queer
Sign in to saveQueer is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities. It is alternately used to refer to people who reject sexual and gender norms and share radical politics characterized by solidarity across lines of identity. Queer is also a self-identity term for many people (similar to but distinct from gay, lesbian, and bisexual), characterized by rejection or disruption of binary categories of sexual orientation and gender.
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"Queer" is an umbrella term that describes people with non-traditional sexual orientations and gender identities, and it can also refer to those who actively reject conventional sexual and gender norms. The term matters because it allows many people to express identities that don't fit into traditional categories, and it often connects to broader political movements built on solidarity among people with marginalized identities.
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- Origins and early use
- Early pejorative use
- Early 20th-century queer identity
- Reclamation
- Reactions
- Usage and scope
- Umbrella identity
- Individual identity
- Political identity
- Anti-essentialist identity
- Intersex and queer identities
- Cisgender heterosexuality and queer identities
- Academia
- Culture and politics
- Flags
- Art
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- General bibliography
- External links
Queer is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities. It is alternately used to refer to people who reject sexual and gender norms and share radical politics characterized by solidarity across lines of identity. Queer is also a self-identity term for many people (similar to but distinct from gay, lesbian, and bisexual), characterized by rejection or disruption of binary categories of sexual orientation and gender.
Originally meaning or , queer came to be used pejoratively against LGBTQ people in the late 19th century. From the late 1980s, queer activists began to reclaim the word as a neutral or positive self-description. In the 21st century, queer became increasingly used to describe a broad spectrum of non-heteronormative sexual or gender identities and politics. Academic disciplines such as queer theory and queer studies have emerged to examine a wide variety of issues, either informed by this type of perspective, or to examine the lives of LGBTQ people. These share a general opposition to binarism, normativity, and a perceived lack of intersectionality, some of them connected only tangentially to the LGBTQ movement. Queer arts, queer cultural groups, and queer political groups are examples of modern expressions of queer identities.