Queer
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| + | The word '''queer''' has traditionally meant "strange" or "unusual," but currently it is also often used in reference to [[gay]], [[bisexuality|bisexual]], [[transgender]], [[intersexuality|intersex]], and [[asexuality|asexual]] communities. Its usage is [[controversy|controversial]] and underwent substantial changes over the course of the 20th century. The term is still considered by some to be offensive and derisive, and by others simply as a re-appropriated term used to describe a [[sexual orientation]] and/or [[gender identity]] or [[gender]] expression that does not conform to [[heteronormativity|heteronormative]] society. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | ||
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- For the novel by William S. Burroughs, see Queer (novel).
The word queer has traditionally meant "strange" or "unusual," but currently it is also often used in reference to gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and asexual communities. Its usage is controversial and underwent substantial changes over the course of the 20th century. The term is still considered by some to be offensive and derisive, and by others simply as a re-appropriated term used to describe a sexual orientation and/or gender identity or gender expression that does not conform to heteronormative society. [1] [Apr 2007]
