The word queer is often used more generally to refer to a person who has a sexual identity that isn’t heterosexual or a gender identity that isn’t cisgender Queer is used as a reclaimed term of pride by some, but not all, members of the lgbtq+ community. Queer is used by more people — and more variously defined — than ever before We asked nine lgbtq+ people what the divisive, liberating word means to them. The word queer has been used as a slur against lgbtqia+ people, possibly due to its original meaning, listed in the etymology section of this article Although it has since been reclaimed by queer people, acceptance of the term is not universal.
This meaning of queer was originally strongly disapproving and offensive, but it is now often used in a neutral or positive way, especially by people who identify as queer or in referring to queer people as a group. Having or relating to a gender identity or a sexuality that does not fit society's traditional…
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