queers
Throws off course
Queers as a noun was once purely a slur for gay people but has been substantially reclaimed as an umbrella identity term: Queers have always been part of this neighborhood.
Some still find the word painful.
As a verb, queers means ruins or spoils, from the original sense of making something strange or wrong: That mistake queers the whole deal.
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- rainbowRefracted light arc
- dragResistance through fluid
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
- voguingStylized pose-based dancing
chosen family · safe space · ally · community · visibility · representation · Stonewall · activism
Sexual and gender minorities
- gayAttracted to same sex
- lesbianWoman desiring women
- bisexualAttracted to multiple genders
- transgenderGender differs from assignment
nonbinary · genderqueer · genderfluid · pansexual · asexual · intersex · homosexual · same-gender-loving
Expressing criticism or disrespect
- epithetDescriptive tag for someone
- slurInsulting group label
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
- hate speechLanguage attacking protected characteristics
reclaimed · pejorative · insult · bigotry · discrimination · harassment · bullying · taunting
Scholarly analysis of social identities
- heteronormativityAssumed universal straightness
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
binary · subversion · transgression · liminal
pride
Satisfaction from one's achievements
voguing · chosen family · safe space · ally · community · visibility · representation · Stonewall · activism · liberation
LGBTQ+
Sexual and gender minorities
transgender · nonbinary · genderqueer · genderfluid · pansexual · asexual · intersex · homosexual · same-gender-loving · two-spirit
derogatory
Expressing criticism or disrespect
- epithetDescriptive tag for someone
- slurInsulting group label
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
hate speech · reclaimed · pejorative · insult · bigotry · discrimination · harassment · bullying · taunting · hostile
gender studies
Scholarly analysis of social identities
- heteronormativityAssumed universal straightness
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
discourse · binary · subversion · transgression · liminal
queersstraights
Sequential card combinations
heterosexuals · conformists · normals · breeders · squares
- 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, queered, queerness, queerest, queering, queerer