queer
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7.2
- adjective
- /kwɪr/
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queer
- You'd be supporting my art, Black queer art.
- queer theory
- queer feminist
- queer politics
She said girl, you can't be queer baiting if you're already queer.
- She said girl, you can't be queer baiting if you're already queer.
- I have found a corner of Twitter that I call queer crip Twitter.
- Let us finish watching because queer kids stuff here is about to pitch.
- But the like for queer rights, like the Trump ticket is worse.
- You'd be supporting my art, Black queer art.
- For folks who are interested in sex research and queer sex Ed.
- I feel judged by Orthodox Jews a lot because I'm queer presenting.
- But you know, we're here and we're queer.
- You know, they reach adolescence and it's suddenly are you, are you queer kind of thing.
- I used to wonder if I was queer.
- And then again, on the website, you saw affirming queer lies, affirming trans lies.
Examples
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Just 'cause you like a man doesn't make you any less queer.
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You are queer, right?
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And it's like, there are queer people in all of those states.
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Like gay or like queer men have bars and queer women have events.
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If you know someone who is queer or trans, that is beautiful to see.
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But later, I got a lot of support from queer Arab networks.
Academic text (2006) -
Especially as a queer Filipino American actor.
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We're all queer.
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Many celebrities proudly identify as queer and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights.
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The film explores the lives of queer characters in a poignant and relatable way.
Synonyms
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3.5
Attracted to people of the same sex
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7.2
A short form of bisexual for someone attracted to people of more than one gender
Relating to attraction between people of the same sex
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
Violent acts against LGBTQ+ people because of their sexuality or gender identity
Surface Forms
Etymology
Queer once meant 'strange' and was used as a slur for homosexual people, but today many use queer as an adjective to describe sexual or gender identities that are not heterosexual or cisgender, so the modern sense is about identity rather than insult for those who accept it.