When I was a teenager in the 1950s, people who disliked or feared gay people would refer to them as "queers."
Nowadays, it seems that a few gay people proudly label themselves as "queers." (I think, however, that non-gay people would be wise NOT to use that word.)
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Ms. Ivanka Trump has a lifestyle website. It recently wanted to profile a female chef. That person, however, declined the invitation, writing:
"As a queer [emphasis mine] person of color and daughter of immigrant parents, I am not interested in being profiled as an aspirational figure for those that support a brand and President that slyly disparages female empowerment."
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek (print edition) of June 18, 2018, page 80.
Nowadays, it seems that a few gay people proudly label themselves as "queers." (I think, however, that non-gay people would be wise NOT to use that word.)
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Ms. Ivanka Trump has a lifestyle website. It recently wanted to profile a female chef. That person, however, declined the invitation, writing:
"As a queer [emphasis mine] person of color and daughter of immigrant parents, I am not interested in being profiled as an aspirational figure for those that support a brand and President that slyly disparages female empowerment."
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek (print edition) of June 18, 2018, page 80.