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An umbrella term that encompasses all non-normative and/or atypical sex, gender, sexual, and/or romantic identities and typically used interchangeably with LGBT(Q+) but with an emphasis on nonconformity and anti-assimilation due to its origin as a word meaning "strange" and later as a slur against homosexuals; alternatively a standalone label for those who do not wish to further clarify their identity
Person 1: I identify as queer!
Person 2: ...Isn't that a slur against gay people?
Person 3: It was and sometimes still is, but many queer people have reclaimed it and find it's the only word that fits us.
Non-heterosexual and its none of your business to ask anymore questions about what the person "actually is"
Rupert: Hey, are you gay?
Alex: Bitch, Im queer
Rupert: So does that mean you are gay, bisexual, into guys, girls, enbys or what?
Alex: I said Im queer, now go educate your self
Trevor Askill from the show “Tagged”.
That queer and his boyfriend Brandon Darrow are so cool WTF.
Queer is an umbrella term for someone being a part of the LGBTQ+ community. It used to be a slur but the people of the community reclaimed and embraced it. It can be used to describe anyone who is not heterosexual and or cisgender.
They are a part of the queer community.
I don’t really have a preference in choosing my partner. I most identify with the term queer.