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  • 14-02-2010 12:47pm
    #1
    Freiheit
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    I assume this refers to as queer, as in gender variant expression? Noticed a few gay bars being marketed as such recently.


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  • #2
    Sir Ophiuchus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭Sir Ophiuchus


    Queer or Questioning, it depends on context.


  • #3
    Freiheit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭Freiheit


    and how would you define queer? I assume it could refer to gender variant expression, possibly but not just including clothing, but also mannerism etc?


  • #4
    Boston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,163 ✭✭✭✭Boston


    No, queer is generally used as a catch all phrase for LGBT and people who are straight but identify with the "lifestyle".


  • #5
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    See more at wikipedia about queer

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #6
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Queer
    In contemporary usage, some use queer as an inclusive, unifying sociopolitical umbrella term for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, transsexual, intersexual, genderqueer, or of any other non-heterosexual sexuality, sexual anatomy, or gender identity. It can also include asexual and autosexual people, as well as gender normative heterosexuals whose sexual orientations or activities place them outside the heterosexual-defined mainstream (e.g. BDSM practitioners, or polyamorous persons). Queer in this sense (depending on how broadly it is defined) is commonly used as a synonym for such terms as LGBT.


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