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Friday, 1 August 2025

Queer

People who are not heterosexual or not cisgender


Queer
Queer

Queer is an umbrella term for people who are non-heterosexual or non-cisgender. Originally meaning 'strange' or 'peculiar', 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.

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