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I am not a native English speaker, but queer is repurposed by the LGBT community to include everyone, under a single name [1]. It can even include heterosexuali
by ictebres 6y ago
I am not a native English speaker, but queer is repurposed by the LGBT community to include everyone, under a single name [1]. It can even include heterosexuality [2]. I definitely do not read it in any derogatory way, and would identify myself as queer.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_heterosexuality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_heterosexuality
Edit: formatting
- schemy 6y agoIt's an American term and like usual cultural imperialism means everyone else must use it too.