queered
Threw off course
Queered is the past tense of queer, meaning to spoil or ruin something: That injury queered his chances at the championship.
This sense, now somewhat dated, treats queer as making something wrong or off.
In contemporary usage, queered also appears in academic and activist contexts meaning to analyze or reinterpret through a lens that challenges conventional categories of gender and sexuality: The essay queered traditional readings of the novel.
Caused disorder in
- challengedDisputed or questioned
- destabilizedMade less secure
- underminedWeakened by stealth
- deconstructedBroken down systematically
transgressed · reimagined · upended · overturned · inverted · reframed · interrogated · complicated
Ruined or overindulged
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- jeopardizedExposed to possible harm
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
- sabotagedDeliberately damaged or destroyed
thwarted · foiled · botched · derailed · bungled · scuppered · wrecked · upset
Asymmetrically shifted
- twistedWound around itself
- warpedBent out of true
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- slantedAngled from vertical
angled · tilted · canted · askew · off-kilter · misaligned · crooked · lopsided
Sexual and gender minorities
- reclaimedTaken back; salvaged
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- embracedHeld someone warmly
- outNot present here
visibility · community · celebrated · empowered · self-identified · openly · liberation · representation
disrupted
Caused disorder in
- challengedDisputed or questioned
- destabilizedMade less secure
- underminedWeakened by stealth
deconstructed · transgressed · reimagined · upended · overturned · inverted · reframed · interrogated · complicated · unsettled
spoiled
Ruined or overindulged
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- jeopardizedExposed to possible harm
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
sabotaged · thwarted · foiled · botched · derailed · bungled · scuppered · wrecked · upset · disrupted
skewed
Asymmetrically shifted
slanted · angled · tilted · canted · askew · off-kilter · misaligned · crooked · lopsided · cockeyed
LGBTQ
Sexual and gender minorities
out · visibility · community · celebrated · empowered · self-identified · openly · liberation · representation · coming out
queerednormalized
Adjusted to standard measure
conventionalized · straightened · standardized · mainstreamed · regularized
- queer communitySexual and gender minorities collectively
- queer identityNon-normative sexual or gender selfhood
- queer cultureLGBTQ+ collective identity
- queer bashingViolence against LGBT people
- queer romanceLGBTQ+ romantic relationship
- queer representationDepicting non-heterosexual identities in media
queer, queerly, queers, queerness, queerest, queering, queerer