used in a negative context are similar, a gay person will accept being called queer by another gay person but may take offense if called that name by someone else.

Answer 3

added information does no longer mean to repeat your self. Queer potential gay/gay in spite of the incontrovertible fact that that's used as a slur via at the instant people who're ignorant. in case you utilize the be conscious, you could in all probability anticipate to get pushed interior the mouth. some human beings locate it particularly offensive.

Answer 4

1. strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
2. of a questionable nature or character; suspicious; shady: Something queer about the language of the prospectus kept investors away.
3. not feeling physically right or well; giddy, faint, or qualmish: to feel queer.
4. mentally unbalanced or deranged.
5. Slang (disparaging and offensive). a. homosexual.
b. effeminate; unmanly.

6. Slang. bad, worthless, or counterfeit.
–verb (used with object) 7. to spoil; ruin.
8. to put (a person) in a hopeless or disadvantageous situation as to success, favor, etc.
9. to jeopardize.
–noun 10. Slang (disparaging and offensive). a homosexual, esp. a male homosexual.
11. Slang. counterfeit money.
—Idiom12. queer the pitch, British Informal. to spoil the chances of success.

Answer 5

I define it as outside the norm, not mainstream. For example, straight leatherfolk who practice BDSM are queer, in my mind, straight people who flirt with gender identity but don't go so far as to be considered transgender, people like that.

I don't think it's really a label you apply to other people, but one you can use for yourself when you don't belong to the LGBT, but feel like you want to belong to it, or feel a kinship of being an outsider. That's why I use it, at least (although I'm technically bisexual, so I suppose I'm not really queer . . . ).

Personally, I love the term. It's very general but implicitly sends a message of what you stand for.

Answer 6

One of my community members at Gender Schmender wrote this definition that I feel sums up exactly how I feel about the word Queer:

"I prefer say I'm queer because unlike the descriptors ; gay, lesbian, or bisexual; queer doesn't force me to choose a gender or sexual orientation, and it allows me to indicate that I feel fundamentally out of place in a binary gender system." --Jess Fluetsch

Answer 7

Feeling Strange!,Out of Sorts,Strange,The Lull before the onset of an illness!

Answer 8

Neither masculine nor feminine and maybe neither male nor female. That's queer, which contrasts "transgendered" and the occassional "intersexed."

Answer 9

A little left from center - its becoming a reclaimed word, one to be proud of! :) It can mean gay, lesbian, transgendered, bisexual, and the family and friends of all of those.

Answer 10

well I was told it meant queer..but I don't see how that differentiates from gay and lesbian...maybe Quintessential? Quebecois? Quality controlled??? I dunno.