Is "queer" PC?

Posted by Someone Else at 12:56am Dec 20 '13
You must sign in to send Someone Else a message

Talking on Facebook, I used the word queer repeatedly to refer to myself. A friend shortly after posted a status asking if the word queer is politically correct.

Obviously, if I refer to myself with it, I don't find it offensive at all. But then again, for me, it fits--in my mind, queer is the answer to not buying into the gender binary. Both my orientation and my gender are fluid, and float between masculine and feminine. And thus I consider myself queer.

I know it can be seen as an umbrella word for any non-hetero or non-cisgendered person. But is it embraced in the LGBT community as such?

I honestly avoid the LGBT community a lot, because I find it often more narrow-minded and limiting than the broader world and I feel like I've faced more discrimination within the LGBT community than outside of it, so I tend to be fairly out of touch with what the community's feelings are.


There are 12 private posts in this thread. You need to sign in to read them.

Below are the public posts you may view:

You currently have read-only access to this board. You must request an account to join the conversation.

Why Join 4thKingdom?

Note that there are no ads here. Just intelligent and friendly conversation. We keep the spam out, the trolls out, the advertisers out… 4K is just a low-key, old-fashioned site with members from around the world.
This community began in 1998, and we continue to accept new members today.

Hot Discussion Topics: